The company is starting to get some love from other hardware makers. (pcworld.com)
Rather than cater to a partner ecosystem — where it designs the software for other hardware makers to use in their products — Microsoft may have to pivot more to designing devices like the Xbox, where it builds both aspects. (canadianbusiness.com)
Cisco, like other hardware makers, has struggled as more of its customers use shared data centers run by cloud providers like Amazon (amzn) Web Services and Microsoft (msft). (fortune.com)