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MARCH 5, 2024

Davidson said the company is competing against the mishmash of tools used by hardware developers — such as Google Docs or Microsoft Office; project management software like Notion; and AI services such as ChatGPT.

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Microsoft Stream, the company's enterprise video platform (EVP) bolted onto Office 365 could shake up the EVP market, but don't jump in head first just yet. It makes sense for Microsoft to move into this market more robustly. Or maybe HR needs to establish a centralized training channel. online video platform.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Even as companies and employees continue to grapple with what the future of work will look like, and where that work will be performed, the technology sector has been gobbling up office space in the Seattle region and across the country. The industry accounted for 34% of total office space leased across the region, at 3.2

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JULY 9, 2021

Microsoft’s Clippy background for Teams. Microsoft Images). Microsoft is rolling out a few nostalgic images as potential replacements if you’re using the company’s Teams collaboration tool. The desktop image still inspires Microsoft fans to seek out the real life location.

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MARCH 9, 2021

The ranking of all 50 states considers data points across eight categories, including economy, health care, infrastructure, education, natural environment and more. Companies such as Amazon and Microsoft and Silicon Valley transplants Google and Facebook employ many thousands in the area. Washington Gov. News … 1.

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AUGUST 11, 2020

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has led a resurgence in the company’s business. Microsoft may be toying with the idea of buying Tik-Tok , but more than ever, its bread-and-butter is basic cloud services and server software for businesses. And Microsoft now sees restrictions on marketplaces operated by competitors (i.e.,

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NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The new DoorDash office space at the 2+U building in downtown Seattle. DoorDash , the food ordering and delivery company, is expanding its office footprint in Seattle two years after starting an engineering outpost in the city. DoorDash Photo). DoorDash Photo). DoorDash Photo). ”

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APRIL 7, 2023

The finalists in the category are Affini-T Therapeutics , Bungie , Copper , First Mode and MotherDuck. This category recognizes an acquisition, IPO or financing round that occurred between April 2022 and April 2023. Bungie’s initial success was tied to Microsoft. The Bellevue-Wash.-based

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JANUARY 24, 2023

GeekWire File Photo Microsoft’s revenue rose 2% to $52.7 The company reported strength in some of its products and services for businesses, led by a 22% increase in Microsoft Cloud revenue, to $27.1 This category includes Microsoft Azure, Office 365 Commercial, the commercial portion of LinkedIn, and other cloud-related revenue.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Microsoft has acquired Ally , a 3-year-old Seattle-based startup that helps companies track and hit their goals. Microsoft will use the deal to beef up Microsoft Viva, its new employee experience platform that launched earlier this year. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Ally CEO Vetri Vellore. Ally Photo). “Ally.io

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MAY 10, 2023

Microsoft’s One Esterra is a green building where sustainability efforts in the kitchen are a pilot project for the company’s massive new East Campus. GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) After its carbon footprint grew a shoe size or two in 2021, Microsoft notched a small decline in its carbon emissions last year.

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MARCH 15, 2024

Features of Google, Microsoft, and Adobe products also compete with Smartsheet’s capabilities. “We’re still expanding,” Mader said, noting that the company led its category with a dollar-based net retention rate of 116% in the quarter, which measures the share of annual recurring revenue from existing customers.

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JUNE 24, 2021

Founded in 2015 by two childhood friends — Samir Manjure , a former Microsoft exec, and University of Washington-Tacoma professor Ankur Teredesai — KenSci helps healthcare organizations predict clinical, operational and financial risks by aggregating patient data from a variety of sources. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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JULY 28, 2021

The way they were: In this Microsoft photo from 2016, Jeff Weiner, left, then LinkedIn’s CEO, poses with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, now on the Microsoft board. Microsoft’s biggest acquisition just joined the ranks of its biggest businesses.

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OCTOBER 27, 2023

“On a quarter-over-quarter basis, we added more than $900 million of revenue in AWS as customers are continuing to shift their focus towards driving innovation and bringing new workloads to the cloud,” Brian Olsavsky, chief financial officer at AWS, said during the same call. Amazon Web Services, Generative AI

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GeekWire

JUNE 11, 2023

” Five years later, the employees using the unique office space look equally pleased. … Read More Google’s search for top doodle ends with sixth grader’s artwork inspired by life with her sisters Like a lot of kids, Rebecca Wu has been doodling for quite some time. … Read More . … Read More

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GeekWire

MARCH 30, 2023

The finalists in this year’s GeekWire Awards category for Startup CEO of the Year are taking on a range of tech and innovation challenges, in disciplines that include plant-based meat production, young adult mental health care, employee communication, DNA analysis, and automation of job candidate screening.

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JULY 8, 2021

The office will be in the South Lake Union area, near Amazon’s headquarters. TaxBit is the latest tech company to open additional offices in the Seattle region. We’re building a category leader and are committed to attracting the best talent in order to delight our customers and to build a generational company,” he said.

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MARCH 10, 2022

Microsoft’s Chief Environmental Officer Lucas Joppa (left) and President Brad Smith. Microsoft Photo). Microsoft on Thursday released its annual Environmental Sustainability Report for 2021, covering its progress on goals for climate impacts, water conservation, waste reduction and ecosystem protection. The answer?

