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We know you, dear readers, have been tracking the megatrend of artificial intelligence. Amazon's Echo is also, like Siri, connecting to a very smart cloud capability that takes advantage of AI. Google Now : Available within Google Search mobile app for Android and iOS as well as the Google Chrome web browser on other devices.

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Amazon Web Services VP of AI, Matt Wood, is leaving the company

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OCTOBER 9, 2024

Amazon Photo) Matt Wood, the Amazon Web Services vice president who was a longtime champion of the cloud giant’s machine learning and artificial intelligence initiatives, is leaving the company after 15 years. Matt Wood worked at Amazon for 15 years, most recently as AWS VP of AI.

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Amazon Web Services launches new tool to detect bias and blind spots in machine learning

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DECEMBER 8, 2020

Nashlie Sephus, an applied science manager for Amazon Web Services AI, introduces the new Sagemaker Clarify feature at AWS re:Invent Tuesday. Screenshot via webcast). “So even with the best possible intentions, and a whole lot of expertise, removing bias in machine learning models is difficult.”

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The cloud in orbit: Amazon Web Services demonstrates data analysis on a satellite

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NOVEMBER 29, 2022

For the past 10 months, Amazon Web Services has been running data through its cloud-based software platform on what’s arguably the world’s edgiest edge: a satellite in low Earth orbit. Axiom Space is also partnering with Microsoft Azure and LEOCloud on a separate project to put cloud infrastructure in orbit.).

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Amazon Web Services hires former Flex and Intel exec Raejeanne Skillern as new CMO and VP

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JULY 11, 2023

(LinkedIn Photo) Raejeanne Skillern , a former executive at Flex and Intel, joined Amazon Web Services as its new chief marketing officer and vice president, GeekWire has learned. Skillern spent more than a decade at Intel, most recently as vice president of the chip giant’s cloud service provider business.

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Seattle Space Week: Find out how artificial intelligence is taking over the final frontier

GeekWire

JUNE 12, 2024

The AI revolution isn’t just affecting space operations on Earth: The Seattle area’s biggest players in AI and cloud services — Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure — are working with partners to expand edge computing to the edge of space.

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AWS on bringing machine learning and artificial intelligence to the cloud masses

Computer Weekly

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Amazon Web Services used Re:Invent 2016 to stake its claim as an early adopter of machine learning, while revealing details of its plans to boost the technology's take-up among everyday developers

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Regulators sound out users on cloud services competition concerns

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MAY 24, 2024

Research by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has uncovered concerns that cloud users’ established commitments with hyperscalers may limit their future cloud computing options. The study focused on perceptions of their infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) and platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offerings.

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Internal memo: Amazon Web Services plans reorg of Sales, Marketing, and Global Services team

GeekWire

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Amazon Web Services will reorganize its Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) group to “lay the foundation for accelerated customer impact and growth in the years ahead,” according to an internal memo Monday morning.

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Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson: Fathers of Clouds - A Tribute

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JUNE 14, 2013

Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Personal comments and insight on cloud computing related technologies and their use in the public sector to support net-centric operations. Cloud Musings on Forbes. NJVC Cloud Computing. Get "Cloud Musings" by RSS. Fathers of Clouds - A Tribute. GovCloud Daily. GovCloud on Facebook.

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Capital spending soars in the cloud as Microsoft, Google, and others bet big on AI demand

GeekWire

APRIL 30, 2024

were the first to be powered by the company’s Azure Cobalt 100 CPU, as part of a broader cloud infrastructure buildout. The Seattle angel investor and tech veteran has made a tradition of tracking capital expenditures on his blog, Platformonomics , to “separate the clouds from the clowns,” as he puts it.

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Cloud startup Pulumi raises $41M from Madrona, NEA to grow ‘infrastructure as code’ platform

GeekWire

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The Series C round is a vote of confidence in Pulumi, which helps developers build underlying cloud computing infrastructure using general purpose languages such as JavaScript and Python. Its tools work across platforms and technologies including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Kubernetes and others.

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Microsoft and HPE team up to connect Azure cloud to International Space Station

GeekWire

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The sky’s not the limit for the cloud: Microsoft is partnering with Hewlett Packard Enterprise to bring Azure cloud computing to the International Space Station. This won’t be the first time NASA has connected the space station to cloud computing services.

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re:Invent-ing cloud computing: Amazon’s decade of innovation for AWS

Venture Beast

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Cloud computing platform, Amazon Web Services, revealed new tech to support its vast array of tools at its conference this week. Read More.

