Back in November 2015, both Amazon and Microsoft announced within a few days of each other that they would be opening cloud data centers in the UK. On September 7, 2016, Microsoft claimed victory as the first to open, offering complete cloud services with data residency in the UK. The Amazon data center isn’t expected […]
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In June, Microsoft announced that it would pay $26.2 billion to purchase LinkedIn. They paid a 50% premium over LinkedIn’s share price – a price that had been plummeting due to their substantial losses. This was the third largest corporate acquisition in history. Analysts have been scratching their heads trying to justify this purchase. Despite […]