Clouded Judgement

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Subscribe now Amazon ReInvent This week Amazon had their annual AWS ReInvent conference. There were also quite a few questions around cost and compliance. ” AWS fully embracing the breadth over depth approach. Looking at the mid to long term, we feel very optimistic about the outlook for strong AWS growth.

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MAY 3, 2024

Subscribe now Cloud Giants Report Q1 + Early Look at Software Results Q1 earnings seasons has officially kicked off! We now have results from the three hypersclaers (AWS / Azure / GCP). The most notable change in tone was Andy Jassy talking about AWS. We’ve already had ~20% of software companies report Q1.

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Clouded Judgement

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Subscribe now Cloud Giants Report Q4 ‘23 Two quotes from the Amazon and Microsoft earnings call really stood out to me this week. Amazon on AWS : “…customers are continuing to shift their focus towards driving innovation and bringing new workloads to the cloud. Follow along to stay up to date!

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Clouded Judgement

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Subscribe now Cloud Giants Report Q3 ‘23 Not a great signal for software this week from the Cloud Giants (AWS, Azure and Google Cloud)…After Q2 (3 months ago), the tone from the Cloud Giants around optimizations was largely: optimizations have started to ease, and net new workloads have picked up.

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Clouded Judgement

OCTOBER 11, 2024

This behavior can create a surge in purchasing activity, as organizations look to make strategic investments without losing their allocated funds. When companies reported Q4 ‘23 quarters, sentiment started to emerge that software was “bouncing back.” Cost optimizations were everywhere.

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Clouded Judgement

JUNE 19, 2024

The 62 companies that I’ll discuss here (which is not an exhaustive list, but is still comprehensive) all reported quarterly earnings sometime between April 24th – June 10th. These charts clearly show the ZIRP pull forward, the ensuing cloud cost optimizations, and then the recovery.

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AUGUST 4, 2023

Subscribe now Cloud Giants Update “What we're seeing in the quarter is that those cost optimizations, while still going on, are moderating and many maybe behind us in some of our large customers. ” These are two quotes about AWS on the Amazon earnings call. Follow along to stay up to date!

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