{"id":7340,"date":"2013-04-19T12:19:40","date_gmt":"2013-04-19T11:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/?p=7340"},"modified":"2013-04-19T12:19:40","modified_gmt":"2013-04-19T11:19:40","slug":"microsoft-shrugs-off-windows-8-issues-with-record-revenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/7340-microsoft-shrugs-off-windows-8-issues-with-record-revenue.html","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft shrugs off Windows 8 issues with record revenue"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday Microsoft released its financial figures<\/a> for the first three months of 2013. <\/p>\n

Quarter ending March 31st 2013 vs quarter ending March 31st 2012, $millions<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Segment<\/td>\nRevenue<\/td>\nChange<\/td>\nProfit<\/td>\nChange<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Client (Windows + Live)<\/td>\n5703<\/td>\n+1070<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n3459<\/td>\n+480<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Server and Tools<\/td>\n5039<\/td>\n+508<\/td>\n1979<\/td>\n+293<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Online<\/td>\n832<\/td>\n+125<\/td>\n-262<\/span><\/td>\n+218<\/font><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Business (Office)<\/td>\n6319<\/td>\n+477<\/font><\/span><\/td>\n4104<\/td>\n+307<\/font><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Entertainment and devices<\/td>\n2531<\/td>\n+913<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n342<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n+570<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Note that the figures for Windows and Office are boosted by deferred revenue from upgrade offers. The PC sales decline will be reflected in Windows client sales next time round.<\/p>\n

CFO Peter Klein spoke of hoped-for improvements in Windows 8 device fortunes based on refinements coming in Windows \u201cBlue\u201d as well as more power-efficient CPUs coming from Intel. \u201cWe are confident we are moving in the right direction,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He also discussed the new subscription-based model for Office. Office 365 has added five times more subscribers this quarter than in the same period last year, he said, and revenue exceeds $1 billion.<\/p>\n

Suh said that System Center revenue is up 22% and that Hyper-V has gained 4 points of market share in the year. Lync and SharePoint are also growing.<\/p>\n

In answer to a question about Surface, Microsoft\u2019s own-brand tablet, Klein spoke about a coming \u201cbroader array of Windows 8 devices including lower price points.\u201d  <\/p>\n

The deferred revenues disguise what would otherwise be a decline in Windows sales, but in other respects these figures are remarkable, particularly in a difficult economy.<\/p>\n

Isn\u2019t Windows 8 a failure, and won\u2019t declining PC sales take Microsoft down too? It is possible, but so far the company has proved resilient. Perhaps the most significant positive here is that both Office 365 and Azure are working for the company, which means that cloud computing is not killing Microsoft\u2019s business in the way that some speculated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday Microsoft released its financial figures for the first three months of 2013. Quarter ending March 31st 2013 vs quarter ending March 31st 2012, $millions Segment Revenue Change Profit Change Client (Windows + Live) 5703 +1070 3459 +480 Server and Tools 5039 +508 1979 +293 Online 832 +125 -262 +218 Business (Office) 6319 +477 4104 … Continue reading Microsoft shrugs off Windows 8 issues with record revenue<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,97,100],"tags":[388,586],"class_list":["post-7340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-microsoft","category-windows","category-xbox","tag-financials","tag-microsoft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7340\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}