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Microsoft doubles down on cloud data with new products, makes new appeal to Amazon’s rivals

GeekWire

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella introduces the company’s new cloud data products. Microsoft is rolling out new cloud technologies for wrangling, protecting and analyzing large amounts of corporate data, escalating its competition with Google, Snowflake and Amazon in the $25 billion global market for data analytics and business intelligence.

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AWS re:Invent: Faster chips, smarter AI, and developer tools grab the spotlight

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NOVEMBER 30, 2021

This week, Amazon’s Web Services (AWS) kicked off its tenth re:Invent conference, an event where it typically announces the biggest changes in the cloud computing industry’s dominant platform.

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Buyer’s guide: Data protection for hybrid clouds

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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Data protection platforms also proactively manage and monitor data, making it available and accessible for advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. Download our editors’ PDF hybrid cloud data protection buyer’s guide today!] And 80% of enterprises have adopted a hybrid computing model.

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Amazon pours up to $4B into AI startup Anthropic, escalating rivalry with Microsoft and Google

GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Amazon will invest up to $4 billion and take a minority stake in Anthropic , the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence company founded two years ago by former OpenAI executives and considered one of the world’s top AI labs. (Photo by Stuart Isett/Fortune, Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.0 , via Flickr.)

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AWS offers new AI certifications

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JUNE 11, 2024

With a shortage of IT workers with AI skills looming, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is offering two new certifications to help enterprises building AI applications on its platform to find the necessary talent. Earlier this year, the company had added the AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate certification.

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How Amazon’s new cloud chief Matt Garman will approach the big challenges ahead

GeekWire

MAY 22, 2024

Newly named Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman, speaking here at a Madrona Venture Group event last fall, brings years of product and sales experience to his new role. intelligence agency in the cloud, when Matt Garman picked up the marker. intelligence agency in the cloud, when Matt Garman picked up the marker.

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Amazon Q adds feature to create AI apps using natural language

GeekWire

APRIL 30, 2024

(Amazon Image) Amazon says it will give non-developers the ability to create apps using natural language as part of a new feature for Amazon Q , the AI assistant unveiled by Amazon Web Services last fall. Amazon is charging $20/user per month for Amazon Q Business, and $25/user per month for Amazon Q Developer.

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Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky steps down; senior exec Matt Garman named AWS CEO

GeekWire

MAY 14, 2024

GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky is stepping down from the role, three years after returning to the company to lead the cloud giant, according to an internal memo from Amazon CEO Andy Jassy to employees Tuesday morning. Adam Selipsky at AWS re:Invent 2023.

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Bud Financial helps banks and their customers make more informed decisions using AI with DataStax and Google Cloud

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OCTOBER 20, 2023

With the power of real-time data and artificial intelligence (AI), new online tools accelerate, simplify, and enrich insights for better decision-making. Choose trusted partners Bud’s collaboration with DataStax and Google Cloud highlights the significance of choosing reliable partners. They can be applied in any industry.

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Amazon’s departing cloud chief: Gen AI can be ‘one of the biggest opportunities AWS has ever seen’

GeekWire

MAY 31, 2024

Adam Selipsky, shown here at AWS re:Invent in November 2023, is working his last day as Amazon Web Services CEO today, before longtime AWS executive Matt Garman takes over the top job next week. ” The Information reported last year on an earlier delay in the AWS Bedrock AI platform, and missed AI investments. .”

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Amazon elevates two more execs to its senior leadership team under new CEO Andy Jassy

GeekWire

JULY 7, 2021

New Amazon “S-team” member James Hamilton worked under Jassy as vice president and distinguished engineer for Amazon Web Services. Dave Limp, SVP, Devices & Services. Rohit Prasad, SVP and head scientist, Alexa Artificial Intelligence. Adam Selipsky, CEO, Amazon Web Services.

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Microsoft releases preview of Text Analytics for health, battle-tested in COVID-19 partnership

GeekWire

JULY 8, 2020

Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform announced a new iteration of its Text Analytics technology for healthcare, bringing to market some of the artificial intelligence that the company previously contributed to an industry partnership to develop a COVID-19 search engine for researchers. Bigstock Photo.

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AWS tops $10B in quarterly operating profits as Jassy cites ‘reacceleration’ of cloud business

GeekWire

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Amazon Web Services accounted for more than 60% of Amazon’s overall operating profits. GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Amazon’s cloud business isn’t done growing yet. Amazon Web Services posted $10.4 Google Cloud’s quarterly operating margin was 17.1%, by comparison, with $1.95

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AI in the cloud pays dividends for Liberty Mutual

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 28, 2022

Liberty Mutual is one of the most experienced and advanced cloud adopters in the nation. And that is in no small part thanks to the vision of James McGlennon, who in his role as CIO of Liberty Mutual for past 17 years has led the charge to the cloud, analytics, and AI with a budget north of $2 billion.

