Microsoft has apparently hired a veteran ARM chip designer Mike Filipino away from Apple. The development comes in an effort to push the Redmond firm's own in-house Azure server CPU designs.
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Microsoft's latest cloud vertical, Cloud for Retail, will hit general availability on February 1. The company has also highlighted some opportunities that retailers should be targeting.
The Microsoft Cloud for Financial Services is slated to hit general availability on November 1. The company's latest cloud vertical enables the financial sector to innovate using Microsoft tooling.
The Consumer Technology Association announced today that Microsoft will be the technology partner for CES 2021. The all-digital event will leverage Azure, Teams, the Power Platform, and more.
The healthcare industry is experiencing an accelerated transformation. Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare, the company's first industry-specific cloud, will be available at the end of October.
Microsoft has announced that it will update its Online Services Terms to address concerns raised by various customers in Europe and to placate the EU's data privacy regulator, the EDPS.
Microsoft said its acquisition of Cycle "will help customers accelerate their movement to the cloud", while Cycle said the Azure team "share our vision of bringing Big Compute to the world".
Microsoft is committed to complying with the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation across all its cloud services by May 25, 2018, the date at which the law starts being applied.
Many people still think of Microsoft as the dull corporate leviathan of yesteryear. But it's changed in any number of ways, and there are many reasons to be excited about what it's working on.
Microsoft has revealed that it will be increasing enterprise software pricing in the UK by 13%, and cloud prices by 22%, due to currency fluctuations following the referendum decision to leave the EU.
A collaboration between Microsoft and thyssenkrupp will enable 24,000 elevator engineers to use HoloLens in their jobs - and in trials, it's made onsite maintenance work "up to four times faster".
Microsoft has announced that it's scrapping Azure RemoteApp in favor of Citrix' XenApp "express". The company will support existing customers until August 31, 2017 - which is still a year away.
Microsoft has published its latest biannual Security Intelligence Report, offering a detailed overview of major threats and vulnerabilities, and the company's efforts to prevent and mitigate attacks.
Microsoft has acquired long-term partner and security firm Secure Islands. The company says the acquisition will ensure customers are being provided with global protection and compliance standards.
It seems Microsoft has made another acquisition, reportedly purchasing Israeli firm Adallom for $320m, with plans to establish a new cyber security center there for its cloud business.
Microsoft has started running a new TV commercial that focuses on its various cloud-based services such as Azure, Office 365 and more, centering on how they are used by the Lotus F1 racing team.
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