Microsoft

Microsoft product chief Panos Panay exits the company

Chief product officer at Microsoft, Panos Panay, has announced his exit from the company, with reports saying he has been hired by Amazon.

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Analytics and AI

Race for the prize: An update on the AI race as ChatGPT speeds ahead

All vendors bring distinctive value propositions to enterprises - choose wisely or find yourself obsolete in the age of AI!

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Security

Remote work and GenAI: spanners in the cybersecurity engine?

Remote work and GenAI are here to stay. But what does this mean for enterprise cybersecurity and how are they impacting it?

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Oracle and Microsoft expand partnership with new service launch

Oracle and Microsoft have expanded their partnership with the launch of their new service Oracle Database@Azure.

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OpenAI goes ERP with ChatGPT Enterprise

OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Enterprise, an enterprise-grade security and privacy version of its notorious AI chatbot.

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Fangtastic: Python in Excel to reshape visualizations for analysts

Microsoft has announced a significant evolution in the analytical capabilities within Excel by releasing a public preview of Python in Excel.

IBM and Microsoft expand collaboration with GenAI offering

IBM and Microsoft expand their partnership in order to accelerate the deployment of generative AI and provide a new offering called the IBM Consulting Azure OpenAI Service.

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Cloud Platform and Technology

Is Zuck winning the AI cage fight versus Musk and ChatGPT?

While Zuckerberg’s Llama 2 is the new kid on the block, is it really a threat to ChatGPT and how will it compete against Musk’s xAI?

Microsoft unveils Copilot offering to empower frontline workers with AI

Microsoft's Copilot offering within Dynamics 365 Field Service is set to revolutionize the way frontline workers utilize AI.

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Kyndryl adopts gen AI for businesses with Microsoft collaboration

Kyndryl has entered into a collaboration with Microsoft to enable the adoption of enterprise-grade generative AI solutions for businesses on the Microsoft Cloud.

Cloud Platform and Technology

Microsoft’s Q4 earnings beat expectations with AI and hybrid cloud

Microsoft’s financial results for Q4 2023 beat analyst expectations with $56.2bn in revenue as the tech giant leans onto its AI bet.

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Cloud Platform and Technology

Microsoft expands AI collaborations with Bing and Capgemini

Microsoft has announced the expansion of Bing with Chat Enterprise, as part of its Microsoft Inspire event.

Microsoft announces migration plans and ‘Entras’ SSE space

In addition to the new migration plans, Microsoft has entered the competitive Secure Service Edge (SSE) market.

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How to avoid a ChatGPT catastrophe

Generative AI models such as ChatGPT give much debate around their potential to transform our everyday lives. But what about in an enterprise environment?

How Kubernetes is steering ERP cloud deployments

For many people, the real age of cloud composability started just less than a decade ago with the birth of Kubernetes in 2014.

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KPMG and Microsoft expand industry-leading collaboration

KPMG and Microsoft have announced a significant expansion of their relationship to revitalize professional services across businesses including workforce modernization, safe and secure deployment and use of AI solutions for clients, industries and society.

ERP Today Live! with Microsoft

What does AI mean for SMEs and, with such a fast pace of change, what does effective adoption look like? Microsoft’s Amit Sinha and Adam Stewart cover the bases with Giacomo Lee in this ERP Today Live! session.

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Analytics and AI

Robo trade wars as US to bar Chinese companies from buying AI cloud services

The U.S. administration is set to restrict Chinese firms’ access to U.S. AI cloud services to “close loophole in chip-export controls".

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Application Development and Integration

Microsoft welcomes “pragmatic solutions” in EU antitrust Teams probe

Microsoft is nearing a European Union antitrust investigation over Teams as its proposed competition remedies are found unsatisfactory. The development follows a 2020 action by now Salesforce-owned workspace messaging app Slack.

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NHS hospitals collab with Microsoft to create AI solution OSAIRIS

Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge has collaborated with Microsoft to leverage its AI capabilities in order to plan radiotherapy treatments faster and more efficiently.

Microsoft appoints Theo Michalopoulos as UK GM financial services

Microsoft has recently appointed Theo Michalopoulos as general manager, financial services for the UK.

Microsoft announces landmark offerings during Build 2023

Announced at Microsoft Build 2023, the company has announced that it will adopt the same open plugin standard that OpenAI introduced for ChatGPT to enable interoperability across ChatGPT and the Microsoft’s Catrin offerings.

ServiceNow bolsters Now Platform and Microsoft AI partnership

ServiceNow has announced significant expansions to its Now Platform’s capabilities offering businesses new, faster, and more efficient ways to work.

Microsoft Pegasus Program takes to the skies

Microsoft have unveiled its Microsoft for Startups Pegasus Program which connects growth-stage startups to thousands of Microsoft’s top customers.

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PwC unlocks new AI capabilities with Microsoft

PwC US has unveiled its plans to invest $1bn over the next three years to expand and scale its AI offerings to help clients reimagine their businesses through the power of generative AI.

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Microsoft Q3 results beat expectations as cloud stays afloat

Microsoft has posted its Q3 results showing revenue and EPS to have beaten expectations.

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BAE Systems and Microsoft team up to equip digital defense in the cloud

BAE Systems and Microsoft have entered into a strategic partnership which aims to support faster and easier development, deployment and management of digital defense capabilities in an increasingly data centric world.

ERP Today Live! with Microsoft UK

Can today's professionals create value for everyone from stakeholders to employees and customers? Find out with Mark McCardle, CFO, Microsoft UK, and Alison Wright, SMB & Corporate Scale Director, Microsoft UK.

Platform Housing Group selects EY to rehome finance functions

Platform Housing Group (Platform) has selected EY and its in-house consultancy capability, EY Microsoft Services Group, to reshape its finance function.

Viridor energized as Microsoft Dynamics 365 cuts costs by a quarter

Viridor, a UK resource recovery and recycling management services provider, chooses to implement a Microsoft Dynamics 365 solution.