Microsoft announced the acquisition of BlueTalon, a leading provider of Unified Data Access Control solutions for modern data platforms. While the terms of the deal were not disclosed, the data privacy and governance startup has raised USD 25.87 million so far. BlueTalon and was backed by firms like Biosys Capital, Signia Venture Partners, Maverick Capital, […]
Aziz Rofat’s day starts with a cup of strong coffee. After his morning cuppa, Aziz, who heads category management for one of the Middle East’s luxury retailers, logs into his system to access his daily sales report trying to make sense of the numbers. This has been his routine for the last 15 years. But […]
Global business leaders believe they can achieve 17 per cent return on investment (ROI) over next 12 months by digitally transforming their organisations, according to new research published by Avanade, a leading digital innovator on the Microsoft ecosystem. However, while 92 per cent of respondents cited digitally transforming their businesses among their top three priorities, […]
Merger and acquisitions have been an on-going trend of 2018-2019 in MarTech. Tech giants have grabbed solutions providers by the handful and MarTech guru Scott Brinker thinks that 25 per cent of the existing MarTech landscape will “euphemistically consolidate” within this next 12-18-month period. According to David Raab, the most recent acquisitions – Salesforce and […]
Microsoft and Oracle to interconnect Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud. Experts say it’s a jab at cloud computing leader Amazon Web Services. Microsoft and Oracle recently announced a cloud interoperability partnership, enabling customers to migrate and run mission-critical enterprise workloads across Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud. According to the press release shared by Microsoft, enterprises […]
Ambitious government plans are ensuring that the region becomes one of the fastest-growing cloud-based markets. “We are betting on the cloud. We’re betting big on Amazon,” said Salman Al-Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain. He was referring to cloud computing giant Amazon opening its first Amazon Web Services (AWS) Region in Bahrain. The Bahrain government is […]
