Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, said he believes low-latency edge computing platforms will have a “revolutionary" impact on warfighting operations within austere and rugged environments, FedScoop reported Wednesday.

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Microsoft has reached more than $3 billion in cloud infrastructure investments that support the company’s efforts to meet demand from European partners and clients. Microsoft said Monday the company plans to offer its cloud computing platforms such as Microsoft Azure, Office 365 and Dynamics 365 from France-based data centers in 2017. “We continue to invest heavily in cloud infrastructure to […] More

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has said enterprises should establish what he called an “operational security posture” in order to safeguard data networks, endpoints and cloud services from malware and other cyber threats amid the adoption of Internet-connected devices. Nadella made the remarks Monday at the Microsoft-hosted Government Cloud Forum held in Washington. He said this approach requires a comprehensive […] More

Microsoft has released a new version of its Azure cloud computing platform that is intended for public sector organizations in the U.S. The Azure Government offering is meant to help agencies manage cloud-based applications as well as storage, networking and data systems through Microsoft’s data center network, Microsoft said Tuesday. The company also integrated security […] More

Accenture and Microsoft have teamed to co-fund and co-engineer hybrid cloud functions with the Accenture Hybrid Cloud Solution for Microsoft Azure platform with support from their joint venture Avanade. “With new demands being placed on IT departments every day, enterprises need to smartly connect their infrastructure, software applications, data and operations capabilities in order to become agile, intelligent, […] More

Margaret Johnson, formerly executive vice president and global market development head at Qualcomm, has joined Microsoft as business development EVP for the software giant. She will report directly to CEO Satya Nadella and be responsible for helping to drive new business and partnership deals across different sectors, Microsoft said Tuesday. “Peggy shares our worldview and […] More

Intel Corporation recently held an event where it launched a new foundry division the company described as “a more sustainable systems foundry business designed for the AI era.” Intel said Wednesday that the same event saw the unveiling of a roadmap outlining process node innovation and evolution targets through 2027 that would help Intel Foundry become the No. 2 foundry by 2030.

Federal leaders and industry experts will tackle the transformative power of artificial intelligence at the Potomac Officers Club's 5th Annual Artificial Intelligence Summit. Register now!

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Wes Anderson, vice president of defense at Microsoft, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz about the core values that make up the company’s successful culture as well as how we can all drive greater collaboration between industry and federal government and address the challenges on the business side of innovation in our sector during the latest Executive Spotlight […] More

Microsoft has launched an Asian executive council to facilitate exchanges of best practices on technology, intelligence and resource sharing between leaders from government agencies and private sector companies. The Asia Pacific Public Sector Cybersecurity Executive Council consists of 15 executives from Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Brunei and South Korea, and has support from Microsoft […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has set a schedule for this year’s Electronics Resurgence Initiative Summit along with a new event focused on promoting microsystems research and development. 

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Microsoft has donated video game controllers and gaming equipment to 22 Department of Veterans Affairs facilities across the U.S. to support the department’s new therapy program for former servicemembers, Nextgov reported Friday.

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The Department of Veterans Affairs and Microsoft have partnered to deploy a video game controller technology for use in rehabilitative and therapeutic activities at select VA facilities nationwide.

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