CEOs of multiple technology companies met with some administration officials to discuss innovation and emerging technology through a roundtable meeting held Thursday at the White House, CNET reported Thursday. The report said IBM‘s Ginni Rometty, Microsoft‘s Satya Nadella and Oracle‘s Safra Catz participated in the “listening session” that highlighted topics such as quantum computing, 5G and artificial intelligence. A […] More

Microsoft‘s plan to acquire software development platform GitHub for $7.5 billion in stock by the end of 2018 could position the former as a key provider of federal cloud computing services due to the latter’s deals with government agencies. Laura Criste, a federal market analyst with Bloomberg Government, wrote in an analysis published Friday that […] More

To comment on Microsoft’s development of machine learning and cloud infrastructure, the usability of as-a-Service offerings and the widespread usage of artificial intelligence in the federal marketspace, ExecutiveBiz spoke with Microsoft’s Scott Price, General Manager of the company’s National Security Group. “Any agency leaning forward to drive artificial intelligence and machine learning has our attention, […] More

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, former IBM CEO Samuel Palmisano and other industry leaders from two nonprofit and nonpartisan organizations have launched an initiative that aims to advance cyber risk management in the private sector. The Center for Global Enterprise and the Center for Responsible Enterprise And Trade formed the Cyber Readiness Institute to establish best practices and […] More

Microsoft has introduced new cloud, security and intelligence platforms and services designed to help information technology professionals address network security threats and meet their organizations’ digital transformation objectives. The company said Monday it will launch on Oct. 1 its Enterprise Mobility + Security E5 and Secure Productive Enterprise offerings that work against security threats. Microsoft’s […] More

Microsoft has agreed to help the government of Andhra Pradesh, India, build cloud computing platforms in an effort to manage delivery of citizen services across the region, The Indian Express reported Monday. Sreenivas Janyala writes Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding that calls for the company to help develop […] More

Wes Anderson serves as vice president of worldwide public sector services at Microsoft and leads a team that offers information technology services to U.S. and international government agencies. Anderson, an inductee into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 list for 2015, previously held the VP title for U.S. public sector services at Microsoft and also created and led the […] More

Salesforce.com and Microsoft have formed a partnership to integrate the Salesforce CRM platform with Windows OS, Azure cloud platform and Microsoft Office 365 to deliver new productivity tools, Cloud Times reported Tuesday. Saroj Kar writes the CRM application will be available through Windows devices and the companies aim to allow cloud-based user collaboration through Office Mobile, Office for iPad and Office […] More

Microsoft has developed three new analytics platforms for organizations to capture and manage large amounts of machine- and human-generated data, Silicon Angle reported Monday. Saroj Kar writes that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella introduced the Azure Intelligent Systems Service, SQL Server 2014 and Analytics Platform System products last week at a customer event in San Francisco. […] More