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In the battle to tap the next growth driver for the cloud business, Microsoft has focused on its core business clients that already use many of its software services, while Google has turned to startups. The results show cloud spending is coming from enterprise clients, whereas smaller businesses are reducing their expenditure, he said. Strong AI use was responsible for a 3 percentage point boost to the Microsoft's cloud business in the September quarter. "Unlike many others who are touting their AI story, Microsoft is capable of delivering meaningful AI products to their customers," brokerage D.A. Many analysts were also optimistic about strength in Alphabet's core search business, but they warned the weakness in the cloud business would continue.
Persons: Morningstar, Ali Mogharabi, Krishna Chintalapalli, Satya Nadella, Davidson, Bernstein, Sundar Pichai, Aditya Soni, Akash Sriram, Arun Koyyur Organizations: Microsoft, Google, Parnassus Investments, Fortune, Thomson Locations: Bengaluru
Microsoft's chief financial officer Amy Hood said on a conference call with analysts that higher-than-expected AI consumption was responsible for a 3 percentage point boost to its cloud business. Alphabet has prioritized snaring AI startups as customers for its cloud division, while Microsoft has relied on its existing relationships to secure larger customers. Azure revenue rose 29%, higher than a 26.2% growth estimate from market research firm Visible Alpha. RBC Capital Markets has previously estimated that Microsoft will clock over $3 billion in revenue from generative AI offerings this fiscal year. Quite surprising to see strong growth reacceleration in the Azure Cloud segment, which is clearly driven by AI-as-a-service related demand," said Global X analyst Tejas Dessai.
Persons: Microsoft's, Bob O'Donnell, Bing, Bard, Amy Hood, Krishna Chintalapalli, capex, Akash Sriram, Anna Tong, Max Cherney, Yuvraj Malik, Greg Bensinger, Stephen Nellis, Sayantani Ghosh, Sonali Paul Organizations: Microsoft, Wall, Microsoft's, TECHnalysis, Parnassus Investments, DAZZLES, Alpha, RBC Capital Markets, Reuters Graphics Microsoft, Tejas Dessai, AWS, Thomson Locations: Bengaluru, Anna, San Francisco
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