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Bolstered by uptake in its Azure and Office 365 business, Microsoft India reported more than $1 billion in revenue last financial year

IT consulting firm NIIT Technologies has launched a new cloud-based solution, Cognitive Service Desk Audit, built on the Microsoft Azure platform.

Days ahead of its developer conference - Microsoft Build 2019 - Microsoft announced a series of new Azure services and developer technologies.

ExxonMobil said it is partnering with Microsoft to deploy cloud technology across Permian Basin operations which is its largest-ever oil and gas acreage.

Data Centre service prodiver Sify Technologies has joined Google Cloud Partner Interconnect, a Google Cloud service.

Microsoft has acquired startup Citus Data known for commercializing an open-source database software called PostgreSQL. It investors include Silicon Valley accelerator Y Combinator, Data Collective and Khosla Ventures.

Unravel Data said that it has integrated with Microsoft Azure to improve performance and reliability for Big Data workloads in the cloud.

In a major reorganisation put forward by Satya Nadella at American technology giant Microsoft, its Windows Chief Terry Myerson is leaving the company after spending 21 years.

Azure Databricks is Databricks’ Unified Analytics Platform powered by Apache Spark. It is being offered as an integrated service within the Azure cloud platform.