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Satya Nadella, the CEO of Microsoft, announced that the company will build two data centres in the UK. The UK data centres will become part of a network of 26 data centres worldwide. Microsoft is interested in growing its cloud computing business in which it finds itself in an unlikely war against Amazon.… Read the rest

In a London speech today, Satya Nadella laid out a broad vision of the next wave in computing

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Comes as part of $2 billion European investment.

Has your C-suite bought in? That's an essential step.

Managed service offerings are increasing every day across all spectrums and specialties in from infrastructure, to databases, applications and cloud.

The number of endpoints connected to the Internet continues to explode. With many of these being new classes of devices, the Internet of Things (IoT) is an ever-evolving area of investment. Companies like Intel and Microsoft are finding new opportunities, and I believe this will continue to be an area for solution providers of all sizes over time. The VAR Guy Blog read more

Self-doubt and second-guessing will hurt your leadership ability.

Columnists Mary Wallace and Mike Samuels believe CMOs and their marketing organizations need to get better at what they do. How? It's all about aligning their processes, people and infrastructure. Please visit Marketing Land for the full article.

It is tempting, sometimes, to point at all the new words we acquire, year after year, as a measure of how fast the world is changing. There is a fleeting shock to be had in the recollection that humans of the very near past made do without reference to “sexts” or “paywalls.” But what can we learn from the old words that get remade before our very eyes, the new possibilities that gather around “leak” or “virus,” or the new wariness that accompanies once-innocuous words like “disruption” and “content”?

Managed service offerings are increasing every day across all spectrums and specialties in from infrastructure, to databases, applications and cloud.

When I started my career as a recruiter, I thought it would be a given that people would know how to prepare for interviews. As we all know, however, that is not always the case. As part of the hiring process, my colleagues and I typically call our candidates to help prepare them for their interviews. This is not only an opportunity for us to impart some institutional knowledge about our client to ...

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla It’s been a momentous year for Microsoft. Just look at all the notable and premium hardware they’ve released in the past week alone. Before that, they had major game releases on Xbox One (which is currently routing PS4 in terms of popularity and games worth playing). Windows 10, which is a massive and major release for Microsoft, has received unprecedented adoption at 130 million installs in just eight weeks. What’s more, Office 2016 is out and available on both PCs and Macs plus there are very serviceable versions for iOS and Android as well. What does Office 2016 on Mac and PC have to offer?

In an industry first, the leading PC makers are joining Intel and Microsoft in a unified campaign, dubbed "PC Does What?"

Microsoft, Intel, Lenovo, HP, and Dell are uniting for a new, joint advertising effort to promote Windows 10 devices, Re/code reports — the first big cross-vendor push of its kind. The advertising campaign, which will involve TV commercials, print ads, and online ads, will ask a simple question: "PC Does What?"  It sounds a lot like the PC industry's belated answer to Apple's famous "Get a Mac" ads than ran from 2006 to 2009. In those ads, John Hodgman and Justin Long played a stodgy PC and a young, hip Mac, respectively. These "PC Does What?" ads will focus on the versatility and flexibility of modern PCs.  The bulk of the money for the marketing blitz is coming from Microsoft and Intel, which are the highest-margin companies in the group, Recode said. While both companies have worked with PC makers on advertising directly before, this is the first time the funding will go towards a concerted, group effort. It’s also worth noting that this campaign has come together over the last few months, predating Microsoft’s announcement of the Surface Book laptop — an announcement that’s made waves in the PC manufacturer world as concerns grow that Microsoft’s new laptop is going to steal away their business. Perhaps this is Microsoft's way of placating its PC manufacturer partners. Microsoft and its partners are expected to officially unveil the “PC Does What?” campaign in a webcast event later today.SEE ALSO: Microsoft's Windows boss explains its dangerous game to steal Apple customers Join the conversation about this story » NOW WATCH: We got a hands-on look at the Surface Book — Microsoft’s first-ever laptop everyone’s freaking out about

Popular CSP Accelerator promotion extended through the end of the year, in a boost for New Zealand resellers.

Microsoft talks up cloud, Lenovo boasts of diversity at Tech Data's TechSelect

Partners need to be more successful at securing cloud adoption, conference hears

The cloud computing market has become so large that it will produce over $100 billion in sales this year. The business is cutthroat enough that many competitors may not make money.