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TECHNOLOGY A23
Saturday 25 April 2015
Microsoft results show company’s shift, but is it enough?
BRANDON BAILEY This Jan. 21, 2015 photo shows Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaking at an event demonstrating new features of its flagship op-
AP Technology Writer erating system Windows at the company’s headquarters in Redmond, Wash. Microsoft will report earnings Thursday April 23, 2015.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) —
Microsoft is changing its Associated Press
business. The question is
whether it’s changing fast consumer PCs and a 19 in lower-priced tablets and Moerdler says it should pay search engine and Office
enough. The tech giant percent drop in licensing laptops. This may hurt rev- off eventually by getting 365 programs for docu-
showed some progress for business PCs. enue near term, but Bern- more people to use Micro- ments, spreadsheets and
Thursday, reporting better- Demand for new PCs is stein Research analyst Mark soft products like the Bing mail.q
than-expected quarterly expected to fall in 2015
earnings and more growth for the fourth consecutive Computer program to take on
in its relatively new cloud year, according to Interna-
computing segment. CEO tional Data Corp. Microsoft world’s best in Texas Hold ‘em
Satya Nadella has been in- blamed weak demand,
vesting in new services and along with a strong dollar PITTSBURGH (AP) — Carn- variables are the perfect challenges, such as IBM’s
redesigning Microsoft’s overseas, when it issued a egie Mellon University re- test for artificial intelligence. Deep Blue program that
most popular programs forecast in January for low- searchers are going all in, The machine must account beat chess master Garry
for smartphones and other er revenue than analysts pitting a computer pro- for about 10 to the 161st Kasparov in 1997 and IBM’s
mobile gadgets. had expected. That sent gram against some of the power of variables — more Watson, which beat Jeop-
But a continuing slump in Microsoft’s stock tumbling world’s best professional than all the atoms believed ardy champions Brad Rut-
the PC industry has caused more than 10 percent in poker players. to exist in the universe. ter and Ken Jennings in
Microsoft’s stock to floun- one day. After peaking at Computer science profes- Les, 29, is a professional 2011.
der in recent months, $50.05 last November, Mi- sor Tuomas Sandholm and poker player but has a de- Polk said he wants to rep-
marking the end of a hon- crosoft Corp. shares have researchers Sam Ganzfried gree in computer science. resent humans as best he
eymoon year in which traded below $43 recently. and Noam Brown are tak- He said he relishes the op- can against the machines
shares rose steadily after The stock closed Thursday ing their poker-playing portunity to play Claudico. that will eventually beat
Nadella took the reins in at $43.34 and rose almost computer program, Clau- “I think in the early stages, them.
February 2014. Microsoft’s 4 percent in extended dico, to Rivers Casino in the computer might have “I hope we can stand up
latest report shows another trading after the earnings Pittsburg on Friday. Clau- an advantage, but at a for humanity and take this
decline in profit and rev- report. Microsoft is hoping dico — the Latin word for certain point the players computer down,” he said
enue from the company’s for a boost later this year limp, as in limping in to a can figure out what’s going with a laugh. “I know com-
flagship Windows software when it releases a rede- bet — will take on Doug on and adjust,” Les said. puters will eventually be
for personal computers. signed version of Windows Polk, Dong Kim, Bjorn Li and “But it’s a strategy game. able to beat humans. But
Wall Street analysts say with new features for PCs Jason Les. They’ll split a You bring a strategy to the I hope we can make them
2015 is the year Nadella and mobile devices. And prize purse of $100,000 in a table and the computer’s go a few more rounds af-
needs to show his strategy Nadella has taken other competition funded by the strategy may be better ter this before they do, like
is making a difference. steps to get Microsoft’s casino and Microsoft. than mine.” Kasparov did.”
“He needs to not just talk software into the hands Getting a computer to The competition continues The computer will play
the talk, but walk the walk,” of consumers who prefer beat humans in poker has the work of other Carnegie 80,000 hands of Heads-
said FBR Capital Markets smartphones and tablets. been a goal for more than Mellon-trained scientists Up No-Limit Texas Hold
analyst Daniel Ives, who’s That includes offering Win- 10 years, Sandholm said. who have contributed to ‘em in the two-week
been a fan of Nadella’s dows at steep discounts The numerous unknown past artificial intelligence tournament.q
moves to overhaul a com- for manufacturers to use
pany best-known for its PC
software. He called the
quarterly report “a big step
in the right direction.”
Microsoft’s financial results
underscore the impor-
tance of Nadella’s efforts.
Revenue from cloud com-
puting has grown rapidly,
as more businesses are
paying to use software
housed in Microsoft’s data
centers. The Redmond,
Washington-based com-
pany says it’s on track to
log more than $6 billion in
cloud sales this year.
But Microsoft still relies
heavily on selling tradi-
tional software, which con-
tributed the largest part of
its $21.7 billion in sales for
the quarter. While overall
revenue increased, thanks
to sales by the newly ac-
quired Nokia phone busi-
ness, the company saw
a 26 percent drop in Win-
dows licensing revenue for
Saturday 25 April 2015
Microsoft results show company’s shift, but is it enough?
