Steve Ballmer said on Clubhouse that he wishes Microsoft had taken on Amazon's cloud business sooner

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, earning a 32% share during the fourth quarter of 2020. Microsoft Azure was second, with a 20% share. No other company reached 10%.Amazon and Microsoft have the $7 billion-plus federal cloud market so 'locked up,' analysts say the real challenge will be standing out from each other

Cloud services have become a larger percentage of Microsoft's business in recent years. During the company's 2020 fiscal year, which ran from July 2019 through June 2020, its"intelligent cloud" segment accounted for 34% of the company's revenue, up from 31% in fiscal 2019 and 29% in fiscal 2018. , Microsoft's current CEO, ran the division at Microsoft that included its cloud business before replacing Ballmer in 2014. Nadella has also said he wished Microsoft had launched its cloud products sooner.in 2017.

During the Clubhouse discussion, Ballmer said Microsoft was also too slow in its attempt to launch a phone. The company bought Nokia's devices business in 2014, seven years after Apple released its first iPhone. By 2017, MicrosoftYour morning cheat sheet to get you caught up on what you need to know in tech. Sign up to 10 Things in Tech You Need to Know Today.

 

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An why wouldn’t he say that at this stage? I wish I had studded more in school ☺️

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