Amazon and Microsoft Cloud Services Get FedRAMP “Highest-Impact” Accreditation
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Microsoft Hires “Oreo Queen” to Put Office Over the Top
Do you know Eliza Esquivel? You should, considering she is now the Senior Director of Brand Strategy and Naming for…
Microsoft Edge Wallops Chrome on Battery Usage
If you’re a Google Chrome user, you probably know that the browser eats laptop batteries for lunch. It’s a well-documented…
The Wand That Microsoft Bought: A Friend for Cortana?
Hot on the heels of the still-smoking $26 billion dollar acquisition of LinkedIn, Microsoft has done it again. This time,…
Will Google address the Microsoft Challenge?
Ever since word came out that Microsoft would acquire LinkedIn, there has been speculation that Google may well respond with…
Microsoft to Acquire LinkedIn: A Marriage Made in the Cloud?
One of the biggest advantages of sitting pretty on a cash pile of $105 billion is that you can pretty…
Facebook and Microsoft Partner to Build 160Tbps Undersea Cable to Spain
In what is becoming a regular feature for deep-pocket tech companies, Facebook and Microsoft have recently announced a collaborative effort…
Nadella’s Minecraft: Building a Floor for Microsoft’s Future
When Microsoft bought Mojang – the creators of Minecraft – nearly two years ago for $2.5 billion, their motive was…
Microsoft HoloLens Platform Now Open to Developers and Rivals
Microsoft has just announced that it is going to open up the Windows Holographic platform and make it available to…
Microsoft’s Strategic Retreat from The Mobile Device Space
When Microsoft went mobile after the acquisition of Nokia’s declining business in 2014, their hope was to strongly penetrate…
The Cloud Industry’s Big Four: IBM, Microsoft, Amazon and Google
Ever since the advent of the cloud concept, a slew of technology majors have been clawing their way upward,…
Satya Nadella: Transforming Microsoft or Reaffirming Bill Gates’s Vision?
Satya Nadella, the Hyderabad-born 49-year-old MBA from Booth School of Business, Chicago, has turned Microsoft’s world upside down. But…
Microsoft Reverses Direction on Forced Windows 10 Upgrade
Due to unpopular demand, Microsoft has reversed direction on using a pop-up to upgrade users to Windows 10. According to…
Microsoft Announces More Nokia Layoffs
Microsoft announced today another step in their retreat from the mobile phone business by cutting another 1,850 jobs in their…
Will the Microsoft Universal Windows Platform be a Game Changer?
Microsoft’s annual Build conference concluded last month with hints about the company’s overall strategic thinking for the next year or…
