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Microsoft’s Michelle Niethammer spends her days figuring out how to transform the way you work.

The dual-screen Surface device could launch as soon as this year, and be followed by similar devices by manufacturers including Intel and Lenovo.

Channel Chief Gavriella Schuster said company has seen a dramatic drop in cases where the Cloud Solution Provider subscription program conflicted with Enterprise Agreement licenses.

Microsoft channel chief Gavriella Schuster spoke with CRN about how the company is working with partners to accelerate customer adoption of Azure and Office 365.

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Collaboration combines the power of the cloud with cutting-edge technologies such as AI and data to provide actionable insights for marketers in a mobile world SAN FRANCISCO and REDMOND, Wash. — June 26, 2018 — InMobi , a global provider of enterprise platforms for marketers, today announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft Corp   to enable new-age CMOs in their transformational journey from digital to mobile marketing. The partnership will consist of InMobi moving to Microsoft Azure as its preferred cloud provider, and will involve technology collaboration and combined go-to-market strategies aimed at accelerating the way marketers are looking at their advertising and marketing strategies in an always-connected world. Simultaneously, InMobi is significantly expanding its platform for marketers via the InMobi Marketing Cloud, adding to its decade-long market leadership through InMobi’s Advertising Cloud. The Marketing Cloud will enable marketers to get a 360-degree view of eve

As Facebook's alarming data collection and sharing practices continue to dominate the news, the CEOs of tech giants Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft's are sharing their views on data privacy.

Microsoft Azure partners praised the new write-once-read-many (WORM) capability for Azure Storage Blobs as key to getting customers with regulatory concerns to trust the Azure cloud with their sensitive data.

Microsoft winner of four awards in 2018: ‘Unified Communication Vendor’ and ‘Public Cloud Provider’ for the second consecutive year; as well for ‘Enterprise Team Messaging’ and ‘Information Rights Management’ New Delhi, June 25, 2018 : Microsoft India received four prestigious awards at the Frost & Sullivan India Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Awards, held on June 21, 2018 in New Delhi. Currently in their 16 th year, these awards honor and recognize companies who push boundaries of excellence and achieve landmarks to deliver business outcomes using digital and disruptive technologies in the Indian market. Microsoft received the ‘ Public Cloud Provider of the Year ’ Award and the ‘ Unified Communication Vendor of the Year ’ awards for the second consecutive year . In addition, Microsoft also received the ‘Enterprise Team Messaging Vendor of the Year’ and the ‘Information Rights Management Vendor of the Year’ awards. Congratulating Microsoft Corporation (India)

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The solution provider is aiming to become an "ongoing trusted security advisor" for clients using Microsoft technologies, an executive told CRN.

Big data company also launches Hortonworks Data Platform 3.0, offering containerization for more easily moving applications and workloads to cloud platforms.

Bangalore, June 19, 2018:  Microsoft India today showcased several of its own and third-party solutions that use Microsoft Cognitive Services and bring the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to users and organizations through vision, speech, language, knowledge and search scenarios. Over 370 enterprise customers in India already use these cognitive APIs from Microsoft. Microsoft is working with over 650 partners to bring AI solutions to benefit large, medium and small enterprises in the country.   Microsoft Cognitive Services is a collection of intelligent APIs that allow systems to see, hear, speak, understand and interpret human needs using natural methods of communication. Developers can use these APIs to make their applications across platforms more intelligent, engaging and discoverable. Available at www.microsoft.com/cognitive , it includes APIs on Vision : From faces to feelings, allow apps to understand images and video Speech : Hear and speak to users by filtering noise

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In its latest challenge to rival Google in the education space, Microsoft has acquired social learning startup Flipgrid.

Competing in a crowded market, the container pioneer has settled on a strategy of enabling multi-cloud deployments, helping customers avoid lock-in, supporting legacy apps, and working closely with Microsoft to enable Windows-based containerization.

