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Shares of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) were trading lower by around 0.50 percent Friday afternoon after the company reported its fiscal fourth-quarter results. Here is a roundup of what some of Wall Street's top analysts are saying after the print. Wells Fargo: Strong Execution Microsoft...

Can any one retailer or company stand up to the task of dethroning Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s dominance? The answer is no, at least according to Jim Cramer who thinks it will take a combination of two of the biggest Dow 30 components to take on the tech behemoth. In order for Wal-Mart Stores...

Reviewing Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s first-quarter results, Oppenheimer said it believes investments in cloud will help the company stave off competition from Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT). Smallest EBIT Margin Growth At AWS Analysts...

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT)'s Azure collection of integrated cloud services will help its Intelligent Cloud business generate more than 10 percent growth in fiscal 2018, BMO Capital Markets analyst Keith Bachman estimated Friday. “Moreover, we believe Microsoft’s advantage in...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)'s first-quarter results came in better than expected, which boosted shares higher by more than 3 percent. But not all among Wall Street were impressed with the report and the company's outlook. Trip Chowdhry of Global Equities Research commented in a research report...

Trip Chowdhry of Global Equities Research holds an Overweight rating on NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA)'s stock with a 12–18 month price target of $125 given strong trends seen both in the company and on a macro level. According to Chowdhry, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) Azure is...

Brent Bracelin of Pacific Crest reaffirmed his Overweight rating on Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) as he believes Microsoft’s Azure is gaining ground as a cloud alternative to Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)’s AWS. “Favorable feedback from cloud partners, who historically...

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) reported its Q2 2017 revenue and EPS significantly ahead of expectations. Going ahead, the key indicators of the company’s success would be the performance of Dynamics 365 with the integrated LinkedIn functionality and the extent of Office 365 and Azure...

Deutsche Bank upped his price target on Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) shares to $75 following upbeat tone from the company on cloud computing/technology at a meeting with Deutsche Bank analysts. The Cloud The commercial cloud (Office 365, Azure, Dynamics Online) business of Microsoft is now...

Trip Chowdhry of Global Equities Research commented in a report Thursday that Cisco Systems, Inc.'s (NASDAQ: CSCO) earnings report and guidance reaffirms his prior thesis that the company is losing share to SuperCloud providers, such as Amazon.com, Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AMZN) AWS and Microsoft...

“Azure is the #2 market share vendor in the cloud space, and has grown 100 percent or more yoy eight of the last ten quarters, and in fact growth accelerated in Q3 16," said Goldman Sachs’ Heather Bellini. Bellini upgraded the rating on Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) from...

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) reported its October quarter results ahead of expectations and announced another “spectacular” guidance, MKM Partners’ Ian Ing said in a report. He added that the company achieved strong growth in gaming and data center revenues and that “...

Goldman Sachs expects Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) to report its first-quarter earnings above consensus, driven by strength in Azure. Microsoft is set to report its first-quarter earnings on October 20. Goldman sees non-GAAP EPS of $0.69, versus consensus of $0.68 and compares to “our...

While most investors have certainly heard about cloud computing, many aren’t familiar with what cloud computing is and what the different categories of cloud computing mean. To start, cloud computing is a shift in the way computer services are provided. Instead of downloading software and...