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Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform that allows for the creation, deployment, and management of applications and services through a global network of data centers. Key executives include CEO Satya Nadella and Executive Vice President Scott Guthrie. Competitors in the cloud computing market include Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud.

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Jessica Lessin’s 2026 Tech Predictions

By The Information Staff · Dec 10, 2025 6:56am PST · 1 comment
In her annual predictions video summit, our founder and Editor-in-Chief Jessica Lessin set the stage for a pivotal year in technology. Drawing on insights from our global newsroom, she outlined the key themes and critical questions that will define the industry in 2026. While we have long made it a practice to look ahead, the current... In her annual predictions video summit, our founder and Editor-in-Chief Jessica Lessin set the...
Larry Ellison, Hock Tan Take the Stage This Week
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Larry Ellison, Hock Tan Take the Stage This Week

By Martin Peers · Dec 7, 2025 3:00pm PST
Step aside, young folks of tech. This week we hear from the industry’s, ah, elder statesmen—specifically Larry Ellison at Oracle and Hock Tan from Broadcom, whose combined age is about 150. Oracle and Broadcom are each reporting their latest quarterly earnings this week, when the status of their newish AI businesses will be in the spotlight. In... Step aside, young folks of tech. This week we hear from the industry’s, ah, elder statesmen—...
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Microsoft Lowers Sales Staff’s Growth Targets For Newer AI Software

By Aaron Holmes · Dec 3, 2025 6:00am PST · 8 comments
Executives at Microsoft and other enterprise software firms heralded 2025 as the year artificial intelligence would be capable of automating tasks that involve multiple steps, such as generating dashboards based on company sales data. But as the year comes to a close, Microsoft has lowered expectations for how quickly it can get customers to... Executives at Microsoft and other enterprise software firms heralded 2025 as the year artificial...
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OpenAI’s China Ban Doesn’t Apply to Microsoft’s Azure China

By Qianer Liu and Juro Osawa · Jul 8, 2024 6:00am PDT
OpenAI last month announced plans to crack down on China-based artificial intelligence developers covertly accessing the startup’s technology, which it doesn’t offer in China. But OpenAI’s conversational AI models are available to Chinese businesses—if they sign up for Microsoft’s Azure cloud service, which operates... OpenAI last month announced plans to crack down on China-based artificial intelligence developers...