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Former Microsoft executive Mat Velloso reportedly said on May 17, 2026, that Microsoft has “missed the AI wave,” arguing that Copilot adoption, Windows 11 integration, and enterprise AI execution have not matched the company’s spending or rhetoric. The charge lands because it does not come from...

Microsoft and Palantir entered 2026’s AI earnings cycle with blowout numbers, but Microsoft is selling the cloud infrastructure, models, platforms, and productivity software enterprises rent at scale, while Palantir is selling the operational AI layer that turns institutional data into decisions...

NTT DATA signed a definitive agreement in May 2026 to acquire Santa Clara-based WinWire, a Microsoft-focused cloud and AI consultancy with delivery centers in India and more than 1,000 Azure engineers and AI specialists. The deal is less about buying another systems integrator than about buying...

The UK Competition and Markets Authority opened a strategic market status investigation into Microsoft’s business software ecosystem on May 14, 2026, examining whether its power in workplace software lets it limit competition in cloud, cybersecurity, communications, and AI services. The case is...

Workday made its Sana Self-Service Agent available inside Microsoft 365 Copilot on May 13, 2026, extending HR and finance task automation into Microsoft’s everyday work interface while keeping execution, approvals, security rules, and audit controls anchored in Workday. That sounds like another...

Kyndryl and Microsoft are pitching a May 2026 enterprise AI model that combines Kyndryl’s operational services, Agentic AI Framework, Digital Trust governance, and Bridge platform with Microsoft Azure, Azure AI, security, data, and productivity services to move AI from pilots into managed...

Microsoft reported fiscal 2026 third-quarter results on April 29 for the period ended March 31, showing $82.9 billion in revenue, 18 percent year-over-year growth, and new evidence that Copilot, Azure AI, and infrastructure efficiency are becoming one connected business rather than three...

Microsoft and SAP used SAP Sapphire 2026 in Orlando and Madrid to push a new enterprise AI agenda built around Azure, SAP Joule, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Fabric, sovereign cloud options, and deeper RISE with SAP support. The message is not subtle: the two companies want AI to move from demos and...

Kyndryl said on May 12, 2026, that its Microsoft alliance is now focused on moving enterprise AI from isolated pilots into governed production operations, combining Kyndryl’s managed-services model, Agentic AI Framework, Kyndryl Bridge insights, and Digital Trust controls with Microsoft Azure...

Kyndryl used a May 12, 2026 article by Microsoft alliance leader Gonzalo Escajadillo to argue that enterprise AI is moving from pilots into governed operations, with Microsoft Azure supplying the platform and Kyndryl supplying the implementation discipline. The claim is not that another chatbot...

Kyndryl published a May 12, 2026 article by Gonzalo Escajadillo, its senior vice president for the Microsoft Alliance, arguing that enterprise AI value now depends on operationalizing Microsoft Azure, Copilot, security, data, and agentic workflows through Kyndryl’s managed-services model. The...

Microsoft published a May 7, 2026 sovereignty checklist for AI steering committees, arguing that enterprise AI programs must prove where data is processed, who can access systems, and how operations continue across jurisdictions. The message is not subtle: AI governance has escaped the...

Microsoft says Gallagher, the global insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has built a governed enterprise AI platform on Microsoft Foundry, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, and Purview to speed claims review, quote workflows, M&A document analysis, and daily work for more than...

Microsoft told investors on April 29, 2026, that it added roughly one gigawatt of datacenter capacity during its fiscal third quarter, lifted quarterly revenue to $82.9 billion, and remains on track to double its overall AI infrastructure footprint within two years. That is the plain-English...

CGI announced on May 4, 2026, that it has earned Microsoft’s Copilot specialization in Modern Work within the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program, adding a formal Microsoft credential to its enterprise AI, cloud, security, and productivity consulting practice. The news is not just another partner...

Accenture is deploying Microsoft 365 Copilot across roughly 743,000 employees in more than 120 countries after pilots that began in 2023, making it Microsoft’s largest announced enterprise Copilot rollout and turning a consulting giant into the most visible test case for AI-at-work at city...

Microsoft’s latest showcase for enterprise AI is not a chatbot in an office suite but a New Zealand infrastructure database: Beca has added a natural-language AI layer to the New Zealand Geotechnical Database, using Azure, Microsoft Foundry, and Azure OpenAI to make buried ground data easier to...

Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure are now competing in 2026 to own the entire enterprise AI stack, from chips and data centers to models, agents, business applications, workflow context, and the daily software surfaces where employees actually work. The race is no longer...

On April 30, 2026, Microsoft published a customer story detailing how Malaysia’s Chin Hin Group adopted Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Teams Rooms to build an AI-first workforce across its construction, property, manufacturing, trading, and home-living businesses. The headline result is not...

eWeek’s 2026 chatbot comparison frames ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Perplexity, Claude, Grok, DeepSeek, Meta AI, Duck.ai, Zapier Agents, Poe, and Pi as a market that has moved from scripted chat into workflow software. The important shift is not that chatbots got smarter; it is that they stopped...