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The CRN Test Center compares Microsoft's new 2-in-1 with the convertible model of Dell's XPS 13.

The CRN Test Center takes a look at one of the fiercest rivalries taking place in the 2-in-1 tablet category. Here's how the new Microsoft Surface Pro stacks up against the Samsung Galaxy Book.

Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg joins the elite list of Harvard dropouts who have addressed the graduating class of the Ivy League institution on Friday. Others in the elite list include Microsoft...

New Delhi, May 25, 2017:   India’s leading GST compliance enabler, EasemyGST, and Microsoft India, today, announced a strategic alliance to enable customers to comply with the Goods and Services Tax in a secure and comprehensive manner. Through this alliance, customers will now have a simple and affordable platform that will ease their GST requirements, thus, saving them from the expense of separate compliance products. EasemyGST is a cloud-based comprehensive GST compliance platform that integrates with ERP, accounting systems and spreadsheets on enterprise end and GSTN on the other end, to upload invoices, reconcile and file returns. EasemyGST will integrate its solution with Microsoft’s key business products including Office 365, Dynamics Navision and Axapta. EasemyGST is also powered by Microsoft Azure running from India data centres to ensure data sovereignty. Through this integration, businesses will be able to transition quickly and seamlessly. Speaking about the partnership,

Microsoft is said to be buying Hexadite, a venture-backed firm that offers a security orchestration and automation platform that uses artificial intelligence to investigate and respond to alerts.

Companies need to build a rich channel ecosystem as part of their overall Internet of Things strategy, stressed Microsoft's Director of Azure IoT, Sam George, on Tuesday

Microsoft Tuesday unveiled the next update to the Surface Pro 2-in-1, with upgrades including faster processors and better battery life.

New Delhi, 22 May 2017: Microsoft India today signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Telecom Sector Skill Council (TSSC) to jointly explore how Project Sangam will help enhance skills of executives in the telecom sector and create a more viable skilling ecosystem. Announced by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella earlier this year at Future Decoded, Project Sangam is a cloud hosted platform that leverages Azure services, as well as the power of LinkedIn, to provide an integrated mobile-first platform for skilling, and employment. The pilot is intended to skill candidates in the areas of ICTEC (Information, Communication Technology, Electronics & Cyber as related to Telecom) and connect them with jobs. With this pilot, Microsoft India will provide TSCC a platform to onboard identified skilling partners, content creators, training candidates and potential employers. Using the platform, the sector council can create courses compliant with the National Skills Qualification Frame

The CRN Test Center compares the popular Windows 10 devices from Dell and Microsoft. Here's how the Dell XPS 13 stacks up with the Microsoft Surface Pro 4.

• Offers free Azure credits worth US $5000 to empower Non-Profits • Microsoft India partners with NASSCOM Foundation to host #Azure4Good Workshop for Non-Profits Hyderabad, 19 May 2017: As part of Microsoft’s ‘Public Cloud for Good’ initiative, Microsoft India is making  Microsoft Azure  broadly available to eligible non-profit organizations, bringing the power of technology to them. Qualifying non-profits can avail free Azure credits worth US $5000 for a year to unlock benefits such as insight, agility and operational efficiency. Globally, Microsoft is donating US $1 billion in cloud computing resources between 2016 and 2018 to 70,000 non-profits and NGOs worldwide, including in India. To drive greater inclusion, Microsoft India partnered with NASSCOM Foundation to organize an Azure for Good workshop in Hyderabad today. Attended by 22 representatives from 12 local non-profits, the workshop highlighted how other organizations in the sector are using the cloud platform to drive grea

The world changes at a rapid pace, and this permeates women in the channel at every aspect of their lives – particularly in their careers, Schuster told attendees at this week's Women of the Channel West event.

The two public cloud leaders are competing to power the largest SAP HANA in-memory database deployments.

GENEVA and REDMOND, Wash. — May 16, 2017 — The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday announced a landmark five-year partnership with Microsoft Corp. As part of the agreement, Microsoft will provide a grant of $5 million (USD) to support the work of the UN Human Rights Office. This represents an unprecedented level of support from a private-sector organization. A particular area of focus for the partnership will be the development and use of advanced technology designed to better predict, analyze and respond to critical human rights situations, which currently appear not only to be proliferating in many parts of the world — including areas previously viewed as stable — but also growing in complexity. The new partnership builds on a longstanding relationship between the UN Human Rights Office and Microsoft that is based on two shared ideas. The first is a commitment to ensuring technology plays a positive role in helping to promote and protect human rights. T

On Monday, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates took to Twitter to offer some words of wisdom to young college graduates. In a Twitter thread, Mr Gates' advice ranges from what to study to the importance...

On Friday, May 12 the Wanacryptor 2.0 (Wannacry) ransomware began spreading like wildfire across thousands of computers across the world. Over the past two days Wannacry has claimed over 223,000 victims using Windows operating systems through an alleged U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) exploit called an SMB worm. Also read:   Widespread Ransomware `Wannacry´ Linked to NSA Exploit Ransomware Hackers Allegedly Used Two NSA Crafted Exploits to Load the Malware Rapidly According to various reports from security groups and tech publications, the Wannacry malware has spread to over 223,000 infections globally. It is purported that the ransomware uses a protocol called an SMB worm which is claimed to be a modified version of the NSA’s “Eternal Blue” exploit leaked by the Shadow Brokers. This weekend Microsoft has released another set of patches to fix XP and Windows 8 operating systems as it had previously published a patch for other versions this past March. Currently, there are

Avanade CEO Adam Warby said major investments from Microsoft have made it possible to support global financial institutions in migrating core or legacy applications to the cloud.

Officials across the globe scrambled over the weekend to catch the culprits behind a massive ransomware worm that disrupted operations at car factories, hospitals, shops and schools, while Microsoft...

