The Microsoft fiscal Q1 2020 (ending 30 September 2019) results see revenues reach $33.1 billion, a 14% Y-o-Y increase, while operating income is up by 27% Y-o-Y to $12.7bn. Net income totals $107bn, a 21% Y-o-Y increase.

“The world’s leading companies are choosing our cloud to build their digital capability,” CEO Satya Nadella says. “We are accelerating our innovation across the entire tech stack to deliver new value for customers and investing in large and growing markets with expansive opportunity.”

Driving results for the quarter is the cloud, with the commercial segment generating $11.6bn in revenue, up 36% Y-o-Y. Intelligent Cloud revenue totals $10.8bn, a 27% Y-o-Y increase, with server products and cloud services revenue increasing by 30% Y-o-Y thanks to Azure growth of 59% Y-o-Y. Enterprise services revenue, on the other hand, is up by 7% Y-o-Y.

French system integration giant Capgemini names longtime deputy and current COO Aiman Ezzat successor to CEO Paul Hermelin, part of an internal managerial transition initiated back in 2017.

Ezzat takes the reins of the company on 20 May 2020, following the shareholders general meeting. The succession follows the previous decision to split the Capgemini governance structure by separating the roles of CEO and chairman. Thus, Hermelin remains chairman of the board while Ezzat takes responsibility for the general management of the company.

Ezzat has over 20 years of experience at Capgemini and has worked in many countries, including the UK and US. He was appointed COO of the financial services Global Business Unit (GBU) in November 2007 and became its global head in December 2008, a position he held until 2012. From December 2012 until 2018 he served as CFO, before becoming COO.

SAP announces a €200 million investment in a campus near Berlin central station in a move highlighting not only a focus on areas such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and blockchain, but also the significance of the German capital.

The "Quartier Heidestrasse" has an area of over 30000 square-metres, and offers room for up to 1200 employees. The move to the campus is planned for end 2022. Currently SAP has multiple office locations in the capital area, specifically in Berlin-Mitte and Schoenefeld, SAP Data Space and the SAP Innovation Centre in Potsdam.

“SAP loves Berlin,” the company says. “The capital and its tech ecosystem cannot be overlooked by us and our clients. This applies to the innovations of the future as well as to Berlin’s location as an important job market. Berlin, like no other capital, has a strong appeal beyond Europe.”

QSC announces the acquisition of Attero Tech, a deal bringing together the Q-SYS audio, video and control ecosystem with the Attero Tech range of networked AV endpoints and I/O peripherals.

The purchase also boosts the development capabilities of QSC, since the Attero Tech engineering staff will join the multi-national QSC team.