| | December 20176CIOReviewCopyright © 2017 ValleyMedia Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.CIOReviewDECEMBER - 07 - 2017Mailing AddressCIOReview44790 S. Grimmer Blvd Suite 202, Fremont, CA 94538T:510.402.1463, F:510-894-8405 DECEMBER - 07 - 2017, Vol 06 SE 133 Published by ValleyMedia Inc.To subscribe to CIOReviewVisit www.cioreview.com MICROSOFT SPECIALCIOReviewEditorial StaffSalesCarolynn WaltersJustin BlackKyle SummersRussell ThomasSam EricssonVishnu SanthoshRichard Watsonrichard@cioreview.comVisualizersAsher BlakeAR RamjithManaging EditorJeevan GeorgeMicrosoft slowly, yet steadily, is tightening its grip on the cloud. The company's cloud business--for the first time--generated record revenue of $1.7 billion in September. In the words of Satya Nadella, the CEO, "Microsoft is outpacing the goal we set just two years ago." Nadella predicted in October 2015 that Microsoft would hit $20 billion in annual cloud sales by 2018. Achieving this feat in advance was a big push for Microsoft that is trying hard to move away from its old, slower businesses like the Windows operating system into a cloud-centered one."Customers are choosing the Microsoft Cloud for its operational consistency, productivity and security that spans the entire digital estate, inclusive of Windows 10 security and management, Dynamics 365, Enterprise Mobility + Security and Azure," Nadella said at the company's recent earnings call. In fact, Microsoft's cloud strategy revolves more around the hybrid model, which according to Nadella, will bring consistency across the entire stack, inclusive of identity, data, app platform, security and management at the edge and in the cloud. "Our hybrid cloud is one of the reasons nearly every Fortune 500 company has chosen to partner with Microsoft," said Nadella. Many companies, according to Microsoft, are moving their tier one workloads to Microsoft's stack, which was not the case in the past. This will further help the company up its ante in the cloud game.Going forward, Microsoft is betting big on fuelling cloud with artificial intelligence, and making the intelligent cloud, and intelligent edge, centered on AI and IoT a reality. It's a big ecosystem to master, and the company has already aligned its vision toward it. One thing is sure, 2018 will witness exciting innovations from the Redmond giant, focused on sharpening the company's competitive edge in the enterprise landscape.Jeevan George Managing Editoreditor@cioreview.comEditorialUpping the Cloud Game*Some of the Insights are based on the interviews with respective CIOs and CXOs to our editorial staff
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