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Microsoft kills volume rebates in name of 'transparency'

2 months 2 weeks ago
Online Services price changes start November 1, aligning with Microsoft.com rates and eliminating programmatic discounts

Microsoft is updating its pricing approach for Online Services in Enterprise Agreements in the name of consistency and transparency, but could leave some customers paying more.…

Richard Speed

Sysadmin cured a medical mystery by shifting a single cable

2 months 2 weeks ago
Somebody built a very sick network in the bowels of a hospital

On Call  Few make it to Friday without some end-of-week blues, which The Register always treats with a fresh dose of On Call – the reader-contributed column that recounts your stories of tech support contusions.…

Simon Sharwood

Foxconn Now Making More From Servers than iPhones

2 months 2 weeks ago
An anonymous reader shares a report: Manufacturer to the stars Foxconn is building so many AI servers that they're now bringing in more cash than consumer electronics -- even counting the colossal quantity of iPhones it creates for Apple. The Taiwanese company revealed the shift in its Thursday announcement of Q2 results, which saw revenue grow 16% to NT$1.79 trillion ($59.73 billion) and operating profit rise 27% to NT$56.6 billion ($1.9 billion). CEO Kathy Yang told investors the company's Cloud and Networking Products division delivered 41% of total revenue, up nine percent compared to Q2 2024, and surpassing the company's Smart Consumer Electronics unit for the first time. The latter business includes Foxconn's work for Apple.

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