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Chinese firms bypass US export restrictions on AI chips using AWS cloud

CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 23, 2024

Chinese firms are circumventing US export restrictions on advanced technologies by accessing them through cloud services provided by American companies like Amazon, according to a report from Reuters. Efforts to tighten regulations on cloud access These findings have prompted concerns from US lawmakers.

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IBM and AWS forge global alliance, streamlining access to AI and hybrid cloud solutions

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 3, 2024

“By expanding the availability of our software portfolio in AWS Marketplace, organizations around the world will have greater access to a streamlined way to procure many IBM AI and hybrid cloud offerings to help propel their business forward,” Nick Otto, Head of Global Strategic Partnerships at IBM, said in the statement.

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Amazon asks court to block former AWS marketing VP from working on Google Cloud Next speeches

GeekWire

JUNE 10, 2020

Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks at Google Cloud Next in 2019. Amazon and a former Amazon Web Services vice president are fighting in court over his proposed assignment reviewing speeches for the upcoming virtual version of the conference this year. Matt Wood, Amazon Web Services vice president of AI. Google Photo).

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Microsoft acquires Seattle startup Suplari, which uses AI to analyze corporate spending

GeekWire

JULY 28, 2021

Microsoft has acquired Suplari , a Seattle startup that uses artificial intelligence to help companies understand and get a handle on their spending. Suplari said its “Suplari Spend Intelligence Cloud” will continue to remain available for existing customers. Suplari Photo).

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Seven Trends and Predictions for 2017

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JANUARY 21, 2017

This data is sent back in real-time via the cloud, giving patients the freedom to live their lives. The Philips Healthsuite digital cloud makes the data immediately available. Trend #3—Artificial Intelligence. Artificial Intelligence or AI has had more false starts than any technology in IT.

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ChatGPT coming to Azure: New integration shows how Microsoft will leverage OpenAI partnership

GeekWire

JANUARY 17, 2023

The service is designed for business and developers using Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform to integrate OpenAI technologies into their applications. Azure OpenAI Service was released in preview last spring , before ChatGPT was widely available. The technology also demonstrates the potential for AI to be misused.

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‘An easy button to get off Windows’: Amazon’s new AI moves Microsoft apps to Linux

GeekWire

DECEMBER 3, 2024

At the Amazon Web Services re:Invent conference Tuesday morning, the company announced a series of new features for Amazon Q Developer , its AI assistant for software development, including one that uses AI to help companies migrate legacy Microsoft.NET applications to Linux.

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Former Tableau execs launch new Seattle startup that helps companies manage cloud costs

GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

(Millworks Analytics Photo) Former Tableau CFO Damon Fletcher is coming out of retirement to launch a startup that helps tech companies get a hold of their cloud costs amid a surge in spending driven by artificial intelligence. Fletcher said the startup will soon roll out generative AI features.

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AWS Custom Silicon Chips Range a Sign of What’s Coming to APAC Cloud Computing

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JUNE 7, 2024

Rampant demand for AI computing is driving cloud providers like Microsoft, Google and AWS to build custom silicon chips. Soon, APAC customers will have more choice based on use case and cost.

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Return of the JEDI: Pentagon’s multicloud sequel puts Microsoft and Amazon in leading roles

GeekWire

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Andy Jassy, the new Amazon CEO, was critical of the Pentagon’s previous decision to award the $10 billion JEDI contract to Microsoft in his prior role as CEO of Amazon Web Services. Andy Jassy, the new Amazon CEO, was outspoken on the issue as the leader of Amazon’s cloud business at the time.

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AI in the cloud: Microsoft boosts share; Amazon predicts ‘tens of billions’ in new revenue

GeekWire

OCTOBER 30, 2023

“AI projects are not just about AI meters, they have lots of other cloud meters as well,” said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, citing the impact of AI on the Azure cloud platform. GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) AI is starting to generate real money for the big cloud providers. Google Cloud revenue rose 22% to $8.4

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Oracle makes its pitch for the enterprise cloud. Should CIOs listen?

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 11, 2024

In a cloud market dominated by three vendors, once cloud-denier Oracle is making a push for enterprise share gains, announcing expanded offerings and customer wins across the globe, including Japan , Mexico , and the Middle East.

