cloud computing

Microsoft’s pivot from software stalwart to AI infrastructure powerhouse is no longer a strategy memo — it is the defining force behind a multitrillion‑dollar valuation and a torrent of capital, deals, and operational change that together make the stock one of the clearest risk/reward plays...

Checkout.com’s decision to adopt Microsoft Azure as the backbone for its enterprise payments platform marks one of the most consequential cloud-and-AI tie-ups in payments this year, promising faster authorisations, broader scale, and deeper AI-driven optimisation for merchants — but it also...

Checkout.com has signed a multi‑year technology collaboration to move core parts of its payments platform and AI model operations onto Microsoft Azure, a shift the companies say will accelerate Checkout.com’s AI‑driven payments capabilities, lower latency for enterprise merchants and prepare...

Satya Nadella’s recent restructuring of Microsoft’s leadership and his unusually technical public reflections read less like a routine CEO memo and more like the opening moves of a strategic long game: one that could see Nadella transition from a full‑time CEO role into a position that looks...

Microsoft and Checkout.com have announced a multi‑year strategic technology collaboration that will see Checkout.com adopt Microsoft Azure as a primary cloud platform to scale its AI‑driven payments services — a move their press materials frame as a step to deliver faster, more secure and...

Checkout.com’s decision to adopt Microsoft Azure as the backbone for its AI-driven payments platform marks a clear inflection point in enterprise payments infrastructure — a multi-year technology collaboration that promises faster, more secure and more scalable payment flows for major merchants...

Microsoft’s place in the software industry looks both familiar and new: a cash‑rich, highly profitable platform company that trades with growth expectations baked into its revenue multiple — and, as a recent automated competitor snapshot illustrates, can be easy to misread when heterogeneous...

The market for IT certifications has shifted from “nice-to-have” resume bling to a measurable career lever: certifications in cloud, cybersecurity, data and AI, and project management are driving hiring decisions, raising starting salaries, and shaping enterprise training budgets — a reality...

The Employees Provident Fund’s (EPF) new cloud-first push — built on Microsoft technologies and anchored by a refreshed mobile experience — is simultaneously a pragmatic modernization of a sprawling public pension system and a high-stakes experiment in using AI and cloud infrastructure to...

Microsoft’s latest public posture on AI infrastructure is less a new technical roadmap than a blunt strategic statement: build a fleet that is as fungible and flexible as possible, then let customers, partners and models ride it. That message—articulated by Satya Nadella in recent public posts...

Microsoft’s leadership ranks have seen a steady stream of exits through 2025, and the departures are not just shuffle‑board moves — they map directly to the fierce talent war sweeping through cloud and AI. CRN’s roundup of “25 Big Microsoft Executive Departures So Far in 2025” catalogued a wide...

Satya Nadella’s confession — that he is “haunted” by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) and fears artificial intelligence could render Microsoft’s flagship franchises irrelevant — is not mere corporate drama. It marks a strategic alarm bell fired from the center of one of the world’s most...

Microsoft’s announcement that it has “ceased and disabled a set of services” for a unit inside a foreign defence ministry marks a rare, high-stakes intersection of cloud computing, corporate policy, and wartime intelligence — and raises urgent questions about how global cloud platforms police...

Microsoft has disabled specific Azure cloud and Azure AI subscriptions used by a unit of Israel’s Ministry of Defense after an expanded internal review found evidence supporting elements of investigative reporting that alleged the platform was being used to ingest, store and analyze large...

Microsoft has ceased and disabled a set of Azure cloud and Azure AI subscriptions used by a unit within Israel’s Ministry of Defense after an internal review found evidence supporting elements of investigative reporting that alleged Microsoft services were used to ingest, store, and process...

A new Principled Technologies (PT) study — circulated as a press release and picked up by partner outlets — argues that adopting a single‑cloud approach for AI on Microsoft Azure can produce concrete benefits in performance, manageability, and cost predictability, while also leaving room for...

Microsoft’s latest results and strategy moves aren’t just another quarterly beat — they’re the continuation of a deliberate transformation that has put the company at the center of Wall Street’s AI-driven optimism. In the most recent reporting cycle Microsoft signaled that its cloud and AI...

Microsoft’s most recent results and guidance refinement make one fact unmistakable: the company’s future growth is being driven by an Azure‑anchored, AI‑first platform strategy — and that strategy is increasingly capital‑intensive, partnership‑dependent, and subject to both regulatory and...

ASDA’s renewed and expanded technology agreement with Microsoft marks a decisive step in the supermarket’s pivot to a cloud-first, AI-enabled operating model — a strategy the retailer says will sharpen price leadership, improve product availability, and free colleagues from repetitive tasks so...

In 2025 the long-running duel between Windows and Linux looks less like a single “winner takes all” contest and more like a partitioned battlefield: Windows still rules the desktop, powering the majority of personal and enterprise PCs, while Linux has entrenched itself across servers, clouds...