The CRN Test Center compares Microsoft's two Surface-branded laptops, the latest of which will run the new Windows 10 S operating system.

According to many reports across the web, a string of ransomware attacks has infected thousands of businesses from 99 countries worldwide. Sources say over 75,000 users globally were affected because of leaked NSA exploit published by the hacker group the Shadow Brokers. Also read:  Why South Korean Bitcoin Adoption Could Outpace Most Other Countries This Year Wana Ransomware Infects 75,000 Computers Worldwide A massive epidemic has recently stricken in close to a hundred countries, with more than 75,000 detections of the ransomware called Wanacryptor 2.0 (Wana). According to the Avast security blog and Krebs on Security a significant portion of businesses targeted stemmed from Taiwan, the Ukraine, and Russia. Additionally, a string of hospitals from Europe was attacked, Chinese Universities, the UK’s National Health Service (NHS), and the Spanish telecommunications giant Telefonica. The Wana software is a malicious protocol that encrypts an individual or company’s files and d

Microsoft's newly announced Azure IoT Edge service thrusts the traditionally IT vendor into the industrial market to compete with manufacturing giant GE, partners told CRN.

What’s worse than a government agency (CIA) committed to violating privacy rights through weaponized malware? A bumbling one that hands your computer over to more common criminals who want banking information, tax refunds and anything else from which they can profit. What’s worse than an agency with weaponized malware blowing in the wind? Two agencies (NSA). The CIA Fiasco Was Bad Enough A May 5th headline on Zero Hedge reads “WikiLeaks Reveals “Archimedes”: Malware Used To Hack Local Area Networks.” The article explains, “In its seventh CIA leak since March 23rd, WikiLeaks has just revealed the user manual of a CIA hacking tool known as ‘Archimedes’ which is purportedly used to attack computers inside a Local Area Network (LAN). The CIA tool works by redirecting a target’s webpage search to a CIA server which serves up a webpage that looks exactly like the original page they were expecting to be served, but which contains malware. It’s only possible to detect the attack by examin

Partners say MindMeld gives Cisco more "ammunition" against its longtime unified communications rival Microsoft in the race to become the leader of the workplace of the future.

Microsoft has revealed a handful of changes coming in the next significant update to Windows 10.

During Microsoft's Build conference, executive Takeshi Numoto discussed the company's latest news and opportunities for partners.

HP, Dell, Samsung and Acer are among the vendors that are planning to release education-oriented laptops running the new Windows 10S operating system.

Kaseya has debuted a public cloud management offering that helps MSPs simplify, automate and secure workloads in Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google cloud platforms.

Also in the news this week: Solution provider PCM claimed in court filings last month that it wouldn't have carried out its April 2015 acquisition of En Pointe if it had known the solution provider's true financial situation.

The new Dell EMC Cloud for Microsoft Azure Stack combines Dell EMC's hyper-converged infrastructure technology with Microsoft's Azure Stack to create an on-premises private cloud with the look and feel of the Azure public cloud.

The distributor aims to enable partners around its extended line card, as TS partners now have access to Microsoft's cloud offerings and traditional Tech Data partners have access to Amazon and IBM's.

Amazon, Microsoft and Google held concurrent earnings calls last week. Here's how their three rival cloud business compare based on what we learned from those financial disclosures.

On May 2 the blockchain service provider and bitcoin payment processor Bitpay announced a strategic partnership with the mining device manufacturer Bitmain. Also read:   Bitcoin Exchanges Multiply in Japan as Demand from Institutional Investors Rises Bitpay Enters the Untapped Market of Mining Companies The Atlanta-based bitcoin company Bitpay has revealed it has entered a “multi-million dollar development agreement” with the China-based mining hardware firm Bitmain Technologies. Bitpay says the company has partnered with Bitmain for a multi-year plan to create advanced open source software for miners, mining pools, and full node operators. Bitpay details the company will be utilizing its six years of experience building peer-to-peer payment technology. The firm says that it also has helped service “the most significant companies in blockchain mining hardware.” “At BitPay, we recognize that there is an untapped market of mining companies that require more advanced platforms for

A new version of Windows 10 and a new Surface device will focus on meeting the needs of students and schools.

New Delhi, India – 22 April 2017: Microsoft India announced its enhanced family leave benefits to better meet the needs of their employees to be fully present at home and work.  Specifically, Microsoft introduced a new Family Caregiver leave benefit: four weeks of paid leave at 100 percent to take care of an immediate family member with a serious health condition. In addition, maternity benefits for those who are adopting a child or who choose to have a child via surrogacy is at 26 calendar weeks of paid leave. The company has also increased paternity leave to six weeks paid at 100 percent, to give both parents more time to bond with a new child. ** Announcing the enhanced family leave policies, Ira Gupta, Director – Human Resources, Microsoft India , said, “At Microsoft, we are committed to fostering a healthy work-life balance by enhancing productivity and efficiency for our employees through a flexible work environment as part of our workplace advantage philosophy. Our employees

Mumbai, May 02, 2017 : Republic, Arnab Goswami’s most-awaited media technology venture, today announced Microsoft India as its technology partner. Through this unique partnership, Microsoft will power Republic’s broadcast techniques using some of its latest hardware and software offerings to deliver a superior news visualization experience for viewers. Republic is an independent platform for journalists and content professionals. The venture will create a movement that will put the power of journalism into the hands of the citizens, and will be India’s first footprint in global journalism. Commenting on the partnership, Arnab Goswami, Editor-in-Chief and Founder, Republic said “We are excited and thrilled to work with Microsoft as we launch Republic. We are a media-tech company and we are confident that together with Microsoft, we will change the way media and technology come together for a world class product for the generation next. This partnership is just the beginning.” “The N