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AWS unveils ‘Amazon Q’ AI assistant, jabs at Microsoft and OpenAI at re:Invent

GeekWire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

(GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Reporting from Las Vegas … Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky doubled down on the new era of artificial intelligence with a series of product announcements and thinly veiled but repeated criticism of Microsoft and OpenAI. ” Later, he showed a Nov.

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Inside the AI chip race: How a pivotal happy hour changed Amazon’s strategy in the cloud

GeekWire

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

That’s how they ended up at the historic Virginia Inn restaurant and bar at Seattle’s Pike Place Market 10 years ago, in the fall of 2013, engaged in a conversation that would ultimately change the course of Amazon’s cloud business. ‘That’s the future.’ “It just changed my life.

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Microsoft cloud revenue up 22%, Windows business plunges 27% in first report since job cuts

GeekWire

JANUARY 24, 2023

The company reported strength in some of its products and services for businesses, led by a 22% increase in Microsoft Cloud revenue, to $27.1 This category includes Microsoft Azure, Office 365 Commercial, the commercial portion of LinkedIn, and other cloud-related revenue. Windows revenue fell 27% to $4.8

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AI Weekly: AI adoption is driving cloud growth

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JULY 30, 2021

As enterprises embrace AI technologies, they're increasingly turning to the cloud to meet key infrastructural needs. Read More.

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Amazon Web Services VP of AI, Matt Wood, is leaving the company

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Amazon Web Services launches new tool to detect bias and blind spots in machine learning

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The cloud in orbit: Amazon Web Services demonstrates data analysis on a satellite

Amazon Web Services hires former Flex and Intel exec Raejeanne Skillern as new CMO and VP

Seattle Space Week: Find out how artificial intelligence is taking over the final frontier

AWS on bringing machine learning and artificial intelligence to the cloud masses

Regulators sound out users on cloud services competition concerns

Internal memo: Amazon Web Services plans reorg of Sales, Marketing, and Global Services team

Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson: Fathers of Clouds - A Tribute

Capital spending soars in the cloud as Microsoft, Google, and others bet big on AI demand

Cloud startup Pulumi raises $41M from Madrona, NEA to grow ‘infrastructure as code’ platform

Microsoft and HPE team up to connect Azure cloud to International Space Station

re:Invent-ing cloud computing: Amazon’s decade of innovation for AWS

Microsoft doubles down on cloud data with new products, makes new appeal to Amazon’s rivals

AWS re:Invent: Faster chips, smarter AI, and developer tools grab the spotlight

Buyer’s guide: Data protection for hybrid clouds

Amazon pours up to $4B into AI startup Anthropic, escalating rivalry with Microsoft and Google

AWS offers new AI certifications

How Amazon’s new cloud chief Matt Garman will approach the big challenges ahead

Amazon Q adds feature to create AI apps using natural language

Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky steps down; senior exec Matt Garman named AWS CEO

Bud Financial helps banks and their customers make more informed decisions using AI with DataStax and Google Cloud

Amazon’s departing cloud chief: Gen AI can be ‘one of the biggest opportunities AWS has ever seen’

Amazon elevates two more execs to its senior leadership team under new CEO Andy Jassy

Microsoft releases preview of Text Analytics for health, battle-tested in COVID-19 partnership

AWS tops $10B in quarterly operating profits as Jassy cites ‘reacceleration’ of cloud business

AI in the cloud pays dividends for Liberty Mutual

Chinese firms bypass US export restrictions on AI chips using AWS cloud

IBM and AWS forge global alliance, streamlining access to AI and hybrid cloud solutions

Amazon asks court to block former AWS marketing VP from working on Google Cloud Next speeches

Microsoft acquires Seattle startup Suplari, which uses AI to analyze corporate spending

Seven Trends and Predictions for 2017

ChatGPT coming to Azure: New integration shows how Microsoft will leverage OpenAI partnership

‘An easy button to get off Windows’: Amazon’s new AI moves Microsoft apps to Linux

Former Tableau execs launch new Seattle startup that helps companies manage cloud costs

AWS Custom Silicon Chips Range a Sign of What’s Coming to APAC Cloud Computing

Return of the JEDI: Pentagon’s multicloud sequel puts Microsoft and Amazon in leading roles

AI in the cloud: Microsoft boosts share; Amazon predicts ‘tens of billions’ in new revenue

Oracle makes its pitch for the enterprise cloud. Should CIOs listen?

AWS unveils ‘Amazon Q’ AI assistant, jabs at Microsoft and OpenAI at re:Invent

Inside the AI chip race: How a pivotal happy hour changed Amazon’s strategy in the cloud

Microsoft cloud revenue up 22%, Windows business plunges 27% in first report since job cuts

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