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JUNE 9, 2021

Gert Drapers and Omri Gazitt have more than six decades of experience working in engineering and product leadership roles at companies including Microsoft, HP Cloud, Puppet, and Hulu. He spent nearly 23 years at Microsoft where he was a top engineer working on Xbox Live, Azure, Visual Studio, and other products. Aserto Photo).

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JANUARY 18, 2023

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Citing a need to “align our cost structure with our revenue and where we see customer demand,” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told employees Wednesday that the company will cut 10,000 jobs between now and the end of March. GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota). Full text below.].

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NOVEMBER 2, 2021

An overview screen in Microsoft Loop. Microsoft Image). During its Ignite technology conference on Tuesday, the company introduced Microsoft Loop, a new component of its Microsoft 365 suite of productivity apps. Microsoft also announced an AI-driven feature of Office 365 called Context IQ. Microsoft Image).

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JANUARY 24, 2024

. “Salesforce didn’t fully get that — and I know, because I was at Salesforce,” said Aytay, who was Salesforce’s chief business officer and Benioff’s chief of staff, among other roles, before he became Tableau’s chief revenue officer in 2022. “I feel like we’re well beyond that now.”

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Viva represents Microsoft’s entry into the increasingly crowded category of employee experience technology, competing against companies including publicly traded Seattle-area neighbors Qualtrics and Limeade in offering suites of tools for companies to measure and improve the overall quality of work, health and life of their employees.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 8, 2020

. — Seattle-based consulting firm Slalom announced Iesha Berry as its first chief inclusion and diversity officer. She was previously a senior director of Microsoft’s global diversity and inclusion team. Its members include: • AnnMarie Coe Thomas , a Microsoft vet and former VP of product marketing at ADP. WTIA Photo). —

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MAY 10, 2023

Launched nearly a decade ago by late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, the Seattle-based institute is backed by $100 million in annual funding and employs more than 200 AI researchers, engineers, professors, and staff. “It’s not like they’re creating a speech coach inside [Microsoft] Word or Office,” he said.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 22, 2022

Why would Microsoft pay $68.7 But she also has direct insights into one component of the deal from a past role: Cochran was previously the chief financial officer of King Digital, the maker of Candy Crush and other mobile games. “Mobile is the biggest category of gaming,” Spencer said in a call with investors.

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JUNE 4, 2020

The deal comes just as Slack faces increased competition from Microsoft Teams, and it will also see Slack migrate its voice and video calling features over to Amazon’s Chime platform alongside a broader adoption of Amazon Web Services (AWS). The move to Amazon Chime for Slack voice and video calls is also a significant part of the deal.

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GeekWire

APRIL 25, 2021

The film won for sound and film editing before losing out in the best picture and best actor categories, where Riz Ahmed was nominated. Amazon received one nomination last year, in the foreign film category, and won three Oscars in 2017 — a first for a streaming service. Consider this our teary-eyed acceptance speech.

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DECEMBER 1, 2021

the antenna venture backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, has signed onto a joint development agreement with OneWeb to develop a flat-panel user terminal for OneWeb’s global satellite internet network. Engineers test Kymeta’s u8 antenna system with OneWeb’s satellite service in France. OneWeb via YouTube).

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GeekWire

JULY 22, 2020

The Seattle startup just landed a $12 million investment round to fuel growth of its software that helps more than 1,000 grocers — including giants such as Whole Foods, Target, and Kroger — manage food orders for deli, bakery, cut produce, meat, and other categories.

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MARCH 15, 2024

Salesforce, Workday, Atlassian, Oracle, Microsoft, GitHub, and ServiceNow are but a few of the many vendors whose cloud applications make up the new tech backbone for most enterprises today, in conjunction with customized in-house apps and niche offerings across public clouds.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 23, 2020

Georg Petschnigg learned a lot during an 11-year career at Microsoft, where he worked on various consumer products such as Word and Microsoft Courier. We caught up with Petschnigg to get his take on Microsoft’s bid for TikTok, its new Surface Duo device, and more. Bungie brought in AAA gaming DNA. Bigstock Photo).

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GeekWire

MAY 20, 2020

Microsoft alum Kelly Waldher has joined Google as vice president of marketing for G Suite. During his time at Microsoft, Waldher held various roles on the Office 365 team. At the time of his departure, he was general manager of Microsoft 365. At the time of his departure, he was general manager of Microsoft 365.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Armoire’s members no longer needed to dress up for the office or to go out. But somehow it didn’t happen,” recalled Singh, a Dartmouth College and MIT Sloan School of Management graduate who worked at companies including Microsoft and Boston Consulting Group before starting Armoire in 2016. But then came the pandemic.

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MAY 20, 2021

In another virtual event — which everyone hopes will be the last of the pandemic — GeekWire recognized more than 60 finalists and honorees across 14 categories, from Startup of the Year to CEO of the Year and lots in between. ” See this post for more background on this category. See this post for more background on this category.

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JULY 24, 2020

In a livestream event that recognized everything from Startup of the Year to Next Tech Titan, GeekWire crowned winners in a dozen categories. And now … the winners in all 12 categories of the 2020 GeekWire Awards. See this post for more background on this category. See this post for more background on this category.

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