Zoom Video Communications has announced a $14.7-billion all-stock deal to buy cloud-based call centre operator Five9 in its largest-ever acquisition, as competition intensifies in its core video-conferencing sector.
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Microsoft will offer its Windows operating system as a cloud-based service, aiming to make it easier to access business apps that need Windows from a broader range of devices.
Microsoft has agreed to acquire RiskIQ, a security software maker, as the tech giant tries to expand its products and better protect customers amid a rising tide of global cyberattacks, sources said.
PC sales are booming, and despite the industry’s cyclical past, investors and the major PC makers believe strong computer demand will last for a long time to come. Not so fast!
Steve Ballmer, the former CEO of Microsoft, has a net worth of more than $100-billion, making him the ninth person in the world to reach that lofty plateau.
Promoted | Vendor-neutral cloud infrastructure provider Routed says the archetypal hybrid or multi-cloud concept has become needlessly complicated. MD Andrew Cruise explains why.
Jeff Bezos is leaving the rest of the world behind when it comes to wealth accumulation, reaching a record $211-billion net worth on Tuesday after Amazon.com shares rose 4.7%.
The Gauteng provincial government paid Microsoft $20.9-million, instead of R20.9-million, for software, costing the taxpayer millions of rand in exchange-rate losses, the Democratic Alliance has said.
The Pentagon has scrapped a $10-billion cloud computing contract awarded in 2019 to Microsoft after several years of wrangling between the government and some of the biggest US tech companies.
The biggest challenge for Amazon.com’s next boss, Andy Jassy, may come from the business he knows best: cloud computing services.