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At Open Compute Project (OCP) Summit 2017, Qualcomm Incorporated, through its subsidiary, Qualcomm Datacenter Technologies, Inc. (QDT), announced a collaboration with Microsoft to accelerate next generation cloud services on its 10 nanometer Qualcomm Centriq 2400 platform. This collaboration will span multiple future generations of hardware, software and systems.

Microsoft has integrated its enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management system Dynamics 365 with ‘LinkedIn Sales Navigator Tool’ to give sales people access to its database of 500 million users. Users with both Dynamics 365 and LinkedIn can get contextual recommendations and provide tailored content, as well as account and lead updates, the company said in a statement.

Mentor, a Siemens business, announced that it has joined Microsoft Azure Certified for Internet of Things (IoT), ensuring customers get IoT solutions up and running quickly with hardware and software that has been pre-tested and verified to work with Microsoft Azure IoT services. “Microsoft Azure Certified for IoT extends our promise to bring IoT to business scale, starting with interoperable solutions from leading technology companies around the world,” said Barb Edson, General Manager for Data Platform and Internet of Things, Microsoft Corp.”

Microsoft India has recently hosted Confluence 2017, its annual diversity and inclusion conference in Hyderabad. Speaking from the event, Ira Gupta, Director Human Resources, Microsoft India said, “The diversity of our workforce and inclusion of talented people from different backgrounds is the fuel that keeps the engines of innovation and growth running.”

Microsoft announced it will target March and September as the launch months for all upcoming Windows 10 feature upgrades, a return to regularity that has been demanded by enterprise customers. “We’ve … heard our customers want more predictability and simplicity from the Windows 10 update servicing model to help make deployments and updates of Microsoft products easier,” said Bernardo Caldas, General Manager of Windows marketing.

ALTBalaji has announced the roll out of its Windows 10 Universal Application. The app is available in the Windows 10 app store and works seamlessly across PCs, Laptops, Smart Phones and Surface Tablets running Windows 10 OS. The app will soon be rolled out on other popular Microsoft devices and platforms like Xbox, Surface Hub, and other devices through the Universal Windows Platform.

Microsoft announced the India winners of its Imagine Cup 2017 at a conference in New Delhi. The winners will represent the country at the worldwide finals in July in Seattle and stand against global competitors for a $100,000 prize. “We had got entries from 500-600 institutes last year, but over 1,600 colleges have participated this time,” said Narendra Bhandari, General Manager of Developer Experience and Evangelism, Microsoft India.

Linkedln has crossed the 500-million mark globally, helped by strong addition in user base from markets like India. With a base of over 42 million members and a growth of more than 40 percent in the last two years, India is the second largest market for Linkedln after the US. “Contributing over 35.5 percent to the APAC community of more than 118 million members, India retains the first spot within the region. China follows second with a member base of over 31 million, while Australia comes in third with more than 8 million members,” Linkedln said in a statement.