And of course, Microsoft has also made public and the financial results for its fourth quarter (Q1, the first in its fiscal year 2015) which show satisfactory probably due to the change in control that has represented the retaking of a visionary towards hands of its new CEO Satya Nadella. Among other things, the tablet for professionals Surface Pro 3-of which we spoke in depth - Xbox consoles and even the Lumia range, have experienced significant increases in sales compared to the same period in the previous year.
Numbers: In the first quarter of fiscal year 2014 (September to November 2013) were reported revenues of $ 400 million in the range of Surface tablets. Well, at the same time but a year later, revenues have more than doubled reaching 908 million;Meanwhile the number of Xbox sold grew by 102% thus reaching 2.4 million consoles sold though considering the arrival of Xbox One to 28 new markets.
Also there is talk of a 25% increase in the number of users of Office 365 Home and Personal already reaches 7 million subscribers and nearly 6% increase in sales of Lumia phones (9.3 million units), now recognized as mobile Microsoft Lumia , compared to the same quarter last year (8.8 million). In the business sector, as detallábamos a couple of days ago, also maintains its leadership in cloud computing services .
Finally, spare not recommended to thoroughly review its balance sheet for "scarce" resources that the company has resources that allow passage think of how much more will maintain its global relevance: Nearly 90 billion in cash (including investments short term) of $ 112 billion in current assets, more than 3 billion in inventories, among other "minutiae".
More information: Press release for Microsoft Investors - Q1 FY15 Earnings Release
