Microsoft reports 7% fall in second quarter profitJuly 23, 2014 - 14:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Technology giant Microsoft reported a 7% fall in profit during the second quarter, according to BBC News. The company said profit during the March to June period was $4.6bn compared with $4.97bn during the same period last year. Microsoft said its Nokia division, which it acquired in April, lost $692m. Last week, Microsoft announced it would cut 18,000 jobs - the biggest round of job cuts in the company's 39-year history. Around 12,500 of those positions will be eliminated in the Nokia phone business. "We are driving growth with disciplined decisions, bold innovation, and focused execution," said chief executive Satya Nadella in a statement, choosing to focus on revenues from Microsoft's cloud division, which he said were set to double to $4.4bn this year. Shares in Microsoft were mostly flat in trading after stock market hours, although they are up more than 20% for the year as investors hope Nadella's vision for change will lead to a boost in the bottom line. Last week, Nadella said that he was cutting positions partly as a result of incorporating Nokia's thousands of workers into Microsoft but also in an effort to move the company away from its core software operations towards its cloud computing business. Cloud computing allows companies to rent computer services including software and storage, in flexible bundles, rather than investing in expensive equipment themselves. Microsoft's job cuts total more than 14% of the firm's 127,000 workforce - which is nearly 50% bigger than that of rival Apple. Related links: Related issues: Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Viva-MTS: Tech solutions to modernize infrastructure of border village The border village has been the focus of Viva-MTS and the Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Values since 2015. “By Your Side”: IDBank's new support program for displaced Artsakh citizens IDBank is launching a long-term social support program for forcibly displaced Artsakh residents. The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. |