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Microsoft adds 23k employees in one year, growing 14% despite pandemic and tight labor market

GeekWire

Microsoft’s global employee count grew to nearly 190,000 people at the end of the September quarter, a net increase of 23,500 people globally over the past year, or 14% year-over-year growth. About 14,000 of the new employees, or 60% of the total net additions in the past year, were added outside the United States.

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Cloud, SaaS boost Oracle sales, but competition exacts costs

CIO Business Intelligence

For example, in comparison, Microsoft reported $22.1 billion, net income plunged 54% to $2.3 In the financial services sector, Oracle signed TD Bank, Silicon Valley Bank, Societe Generale in France, and the company expects to close a deal with BNP Paribas soon, Ellison said, according to a transcript from Seeking Alpha. billion.

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What to expect from Tesla’s AI day event

The Verge

Tesla is developing a [neural net] training computer called Dojo to process truly vast amounts of video data,” he later tweeted. By way of comparison, chipmaker AMD and computer builder Cray are currently working with the US Department of Energy on the design of the world’s fastest supercomputer, with 1.5 It’s a beast!”.

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Amazon Music will offer My Favorite Murder episodes a week early

The Verge

Hot Pod Summit is the invite-only industry conference for the people building the future of the audio industry. I just wonder whether having them fully behind a wall actually ends up netting new listeners or, if my Joe Rogan story was any indication , only results in losing them. Let’s get into it. billion in the same period in 2020.”

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Open Group Publishes Guidelines on Cloud Computing ROI

Cloud Musings

Personal comments and insight on cloud computing related technologies and their use in the public sector to support net-centric operations. Describes approaches to measuring this ROI, absolutely and in comparison with traditional approaches to IT, by giving an overview of Cloud Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and metrics.

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Mixer co-founder on Microsoft pulling the plug, Twitch’s market power, and his startup journey

GeekWire

Matt Salsamendi speaks about Mixer on stage at the Casual Connect game conference in Seattle in 2017. Whether people take it or not, that’s up to them, but I generally agree with what Microsoft did. GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop). Anything else today is kind of a second thought. pic.twitter.com/bvAktSSpPh.

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Data mining for B2B churn and loyalty management in India and South Asia

TM Forum

Whereas postpaid customers may be characterized by their affordability, high propensity to call ‘on-net’, i.e., to their family or friends from within their network of provider, a rich residential location, etc. Net Promoter Score. Preparing meaningful clusters is like preparing derived attributes.

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