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Clouded Judgement 10.11.24 - Budget Flush

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When companies reported Q4 ‘23 quarters, sentiment started to emerge that software was “bouncing back.” We all know 2020 and 2021 was the year of excessive software buying fueled by ZIRP. Where was redundant spend that could be consildated. Cost optimizations were everywhere.

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A Look Back at Q1 '24 Public Cloud Software Earnings

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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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Clouded Judgement 5.3.24 - Hyperscalers Report Q1 + Early Look at Software Reports

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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). First, companies have largely completed the lion's share of their cost optimization and turned their attention to newer initiatives.