Microsoft and the city of Atlanta lead coalition of partners to close the digital skills gap and build a more inclusive workforce
Microsoft Corp. announced “Accelerate,” a new program designed to address economic recovery through both skilling underserved communities and re-skilling the many Americans impacted by COVID-19. Accelerate: Atlanta is the first of many city-focused digital skills and employment partnerships designed to upskill and increase employability. Accelerate: Atlanta is the first U.S. implementation of Microsoft’s global skills […]
ONE Championship and Microsoft partner to further accelerate and reinvent the digital fan experience
The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE) and Microsoft Corp. (Microsoft) today announced a strategic partnership to harness the Microsoft cloud, including Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365, to transform digital fan experiences and enhance collaboration for employees. Microsoft is now ONE’s preferred cloud and data services provider, powering its digital […]
Microsoft launches initiative to help 25 million people worldwide acquire the digital skills needed in a COVID-19 economy
Around the world, 2020 has emerged as one of the most challenging years in many of our lifetimes. In six months, the world has endured multiple challenges, including a pandemic that has spurred a global economic crisis. As societies reopen, it’s apparent that the economy in July will not be what it was in January. […]
Emergency plan has Microsoft Store employees helping people in new ways despite closed doors
Last month, Carl Richardson was commuting an hour by subway to his job at the flagship Microsoft Store in New York City with a scarf around his face as a makeshift mask. At work, he sanitized his hands constantly and helped customers from a safe distance to help limit risk from spreading the COVID-19 virus. […]
Microsoft’s undersea datacenter helps the hunt for a COVID-19 vaccine
An experimental Microsoft datacenter submerged beneath the sea in Scotland’s Orkney Islands is processing workloads for a global, distributed computing project to understand the viral proteins that cause COVID-19 and design therapeutics to stop them. Distributed computing projects harness otherwise idle computer processing power to perform specific tasks for big science research. Ongoing projects include […]
The Salvation Army’s help never wavered, thanks to a quick pivot to remote tools
For the staff at the Salvation Army’s international headquarters in London, COVID-19 became personal when pneumonia likely caused by the virus took away one of its own. Almost 150 of his past and present co-workers and friends honored him with a memorial service in April that included scripture readings, prayers and musical performances. Due to […]
Salesforce Debuts AI-Powered Learning with Einstein Recommendations for Trailhead
Salesforce launched Trailhead in 2014 to empower anyone, from any walk of life, to skill up for the future of work. Since then, more than 2.2M Trailblazers have used the free online learning platform to learn the skills necessary to transform their careers. Today Salesforce is announcing Einstein Recommendations for Trailhead, bringing AI-powered learning to […]
Siemens and Salesforce Partner to Deliver the Future Experience for Safe Workplaces
Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) and Siemens announced a strategic partnership to develop a new workplace technology suite that will support businesses globally to safely reopen and deliver the future experience for physical workplaces. The partnership will combine Salesforce’s Work.com, powered by Customer 360, and Siemens’ Smart Infrastructure solutions, including Comfy and Enlighted, to orchestrate the processes, […]
Microsoft Is About To Shake Up Low-Code Platforms
Key Takeaways The Hot Low-Code Market Is Ripe For Consolidation Strong adoption of low-code development platforms by AD&D is fueling high growth. But the market is fragmented, big governance challenges remain, and mostly smaller vendors dominate. The conditions for a market consolidation are ripe. Microsoft Is Poised To Dominate Microsoft has weaknesses in low code. […]
Rapid application development with Microsoft Power Platform & Azure
This year, at Build, we have an incredible 31 sessions covering Power Platform and Azure. This volume of sessions at a professional developer conference is a turning point for the Power Platform, so I wanted to take a moment and reflect on this growing fusion of low-code and code-first development. Over the next three years, […]