Microsoft closes unfilled job openings in cloud and security

Even Microsoft's rapidly growing cloud business and the strategically important area of security are not immune to cooling economic conditions with previous job openings said to have now closed unfilled. In May, the Redmond-based business hit the brakes on hiring in several software and collaboration product areas including …

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"Quite why Microsoft is clipping recruitment plans in its cloud division is another matter. The Intelligent Cloud division was up 26 percent year-on-year to $19.1 billion in Microsoft's Q3 ended March 31"

That's because Msft includes Windows SPLA revenue from AWS (and Google). So AWS growing like a weed makes Microsoft Cloud numbers look great..

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