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Activision apocalypse: Sony forecasts $1.5 billion loss by 2027 after Microsoft merger

TechSpot

Microsoft faced fierce opposition in its bid to merge with Activision Blizzard King. It was so boisterous with its protest that Microsoft had to promise to make Call of Duty available on PlayStation for. It wasn't just regulators that had concerns. Sony was one of the deal's most vocal opponents. Read Entire Article

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Public cloud service revenue jumps 19%, with Microsoft leading overall: IDC

Computerworld Vertical IT

Revenue for public cloud services for companies such as Microsoft, AWS, and Google increased 19% year over year in the first half of 2023 on the back of the increased adoption of AI and organizations' persistent interest in moving more and more resources to the cloud, according to tech market research and advisory company IDC.

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Seattle-area startup Zuplo lands $9M to help companies launch and manage their APIs

GeekWire

Zuplo Photo) Zuplo , an API management startup founded by former engineering leaders at Microsoft and Auth0, announced a $9 million seed round led by Trilogy Equity Partners. The API management sector is expected to reach nearly $14 billion by 2027, and adoption of AI tools will likely accelerate usage. Zuplo employs 10 people.

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Tech Moves: OpenAI hires former Amazon Web Services leader to lead new Tokyo office

GeekWire

Microsoft-backed OpenAI said it picked Japan as its first Asian office “for its global leadership in technology, culture of service, and a community that embraces innovation.” The cloud giant also said in January it would invest around $15 billion by 2027 in Japan. “Day one again.”

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Cloud startup Pulumi raises $41M from Madrona, NEA to grow ‘infrastructure as code’ platform

GeekWire

Its tools work across platforms and technologies including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Kubernetes and others. billion by 2027, according to a recent report. Duffy and co-founder Eric Rudder are former Microsoft engineering leaders. Revenue has doubled over the past year.

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Deutsche Telekom calls on SAP for Rise all-in-one offer

CIO Business Intelligence

It’s following in the footsteps of IBM and Microsoft, which like the German telco have an edge over regular companies contemplating a similar move to Rise in that they have their own clouds in which to host the applications and their own IT services divisions to make the move.

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IDC: Pace of enterprise applications sales will increase next year

CIO Business Intelligence

IDC forecasts the growth rate of enterprise applications software sales will pick up in 2024, and remain steady through 2027, despite a dip this year as a result of CIOs continuing to pull back on spending due to economic headwinds. through 2027. through 2027. Software sales grew 9.8% It expects that growth rate to dip to 8.5%