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Cyber-security is the key technology for success of crowd-based application...
Microsoft buys cloud computing security startup
09 Sep 2015 07:21
[SAN FRANCISCO] Microsoft said on Tuesday it bought an Israel-based cybersecurity startup specialising in defending programs and content in the cloud, as it expands offerings for the enterprise.
Microsoft did not disclose how much it paid for Adallom, but the website TechCrunch put the purchase price at US$250 million.
The acquisition comes as Microsoft responds to the trend toward cloud-based computing, in which data or software is accessed remotely over the Internet.
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The new cloud-based Office, may achieve the same success as Adobe...
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Microsoft begins worldwide release of Office 2016
22 Sep 2015 18:31
[BENGALURU] Microsoft Corp said it began the worldwide roll-out of Office 2016, the latest addition to its cloud-based subscription service Office 365, on Tuesday.
Microsoft said Office 2016 brings new versions of desktop apps for Windows including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook and Access and allows people to collaborate and work together. "These latest innovations take another big step forward in transforming Office from a familiar set of individual productivity apps to a connected set of apps and services designed for modern working, collaboration and teamwork," Chief Executive Satya Nadella said in a statement.
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IMO, the new Office, is on a right path to meet market needs...
Microsoft Office update emphasises collaboration
SEATTLE — Microsoft has released a major update for one of its most successful products, Office, which will incorporate Internet-connected features such as Skype and the Cortana digital assistant in both its cloud and packaged versions. The move underscores the importance of installed software as the company adapts to shifts in how people use computers and software.
The Office 2016 versions of Microsoft’s popular word-processing, spreadsheet and email programs are heavy on collaboration tools that let people share information and work together online.
“These latest innovations take another big step forward in transforming Office from a familiar set of individual productivity apps to a connected set of apps and services designed for modern working, collaboration and teamwork,” chief executive Satya Nadella said in a statement.
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http://www.todayonline.com/tech/microsof...laboration
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It seems blockchains has reached a maturity for to full deployment. It will greatly reduced the operational cost of bank operation...
Microsoft, banks form blockchain tech partnership
PORTLAND — Microsoft has pulled ahead of Alphabet’s Google, International Business Machines (IBM), and Amazon.com in the race for supremacy in operating other companies’ blockchains.
Microsoft and R3, a consortium of 43 financial institutions, have formed a strategic partnership to accelerate the use of the blockchain technologies. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced the deal at the company’s Envision conference on Monday.
Blockchains — basically online ledgers for recording transactions — first gained popularity with the digital currency bitcoin. But now financial institutions are experimenting with them as well to run their businesses more efficiently.
The first commercial deployments of the blockchain could go live in about a year, said Mr David Rutter, CEO of R3, in an interview, adding that it is “three to five years until significant commercial adoption”.
In preparation, providers of cloud-based services that can run blockchain software for other companies are already jockeying for an early lead. But Microsoft’s preferred vendor relationship with R3 could give it a leg up in winning business from banks.
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http://www.todayonline.com/tech/microsof...artnership
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I am not sure whether they will change the world after combining. But i am pretty sure a few LinkIn employees' lives will be changed with the premium paid!
Microsoft to Buy LinkedIn in Deal Valued at $26.2 Billion
Microsoft Corp. said it will buy LinkedIn Corp. in a deal valued at $26.2 billion, giving the world’s biggest software provider access to a virtual Rolodex of connected business professionals.
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“Just as we have changed the way the world connects to opportunity, this relationship with Microsoft, and the combination of their cloud and LinkedIn’s network, now gives us a chance to also change the way the world works,” Weiner said in the statement.
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strange, why not start www.pronet.com?  organically instead of M&A at 26B!
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1) Try NOT to LOSE money!
2) Do NOT SELL in BEAR, BUY-BUY-BUY! invest in managements/companies that does the same!
3) CASH in hand is KING in BEAR!
4) In BULL, SELL-SELL-SELL!
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The software sales jobs are disrupted by the cloud-based model. There is no reason to opt for the old-way of selling and distributing software products nowadays. One more casualty of the new digital world.
Some' job cuts confirmed by Microsoft
07 Jul 2017 07:35
[SAN FRANCISCO] Microsoft said Thursday it was cutting an unspecified number of jobs amid reports the US tech giant was reorganizing its global sales operations.
"Today, we are taking steps to notify some employees that their jobs are under consideration or that their positions will be eliminated," Microsoft said in an email response to an AFP inquiry.
Earlier, CNBC television said the company would be cutting some 3,000 positions, mostly from its non-US sales staff.
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Microsoft Regains Turnaround Momentum on Strong Cloud Growth
By Dina Bass
July 21, 2017, 4:33 AM GMT+8 Updated on July 21, 2017, 7:04 AM GMT+8
Microsoft Corp.’s turnaround plan got back on track in the latest quarter, buoyed by rising sales of internet-based software and services.
Profit in the fiscal fourth quarter exceeded analysts’ estimates and adjusted sales rose 9 percent as demand almost doubled for Azure cloud services, which let companies store and run their applications in Microsoft data centers. A tax-rate benefit added 23 cents a share to earnings, Microsoft said.
Shareholders are watching closely to gauge whether Satya Nadella is making progress toward reshaping 42-year-old Microsoft as a cloud-computing powerhouse with new services related to Azure and the Office 365 online productivity apps -- a shift that led to a massive sales-force restructuring earlier this month. The stock has surged 33 percent in the past year to a record amid signs that the changes are taking root, and the company rewarded that optimism by posting a significant gain in revenue from commercial cloud products along with wider margins for the business.
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Tech giant Microsoft announces massive purchase of solar power in Virginia
Anmar Frangoul
Published March 22, 2018
Microsoft is to purchase 315 megawatts (MW) of energy from two new solar facilities in Virginia, it said Wednesday.
The tech giant will buy energy from the Pleinmont I and II sites in what it described as "the single largest corporate purchase of solar energy ever in the United States."
The Pleinmont developments are part of a bigger 500 MW project owned and operated by sPower, an AES and AIMCo business. When operational, Pleinmont I and II will have over 750,000 solar panels covering more than 2,000 acres.
More details in https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/22/tech-gia...ginia.html
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