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- Microsoft pledges $1b in cloud computing resources to benefit nonprofits and universities
Posted by : Brij Bhushan
Tuesday 19 January 2016
Today, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced a new initiative designed to ensure its cloud services, including Azure — a platform designed for building, managing and deploying applications and services — are accessible by those that stand to benefit most from the additional resources, universities and nonprofits. Recently formed Microsoft Philanthropies will donate the services, measured at fair market value, over the next three years as part of a larger three-part commitment. The elements of this commitment are: Serving the broad needs of the nonprofit community. The program aims to make Microsoft Cloud Services available to more than 70,000 nonprofits in the…
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