If Microsoft is in such good shape, and its results once again exceed all expectations, it is thanks to the cloud, that is to say remote computer storage, to decentralized servers within immense data centers. The cloud is also what makes the fortune of the other behemoths in the sector, Google and Amazon. This shift to the cloud, Microsoft was able to take it at the right time, while it dragged the image of an aging star of tech, co-founded in 1975 by Bill Gates, and better known for being the inventor of Windows for PC computers. At that time, the creators of Google, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, were still in shorts.
Coming back to the cloud, how can we explain that it has taken on such importance? This is due to the exponential growth of data to be managed and stored, both for businesses and individuals. The cloud is what allows you to store, almost without limits, your photos, your music, and your documents, without saturating the memory of your computer or your smartphone. It is also in the cloud that the films and series that you watch in streaming are hosted, as well as the software used on a daily basis.
This rise of the cloud has further accelerated with the health crisis and teleworking, which has only increased the needs of companies in terms of IT capacity to process their data. This is the wave that surfs Microsoft, whose market value continues to swell on Wall Street. At over $ 2.4 trillion, it’s not far from Apple, the world’s most expensive company.
Europe also has its cloud champions and he is French: it’s OVH, recently renamed OVHcloud. This French tech nugget, now number 1 in the cloud in Europe, is a formidable success story, that of a Northerner of Polish origin, Octave Klaba, who arrived in France with his family in the early 90s, and who did not speak a word of French at the time. Since then, he has built a global group, which is an alternative to the American cloud giants. OVH is on cloud nine, since its IPO two weeks ago saw its price jump from the first session, a very good omen.