Not exact matches
Amazon reports its earnings
on Thursday, and it will probably
spend most of its time talking about e-commerce and its fast - growing
cloud computing business, Amazon Web Services.
In tracking all the comings and goings to the S&P 500 for the last 50 years, the study shows that the duration companies
spend on the list fluctuates in cycles mirroring the overall state of the economy and disruption from new technologies, including biotech breakthroughs, social media, and
cloud computing.
But, he explained that the trend of businesses moving to
cloud computing technology and related
cloud services means companies are still
spending money, just not
on older technology.
Amazon.com Inc.'s stock soared after third - quarter sales topped analysts» estimates thanks to the company's fast - growing
cloud -
computing division, a boost from its July Prime Day promotion and a watchful eye
on spending.
Australian businesses are expected to
spend $ US3.4 billion ($ 3.7 billion)
on public
cloud -
computing services this year, a figure that will grow to $ US5.3 billion by 2017.
And while Microsoft's research is targeted to the bottom line ($ 8.6 billion is
on cloud computing, the profit center of the future), IES
spends almost nothing examining the most important aspect of schools: the decisions and actions that individual teachers control or make.
Amazon is also investing in video content and other publishing deals to support the device, while
spending on datacenters for its
cloud computing business and fulfillment for its online retail operations.
In its 2015 road map, IBM has stated to
spend at least $ 20 billion
on acquisitions, and increase revenues of its
cloud computing division from $ 3 billion to $ 7 billion.
You're allowed to earn double or triple points
on the first $ 100,000 of
spending in each category per year (computer hardware, software and
cloud computing are lumped together in one category), then one point after that.
American Express Business Gold Rewards — 3 points per $ 1
spent on computer hardware, software, and
cloud computing purchases made directly from select providers.
On Aug. 1, IBM said it would
spend $ 360 million to build a
cloud computing data center in Research Triangle Park, N.C., bringing to nine its total of
cloud computing centers worldwide.
By using the
cloud, a business can reduce the amount of money it
spends on procuring and maintaining its own IT infrastructure, and instead pay usage fees to the
cloud provider based
on the business's usage of
computing resources.
Large companies like Oracle, Hewlett - Packard and Oracle are rushing to overhaul their business to sell the tools that enable
cloud computing services, while consumers are projected to
spend $ 16 billion annually
on cloud services by 2016, according to Gartner research.