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Azure Orbital launches Microsoft into cloud-based space race with Amazon

Call it the Clash of the Cloud Titans: Today Microsoft is taking the wraps off Azure Orbital, a cloud-based satellite… Read More

Meet the ‘chief availability officer’: Salesforce names Seattle-area exec to unusual C-suite role

Salesforce, the San Francisco-based cloud company known for its flagship customer relationship management software, has created a new C-suite role:… Read More

A love for sci-fi sparked Megan Brown’s STEM path and led to quantum computing at Microsoft

Megan Brown grew up in a house where an interest in science and science fiction were highly encouraged. She credits… Read More

Cloud wars: Amazon Web Services to open new office just down the road from Microsoft HQ

The cloud rivalry between Amazon and Microsoft continues to heat up. Amazon announced Monday that it will open a 111,000-square-foot… Read More

Amazon rips Microsoft for ‘spotty operational performance during the COVID-19 crisis’

Amazon took a swipe at Microsoft’s cloud computing technology performance this week, calling out the company’s “spotty operational performance during… Read More

How will Microsoft weather the storm? Earnings will serve as a status report on its evolution

UPDATE: Microsoft posts $35B in revenue, up 15%, sees ‘minimal net impact’ from COVID-19 in quarter Will problems in the… Read More

Update: Microsoft Teams sees 775% spike in Teams usage in Italy due to COVID-19

Update, March 31: Microsoft clarified this statistic, noting that the 775% increase was specifically an increase in Teams calling and… Read More

DoD likely to split JEDI contract between Amazon and Microsoft, analyst says

Could Amazon and Microsoft end up sharing the Pentagon’s coveted $10 billion JEDI cloud computing contract? That’s the likely scenario… Read More

Microsoft revenue rises 14% to $36.9B, profits exceed estimates, cloud rises and games fall

Microsoft posted revenue of $36.9 billion for the December quarter, up 14%, and surpassed Wall Street’s expectations with profits of… Read More

Microsoft to test ‘Total Recall’-style personnel scanners at two data centers, Redmond office and mystery East Coast location

Microsoft is poised to test a new millimeter-wave body scanner at four locations, according to two filings made with the… Read More

Amazon accuses Trump of using Pentagon cloud contract for ‘his own personal and political ends’

A newly unsealed court document reveals more details about Amazon’s strategy to get the Defense Department to overturn its award… Read More

What’s at stake for Amazon’s $36B cloud business at its big AWS re:Invent conference this week

Amazon Web Services will be able to tout some of the biggest numbers in the booming cloud industry at its… Read More

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Planting the seeds of digital agriculture: Startup bets the farm on Microsoft’s new ag tech platform

Microsoft’s cloud-based platform for data-driven farming, Azure FarmBeats, had its official coming-out party this week at the company’s annual Ignite… Read More

Microsoft CEO says Azure Quantum will address the big challenges in computing

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella today took the wraps off Azure Quantum, a full-stack, cloud-based approach to quantum computing that he… Read More

Future of storage? How Microsoft put the original ‘Superman’ movie on a piece of quartz glass

Is the future of digital storage … glass? Microsoft showed off the latest proof of concept for “Project Silica” at… Read More

Microsoft unveils Azure Arc, aiming to fend off Google and Amazon with new hybrid cloud tech

Microsoft has long made hybrid technologies a core part of its Azure platform, letting customers run cloud technologies on their… Read More

Cloud growth continues to power Microsoft as company beats estimates with $33.1B in revenue

Microsoft’s cloud division continues to boost its balance sheet as the tech giant beat expectations for its fiscal first quarter.… Read More

Interview: JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon on AI, the cloud and the bank’s big bet on Seattle tech

Jamie Dimon, the JPMorgan Chase CEO and chairman, will visit Seattle on Wednesday, which happens to be a key date… Read More

Skytap partners with Microsoft, brings its cloud service for legacy apps to Azure

Skytap today announced a partnership with Microsoft Azure as the company continues its shift to becoming a capability within public… Read More

How Microsoft got in on the creation of the world’s first whisky formulated with AI

Computer scientists have tried using artificial intelligence to write poetry and compose music, with mixed results. But have they tried… Read More

Microsoft takes big gulp of Java with jClarity acquisition, further boosting Azure’s open-source cred

Microsoft has acquired London-based JClarity, a London-based venture that has become a key player behind a popular open-source implementation of… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Game expos, SharePoint Fest, Dungeons and Dragons storytelling, and more

— August plays host to a number of gaming-related events in the Seattle area, with the first ones happening next… Read More

Microsoft milestone: Tech giant’s cloud revenue now matches traditional products, analyst says

Microsoft, which built its business on PC software like Windows and Office, has reached a tipping point in the cloud.… Read More

New Microsoft Azure service helps companies share (and potentially sell) their internal data

A new cloud service unveiled by Microsoft today sets the stage for the company’s customers to share and monetize some… Read More

Microsoft and Providence St. Joseph Health team up to improve healthcare efficiency

Microsoft and Providence St. Joseph Health announced a new partnership Monday designed to bring the healthcare institution’s vast clinical data… Read More

Working Geek: David Aronchick’s new Microsoft job packs everything cool into one role

When David Aronchick returned to Microsoft last fall, I suspect that many folks there did a little happy dance. A… Read More

Microsoft Healthcare reveals more of its strategy with new cloud and AI products for hospitals

Microsoft is expanding its healthcare offerings with three new tools that bring its cloud and artificial intelligence capabilities into hospitals… Read More

Azure vs. AWS for startups: Microsoft’s top marketing exec explains its strategy in the cloud

Startups were key to the early success of Amazon Web Services and most still favor the platform for cloud infrastructure.… Read More

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Xbox head Phil Spencer foresees expanded cloud gaming, and more game monetization options

The cloud will increasingly enable you to play the game of your choice on any device of your choice. So… Read More

Tech Moves: Google cloud vet returns to Microsoft; Ex-Avalara president joins Tango Card board; Suplari soaks up talent; and more

It’s there and back again for Seattle tech veteran David Aronchick, who is returning to Microsoft after more than a decade.… Read More

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