Microsoft this week brought its latest Windows 10 update to "fully available" status and began rolling out a major design update for Office 365.

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This week we learned that there are still ways to make a quick fortune in crypto even when the market isn’t booming and that American universities are now investing in crypto hedge funds . We also reported that researchers think they found out the real identity of the inventor of bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, in this week’s most commented-on article. Also Read:  Estonia Grants Licenses for Wallet and Exchange Services to Coin Metro Ticketfly Hijacked by Hacker On Monday we reported that Ticketfly has been attacked by a hacker who breached its website and demanded a ransom in bitcoin to release it. The event-ticketing platform was still trying to recover from the “cyber incident.” The supposed hacker claimed to have warned Ticketfly of a vulnerability that allowed him to take control of its database and website. The hijacker asked for 1 bitcoin (BTC) to explain the issue in details but did not receive a reply. After no ransom was paid, the attacker posted the user data online. Additi

The CRN Test Center compares two highly portable devices for productivity-focused workers. Here's how Lenovo's 6th gen ThinkPad X1 Carbon laptop stacks up with Microsoft's Surface Pro 2-in-1 tablet.

In today’s Bitcoin in Brief we cover a recent announcement by a leading European crypto exchange – Bitpanda is adding two new coins, IOTA and Komodo. While on the Old Continent, Microsoft has immersed a whole data center off the coast of Scotland. And in Japan, a startup uses artificial intelligence, augmented reality and blockchain technology to create a “virtual human agent.” Also read: Bitcoin in Brief Thursday: New Tech and a Quick Way to Make a Fortune in Crypto Bitpanda Lists IOTA and Komodo Bitpanda , one of Europe’s established cryptocurrency exchanges, is adding two new coins – IOTA (MIOTA) and Komodo (KMD). The announcement comes after the successful launch of Bitpanda 2.0 and the team is promising new listings on a regular basis. Initially, both cryptocurrencies will be offered through a trade only, buy and sell option. “Our Integration Team has been working hard the past few months and we are now happy to announce that Komodo will be added on June 12, 2018 to the Bit

As 10th Magnitude's Azure practice dramatically scaled over the years, it evolved in ways no one expected -- increasingly embracing expertise around open-source solutions and driving a game-changing transformation.

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Microsoft's $7.5 billion acquisition of the industry's largest code repository will reverberate through the channel, creating new opportunities to drive enterprise practices and win influence over the next generation of software developers.

Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith spoke about how the tech industry is impacting society during the MIT EmTech Next conference.

Microsoft’s acquisition of open source code repository Github has provoked protest from members of the crypto community. Developers of bitcoin core and other blockchains have expressed disquiet at the corporate takeover, with several stating their intent to migrate to an alternative platform at the earliest possible convenience. Also read:   Crypto Point-of-Sale Devices Begin Roll-Out in Indonesia Despite Ban Github Buyout Causes Controversy Microsoft’s acquisition of Github is a good bit of business for both parties, but the news has not been well received by the community who rely on the popular code repository. Github has yet to turn a profit and has been without a CEO for the past nine months. Microsoft’s arrival eases Github’s financial worries and provides stability moving forwards. The technology giant is believed to be interested in Github as a means of gauging what programmers are creating and ascertaining what’s trending. For bitcoin developers, raised in a community whi

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said the company is "all-in" on open source after it revealed plans to acquire GitHub in a $7.5 billion deal on Monday. Here are five things you need to know about the pending deal.

Microsoft announced plans to acquire GitHub in an all-stock deal valued at $7.5 billion that will accelerate enterprise use of the popular software developer platform.

Facebook has formed data-sharing partnerships with 60 device makers, including Apple and Microsoft, giving them access to information of users and even their friends, a media report has claimed, weeks...

The CRN Test Center compares the two powerful 15-inch Windows notebooks. Here's how the Dell XPS 15 stacks up with Microsoft's Surface Book 2.