FD Insights Issue 13 | Page 26

Cloud by the Numbers Microsoft is increasingly invested in the cloud space with aggressive initiatives to increase its market position, revenue and growth in this area. With products from the Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) programme as the basis, let’s take a closer look at some of the statistics regarding Microsoft in this space. Microsoft’s commercial cloud annualised revenue run rate currently exceeds $9.4 billion Microsoft aims to increase this to $20 billion by 2018 20 600 000 70% subscribers revenue growth in FY16 Q2 11% revenue growth in FY16 Q2 24 | www.firstdistribution.co.za