Microsoft Azure news and trends

Microsoft Invests $1.5 Billion in UAE AI Firm G42
Investments // April 16, 2024

Microsoft has invested $1.5 billion in Abu Dhabi-based artificial intelligence (AI) firm G42. The investment is the latest in a series of collaborations for the company and marks the latest example of the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) growing importance in the AI space. “Building on the two...

TomTom Develops In-Car Voice AI Assistant With Microsoft
artificial intelligence // December 19, 2023

Mapping/navigation company TomTom says it has developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered, in-car conversational assistant in collaboration with Microsoft. The tool offers enhanced voice interaction with infotainment, location search, and vehicle command systems, and arrives at the end of a year that saw voice AI integrated into more and more...

Finastra and Microsoft Team on Trade Finance
Partnerships // September 20, 2023

Financial software firm Finastra has launched a trade finance partnership with Microsoft. The collaboration, announced Wednesday (Sept. 20), combines Finastra’s Trade Innovation offering with a “full microservices architecture” using Microsoft Azure. “As the expectations of corporate customers evolve, financial institutions need to deliver a seamless and engaging transactional experience across...

ACI Worldwide Powers Real-Time Payments for Microsoft Azure Clients
Real-Time Payments // September 19, 2023

ACI Worldwide is working with Microsoft to help financial institutions provide faster instant payments. The payments software firm announced the collaboration Tuesday (Sept. 19), saying it would speed instant transactions via ACI’s Real-Time Payments Cloud (RTPC) platform, which is hosted in the Microsoft Azure environment.  According to a news release,...

Interviews & Exclusives
Acuant Teams With Microsoft On Secure ID Verification

April 08, 2021
Identity verification provider Acuant has partnered with Microsoft to support secure information exchange and identity verification on the Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), Acuant announced in a press release on Tuesday (April 6). Azure AD verifiable credentials, now in public preview, give businesses and individuals more control of their personal data when verifying their identities […]

Quick Reads
Microsoft Debuts Smallest AI Model as AI Eludes Small Businesses

April 23, 2024
Microsoft has introduced its smallest artificial intelligence (AI) model, aimed at businesses with limited resources. The company’s Phi-3-mini can perform tasks like content creation for social media while using less data, Reuters reported Tuesday (April 23), while outperforming models twice its size. The report notes that Microsoft argues that because smaller AI models are built […]

Microsoft Invests $1.5 Billion in UAE AI Firm G42

April 16, 2024
Microsoft has invested $1.5 billion in Abu Dhabi-based artificial intelligence (AI) firm G42. The investment is the latest in a series of collaborations for the company and marks the latest example of...

TomTom Develops In-Car Voice AI Assistant With Microsoft

December 19, 2023
Mapping/navigation company TomTom says it has developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered, in-car conversational assistant in collaboration with Microsoft. The tool offers enhanced voice interaction with infotainment, location search, and vehicle command systems, and arrives...

Finastra and Microsoft Team on Trade Finance

September 20, 2023
Financial software firm Finastra has launched a trade finance partnership with Microsoft. The collaboration, announced Wednesday (Sept. 20), combines Finastra’s Trade Innovation offering with a “full microservices architecture” using Microsoft Azure. “As the expectations of...