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Monotch TLEX Interchange Hits Azure Marketplace, Promising Rapid C-ITS Data Exchange
Monotch has listed its TLEX® Interchange engine on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, giving transport agencies and integrators a packaged, cloud-native way to deploy and scale C-ITS data exchange...
Microsoft Agrees to Unbundle Teams Globally After EU Probe, Offers $2.20/User Discount
The European Commission is poised to approve a landmark settlement with Microsoft that formally unbundles Teams from Office 365 and Microsoft 365, closing a five-year antitrust drama while reshaping...
Google’s Free Data Transfer Play Shakes Up EU Cloud Market Ahead of Data Act
Google Cloud has scrapped data transfer fees for customers running workloads in parallel across multiple cloud platforms in the European Union and the United Kingdom, a decision that immediately...
Google Sets Multicloud Standard with Zero Egress Fees in EU and UK, Pressuring Microsoft and AWS
Google Cloud has eliminated data transfer fees for organizations running workloads across multiple cloud providers in the European Union and the United Kingdom, a move that goes well beyond the EU...
Microsoft Sets Teams at $5 Per User in Global Unbundling to Settle EU Probe
Microsoft will sell Teams as a $5-per-user standalone app and offer Office suites without the collaboration tool to customers worldwide, capitulating to a European antitrust probe that began after a...
Samsung Vision AI TV Hands the Remote to Copilot as IFA 2025 Redefines the Smart Home
Samsung’s new Vision AI Companion television will let users summon Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, and other AI agents with a dedicated button, the company revealed at IFA 2025, marking a major...
Microsoft’s $3.1B GSA Pact Delivers Free Copilot and Mass AI Training to Government and Schools
Microsoft has thrown down the gauntlet in the race to embed AI across the public sector, announcing a sweeping, multi-year commitment that fuses government procurement reform with a massive education...
Azure AI Foundry: Microsoft's Platform Bridges AI Agent Prototyping and Production with VS Code, MCP, and A2A
Microsoft today positioned Azure AI Foundry as the central platform for enterprises moving from AI agent experiments to production-grade deployments, emphasizing developer-native tooling, open...
Microsoft Offers Free Copilot to Feds in $3B OneGov Deal—But Critics Cry Lock-In and Security Risks
The U.S. General Services Administration has struck a deal with Microsoft that makes Microsoft 365 Copilot free for eligible federal agencies for the first year—the latest in a string of...
Microsoft and Google Partner with California to Upskill 2 Million Students in AI for Free
California will offer free AI training, tools, and industry-recognized credentials to up to 2 million students across its community college and California State University systems, Governor Gavin...
Microsoft Inks $3 Billion AI Deal with U.S. Government: Free Copilot, Azure Discounts, and the Risks Agencies Can't Ignore
Microsoft and the U.S. General Services Administration have finalized a landmark OneGov agreement that arms federal agencies with deeply discounted—and in some cases, free—access to the...
Hebbia's Azure AI Foundry Integration Signals New Era for Fund Administration Tech
A wave of announcements from the intersection of fintech and cloud computing has washed over the private capital sector, but one integration stands out as particularly emblematic: Hebbia, the...