Amazon Web Services posted a 17% increase in year-on-year sales for the first quarter, reaching $29.3 billion. The operating profit was $11.5 billion, up from $9.4 billion last time.
Mother company Amazon reported Q1 total sales of $155.7 billion, a 9% increase on the same quarter last year.
-Apple reported a 5% increase in sales to $95.4 billion for the second quarter ended 29 March, 2025. Quarterly diluted earnings per share reached $1.65, up 8% year-over-year.
“Our March quarter business performance drove EPS growth of 8% and $24 billion in operating cash flow, allowing us to return $29 billion to shareholders,” said Kevan Parekh, Apple CFO. “And thanks to our high levels of customer loyalty and satisfaction, our installed base of active devices once again reached a new all-time high across all product categories and geographic segments.”
-Microsoft delivered a solid set of results for the third quarter, with sales up 13% to $70.1 billion. The operating profit was up 16% to $32 billion, and the net profit came in at $25.8 billion – up 18%.
-Cognizant saw sales increase by 8.2% year-on-year for the first quarter, reaching $5.1 billion for the three months ended 31 March, 2025.
-Leading VAR Computacenter saw a “good performance” in the first quarter for 2025, outperforming the same period last year, it said in a trading statement.
The provider highlighted strong growth in Technology Sourcing revenue, primarily driven by its North American operations. The UK saw growth across both Technology Sourcing and Professional Services. Germany performed “adequately”.
-Denmark IT services consultancy Netcompany said Q1 group revenue increased 9% year-over-year in constant currency to DKK 1.74 billion. The adjusted EBITDA jumped 25% to DKK 307.3m in constant currency.
-Last year saw the worldwide unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) market grow 7.8% to $69.2 billion, said analyst house IDC.
Integrated unified communications (UC) and customer engagement (CE) solutions represent the fastest-growing yet smallest segment in the global UC&C market. These solutions offer essential customer communications features and cater to organisations that need frequent customer interactions across functional teams, but do not require a full-service contact centre.
This integrated UC-CE segment is a relatively recent market development, and is expected to grow at a 33% CAGR from 2025 to 2029, reaching nearly $2 billion by 2029, said the analyst.
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