Microsoft Azure widens its space ecosystem through deals with Airbus and data partners
An Airbus satellite image shows Seattle Center. (Pleiades Neo © Airbus DS 2021 / via Microsoft) One year after Microsoft expanded its Azure cloud domain to the…
Microsoft’s earnings will test strength of cloud business, and impact of supply chain constraints
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in Seattle in May 2019. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Much of the spotlight has been on Microsoft’s gaming division over the past…
Microsoft earnings preview: Wall Street expects 18% revenue growth on continued cloud strength
Streaming video subscriptions might be more disposable than imagined, but the juggernaut of cloud infrastructure and enterprise services is another matter entirely. That’s the underlying theory behind…
Microsoft changes cloud practices in Europe, acknowledges missteps in rivalry with Amazon
Microsoft President Brad Smith. (GeekWire File Photo / Dan DeLong) Microsoft responded to criticism of its cloud licensing policies in Europe with a series of promises to…
Microsoft and Xplore team up with NOAA to demonstrate cloud-based satellite operations
An artist’s rendition shows the NOAA-18 satellite in orbit. (NOAA Illustration) What do you do with an aging weather satellite? If you’re the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…