SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Heavy Industries Co. said Monday it has signed a deal with Microsoft Korea to cooperate on the digitalization of its shipyard. Samsung Heavy said it plans to build up a collaboration system among each shipbuilding sector in its shipyard by using cloud computing service Azure, artificial intelligence, group [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong has met with the chiefs of Google and Microsoft to discuss future cooperation in chips, software and others, Samsung officials said Tuesday. The meetings earlier this week with Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella came as the world’s largest [...]
SINGAPORE, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Following growth in MAR citizenship license sales, TES has won the Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher (MAR) Partner Award for Citizenship & Philanthropy. The award recognizes TES as a MAR partner with positive year-on-year growth in MAR licenses, specifically in the citizenship segment. TES’s programs have helped to support philanthropy, charitable [...]
SINGAPORE, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) - Microsoft and 13 companies across nine Asia Pacific countries today launched Code; Without Barriers to help close the gender gap in the region’s fast-growing cloud, artificial intelligence (AI) and digital technology sectors. The program provides a platform to enable female developers, coders, and other technical talent to contribute towards inclusive economic [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — LX Semicon Co., South Korea’s largest fabless semiconductor firm, said Wednesday it will collaborate with Microsoft Corp. to develop 3D sensing solutions. LX Semicon will take Microsoft’s 3D time-of-flight (ToF) sensing technology to develop solutions for Internet of Things (IoT), logistics and automobiles as the company joins the Microsoft [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — One store, a South Korean app market operator, said Monday it has joined hands with Microsoft Corp. to develop a global app market by next year in its latest move to boost its presence against bigger rivals operated by global tech giants. The app market is currently available on [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Minecraft, a sandbox video game popular among elementary school children, is on the verge of being limited only to adults in South Korea due to the country’s ‘Game Shutdown Policy’ that bans children under 16 years of age from accessing games between 12 a.m. and 6 a.m. Microsoft Corp. [...]
SINGAPORE, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) - Since the launch of the Microsoft APAC Enabler program seven months ago, sixteen PwDs have secured full time roles, internships, mentorships[i], and training[ii] opportunities through the program, with more than 110 PwDs are currently being matched to 65 potential roles with Microsoft Partners. Sri Lanka joins Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, South [...]
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) - Microsoft Corp. today announced its “Bersama Malaysia” (Together with Malaysia) initiative, which marks a significant commitment to empowering Malaysia’s inclusive digital economy and advancing the nation’s digital transformation across the private and public sectors. As part of the plan, Microsoft will establish its first datacenter region in the [...]
LOS ANGELES, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Acuant, a leading global provider of identity verification solutions, today announced its collaboration with Microsoft to improve verifiability and secure information exchange in Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) through Acuant’s My Digital ID. Azure AD verifiable credentials are now available in public preview. The introduction of Azure AD verifiable credentials allows businesses and [...]