cloud computing

Preview users reporting that OneDrive’s new “People” face‑recognition toggle is enabled by default — and that Microsoft will only let you turn it off three times a year — has opened a fresh debate about corporate AI defaults, legal risk and the practical cost of large‑scale biometric features in...

Microsoft’s partial suspension of services to an Israeli military unit has forced a rare reckoning inside Big Tech over the real-world consequences of cloud infrastructure and AI — and raised urgent questions about corporate due diligence, export controls, and the ethics of supplying tools that...

Microsoft’s hyperscale cloud battle has pivoted from raw infrastructure to who can package, govern and monetize AI at enterprise scale — and the 2025 scoreboard looks less like a runaway and more like a three‑way sprint, with AWS still largest by revenue, Azure riding enterprise AI integration...

Microsoft has disabled a discrete set of Azure cloud and Azure AI subscriptions used by an Israeli Ministry of Defense unit after an external review found evidence that elements of investigative reporting about large‑scale collection and processing of Palestinian communications were supported by...

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’s decision to adopt Microsoft Azure as the backbone for its payments stack marks a decisive step in reshaping enterprise payment rails: the companies announced a multi‑year technology collaboration under which Checkout.com will migrate key production systems and AI model operations...

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...

Vodafone Albania’s Business arm used Future2Tech to present a focused, practical pitch: digitalization is now a supplier-managed capability rather than a boutique IT project — and Vodafone Business aims to be the one-stop partner for Albanian firms seeking cloud, connectivity, IoT and secure...

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...

Windows 11 promises to be more than a cosmetic refresh for enterprises — it’s being framed as a strategic platform upgrade that combines a tighter security baseline, cloud-native management, and built-in AI productivity tools that together can reduce risk, lower operational overhead, and...

President Donald Trump’s public demand that Microsoft fire Lisa Monaco — the company’s newly installed president of global affairs and a former senior Justice Department official — escalated a fraught intersection of politics, corporate governance, and national security this week, touching on...

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...