Microsoft announced the launch of a global digital skills initiative serving 25 million by year end, in a move that is both as brilliant as it is benevolent — and that’s impressive. Here’s why.
IBM, Microsoft and Amazon Suspend Police Access to Facial Recognition Tech, Prompt US Lawmakers to Act
Earlier this month, Microsoft President Brad Smith explained that Microsoft would no longer “sell facial recognition technology to police departments in the United States until we have a national law in place, grounded in human rights, that will govern this technology.” This statement followed Amazon’s the previous day, in which it announced a one-year moratorium on police use of Amazon’s facial Rekognition technology.
SAS Partners With Microsoft Azure To Bring Its Analytics to the Cloud
Ahead of its large annual conference SAS announced an extensive partnership with Microsoft to bring its analytics solutions to Azure Cloud.
Microsoft Biz Apps Summit: Enabling Rapid Digital Transformation
Last week Microsoft hosted its annual biz apps summit where it shared the important role applications are playing in rapid digital transformation.
Microsoft Posts Another Tremendous Quarter Despite Pandemic Woes
Microsoft delivered above expectations on revenue and earnings as the company was able to keep momentum going despite the impact of COVID-19.
Leaning into Digital to Drive Demand when Face to Face is Impossible
What should companies be thinking about in their efforts to continue marketing and driving business during this time where traditional events and face-to-face meetings are impossible?
WalkMe Gets a Nod from Microsoft, Runs Atop Dynamics 365 Platform
The integration of WalkMe’s digital adoption platform into Microsoft’s Dynamics 365 ecosystem is good news — both for WalkMe, as well as for Dynamics 365 users in the enterprise. Here’s why.
Microsoft Shares Its Plans to Bring Teams to the Consumer
Microsoft is moving forward with the release of a new Teams application designed for consumer and personal usage as part of Consumer 365.
Microsoft’s Move to Acquire Affirmed Networks Aims to Deliver New Opps for 5G Ecosystem
Microsoft’s move to acquire Affirmed Networks aims to deliver new opps for the 5G ecosystem. In my opinion, this is exactly the company it needed to make new waves in the 5G ecosystem and firm up its presence with mobile operators in particular. Now it’s up to cloud rivals AWS, Google Cloud, Alibaba, IBM, and Oracle to refresh their telecom-specific portfolio development and marketing strategies.
Microsoft Research AI Ethics Checklist Crafts Principles for Designing AI DevOps Processes
Microsoft Research AI ethics checklist is a set of published principles for designing ethics checklists that can be readily operationalized in AI DevOps processes. We commend Microsoft Research’s recent effort to catalyze consensus within the practitioner community for the purpose of developing clear principles for designing operationalizable AI ethics checklists.