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Apr 13, 2021 3:00 AM PT Microsoft on Monday announced it is purchasing Nuance Communications, a natural language to computer processing company, in a deal valued at $19.7 billion. In the all-cash transaction, Microsoft will acquire all of Nuances outstanding stock for US$56 a share, a 23 percent premium over the share price at the close of the market last Friday. The deal, which is Microsofts largest since it acquired LinkedIn in 2016 for more than $26 billion, is expected to close at the end o...

Microsoft pledges to store European cloud data in Europe ‘If you are a commercial or public sector customer in EU, we will go beyond our existing data storage commitments and enable you to process and store all your data in the EU’ May 6, 2021 US tech giant Microsoft on Thursday pledged to store all European cloud-based client data in Europe amid unease on the continent over the reach of US legislation on personal data collection. Microsoft’s European clients have long been concerned over...

Thursday, 06 May 2021 04:24 PM MYT The Microsoft logo is seen at their offices in Bucharest March 20, 2013. — Reuters pic Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. PARIS, May 6 — US tech giant Microsoft today pledged to store all European cloud-based client data in Europe amid unease on the continent over the reach of US legislation on personal data collection. Microsoft’s European clients have long been concerned over the legal status of data they...

Microsoft customers in the EU will be able to store all their data in the region by 2022 May 6, 2021 11:20 EDT with 0 comments Microsoft has announced a new initiative called the EU Data Boundary for the Microsoft Cloud, through which it aims to enable EU customers to store all their data in the region by 2022. As the name suggests, the plan applies to all of the companys core cloud services, namely Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, and Azure. Microsoft stat...

EU Policy Blog Today we are announcing a new pledge for the European Union. If you are a commercial or public sector customer in the EU, we will go beyond our existing data storage commitments and enable you to process and store all your data in the EU. In other words, we will not need to move your data outside the EU. This commitment will apply across all of Microsoft’s core cloud services – Azure, Microsoft 365, and Dynamics 365. We are beginning work immediately on thi...

Updated / Thursday, 6 May 2021 09:54 Microsoft has pledged to store all European cloud-based client data in Europe US tech giant Microsoft has pledged to store all European cloud-based client data in Europe amid unease over the reach of US legislation on personal data collection. Microsofts European clients have long been concerned over the legal status of data they store with US companies in the cloud and the extent to which they could be scrutinised by US authorities. Those worries came to a...

Photo Credit: IANS IANSLive San Francisco, April 29 (IANS) Epic Games is holding back Fortnite from being available on Microsofts Xbox Cloud Gaming service, according to a new deposition made public as part of the Epic case against Apple. To get full access of the story, click here to subscribe to IANS News Service © 2021 IANS India Private Limited. All Rights Reserved. The reproduction of the story/photograph in any form will be liable for legal action. For news, views and gossips, follow IA...

Tech giant Microsoft has exceeded analysts’ estimates in its fiscal third-quarter (Q3), posting its biggest revenue growth since 2018.

Microsoft is out with earnings results, and one of the highlights is the strength of Xbox Game Pass subscriptions.

"It was a record quarter, powered by our continued strength of our commercial cloud," said Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella in an earnings call.  "Over a year into the pandemic, digital adoption curves arent slowing down. In fact, theyre accelerating, and its just the beginning. "Digital technology will be the foundation for resilience and growth over the next decade." Productivity and Business Processes revenue was highlighted as a growth contributor, rising 15 per cent to $13.6bn (€11.2bn), b...