CNBC: Microsoft’s Azure cloud wins GE
General Electric is making its Predix industrial software platform available on Microsoft’s cloud. The move is an important step for the company, which wants to establish itself as the favored partner for big business. Microsoft hopes that when GE’s Predix becomes available on Azure next year, its longtime industrial customers will be more likely to adopt Azure. Microsoft also intends to make its other cloud offerings, including Office365, Dynamics and Cortana, work well with Predix.