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Microsoft Azure to power Lakeba marketplace

Microsoft has entered into a strategic partnership with global venture catalyst firm Lakeba to boost the scalability and security of its technology-led businesses.

Microsoft Q1 reveals cloud wins amidst net income falls

Microsoft's first quarter 2023 financial results show an 11 percent revenue increase, to $50.1bn year on year. The net income for the technology giant, however, has fallen by 14 percent.

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UBS takes to the cloud with Microsoft

Microsoft Corp. and UBS have strengthened their cloud capabilities with a partnership expansion, to accelerate UBS’s public cloud footprint over the next five years.

Microsoft taps SAP, artsy AI for Ignite 2022

Microsoft Ignite 2022 kicked off on Wednesday 12th, not with a bang, nor a flash but a zettabyte-sized program of announcements aimed at helping them achieve their goal of empowering their customers to do more with less.

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Capgemini and Microsoft collab with cloud-native digital twin solution

Capgemini and Microsoft are collaborating to deliver a first-of-its-kind, cloud-native, serverless Azure-based digital twin platform, called Reflect IoD.

Microsoft further wraps up in Kyndryl

Kyndryl and Microsoft have expanded their global strategic partnership to help customers expand and increase access to valuable mainframe data.

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FSIs have embraced cloud – but what’s next in the name of security?

Banks have embraced digital as a transformational advantage, to meet the demands of customers seeking seamless, reliable and “always-on” solutions.

UiPath named Microsoft partner at FORWARD 5

UiPath announces new Microsoft partnership and additional software enhancements at its FORWARD 5 conference in Las Vegas. Key UiPath platform offerings such as Automation Cloud, Process Mining and Test Manager are now available on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace.

Netflix and chill on the Mega-Deal?

The recent spate of Microsoft mega-deals looks to be over in the current market.

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Microsoft predicts upbeat 2023 with latest earnings

Microsoft has reported revenue of $51.9bn for Q4 2022, up 12 percent compared to the corresponding period of last year but falling short of Wall Street expectations. However, in better-than-expected guidance for the fiscal year ahead, the software giant has...

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Microsoft inspires with cloud sovereignty and AI

Microsoft Inspire 2022 saw Redmond introduce a series of updates, new partner opportunities and changes at the virtual event.

Sage and Microsoft expand partnership to simplify workflows

Sage has expanded its partnership with Microsoft with new plans to integrate Microsoft Business Products, including Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams, as embedded services in Sage products and the Sage Digital Network.

SAP moves first to control costs in wake of economic uncertainty

A certain existential crisis of the employee sort has been spreading across enterprise as of late. Microsoft announced small layoffs as part of a business realignment this week, while a staff-wide email on Tuesday from Google's CEO warned employees of consolidation due to the “uncertain global economic outlook.”

Windows incompatibility poses a dual threat to enterprise

The end of Internet Explorer grabbed a lot of tech news headlines. But another interesting nugget of Microsoft-related news went under the radar recently.

Microsoft announces Viva Sales

Microsoft has announced Microsoft Viva Sales, a new seller experience application aiming to help sellers personalize their customer engagements. Viva Sales enriches any CRM system with customer engagement data from Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams by leveraging AI to provide...

Microsoft and SAP continue 25 year innovation partnership

Microsoft and SAP continue to advance our partnership by deepening our commitment to each other’s platform. Microsoft will be the first public cloud provider to adopt the RISE with SAP solution internally to transform some of its large SAP ERP deployments.

Outdoor goods retailer Bradshaw Taylor chooses Microsoft Cloud

Bradshaw Taylor, the outdoor and country goods retailer, has selected Microsoft Cloud to give a real-time view of the business and quickly respond to customer demand. The company has built a new centralized and integrated system on Microsoft Dynamics 365...

NatWest teams up with Accenture and Microsoft to improve customer engagement

NatWest is working with Accenture and Microsoft to build a new customer engagement platform that will replace its multi-system, legacy frontline architecture. The new platform will integrate all of NatWest’s legacy front office systems across its contact center and branch...

Cloud strength fuels Microsoft in Q3

Microsoft has reported results for Q3 of fiscal year 2022 ended March 31, 2022, revealing an 18 percent year-on-year increase in revenue to $49.4bn. Microsoft recorded a 26 percent increase in Intelligent Cloud revenue to $19.1bn; a 17 percent increase...

Kraft Heinz and Microsoft join forces to accelerate supply chain transformation

The Kraft Heinz Company (Kraft Heinz) and Microsoft are joining forces to develop solutions designed to accelerate the consumer goods giant’s transformation and enable a more resilient supply chain.

Microsoft transforms social care services for Aberdeen City Council

Aberdeen City Council is using Microsoft Cloud to transform its social care services by designing a new ecosystem in partnership with its own social workers. One of Scotland’s largest local authorities, Aberdeen City Council has been working with Microsoft to upscale and...

Boeing cloud mega-deal takes flight

Boeing has strengthened its strategic partnerships with AWS, Google Cloud and Microsoft in a cloud mega-deal that will reduce the company’s reliance on on-premises systems and provide employees with connected digital solutions.

IAMCP launches Digital Transformation Ready

A rewarding career begins with one opportunity. Are you ready to find yours? The International Association of Microsoft Channel Partners (IAMCP) recently launched Digital Transformation Ready - a complimentary program that gives you world-class training in Microsoft Business Applications.

Celonis buys PAF to sharpen execution management

Celonis has announced the acquisition of PAF, a provider of process mining technology for Microsoft Power BI.

Cloud healthcare and the data state of play

Big Tech is muscling in on health big time: look no further than recent acquisitions such as the Microsoft-Nuance and Oracle-Cerner mega-deals.

Microsoft and SAP share the love in new mega deal

Microsoft has chosen RISE with SAP on Microsoft Cloud, making it the first public cloud provider to adopt the solution. Microsoft and SAP have a long track record of collaboration and the Redmond giant has run large parts of its internal operations on SAP ERP for decades. However, the announcement that Microsoft has signed up to RISE with SAP to deploy S/4HANA Cloud (private edition) is still a huge endorsement of SAP’s cloud credentials - considering Microsoft has its own cloud ERP solution in the form of Dynamics 365.

AI in healthcare: What now after Watson?

IBM’s Watson health venture was so beleaguered, it can be forgiven if AI in healthcare seems like a poor business bet.

Microsoft Work Trends: Because you’re (work is) ‘worth it’

Somewhere deep in the depth of the Microsoft marcoms (marketing communications) machine, the team is sitting back and looking quite pleased with itself. They have completed the company’s 2022 Work Trend Index and ‘revealed its insights’ for us. Whether Microsoft...

Microsoft in rude health with Azure and AI boost

Microsoft announces the general availability of Azure Health Data Services and updates to Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare.

Microsoft UK partners commit to net zero target

The vast majority of Microsoft’s partners in the UK plan to be net zero by 2050, in line with the target set by the UK government In an update to Microsoft’s sustainability research released in October, 89 percent of partners...