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Microsoft is using modern technology to battle cancer, especially in the countries where it is hardest to do so, by using AI technology. Microsoft is currently working with SRL Diagnostics to help the women of India battle cervical cancer, if not, fully cure it. As reported by Tech Crunch, Microsoft has partnered with SLR Diagnostics …

SuperLumin will demonstrate enterprise content acceleration and caching solutions at Microsoft Ignite, “Microsoft’s annual gathering of technology leaders and practitioners.” From boosting internet performance to optimizing bandwidth and network security, SuperLumin provides a faster, richer quality experience for online and offline visitors. SuperLumin, part of the STRATACACHE family of marketing technology companies, leverages the most …

Microsoft has chosen Syracuse to be home to its first Smart Cities technology hub in the northeast.   It would be one of the next big pieces of the Syracuse Surge project to revitalize the neighborhoods just south of downtown.  City officials discussed the partnership Thursday with common councilors.  Chief Data Officer Sam Edelstein says economic …

Microsoft has given us more choices than ever with its Surface products this year. If you want a 2-in-1 tablet, you can now choose between a Surface Pro 7 or a Surface Pro X. If you want a traditional clamshell laptop, you can now choose between a 13.5-inch Surface Laptop 3 or a larger 15-inch …

WATERLOO — Computers in some elementary schools could be replaced mid-year as Microsoft phases out support for an older operating system. The Board of Education Monday will consider purchasing 748 devices totaling $233,003. The board meets at 5 p.m. in the Education Service Center, 1516 Washington St. SUPPORT GOVERNMENT WATCHDOGS: Become a member “Microsoft has …

Wedbush is one of the first out of the box with analysis on Microsoft’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) blockbuster JEDI cloud contract win over Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), calling it a gamechanger that could boost the cloud business out of Redmond for years. “We fully expect Amazon and others to challenge this decision in the courts but ultimately this is …

The Pentagon’s $10 billion deal to provide cloud computing services to the Department of Defense officially went to Microsoft Friday. The news came as an upset to Amazon, whose competing bid appeared to be the frontrunner for most of the contract’s deliberations. Throughout the yearlong process, President Donald Trump has repeatedly rebuked Amazon’s prospects, which …

The corporate war to provide cloud computing for US warfighters is over. Late Friday, the Department of Defense announced that Microsoft has won the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract, known as JEDI. The decision was the culmination of a two-year process that also included Google, IBM, and Oracle, and where Amazon was long seen as …

“Advanced general-purpose cloud is the industry norm, and it’s past time the Department of Defense had access to these capabilities,” said Mr. Langevin, the chairman of the Armed Services Subcommittee on Intelligence and Emerging Threats and Capabilities. “I look forward to continuing to use my position in Congress to increase access to next-generation technologies that …

The Pentagon announced Friday that it awarded a $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract to build a cloud-computing system for the military to Microsoft, in a noteworthy snub to Amazon. The Pentagon initially considered Microsoft, Amazon, IBM and Oracle in the contentious bidding process to build the so-called “War Cloud.” Oracle and IBM were …