Microsoft’s earnings will test strength of cloud business, and impact of supply chain constraints

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in Seattle in May 2019. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Much of the spotlight has been on Microsoft’s gaming division over the past…

Microsoft beats expectations with $51.7B in revenue, $18.8B profit; stock down 5% after hours

Microsoft’s Redmond Washington campus. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Microsoft posted revenue of $51.7 billion in the December quarter, up 20% from the same quarter last year,…

Microsoft’s new heyday: PC ‘renaissance’ and cloud boom drive record revenue and employment

Microsoft surpassed $50 billion in quarterly revenue for the first time, with profits of $18.8 billion, up 22%, in its financial results posted Tuesday afternoon. Generating profits…

Amazon stock sinks 10% after Q1 earnings as costs rise amid inflation, supply chain pressure

An Amazon Fulfillment Center in Dupont, Wash. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Amazon shares declined more than 10% in after-hours trading Thursday after the Seattle tech giant…

GeekWire Podcast: Facebook’s virtual reality, Amazon’s new reality, and Microsoft’s big milestone

GeekWire Illustration This week on the GeekWire Podcast … We dissect Amazon’s earnings, offering our take on Andy Jassy’s take on the company’s latest predicament. We assess…

Microsoft earnings preview: Wall Street expects 18% revenue growth on continued cloud strength

Streaming video subscriptions might be more disposable than imagined, but the juggernaut of cloud infrastructure and enterprise services is another matter entirely. That’s the underlying theory behind…