Network World

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The US government could designate cloud providers including Google and Microsoft as global gatekeepers for advanced AI chips, a step widely viewed as the latest effort to block Chinas access to this critical technology, according to a Reuters report. This would ensure their growth wont be hampered globally.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 7, 2021

Epic Games, the company behind Fortnite and the Unreal Engine , has acquired the game development toolset creator RAD Game Tools , headquartered in Kirkland, Wash. “We both believe that solid technologies enable developers to build beautiful, performant, and reliable experiences. Fortnite is one of Epic Games’ top titles.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 25, 2023

Xbox Image) Microsoft aired a 44-minute pre-recorded presentation Wednesday to announce several release dates for upcoming games on the Xbox platform, as well as a surprise drop of a brand new game. Xbox’s spin on the practice was unusual in that it put many of the games’ developers front and center.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 3, 2024

A UK law firm on Tuesday filed what amounts to a class-action lawsuit against Microsoft, accusing it of using its market share to overcharge clients running Windows Server on AWS, Google, or Alibaba cloud offerings instead of on Microsoft Azure. Microsoft is one of the biggest companies in the world. Kimball asked.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 17, 2022

Cloud adoption might have the effect of consolidating IT by bringing a host of interactions on to a single platform and shift the cost of running IT from CapEx spending to OpEx, but there is the potential for it to cause licensing “bill shock.” Introducing Cloud Navigator portal. Introducing Cloud Navigator portal.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 16, 2024

[ Editor’s Note: Microsoft @ 50 is a year-long GeekWire project exploring the tech giant’s past, present and future, recognizing its 50th anniversary in 2025. It was a “major, major moment in this whole AI journey,” said Peter Lee, the Microsoft Research president. At Microsoft, it was a moment decades in the making.

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All Things Distributed

MAY 8, 2012

Expanding the Cloud for Windows Developers. Managing databases has been a stumbling block for many of our customers, shifting their time away from developing innovative applications to the â??muckâ?? Under the License Included service model, you do not need to purchase SQL Server software licenses. License Includedâ??

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GeekWire

JULY 19, 2021

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella discusses the importance of security at a past Microsoft Build developer conference. GeekWire File Photo). ” GeekWire has contacted the University of Washington, which appears to uniquely fit that description, for further comment. Both actions are part of a broader attempt by the U.S.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

(LinkedIn Photo) After more than a week of controversy, Unity Technologies posted an apology letter to its community and promised to undo or rollback many of the changes it had planned to make to the licensing agreements for its game engine Unity. Whitten is a Microsoft veteran and one of the founding members of the Xbox design team.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

This year’s Microsoft Ignite developer conference might as well be called AIgnite, with over half of the almost 600 sessions featuring artificial intelligence in some shape or form. Here’s some of the top AI news CIOs will want to take away from Microsoft Ignite 2023. The new Copilot will be generally available from Dec.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Microsoft President Brad Smith testifies Tuesday before the U.S. Brad Smith, the Microsoft president and vice chair, drew that comparison Tuesday in his testimony before the U.S. Smith: As a company, Microsoft is very supportive of the framework that Senators Blumenthal and Hawley have put together.

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The Verge

JANUARY 28, 2021

Microsoft released its annual sustainability report today, and Minecraft developer Mojang decided to turn it into something interactive. Right now, Microsoft says more than 35 million students and educators are licensed to use the platform.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Microsoft is releasing new versions of its Office productivity apps that run natively on Macs with Apple’s internally developed M1 processors, rolling out via a software update starting today. The updates, announced Tuesday morning, continue a longstanding tradition of cooperation between the Microsoft Office and Apple Mac teams.

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Tech Republic

JULY 15, 2022

Get great deals on developer and Linux training courses, Microsoft Office licenses and more through these TechRepublic Academy offerings. The post Top TechRepublic Academy training courses and software offerings of 2022 appeared first on TechRepublic.

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GeekWire

MAY 21, 2024

Microsoft’s new “Team Copilot” acts as a virtual project manager and meeting assistant. Microsoft Image) Microsoft will test the limits of artificial intelligence in group collaboration with a new AI assistant that keeps meetings on track, takes collaborative notes, manages large projects, and assigns tasks.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

GitHub says Copilot Workspace will debut in 2024, using AI to help developers from the outset of a project. Bouyed by the growing wave of software developers adopting artificial intelligence, GitHub is previewing a system called Copilot Workspace that uses natural language to help developers plan and implement projects.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Bad actors can now purchase phishing software off the shelf rather than having to develop it themselves. Users sign up for a core Caffeine account, pay for licensing, and then receive campaign infrastructure and configuration. As the PhaaS platform grows, experts expect targets to grow beyond Microsoft 365 platforms.

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GeekWire

JULY 19, 2023

An image generated by the Microsoft Bing Image Creator of “an image of atomic nuclei fusing in a fusion reaction.” The company launched last year and is offering intellectual property and licensing of technology to other ventures that are trying to commercialize fusion power. He is the son of Swadesh Mahajan.

