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Microsoft

Jun 30, 2017, 12:55 PM

Report: Microsoft reorganizing its sales organization around cloud strategy

Microsoft has reinvented itself over the past few years as a cloud-focused software company, and looks like it is applying… Read More

Jun 29, 2017, 7:41 AM

Microsoft acquires Cloudyn for reported $50M, continuing Azure buying spree

Microsoft made another Azure acquisition Thursday, adding Israel’s Cloudyn and its cloud monitoring and analytics tools to the Azure team.… Read More

Jun 27, 2017, 10:52 AM

Global ransomware attack spreads through Europe

A major ransomware attack is affecting businesses across Europe. Organizations in Ukraine and Russia seem to be the hardest hit.… Read More

Jun 27, 2017, 10:08 AM

Microsoft debuts ‘Sports Performance Platform’ to help teams make data-driven decisions

Microsoft is making more moves in the sports arena. The tech giant today debuted its “Sports Performance Platform,” a new… Read More

Jun 27, 2017, 8:24 AM

Microsoft starts offering 4 weeks paid leave for employees caring for sick family members

Microsoft is rolling out a new paid family leave benefit to employees around the world. The Family Caregiver Leave policy allows… Read More

Jun 27, 2017, 7:54 AM

Microsoft and Box strike another partnership deal, this time for Box on Azure and AI

Microsoft and Box will be working together a little more closely after signing a partnership agreement to promote each other’s… Read More

Jun 24, 2017, 6:54 AM

Microsoft calls DOJ’s Supreme Court appeal in email case ‘backward’ given progress on new law

The U.S. Justice Department petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court late Friday to overturn a ruling that blocked its warrant to… Read More

Trump tech council
Jun 21, 2017, 12:09 PM

Transcript: Here’s what Microsoft, Amazon and Apple CEOs told Trump about tech this week

President Trump said that he was joined by “an incredible group of leaders” as he kicked off a meeting of… Read More

Satya Nadella
Jun 20, 2017, 9:00 PM

Leaders of top tech companies land on Glassdoor’s list of the 100 highest-rated CEOs

CEOs of some of the world’s top tech companies are feeling the love today, thanks to a new list from… Read More

Jun 20, 2017, 2:25 PM

Microsoft Azure, Baidu embrace AMD’s new Epyc data center processor

Advanced Micro Devices’ long road back to relevance as a data center computing supplier got a little easier with promises… Read More

Jun 20, 2017, 12:03 PM

Microsoft Azure’s Scott Guthrie: Serverless technology will drive further cost reductions in the cloud

New adopters of cloud computing services marvel about the cost efficiency they’re seeing compared to their traditional infrastructure, but Microsoft… Read More

Jun 20, 2017, 8:56 AM

Microsoft’s new internal video hub, Microsoft Stream, is now generally available

Microsoft Stream, a video service that helps companies organize those boring training videos for their employees, is now generally available,… Read More

Jun 19, 2017, 4:24 PM

What happened inside President Trump’s meeting with top tech CEOs

As promised, some of the world’s top tech CEOs from companies like Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, Google and many others met… Read More

Trump and tech leaders
Jun 19, 2017, 9:20 AM

Trump to talk policy with tech CEOs Bezos, Nadella, Cook and others in Washington D.C.

Follow-up: What happened inside President Trump’s meeting with top tech CEOs An all-star contingent of tech CEOs will meet Monday… Read More

Jun 16, 2017, 12:15 PM

Amazon’s Whole Foods acquisition might take some cloud revenue off Microsoft’s table

Amazon’s $13.7 billion purchase of Whole Foods Friday also took a major customer away from its closest rival in the… Read More

Jun 15, 2017, 9:24 AM

Why Amazon (and others) might want to acquire Slack

There’s not much of a dilemma as to why Amazon might consider buying Slack for $9 billion; just about any… Read More

Microsoft Ms. Pac-Man
Jun 14, 2017, 10:43 AM

Waka waka waka wow! Microsoft researchers use AI to gobble up record score on Ms. Pac Man

The Ms. in “Ms. Pac-Man” might as well stand for Microsoft now. The software giant has achieved the highest score… Read More

Jun 14, 2017, 7:00 AM

Associated Press to pilot Microsoft’s Power BI for data analysis and visualization

The Associated Press will use Microsoft’s Power BI technology to create and share interactive graphics for large-scale data journalism projects… Read More

Jun 13, 2017, 4:06 PM

Reviews: Microsoft’s Surface Laptop is a winner … but Windows 10 S is less of a hit

Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop starts shipping tomorrow, and for those interested but still unsure of the device, the wide world… Read More

Jun 13, 2017, 3:30 PM

Microsoft’s open-source redemption tour continues, joins Cloud Foundry Foundation

Microsoft’s once-unthinkable evolution into a major open-source player continued Tuesday with its decision to join the Cloud Foundry Foundation. Microsoft… Read More

Jun 12, 2017, 10:42 AM

Microsoft releases Power BI Premium, expanding reach of data visualization technology

Microsoft released a new premium version of its Power BI data visualization software, with a flexible distribution and pricing model… Read More

Jun 12, 2017, 9:18 AM

Microsoft wins U.S. Supreme Court ruling in decade-old case over scratched Xbox 360 games

Microsoft won a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a complex case that goes back close to a decade, involving scratched… Read More

Jun 11, 2017, 3:54 PM

Microsoft: Xbox One backward compatibility expanding to original Xbox games

Now there’s a logo you wouldn’t have expected to see at Microsoft’s 2017 Xbox E3 press event. That’s the original Microsoft… Read More

Jun 11, 2017, 2:10 PM

Microsoft unveils Project Scorpio console as ‘Xbox One X,’ set to debut Nov. 7 for $499

Updated with pricing and other details. Microsoft just announced that its new “Xbox One X” console, previously code-named Project Scorpio,… Read More

Jun 8, 2017, 10:37 AM

Microsoft agrees to acquire Hexadite to beef up Windows 10 security automation

Microsoft said it has agreed to acquire Hexadite, a Boston company that automates investigations of cyberattacks and improves defenses in… Read More

Jun 7, 2017, 3:56 PM

Cloudy with a chance of profit: Cloud drives value for tech giants like Amazon and Microsoft

Three hundred billion dollars and growing: that is the size of the cloud market in front of Amazon, Microsoft and… Read More

Jun 7, 2017, 10:59 AM

Apptio, which helps CIOs monitor IT spend, reveals which cloud platforms customers are adopting

Apptio sits at a unique position in today’s rapidly-changing enterprise technology world, as the Bellevue, Wash.-based publicly-traded company helps CIOs understand spending… Read More

Jun 7, 2017, 10:41 AM

Microsoft Azure chief Scott Guthrie on competing with Amazon, and standing out in the cloud

Amazon and Microsoft are at the top of the food chain in the growing cloud world, battling for everything from customers… Read More

Jun 6, 2017, 10:20 AM

Microsoft hit with anti-trust complaint from Russian cybersecurity firm over Windows Defender

Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab said it has filed complaints with regulators in Germany as well as the European Union… Read More

Jun 5, 2017, 9:46 AM

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to headline GeekWire Summit following debut of upcoming book

We’re excited to announce that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella will be a featured speaker at the 2017 GeekWire Summit in Seattle in October,… Read More

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