"Innovation across our cloud platforms drove strong results this quarter," Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella said in a release. "Customers are looking to Microsoft and our thriving partner ecosystem to accelerate their own digital transformations and to unlock new opportunity in this era of intelligent cloud and intelligent edge." Intelligent cloud is how Microsoft refers to services that let businesses take advantage of computing power online in its data centers, coupled with insights or analysis by artificial intelligence software. It is seeking to be a first port-of-call for businesses relying on cloud computing, as the industry moves away from packaged software. "Which is why it is so important for Microsoft to be in the cloud and so far they have been killing it.

Source: The Nation Bangkok July 20, 2017 21:56 UTC