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CTOvision

MARCH 13, 2017

Major cloud infrastructure services like Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services have fueled new hiring strategies, with 81% of enterprises adopting DevOps strategies and engineers. Furthermore, Software as a Service (SaaS) models allow companies to distribute their teams, focus on results, and simplify licensing and software upgrade issues.

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CTOvision

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

This new feature will allow dynamic provisioning of HDP clusters on the Google Cloud Platform, providing scalability for enterprise-wide solutions employing HDP, as well as providing a means for rapidly setting up prototyping and development environments. Hortonworks was already available on Microsoft''s Azure cloud, and Amazon''s AWS.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella directed the company’s security team to boost a bounty program for AI and cloud bugs during one of Microsoft’s weekly Secure Future Initiative meetings. It’s part of a new initiative and planned 2025 hacking event in Redmond that Microsoft is calling the Zero Day Quest.

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Network World

OCTOBER 1, 2024

In a move aimed at facilitating the global development and supply of artificial intelligence (AI), the US Commerce Department has brought a new policy that will ease export restrictions for advanced AI chips to data centers in the Middle East and Central Asia. G42, a UAE-based AI company with former ties to China, has been under scrutiny.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 3, 2024

A VMware licensing cost increase of 150%. For many VMware customers, the licensing model and price changes were abrupt. Facing backlash from existing customers, Broadcom has attempted to explain the new product and licensing model with a hope that current customers can manage the transition. An increase of 300%.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 16, 2024

Take the subject of this column’s screed: Microsoft Recall. Don’t be , says Microsoft. According to Microsoft, “… a would-be hacker would need to gain physical access to your device, unlock it and sign in before they could access saved screenshots.” Concerned about privacy lapses? What could possibly go wrong? IT’s vendors?

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Looking ahead to a future in which customers will move their entire data center workloads to the cloud, Microsoft and Oracle on Thursday expanded their partnership. The partners have developed a joint support model for rapid response and resolution for mission-critical workloads. AI exists because of data,” he said.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 24, 2023

GeekWire File Photo Microsoft’s revenue rose 2% to $52.7 The company reported strength in some of its products and services for businesses, led by a 22% increase in Microsoft Cloud revenue, to $27.1 This category includes Microsoft Azure, Office 365 Commercial, the commercial portion of LinkedIn, and other cloud-related revenue.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI, at the Madrona IA Summit in Seattle. GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Microsoft’s revamped personal Copilot, released this week , lets users engage in natural conversations with AI using their voice. ” He explained how this has shifted his mindset about developing technology.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Refer to Windows 11 Pro specifications and run Microsoft’s PC Health Check app to see if a laptop meets specific requirements. Additionally, it’s a good idea to develop user personas to understand how employee needs vary depending on their roles and responsibilities.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 13, 2023

(Microsoft Image) OK, now what? I wasn’t sure we’d ever get here, but 21 months later , Microsoft has successfully fended off the FTC, pacified the CMA, and completed its $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. It’s not a question of whether Microsoft will earn back that $69 billion, but when.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Microsoft will report its fiscal first quarter earnings Tuesday afternoon. The stakes are high for Microsoft with Azure, as highlighted in an Economist story this month. “Microsoft cannot afford to get Azure wrong,” the story noted. It was a busy quarter for Microsoft.

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GeekWire

MARCH 16, 2023

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella introduces Microsoft 365 Copilot in a prerecorded event Thursday morning. Microsoft was encroaching onto Google’s turf when it announced an AI-powered Bing search engine last month. But for Microsoft, the stakes are much higher in productivity than in search.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Here’s a look at what’s coming in 2023 for gaming companies, including giants based in the Pacific Northwest such as Microsoft, Amazon, Valve, Nintendo, and the now Sony-owned Bungie. If it goes through, Microsoft would dislodge Sony from its position as the No. Microsoft Image).

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GeekWire

MAY 10, 2023

Helion Photo) Microsoft and Helion Energy on Wednesday announced a historic agreement that could pave the way to the world’s first fusion power plant. Microsoft needs clean electricity to fuel the operations of its more than 200 energy-hungry data centers internationally.

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TechSpot

APRIL 5, 2024

Alongside open-source software development, the goal is to release future development results of the country under free licenses." "In addition to improved IT security, cost-effectiveness, and data protection, the use of open-source software also enables seamless collaboration between different systems," officials said.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 21, 2021

Microsoft Photo. An upcoming price increase for Microsoft 365 business software subscriptions, announced this week , promises to boost its business by as much as $5 billion annually, one analyst predicts. For context, Microsoft’s revenue was $168.1 Microsoft 365 Business Basic (from $5 to $6 per user).

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GeekWire

JULY 25, 2023

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella at a past shareholder meeting. GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Microsoft reported revenue of $56.2 The company said its overarching Microsoft Cloud offerings drove much of the growth, with quarterly revenue of $30.3 The report comes amid a flurry of AI product development at the company.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

AI coding agents are poised to take over a large chunk of software development in coming years, but the change will come with intellectual property legal risk, some lawyers say. When an AI generates code, it doesn’t know how that code will be used, so you might end up accidentally violating license terms.”

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