Vodafone and Microsoft Corp. announced a new, far-reaching 10-year strategic partnership that leverages their respective strengths in offering scaled digital platforms to more than 300 million businesses, public sector organizations, and consumers across Europe and Africa. Through the partnership, the companies will collaborate to transform Vodafone’s customer experience using Microsoft’s generative AI; hyperscale Vodafone’s leading managed IoT connectivity…
KPMG and Microsoft have announced a significant expansion of their global relationship that will reshape professional services across a number of business-critical areas including workforce modernization, safe and secure development, and use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions for clients, industries and society more broadly. The industry-leading collaboration between the two global organizations includes a KPMG…
Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday announced that the board’s independent directors unanimously elected Satya Nadella to the role of board chair, and unanimously elected John W. Thompson as lead independent director, a role he held previously from 2012 to 2014. In this role, Nadella will lead the work to set the agenda for the board, leveraging his deep understanding of…
Microsoft Corp and Nuance Communications, Inc. announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will acquire Nuance for $56.00 per share, implying a 23% premium to the closing price of Nuance on Friday, April 9, in an all-cash transaction valued at $19.7 billion, inclusive of Nuance’s net debt. Nuance is a trusted…
The Business Council – an association made up of the CEOs of the world’s largest, global companies – announced that its new board chairman will be Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Nadella succeeds Nike President and CEO John Donahoe in the role. “The Business Council has always played a critical role in helping the world’s business…
Microsoft Corp. announced that Co-Founder and Technology Advisor Bill Gates stepped down from the company’s Board of Directors to dedicate more time to his philanthropic priorities including global health, development, education, and his increasing engagement in tackling climate change. He will continue to serve as Technology Advisor to CEO Satya Nadella and other leaders in…
KPMG and Microsoft Corp have reached a five-year agreement to accelerate digital transformation for KPMG member companies and mutual clients. The two firms are strengthening their global relationship in order to significantly invest in technology, people and innovation. KPMG is modernizing its workplace using the Microsoft 365 suite of cloud-based collaboration and productivity tools, including…
Fortune’s 2019 Businessperson of the Year is finally out. There are reasons to feel good about as India’s Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, has topped the list. Nadella is not the only Indian origin CEO who has made it to the Top 20, Ajay Banga (Mastercard) is at 8th spot, and Jayshree Ullal (Arista Networks)…
Earlier this year Microsoft Corporation, the American multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond, Washington announced that it’s acquiring GitHub for $7.5 billion. On Friday Microsoft confirmed the deal is completed. GitHub is a leading software development platform which brings more than 31 million developers to create, collaborate, share and build on each other’s work. Nat…
Microsoft Corp. has announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Satya Nadella as Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors effective immediately. Nadella previously held the position of Executive Vice President of Microsoft’s Cloud and Enterprise group. Microsoft also announced that Bill Gates, previously Chairman of the Board of Directors, will…