BRANDON BAILEY This Jan. 21, 2015 photo shows Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaking at an event demonstrating new features of its flagship op-
AP Technology Writer erating system Windows at the company’s headquarters in Redmond, Wash. Microsoft will report earnings Thursday April 23, 2015.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) —
Microsoft is changing its Associated Press
business. The question is
whether it’s changing fast consumer PCs and a 19 in lower-priced tablets and Moerdler says it should pay search engine and Office
enough. The tech giant percent drop in licensing laptops. This may hurt rev- off eventually by getting 365 programs for docu-
showed some progress for business PCs. enue near term, but Bern- more people to use Micro- ments, spreadsheets and
Thursday, reporting better- Demand for new PCs is stein Research analyst Mark soft products like the Bing mail.q
than-expected quarterly expected to fall in 2015
earnings and more growth for the fourth consecutive Computer program to take on
in its relatively new cloud year, according to Interna-
computing segment. CEO tional Data Corp. Microsoft world’s best in Texas Hold ‘em
Satya Nadella has been in- blamed weak demand,
vesting in new services and along with a strong dollar PITTSBURGH (AP) — Carn- variables are the perfect challenges, such as IBM’s
redesigning Microsoft’s overseas, when it issued a egie Mellon University re- test for artificial intelligence. Deep Blue program that
most popular programs forecast in January for low- searchers are going all in, The machine must account beat chess master Garry
for smartphones and other er revenue than analysts pitting a computer pro- for about 10 to the 161st Kasparov in 1997 and IBM’s
mobile gadgets. had expected. That sent gram against some of the power of variables — more Watson, which beat Jeop-
But a continuing slump in Microsoft’s stock tumbling world’s best professional than all the atoms believed ardy champions Brad Rut-
the PC industry has caused more than 10 percent in poker players. to exist in the universe. ter and Ken Jennings in
Microsoft’s stock to floun- one day. After peaking at Computer science profes- Les, 29, is a professional 2011.
der in recent months, $50.05 last November, Mi- sor Tuomas Sandholm and poker player but has a de- Polk said he wants to rep-
marking the end of a hon- crosoft Corp. shares have researchers Sam Ganzfried gree in computer science. resent humans as best he
eymoon year in which traded below $43 recently. and Noam Brown are tak- He said he relishes the op- can against the machines
shares rose steadily after The stock closed Thursday ing their poker-playing portunity to play Claudico. that will eventually beat
Nadella took the reins in at $43.34 and rose almost computer program, Clau- “I think in the early stages, them.
February 2014. Microsoft’s 4 percent in extended dico, to Rivers Casino in the computer might have “I hope we can stand up
latest report shows another trading after the earnings Pittsburg on Friday. Clau- an advantage, but at a for humanity and take this
decline in profit and rev- report. Microsoft is hoping dico — the Latin word for certain point the players computer down,” he said
enue from the company’s for a boost later this year limp, as in limping in to a can figure out what’s going with a laugh. “I know com-
flagship Windows software when it releases a rede- bet — will take on Doug on and adjust,” Les said. puters will eventually be
for personal computers. signed version of Windows Polk, Dong Kim, Bjorn Li and “But it’s a strategy game. able to beat humans. But
Wall Street analysts say with new features for PCs Jason Les. They’ll split a You bring a strategy to the I hope we can make them
2015 is the year Nadella and mobile devices. And prize purse of $100,000 in a table and the computer’s go a few more rounds af-
needs to show his strategy Nadella has taken other competition funded by the strategy may be better ter this before they do, like
is making a difference. steps to get Microsoft’s casino and Microsoft. than mine.” Kasparov did.”
“He needs to not just talk software into the hands Getting a computer to The competition continues The computer will play
the talk, but walk the walk,” of consumers who prefer beat humans in poker has the work of other Carnegie 80,000 hands of Heads-
said FBR Capital Markets smartphones and tablets. been a goal for more than Mellon-trained scientists Up No-Limit Texas Hold
analyst Daniel Ives, who’s That includes offering Win- 10 years, Sandholm said. who have contributed to ‘em in the two-week
been a fan of Nadella’s dows at steep discounts The numerous unknown past artificial intelligence tournament.q
moves to overhaul a com- for manufacturers to use
pany best-known for its PC
software. He called the
quarterly report “a big step
in the right direction.”
Microsoft’s financial results
underscore the impor-
tance of Nadella’s efforts.
Revenue from cloud com-
puting has grown rapidly,
as more businesses are
paying to use software
housed in Microsoft’s data
centers. The Redmond,
Washington-based com-
pany says it’s on track to
log more than $6 billion in
cloud sales this year.
But Microsoft still relies
heavily on selling tradi-
tional software, which con-
tributed the largest part of
its $21.7 billion in sales for
the quarter. While overall
revenue increased, thanks
to sales by the newly ac-
quired Nokia phone busi-
ness, the company saw
a 26 percent drop in Win-
dows licensing revenue for
