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NTT DATA Acquires WinWire, Adding 1,000 Azure Engineers for Agentic AI
NTT DATA signed a definitive agreement in May 2026 to acquire WinWire, a Santa Clara-based Microsoft cloud and AI consultancy. The deal brings over 1,000 Azure engineers and Microsoft specialists...
Microsoft Showcases Industrial AI Advancement: Azure Foundry Copilot Empowers Factories with Generative AI
Microsoft today published a detailed look at how four global manufacturers—ARUM, Cemex, Beca and Obeikan—are harnessing its industrial AI stack to overcome some of manufacturing's most...
Copilot becomes metered AI layer driving $82.9B in Microsoft Q3 revenue
Microsoft reported fiscal 2026 third-quarter results on April 29 for the period ended March 31, confirming what industry watchers have suspected: Copilot is no longer a line-item feature but a...
Microsoft and OpenAI Amend Partnership: Azure Gets First Access to New Models Through 2032
Microsoft and OpenAI have rewritten the rules of their landmark partnership, extending an agreement that keeps Azure as the exclusive proving ground for the next six years of AI breakthroughs. The...
How Nadella’s 2017 OpenAI email locked Windows and Azure into cloud dependency
A congratulatory email from Satya Nadella to Sam Altman in 2017 marked the quiet beginning of a partnership that would soon redraw Microsoft’s cloud and operating system future. The note, sent...
Azure AI fuels record Microsoft cloud revenue but record capex squeezes Q3 margins
Microsoft's fiscal third-quarter 2026 earnings, covering the period ended March 31, 2026, underscored the tech giant's accelerating momentum in artificial intelligence while highlighting the...
Microsoft-OpenAI Deal Rewritten: July 2026 Ends Azure-Only Model
Microsoft and OpenAI have quietly rewritten the rules of their multibillion-dollar partnership. On April 27, 2026, the two companies amended their agreement to end Microsoft’s exclusive license to...
Azure AI Boom Slams Into Power Constraints as $627B RPO Backlog Reveals Delivery Crisis
{ "title": "Azure AI Boom Slams Into Power Constraints as $627B RPO Backlog Reveals Delivery Crisis", "content": "Microsoft’s AI-powered cloud juggernaut has collided with a physical reality:...
OpenAI Gains Multi-Cloud Freedom as Microsoft Ends Azure Exclusivity — What It Means for You
{ "title": "OpenAI Gains Multi-Cloud Freedom as Microsoft Ends Azure Exclusivity — What It Means for You", "content": "Microsoft and OpenAI have rewritten the terms of their commercial...
Microsoft Opens Up OpenAI Access: What Windows Users, Admins, and Developers Need to Know
Microsoft and OpenAI have rewritten the rules of their blockbuster partnership, trading exclusivity for flexibility in a deal that reshapes how AI will reach your Windows desktop, your company’s...
OpenAI Breaks Free from Azure Exclusivity: What the New Multi-Cloud Deal Means for You
Microsoft and OpenAI rewrote the rulebook of their partnership late last week, ending a years-long exclusivity arrangement that made Azure the mandatory on-ramp for accessing OpenAI’s models. As...
Microsoft-OpenAI Exclusivity Ends: What You Need to Know About the New Cloud Deal
On April 28, 2026, Microsoft and OpenAI announced a restructured partnership that ends one of the most notable exclusivity deals in cloud computing. The amended agreement allows OpenAI to offer its...