* bumpy road ahead 미래가 어둡다
# Big Tech led U.S. markets on a sharp rebound to kick off 2023. But the message from their earnings this week was: not so fast. Apple, Google parent Alphabet and Amazon all posted results for the end of year quarter that left a sour taste in investors' mouths. The reports renewed questions about global economic demand, the effect of higher interest rates and whether the market's January rally got ahead of itself.
And they also reinforced concerns about what is normally a lucrative source of profit: cloud services. Amazon and Microsoft , which together dominate the cloud market , showed growth in the business was at its lowest since they started breaking out the metric in 2015 and was on track to slow even further.
* kick off 2023 : 2023년을 시작하다
* not so fast : 포커칠 때, 좀 더 기다려 봐 (속단은 이르다)
* rally : 반등
* get ahead of itself 자만심, 성급함, 자기자신을 앞서가는 것
* at its lowest 성장세가 가장 낮다
* break out : 떼서 밖으로 빼냈다 => 별도 집계
* on track 이대로 간다면 => 별다른 변수가 없다면
# Microsoft posted growth of around 50% in its Azure cloud computing business for each quarter of calendar 2020, when many were forced to work and study at home. Meanwhile, market leader Amazon Web Services,
or AWS, reported a sales jump of about 30% during the same period.
But times have changed. Growth at AWS slowed to a record low of 20% in the last three months of 2022. And Microsoft’s current-quarter revenue forecast for its so-called intelligent cloud business, which includes Azure, was below analysts’ estimates. That’s troublesome news for both companies , especially as a slowing economy has hit other parts of their businesses.
* be forced to ~ 할 수밖에 없다
* report 발표하다
# There is, however, a potential silver lining: a boom in artificial intelligence after the viral success of ChatGPT, made by OpenAI. Analysts told Reuters that AI applications like ChatGPT could boost demand for cloud services
again as they require massive computing power, a boon for companies whose services help run the technology.
* Every cloud has a silver lining. 쥐구멍에도 볕 뜰 날이 있다.
* a sliver lining = 굿 뉴스, 그나마 희소식
* viral success 바이러스 같은 성공
* boon = 호재, good news
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