Salesforce to urge regulators to scrutinize Microsoft-LinkedIn deal
8 years, 6 months ago

Salesforce to urge regulators to scrutinize Microsoft-LinkedIn deal

Live Mint  

San Francisco: Salesforce.com Inc., months after losing out on a bid for LinkedIn Corp., is urging regulators to scrutinize Microsoft Corp.’s acquisition of the social network, alleging that the deal would pose a threat to competition and privacy. “By gaining ownership of LinkedIn’s unique dataset of over 450 million professionals in more than 200 countries, Microsoft will be able to deny competitors access to that data, and in doing so obtain an unfair competitive advantage.” If European regulators take an extended look, it could add months to a process Microsoft and LinkedIn have said they expected to finish this year. Salesforce’s push against the deal marks a further rupture in the ties between chief executive officer Marc Benioff and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Earlier this week, Microsoft announced a deal with Adobe Systems Inc. to favour that company’s marketing software, which competes with Salesforce’s. Yet earlier this year, Salesforce signed a deal with Amazon, Microsoft’s larger cloud rival, and said it would use more Amazon services.

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Microsoft’s $19.7 billion Nuance deal gets EU nod
3 years, 3 months ago

Microsoft’s $19.7 billion Nuance deal gets EU nod

The Hindu  

The European Commission on Tuesday granted Microsoft unconditional approval for its purchase of Nuance, an artificial intelligence and cloud computing company. The commission said the $19.7 billion buyout would raise no competition concerns in transcription software, cloud services, and PC operating systems markets in the European Economic Area. With this deal, Microsoft aims to boost its presence in healthcare cloud …

Microsoft wins $10-billion Pentagon cloud computing contract, beating Amazon
5 years, 5 months ago

Microsoft wins $10-billion Pentagon cloud computing contract, beating Amazon

LA Times  

Microsoft Corp. has won the sought-after JEDI cloud computing contract, which the Pentagon valued at as much as $10 billion over a decade, dealing a blow to the market leader, Amazon.com Inc., which had been the front-runner. A new book by Guy Snodgrass, a speechwriter to former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, alleges that Trump, in the summer of 2018, told …

Microsoft, AT&T sign cloud deal worth more than $2 billion
5 years, 8 months ago

Microsoft, AT&T sign cloud deal worth more than $2 billion

Live Mint  

Microsoft Corp and AT&T Inc on Wednesday said they reached a deal under which the telecommunications company will tap Microsoft's Azure cloud service for its computing needs and use Microsoft 365, which includes Office productivity software, for much of its 268,000-strong workforce. Under the deal, Microsoft and AT&T will also work together on so-called edge computing, which will see Microsoft …

Why rivals Microsoft and Oracle are teaming up to take on Amazon
5 years, 9 months ago

Why rivals Microsoft and Oracle are teaming up to take on Amazon

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Amazon Web Services has dominated the growing cloud computing business, but a new partnership between industry rivals aims to unseat it. Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services are the two finalists vying for a $10 billion contract to provide cloud computing services to the US Defense Department. “Microsoft’s Azure is the #2 public cloud vendor …

Microsoft expands Azure cloud service to rival Amazon for $10 bn Pentagon deal
6 years, 5 months ago

Microsoft expands Azure cloud service to rival Amazon for $10 bn Pentagon deal

Firstpost  

Google dropped out saying the company’s new ethical guidelines do not align with the project. Microsoft Corp said on 9 October its expanded Azure cloud service to help government clients save data on their own servers would be available by the end of the first quarter of 2019, as it battles with Amazon.com for a $10 billion Pentagon contract. The …

Microsoft offers concession to antitrust regulators over $26 billion deal with LinkedIn
8 years, 4 months ago

Microsoft offers concession to antitrust regulators over $26 billion deal with LinkedIn

