Microsoft's Cloud Boss Says the Company Doesn't Want to Compete With Doctors
Headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts, Nuance is widely known in the U.S. health-care space, but has room to grow overseas. On the day the deal was announced, Microsoft said that 55% of U.S. doctors and 77% of U.S. hospitals use Nuance, and 80% of its revenue came from the U.S. in its most recent fiscal year. That means Microsoft can introduce Nuance to its massive international customer base. Last fiscal year, 49% of Microsoft's revenue came from outside the U.S. There are certain human medical processes that can be automated that Microsoft isn't immediately interested in. For instance,...