Author: Microsoft Stories

Of 400 mobile technology firms in the US and four European countries surveyed, 86 per cent said they will upgrade their Windows PCs to Windows 10 within three to four years. Results from the Decision-Maker Mobile Technology Survey, highlighting the shifts in technology buying and spending levels, identified trends in both the acceleration of Windows 10 adoption. According to the survey, 47 percent of the surveyed organizations said they would upgrade to Windows 10 in the next 12 months.

Aiming to have a larger presence in the connected car space, Microsoft has announced a new licensing platform that will enable automobile companies to share certain intellectual property (IP) from the tech company when partnering with them to integrate better technology experiences into their vehicles. Peggy Johnson, executive vice president of Business Development at Microsoft said, “Our mission is to empower car makers with technology that allows them to focus on building even better driving experiences for their customers.”

The rapid growth of Microsoft Office 365 is creating opportunities for IT managers to leverage Exchange Online as an efficient cloud-based email platform. By using modern Availability software, IT can leverage on-premises backup and recovery to assert greater control over Office 365 access and protection.

Three partners of Microsoft Dynamics Products, Acxiom, Compusoft and Affordable Business Solutions (ABS) formed an entity ‘ACA Global’ in an effort to strengthen their technological efforts in large deployment and also to expand geographical footprints. Claimed to be the only Microsoft Dynamics practice with a Pan-Indian presence, ACA Global has operations in Tier-2 Indian cities like Kochi, Coimbatore and Mangalore, in addition to the metros like NCR, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata and Hyderabad.

The 25th Annual Hyderabad Software Exporters Association Awards brought IT multinationals, medium enterprises and startups of the city on one platform. The day-long summit and awards was held with the theme “Design Intelligence” where Microsoft was adjudged as the top MNC IT exporter.

Speaking on Twitter to fans, Phil Spencer confirmed that the software attach rate for Xbox One is great, including for third party games.

April will probably be the very best month that Microsoft’s Games with Gold service has had yet. Over on the Xbox One, the two headlining titles include Telltale’s The Walking Dead Season 2, and Crytek’s Ryse: Son of Rome.

Speaking at the Advertising Week Europe conference in London this week, Grad Conn, General Manager and Chief Marketing Officer at Microsoft U.S.A., acknowledged that it is a “very disruptive time” in the marketing and technology industry. Further, he called on marketers to “be part of the future”.

LinkedIn plans to launch a section on its network dedicated to business news, seeking to draw users onto the service more frequently to read and talk about current events. LinkedIn is calling the section “Trending Storylines.” It will have a stream of links to outside news sources mixed with related posts written by LinkedIn users. “We think that people will start their day with this, to get the news they need,” Roth said