American Multinational giant Microsoft may invest some money for a small stake in ANI Technologies Pvt Ltd, the company that runs Ola, in a deal where this ride hailing service will switch from Amazon Web Services (AWS) to Microsoft’s Azure Cloud Platform. “The talks with Ola are in very early stages. More than the money, […]
Technology giant Microsoft is undertaking a major reorganisation that will likely see the company cutting about 3,000 jobs from its global workforce, a media report said today. The layoffs under the restructuring at the technology giant led by India-born Satya Nadella will mostly affect sales, and as many as 3,000 jobs will be cut, CNBC […]
India has become a land of software developers with the country accounting for the third largest number of such professionals, a senior Microsoft official has said. Driven by immense opportunities that the Indian government’s digitisation programme has offered and the fact that it opens up a new vista of more than a billion plus market […]
With its Windows 10 being used by a a record 500 million devices globally, IT giant Microsoft today announced an update of the operating system designed to set the stage for the next “wave of creativity.” Announced during the ongoing annual developers conference Build 2017, Microsoft said the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update would be […]
Microsoft India today said it has enhanced all types of paternal leave benefits and introduced a new family caregiver leave — which entails four weeks of paid leave to take care of an immediate family member. From April 21, Microsoft India has enhanced all types of paternal leave benefits such as paternity, adoption and surrogacy. […]
Indias largest e-commerce firm Flipkart has raised USD 1.4 billion from Tencent Holdings, Microsoft Corp and eBay Inc amid speculation that the online marketplace is in talks to take over smaller rival Snapdeal. The biggest-ever fund raising by an Indian Internet firm values Flipkart at USD 11.6 billion, the company said in a statement today. With […]
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella today made a strong case for using digital technologies to empower the common man and launched a slew of India-centric initiatives, including a platform to connect semi-skilled workers with employers. The technology giant also launched a ‘lite’ version of its video interaction platform Skype. “If digital technology is only the purview […]
Microsoft and Flipkart, India’s leading marketplace, announced a strategic partnership to provide consumers in India with the best online shopping service. As a first step in the broad collaboration between the two companies, Flipkart will adopt Microsoft Azure as its exclusive public cloud platform. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Flipkart Group CEO Binny Bansal announced […]
Microsoft Corp’s market capitalization topped $500 billion for the first time since 2000 on Friday, after the technology giant’s stock rose following another quarter of results that beat Wall Street’s expectations. Shares of the world’s biggest software company rose as much as 2.1 percent to $65.64, an all-time high, in early trading, valuing the company at […]
Microsoft’s India-born CEO Satya Nadella has been nominated to join the Board of Starbucks for his “invaluable insight” in international operations and distribution as the global coffee giant focusses on global growth and innovation. Nadella, 49, has been nominated by Starbucks along with President and Chief Executive Officer of warehouse chain Sam’s Club Rosalind Brewer […]
Microsoft Launches Dynamics 365 and AppSource in India and will be Available From Local Data center on App-based Subscription Model. Retail, BFSI & Manufacturing Enterprises are Using Microsoft Dynamics 365 to Power Their Digital Transformation. These services will be delivered to customers as Software-as-a-Service (Saas) from its datacenters in India. Dynamics 365 is a cloud-based […]
Microsoft has launched a messaging system for businesses, Microsoft Teams, on Wednesday, putting it in direct competition with fast-growing startup Slack and Facebook’s Workplace product. The new software will be part of Microsoft’s Office 365 services, a cloud-based software suite that has more than 85 million monthly active commercial users. Slack, whose customers include CBS […]