TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 15, 2017 — Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has utilized a data visualization platform from the Department of Homeland Security to sequence mosquito DNA as part of efforts to establish an early indicator of disease, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. DHS said Thursday the company used the Krona open source software that the National Biodefense …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 8, 2017 — Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has unveiled its new data analytics and visualization offerings called HDInsight and Power BI as part of the Azure Government cloud platform, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said in a blog post published Monday the services will work to help government …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 28, 2017 — Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has unveiled a new Cybersecurity Engagement Center in Mexico in efforts to support Latin American government and enterprise customers’ programs against cyber threats, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Friday the center aims to drive response against cyber crimes, advance technical …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 22, 2017 — A Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) subsidiary in India has entered into an agreement with the government of Jharkhand to deploy cloud, mobile and machine learning technologies in support of the Indian state’s digital transformation initiative, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Friday the memorandum of understanding aims to …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 17, 2017 — Amazon Web Services (Nasdaq: AMZN), Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) and Google will provide cloud platforms for Thales‘ data security offering, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Thales said Monday the partnership aims to help customers manage encryption keys for data in the cloud with the use of technologies AWS Key …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 14, 2017 — Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) will provide military veterans and transitioning service members training on cybersecurity topics such as cryptology, risk identification, access controls and incident response through the Microsoft Software & Systems Academy, GovCon Executive reported Monday. Chris Cortez, vice president of military affairs at Microsoft, said …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 8, 2017 — CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) has signed a three-year enterprise agreement with Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) that will allow the former to migrate its workload to the latter’s Azure Government cloud platform, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The Falls Church, Virginia-based information technology contractor said Monday the cloud migration will help …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 7, 2017 — Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is set to relocate its Microsoft Technology Center in Michigan to Bedrock‘s One Campus Martius building in downtown Detroit by early 2018, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The Redmond, Washington-based technology company will occupy more than 40,000 square feet of space at Bedrock’s facility …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 2, 2017 — Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory have partnered with the U.S. Navy to determine potential naval applications of augmented reality technology, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The Navy said Tuesday the disruptive technology laboratory at Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock division will also work with …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 26, 2017 — Microsoft (NYSE: MSFT) has released an expanded Azure Blueprint program to help Defense Department mission owners fulfill security requirements under the Information Impact Level 5 baseline, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The new Azure Blueprint release features a DoD L5 Customer Responsibility Matrix and System Security Plan template …