Firstpost  

Microsoft has offered concessions to EU antitrust regulators over its $26 billion bid for social network LinkedIn, the European Commission said on Wednesday, as the U.S. software company seeks to allay concerns over its largest ever deal. The move came after the EU competition enforcer expressed concerns about the deal at a meeting with Microsoft executives last week. U.S. rival …

Microsoft and Adobe tag team to promote each other's cloud computing tools
8 years, 6 months ago

Microsoft and Adobe tag team to promote each other's cloud computing tools

Firstpost  

Tech giants Microsoft and Adobe today announced a major partnership to promote the use of each other’s cloud-computing tools among their mutual customers. Microsoft said Adobe will now make Azure its “preferred cloud platform” for its three main services: the Adobe Marketing Cloud, Creative Cloud and Document Cloud. “Adobe and Microsoft will bring together the cloud horsepower and end-to-end capabilities …

Microsoft’s new link
8 years, 9 months ago

Microsoft’s new link

The Hindu  

The decision of Microsoft >to spend over $26 billion to buy LinkedIn, the “world’s largest professional network”, is an earnest attempt by the company founded by Bill Gates for continued relevance in a space that it once dominated, to the point of being a monopoly. Add to this mix, Apple, a company almost as old as Microsoft but one that …

Microsoft aiming for the 'cloud', but here are its 5 buying mistakes so far
8 years, 9 months ago

Microsoft aiming for the 'cloud', but here are its 5 buying mistakes so far

India TV News  

New Delhi: Microsoft has always been keen in buying companies but has not done justice to them. This was the time Microsoft bought the sinking ship for a massive $7 billion and the new team was unable to turn Nokia's ailing fortunes around. Danger: Microsoft acquired Danger, the company responsible for the software and services powering many popular consumer handsets, …

Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion
8 years, 9 months ago

Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion

Firstpost  

Microsoft Corp agreed to buy LinkedIn Corp for $26.2 billion in its biggest-ever deal, combining the software giant’s fast-growing cloud services business with the world’s largest online network for professionals. The offer of $196 per share represents a premium of 49.5 percent to LinkedIn’s Friday closing price. “I have always had a great admiration for LinkedIn,” Nadella said in a …

Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion
8 years, 9 months ago

Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion

Live Mint  

Microsoft Corp. will buy LinkedIn Corp. for $26.2 billion in its biggest-ever deal, combining the software giant’s business-productivity tools with an online network of 433 million professionals. For LinkedIn, the opportunity to tap Microsoft’s customers, including the 1.2 billion users of its Office suite of business software, could help it jumpstart growth, which has slowed in recent quarters. “Microsoft is …

Microsoft agrees to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion
8 years, 9 months ago

Microsoft agrees to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion

The Hindu  

Technology giant Microsoft today said it will acquire professional networking platform LinkedIn in an all-cash transaction valued at $26.2 billion. Microsoft will acquire LinkedIn for $196 per share in an all-cash deal valued at $26.2 billion, inclusive of LinkedIn’s net cash, Microsoft said in a statement. Together, we can accelerate the growth of LinkedIn as well as Microsoft Office 365 …

Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for USD 26.2 billion
8 years, 9 months ago

Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for USD 26.2 billion

ABP News  

New York: Technology giant Microsoft today said it will acquire professional networking platform LinkedIn in an all-cash transaction valued at USD 26.2 billion. Microsoft will acquire LinkedIn for USD 196 per share in an all-cash deal valued at USD 26.2 billion, inclusive of LinkedIn's net cash, Microsoft said in a statement. Together, we can accelerate the growth of LinkedIn as …

Microsoft, AgreeYa deal makes apps accessible on major platforms
13 years, 4 months ago

Microsoft, AgreeYa deal makes apps accessible on major platforms

Firstpost  

A Reuters report confirms that software giant, Microsoft has entered into a deal with AgreeYa Mobility, a U.S-based mobile engineering firm. Reportedly, with the deal coming through, those with smartphones and tablets, and this may include both corporations, as well as the lay user powered by Android, iOS, among others will be able to avail Microsoft’s services. Allows access to …

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