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Lumen CEO Kate Johnson on Seattle tech, AI, lessons from Microsoft, and ‘cloudifying’ telecom

by Todd Bishop on September 28, 2023September 28, 2023 at 7:13 am

Kate Johnson is based in Denver in her role as Lumen Technologies CEO and president, but she has been spending a lot of time in the Seattle area recently, and… Read More

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Microsoft earnings preview: Growth slows as tech giant awaits payoff from big AI bets

by Todd Bishop on April 24, 2023April 24, 2023 at 8:35 am

Barring a big surprise, the sluggish economy will continue to take a toll on Microsoft’s overall growth in its financial report Tuesday afternoon for the three months ended March 31,… Read More

What Microsoft’s numbers say about the state of the tech economy

by Todd Bishop on January 25, 2023January 25, 2023 at 9:44 am

Things really began to change in December. That’s when Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform started to lose some of its momentum, experiencing “moderated consumption growth,” in the words of Amy Hood,… Read More

How the economy is hitting the Amazon and Microsoft clouds, and what they’re doing about it

by Todd Bishop on October 28, 2022November 3, 2022 at 12:22 pm

After soaring during the pandemic, the cloud is getting dragged down by the economy, and both of the Seattle region’s tech giants are feeling the impact. Microsoft said its Azure… Read More

Microsoft’s belt-tightening is the latest sign of the economic times

by Todd Bishop on August 10, 2022August 10, 2022 at 11:52 am

“As we manage through this period, we will continue to invest in future growth while maintaining intense focus on operational excellence and execution discipline.” — Amy Hood, Microsoft chief financial… Read More

New filing: Microsoft added record 40,000 employees in past year, up 22%, before job cuts

by Todd Bishop on July 29, 2022July 29, 2022 at 10:51 am

Hiring and acquisitions boosted employment to record levels at Microsoft as of the end of the company’s recent fiscal year, a new regulatory filing shows. Microsoft had 221,000 employees as… Read More

Microsoft adds 23k employees in one year, growing 14% despite pandemic and tight labor market

by Todd Bishop on October 27, 2021October 27, 2021 at 9:49 am

Microsoft’s global employee count grew to nearly 190,000 people at the end of the September quarter, a net increase of 23,500 people globally over the past year, or 14% year-over-year… Read More

Microsoft execs field questions on diversity, Windows 7 holdouts, and offbeat campus plan at annual Q&A session

by Nat Levy on November 28, 2018November 28, 2018 at 1:25 pm

BELLEVUE, Wash. — The Q&A portion of Microsoft’s annual meeting is the one time each year that shareholders in the company get to stand up and grill the top executives… Read More

Microsoft: Commercial cloud revenue to jump 55% to nearly $15B this fiscal year

by Todd Bishop on May 10, 2017May 10, 2017 at 4:05 pm

Microsoft says total revenue from its commercial cloud businesses will reach an estimated $14.8 billion in its current fiscal year, ending June 30 — an increase of more than 55 percent from its… Read More

Advice for leaders from Microsoft CFO Amy Hood: ‘Every risk I took built confidence’

by Taylor Soper on June 8, 2016June 8, 2016 at 1:50 pm

Microsoft CFO Amy Hood has advice for folks that lack the confidence needed to work their way up a company: Fake it ’til you make it. Hood, who became Microsoft’s… Read More

New Microsoft technology sniffs out hackers lurking on in-house corporate networks

by Todd Bishop on July 22, 2015July 22, 2015 at 12:17 pm

Hackers are notorious for lurking on corporate networks for months, logging in via stolen user credentials and surreptitiously gathering information and intelligence before making their presence known to the company… Read More

Microsoft’s big overhaul could reshape its financial reporting

by Todd Bishop on July 9, 2013July 9, 2013 at 10:09 am

Microsoft is set to announce a long-rumored internal reorganization as early as Thursday, according to a report overnight by AllThingsD, citing unnamed sources. Apart from reshuffling the company’s top executives,… Read More

Microsoft stock hits 5-year high as Gates reclaims world’s richest title

by Taylor Soper on May 16, 2013May 16, 2013 at 3:11 pm

It’s a good day to be Bill Gates. According to Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index, Gates’ reclaimed the title of world’s richest man for the first time since 2007, as his fortune… Read More

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