Recent News – Page 24 – Microsoft News Center Hong Kong

August 25, 2016

NTT Communications and Microsoft Announce Partnership to Deliver Hybrid Cloud Resilience Solution in Hong Kong

NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the ICT solutions and international communications business within NTT Group (NYSE: NTT) and Microsoft Hong Kong today announced a strategic partnership to deliver a Hybrid Cloud Resilience Solution that helps enterprises meet the increasing need for business resilience.

August 25, 2016

Microsoft Shines Spotlight on Digital Transformation in the Financial Services Industry

Microsoft is bringing the weight of its expertise to bear for the benefit of the financial services industry, hosting the Microsoft Experience//Financial Services event at its Cyberport office today. The seminar provided insight into blockchain development and showcased how modern technology is driving disruption and digital transformation in the financial services industry.

August 25, 2016

Windows 10 Anniversary Update Offers New Features

When Microsoft launched Windows 10 a year ago, its vision was to deliver not just the best and most secure version of Windows ever, but also to continuously add enhancements and improvements to the user experience. The Windows 10 Anniversary Update is Microsoft’s latest step in that journey, rolled out on August 2.

August 4, 2016

Microsoft Imagine Cup 2016 World Finals Announced Champions

Now in its 14th year, Microsoft’s Imagine Cup competition has inspired countless to dream and build original solutions to help change the world. The 2016 World Finals capped an exciting three days for 35 global student teams who vied for more than US$200,000 in cash and prizes, a 1:1 mentoring session with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and the coveted Imagine Cup.

July 21, 2016

Introducing Cantonese for Microsoft Translator

Today, Microsoft Translator launches Cantonese text translation, the new language will be available throughout Microsoft Translator’s ecosystem of supported products* to empower individuals and organizations through quick and cost effective translation.

July 8, 2016

Hopewell, JOS and Microsoft Hong Kong lead technology’s charge in alleviating Hong Kong air pollution

The debut of CityTree in Asia comes as a result of JOS’s partnership with Hopewell Real Estate Agency, Green City Solutions, the German-based company who created this smart air purifying solution and participated in the Infiniti Accelerator program in 2015, and Microsoft Hong Kong. JOS installed and integrated CityTree using Microsoft’s Azure Internet of Things (IoT) Suite.

June 29, 2016

Microsoft announces Windows 10 anniversary update available Aug 2

Windows 10 continues to be the fastest-growing version of Windows ever and is now running on more than 350 million devices. The Windows 10 Anniversary Update has all-new breakthrough features that bring Windows Ink and Cortana2 to the mainstream; a faster, more accessible and more power-efficient Microsoft Edge browser; advanced security features for consumers and enterprises; new gaming experiences; and new tools for the modern classroom. To help protect businesses from today’s modern threats, Microsoft also announced two new security features for enterprise customers: Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection and Windows Information Protection, formerly referred to as enterprise data protection.

June 28, 2016

Business Leaders in Asia Believe that a New Data Culture is Needed for Successful Digital Transformation

Microsoft Asia today unveiled findings from its first ever Asia Data Culture Study 2016, which showed that while 88% of business leaders polled in Asia agreed that it is important for their organizations to have an agile business that is data-driven, less than half of them (43%) believe they have a full digital strategy in place. Business leaders also identified gaps in their organizations’ ability to implement data driven decision making.

June 27, 2016

Datapipe And Microsoft Team To Drive Cloud Adoption Across Asia-Pacific

Datapipe’s managed services are now available to enterprises on Microsoft’s cloud platforms including Microsoft Azure, Office 365, and hybrid cloud across Asia-Pacific. Datapipe works closely with Microsoft and its clients to help them manage Microsoft cloud migration, deployment and management – driving up the ease of cloud adoption through its award-winning managed services.

June 23, 2016

Microsoft Donates Cloud Services to NGOs Promoting a Better Operational Efficiency and Network Security through its “Public Cloud for Public Good“ Initiative

Microsoft has announced it is donating over US$1 billion in cloud services to 70,000 NGOs around the world in the next three years. Microsoft Hong Kong will expand the scope of its cloud services support to local NGOs, and help them to enhance their operational efficiency, network security and overall service quality, so that they can provide even better community services to countless people.

June 7, 2016

Malware Infection Index 2016 Highlights Key Threats Undermining Cybersecurity in Asia: Microsoft Report

Microsoft Asia today announced the launch of its Malware Infection Index 2016 (MII2016), which identifies the key malware threats in the region and ranks markets in Asia according to how much they are affected.

June 2, 2016

Microsoft and Xiaomi expand partnership to bring productivity services to millions of devices and customers

As part of the agreement, Xiaomi will ship Microsoft Office and Skype on Xiaomi Android smartphones and tablets. As a result, tens of millions of consumers and business customers in China, India and around the world will have new ways to work, collaborate and communicate. The companies’ new collaboration also includes a cross-license and patent transfer agreement.