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How the DoD’s future war-fighting needs are shaping cloud vendors’ products 5 hours ago Cloud vendors are coming up with new ideas to provide access for any location, such as aboard a ship. In this picture, a sailor on the amphibious assault ship USS America troubleshoots a server in 2017. (Mass Communication Spc. Vance Hand/U.S. Navy) The U.S. Defense Department’s expectation that future wars will be fought across dispersed, disconnected environments is driving changes to its cloud ...

Reseller News Join Reseller News Sign up to gain exclusive access to email subscriptions, event invitations, competitions, giveaways, and much more.Sign up now Inside Microsofts acquisition of Nuance: A new push for voice tech? Redmonds decision to buy Nuance for $19.7 billion highlights how important voice-activated tech is already in healthcare and how ubiquitous it might become elsewhere Credit: Microsoft Microsofts decision to acquire speech-recognition firmNuance Communicatio...

PHOTO: Shutterstock In a strategic move that elevates its existing partnership with Nuance, Microsoft will acquire the cloud and AI software provider for $56 a share in a transaction that will complete by the end of this calendar year. Nuance is a provider of conversational AI and cloud-based ambient clinical intelligence for healthcare providers. Nuance’s products include the Dragon Ambient eXperience, Dragon Medical One and PowerScribe One for radiology reporting, all clinical speech r...

Microsoft to buy speech recognition firm Nuance for $19.7 billion 5 hours ago Microsoft on Monday announced the acquisition of cloud and AI firm Nuance Communications for $19.7 billion, the second most expensive acquisition by Microsoft after LinkedIn. The acquisition will help Microsoft scale up its healthcare technology infrastructure and will support its Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare initiative launched in 2020. Medical technology is at the front and centre due to the ongoing pandemic, and ...

Microsoft intends to boost its cloud healthcare business with voice recognition deal

Reseller News Join Reseller News Sign up to gain exclusive access to email subscriptions, event invitations, competitions, giveaways, and much more.Sign up now SAP targets the financial services sector with new business unit Ramps up verticals play. Christian Klein (SAP) Credit: SAP German software giant SAP is set to launch a dedicated financial services industry (FSI) unit in partnership with investment company Dediq, with the aim of further tapping into the banking and insuranc...

Apr 14, 2021 Microsoft has agreed to buy Nuance Communications for $56.00 per share, in an all-cash transaction valued at $19,7-billion, inclusive of Nuance’s net debt. Nuance is a cloud and AI software player in the healthcare and enterprise AI space. Mark Benjamin will remain CEO of Nuance, reporting to Scott Guthrie, executive vice-president: cloud and AI at Microsoft. The transaction is intended to close this calendar year. Nuance is a provider of conversational AI and cloud-based ambient...

Tech your username 6 hours ago On Monday, Microsoft Corp. and Nuance Communications Inc., “a trusted cloud and AI software leader,” announced that they entered into a definitive agreement where Microsoft will acquire Nuance in a deal projected to close this year. Pursuant to the agreement, Microsoft will acquire Nuance for $56.00 per share, in an all-cash transaction that is valued at $19.7 billion and includes Nuance’s debt; notably, the price per share “implies a 23% premium to the cl...

The launch follows a successful pilot scheme in Germany and Italy.

NEW YORK — Microsoft will acquire artificial intelligence and cloud computing company Nuance for $19.7 billion, bolstering the telemedicine services that became essential during the pandemic, the tech giant announced on Monday.Nuance's technology is used extensively in medical records and is currently employed in more than three-quarters of US hospitals, Microsoft said in a