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מטה מיקרוסופט רדמונד וושינגטון

Microsoft beats forecasts as Azure accelerates and AI spending surges

28.10.26|CTech
Quarterly revenue reached $92.28 billion and adjusted earnings per share came to $4.89, both above expectations. Azure grew 48%, even as Microsoft spent $45.2 billion on capital expenditures and finance leases.
מטה מיקרוסופט אוריג'ינל

Microsoft employees can get up to 39 weeks of base pay under buyout offers

28.10.26|CTech
The standard severance cap applies to employees at level 67 and below, while level 68 employees receive a different standard package. Offers also include stock vesting and health coverage.
מטה מיקרוסופט רדמונד וושינגטון

After years of job cuts, Microsoft turns to voluntary exits to reshape its workforce

27.10.26|CTech
Chief people officer Amy Coleman’s memo introduces another tool for managing staffing as the company adapts to changing business needs. The offer is not universal, with individual organizations deciding whether to participate.
מטה מיקרוסופט אוריג'ינל

Microsoft offers buyouts to 60,000 workers but says layoffs remain an option

26.10.26|CTech
The company expects fewer employees to accept the new offer than took its earlier retirement package, while giving participating teams more flexibility to reshape their staffing.
מיקרוסופט קמפוס הרצליה

Microsoft Israel cuts hit AI agent team, with 50 Copilot Studio employees summoned to pre-dismissal hearings

12.10.26|Meir Orbach
The move is part of a global organizational shift affecting the Israeli R&D center. About half of the employees are expected to remain in roles within the center.
סייבר איראן סייבר איראני

Israel was the world’s second-most targeted country for cyberattacks, Microsoft finds

01.10.26|Meir Orbach
Israel accounted for 7.6% of global cyber threat activity, trailing only the U.S., while Iran emerged as the main state-backed source of attacks.
אוהד יאסין מנכ״ל מרכז המחקר והפיתוח של מיקרוסופט ב ישראל

Microsoft names Ohad Jassin to lead its Israel R&D center

23.09.26|CTech
Jassin will succeed Michal Braverman-Blumenstyk in November while continuing to run Microsoft's global sovereign cloud business within Azure. 
Michal Braverman-Blumenstyk

Microsoft Israel R&D chief Michal Braverman-Blumenstyk to step down after 13 years

02.09.26|Sophie Shulman, Meir Orbach
Braverman-Blumenstyk will leave Microsoft at the end of the year after six and a half years leading its Israeli R&D center. During her tenure, the operation doubled in size and became a global hub for the company's AI and cybersecurity development. 
Nati Amsterdam

Microsoft taps Nvidia Israel executive Nati Amsterdam to lead its Israeli operations

17.08.26|CTech
Amsterdam, who helped build Nvidia's local business after joining the chipmaker in 2017, will take over as Microsoft Israel's General Manager in October. 
מטה מיקרוסופט אוריג'ינל

Microsoft once saw China as unthinkable to leave. Now it is quietly retreating

15.08.26|Reuters, CTech
The company considered exiting China in 2023 and has since shut offices and moved research talent abroad. Yet profitable customers such as ByteDance and the need to retain access to Chinese engineers are keeping Microsoft in the market.
מטה מיקרוסופט רדמונד וושינגטון

Microsoft's AI bets pay off as Azure growth beats forecasts and shares jump

30.07.26|Reuters, CTech
Strong cloud demand, accelerating Copilot adoption and solid guidance reassured investors that Microsoft's massive AI investments are beginning to deliver returns.
מיקרוסופט קמפוס הרצליה

Microsoft’s Israeli cyber team helps build the company’s next-generation AI defense system

27.07.26|Omer Kabir
Perception combines AI models and autonomous agents to detect and remediate vulnerabilities as Microsoft prepares for a future of faster, AI-powered attacks. 
מנכ"ל אנבידיה ג'נסן הואנג 2 בתערוכת CES בלאס וגאס 6.1.26

Nvidia and Microsoft push Washington to protect open AI models

26.07.26|Reuters, CTech
Tech giants argue that restricting open-source AI could hurt competition and slow innovation, as lawmakers debate how to regulate increasingly powerful systems. 
חוות שרתים של אנבידיה בלונדון. "ה־ AI כבר משנה כל תחום בחיים שלנו וימשיך לגדול בצורה מטורפת. האם כל החברות יישארו בגודל הזה? מן הסתם לא"

AI is transforming Big Tech from software giants into infrastructure companies

22.07.26|Reuters, CTech
Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Meta and Oracle are spending hundreds of billions on data centers and AI infrastructure, forcing investors to rethink the economics of the technology giants.
משרד עובדים בינה מלאכותית AI

Companies adopted AI. Now they are discovering the harder part is getting employees on board

19.07.26|Maya Nahum Shahal
A KPMG and Microsoft Israel survey finds that lack of employee skills has replaced management hesitation as the biggest barrier to AI adoption, while companies report productivity gains but struggle to translate them into financial returns.
חנות אפל בניו יורק

Apple’s $600 billion AI rally is fueled by investors betting against the AI boom

14.07.26|Omer Kabir
While Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Meta pour hundreds of billions into AI infrastructure, Apple’s restraint is increasingly being viewed by investors as a shield against a possible AI spending backlash.
מטה מיקרוסופט רדמונד וושינגטון

"The roles eliminated today are not being replaced by AI": Microsoft cuts 4,800 jobs

06.07.26|CTech and Reuters
Microsoft says the layoffs are part of a broader restructuring rather than AI-driven job replacement, even as the company invests heavily in artificial intelligence infrastructure and reshapes its Xbox and commercial businesses.
H.E. Kornelios Korneliou & H.E. Michael Mann

Israel, Cyprus and the EU join forces to tame the “Wild West” of AI

02.07.26|Amy Shapiro
Following a recent joint initiative in Tel Aviv, the Delegation of the European Union, the Embassy of Cyprus, Microsoft Israel, and Generative AI for Good are driving a critical regional exchange. Their joint vision centers on harnessing the AI revolution to propel regional prosperity, while establishing the ethics that will ensure its responsible use into the future.
אירוע מיקרוסופט Microsoft AI Tour

Microsoft AI Tour Tel Aviv highlights shift from pilots to production as AI agents move into core business systems

01.07.26|CTech
At Expo Tel Aviv, Microsoft outlines how organizations are embedding AI into operations while balancing productivity gains with security and trust.
כנס מיקרוסופט 30.06.26 – בן חקלאי וידאו

"We're not going to see software disappear from the corporate world"

01.07.26|Omer Kabir
Dr. Ben Haklai, National Technology Officer at Microsoft Israel, said at the Microsoft AI Tour Tel Aviv 2026 conference: "Open source has been around for decades, and we are still seeing massive growth in software categories in the corporate world. I see no reason to think that this trend will look any different in the world of AI."
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