Elon Musk casts his shadow over industry announcements this month. However, other company news is not to be missed. April ends with $44 billion exchanging accounts. An Elon Musk-led Twitter promises quite a spectacle, and the world is curious to know more. Although the tech billionaire stole the show, the month was flooded with partnerships, […]
Swift, the secure financial messaging services provider, will enable financial institutions to connect to its network and applications through public cloud providers Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud and Microsoft. This move will streamline access t financial messaging services to enable new innovation while ensuring robust resiliency and security. Customers will be able to connect to […]
Mastercard on Monday announced the launch of an enhanced identity solution designed to improve the online shopping experience and tackle digital fraud in a new collaboration with Microsoft Corp. More than ever, delivering a frictionless shopping experience is critical as retailers look to shift window shopping and price comparison visits to confirmed sales. And while […]
The Kraft Heinz Company and Microsoft Corp. announced they are joining forces to develop solutions designed to accelerate the consumer goods giant’s transformation and enable a more resilient supply chain. With Microsoft Azure as its preferred cloud platform, Kraft Heinz will migrate the majority of its global data centre assets to Azure and its enterprise […]
Finastra has announced a Banking as a Service (BaaS) team up with Microsoft to bring new lending options to SMEs. SMEs using Microsoft Dynamics 365 will be able to access and unlock vital financing offers without leaving their business management platform. This move will enable SME owners to access relevant and valuable business financing seamlessly […]
FedEx and Microsoft announced the next solution as part of their multi year collaboration to transform commerce, supply chains and logistics. FedEx and Microsoft will bring together FedEx network intelligence with capabilities from Microsoft Dynamics 365 to introduce a cross-platform “logistics as a service” for retailers, merchants and brands. The companies share a vision for […]
The proposed takeover of video game company Activision Blizzard, the maker of Candy Crush and Call of Duty videogames, by Microsoft would make the software giant the world’s third-largest gaming company by revenue, after Tencent and Sony. Microsoft plans to buy the powerful, but troubled video game company, for nearly $70 billion. It’s the biggest […]
The European Commission has granted Microsoft unconditional antitrust approval for its $16 billion bid for artificial intelligence and speech technology company Nuance Communications. The deal is Microsoft’s second biggest after its $26.2 billion LinkedIn purchase in 2016, and would boost its presence in cloud services for healthcare. It has already received regulatory approval in the […]
In the post-pandemic world, one thing that stayed constant was the steady flow of mergers and acquisitions in the tech world. Here is our list of the top 20 M&As. November Intuit Acquires Mailchimp Intuit, best known for its financial service offerings, acquired the email marketing company Mailchimp. As part of the agreement, Mailchimp will […]
AT&T Inc. has agreed to sell its global programmatic advertising marketplace, Xandr Inc., to Microsoft. The agreement builds on a decade-long relationship between Xandr, including its predecessor companies, and Microsoft for delivering global digital media solutions for advertisers. As the digital landscape evolves in a post-cookie world, Microsoft and Xandr can shape the digital ad […]
