Microsoft has taken another step in bolstering its education content with the acquisition of TakeLessons, a program to connect students with instructors by offering private and group lessons (via TechCrunch). The San Diego based company, started in 2006 by offering ... Read more
Microsoft announced yesterday that it had acquired Suplari, a Seattle-based company providing AI-automated analytics & insights, for an undisclosed amount. Suplari helps finance, procurement, and business leaders to optimize their spending by using AI and analytics to predict and manage ... Read more
Microsoft announced this morning that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire RiskIQ, a San Francisco-based cybersecurity company. Bloomberg had the scoop this weekend and mentioned a $500 million cash deal, but Microsoft’s press release didn’t confirm these ... Read more
Microsoft and AT&T announced today that "AT&T will move its 5G mobile network to the Microsoft cloud." In addition, Microsoft will acquire AT&T's Network Cloud "technology and talent" to help bolster its new offering, Azure for Operators. According to a ... Read more
Microsoft announced this morning that it has acquired ReFirm Labs, a US-based provider of IoT security solutions, for an undisclosed amount. The company is known for developing new methods for detecting security flaws in IoT devices, and its Binwalk (formerly ... Read more
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Discord, the gaming focused chat, audio, and video platform, has ended talks with Microsoft on a reported $10 billion acquisition deal. The talks "have ended without a deal, though it is possible they ... Read more
Word got out yesterday that Microsoft was in final talks to acquire AI software company Nuance Communications, and today the company made it official, announcing a $19.7 billion all cash deal for the AI software company. Nuance's CEO Mark Benjamin ... Read more
After Microsoft tried but failed to acquire the US operations of TikTok last year, a new report from the Financial Times reveals that Microsoft was discussing an acquisition with Pinterest in recent months. The visual social network, which is currently ... Read more
Microsoft announced this week the acquisition of Orions Systems, a company delivering smart vision system that it plans to use to improve its Dynamics 365 offerings.
Microsoft has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Metaswitch Networks, a leading developer of "ultra high performance, cloud native communications software" for voice, data, and communications solutions for operators, according to a press release issued today. After acquiring Affirmed Networks ... Read more
GitHub, the developer repository acquired by Microsoft back in 2018, is itself acquiring npm, the popular open source Javascript package manager. In a post on the GitHub blog, Nat Friedman, CEO of the independently run GitHub, describes npm with its ... Read more
Microsoft has had yet another big spending year, having acquired twenty startups for a combined total of more than $9 billion in its 2019 fiscal year, which concluded at the end of June.
Roughly over a year after becoming part of Microsoft, GitHub yesterday announced the acquisition of Semmel, which is a code analysis tool.
Microsoft is continuing to bolster its Azure services through acquisition, this time with the addition of cloud migration company Movere to the arsenal. Movere seeks to make it easier for companies to move to the cloud, having learned some of ... Read more
Microsoft announced today the acquisition of BlueTalon, a leading provider of Unified Data Access Control for big data and new data initiatives.
Last year, Microsoft acquired GitHub in a $7.5 billion acquisition, aiming to continue its long tradition of supporting developers, and perhaps steer them towards Microsoft Azure services in the process. Today Microsoft added to its GitHub stable, acquiring Pull Panda ... Read more
Microsoft announced today the acquisition of Express Logic, a San Diego-based company that creates specialized software for IoT devices powered by microcontroller units (MCUs)
Microsoft announced today the acquisition of DataSense, a data management platform developed by BrightBytes, an education data analytics company based in San Francisco.
FSLogix, an Atlanta-based company with an expertise on desktop virtualization is now a part of Microsoft.
After the EU approved Microsoft’s acquisition of GitHub last week, Nat Friedman, CEO of GitHub announced today that the company is now officially owned by Microsoft.
After announcing the acquisition of four game studios including Forza Horizon 4 developer Playground Games this year, Microsoft could add a fifth one to its belt with Obsidian Entertainment.