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NTT DATA announced on May 18, 2026, from Plano, Texas, that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire WinWire, a Santa Clara-based Microsoft partner focused on agentic AI, Azure AI, data engineering, and cloud-native enterprise application development. The transaction is less a...

Microsoft’s Israel country chief reportedly left in May 2026 after months of scrutiny over the company’s Azure and AI work with Israel’s Ministry of Defense, following earlier findings that some Microsoft services had been used in ways that appeared to violate the company’s own rules against...

AI is rewriting smallholder finance by turning satellite, weather, climate, and farm-activity data into risk signals that lenders and insurers can use, with eSusFarm’s Azure-backed platform bringing USSD registration, parametric insurance, mobile-money payouts, and credit-readiness tools to...

Microsoft announced Azure Linux 4.0 at Open Source Summit North America in Minneapolis on May 18, 2026, turning its formerly container-focused Azure Linux work into a supported, general-purpose server distribution for Azure virtual machines while separating container hosting into Azure Container...

Microsoft and Meta are the two AI-heavy megacap stocks being pitched on May 18, 2026, as likely to show investor-visible returns from enormous data-center and model spending sooner than skeptics expect, thanks to Azure growth, Copilot adoption, advertising gains, and Meta AI rollout. That is the...

NTT DATA said on May 18, 2026, that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Santa Clara-based WinWire, a Microsoft-focused services partner specializing in agentic AI, Azure AI, data engineering, and cloud-native application development. The deal is not just another systems-integrator...

Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella visited New Zealand on April 21, 2026, where Microsoft highlighted Beca’s Azure-powered BEYON digital twin platform and AI assistant for querying the New Zealand Geotechnical Database in natural language. The story is not simply that another professional...

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...

Universitas Terbuka, Indonesia’s public open and distance-learning university, said on May 15, 2026 that it has built a Microsoft Azure-based digital learning foundation using Azure OpenAI Service, Azure AI Foundry, Kubernetes, databases, and security tooling to support large-scale AI-assisted...

Amdocs said on May 13, 2026, that it will migrate one of Lumen Technologies’ enterprise billing platforms to Microsoft Azure, extending an existing relationship that has already moved some Lumen systems to Google Cloud as part of the U.S. carrier’s cloud-first strategy. The announcement is easy...

Microsoft’s historical Azure work with Ripple-related technology resurfaced in May 2026 after MEXC amplified reporting that Azure Blockchain as a Service once supported Ripple infrastructure and that Microsoft explored Interledger for payment interoperability. The important word is historical...

Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott testified Wednesday in federal court in Oakland that a 2018 email questioning OpenAI’s commercial plans was about Microsoft’s diligence and competitive risk, not proof that Microsoft knew OpenAI was betraying its nonprofit mission. That distinction is now central to...

Microsoft and Alphabet both strengthened their claims on the mega-cap AI trade after their late-April 2026 earnings reports, but the cleaner portfolio move is not choosing one outright; it is adjusting the MSFT-GOOGL split around Microsoft’s supply constraints and Alphabet’s faster cloud...

Microsoft’s multibillion-dollar OpenAI investment is now producing revenue through Azure usage, revenue-sharing payments, and AI software subscriptions, with recent reporting saying Microsoft may receive up to $38 billion from OpenAI under a capped arrangement running through 2030. The important...

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...

Data and AI consultancy Eunoia has earned Microsoft’s Analytics on Microsoft Azure Specialisation shortly before appearing at Cloud Tech Expo in Limassol on May 15, 2026, giving the Malta-headquartered and Cyprus-operating firm a newly audited credential in enterprise cloud analytics. The badge...

Hi everyone, I’m researching how enterprises are modernizing their IT environments using Microsoft Azure Infrastructure and Platform Services (IaaS + PaaS) in 2026. How are organizations balancing AI scalability, cybersecurity, hybrid cloud governance, disaster recovery, Kubernetes/container...

Konverge AI said on May 9, 2026, that it has become a Microsoft Data & AI Partner, giving the Wilmington, Delaware-based decision-science and AI engineering firm deeper access to Microsoft’s Azure, marketplace, support, and advisory ecosystem. The announcement is not just another partner-program...