Microsoft reports Q4 Azure and other cloud services revenue up 43% YoY, vs. 40% est., and says Azure revenue in FY 2026 exceeded $100B for the first time (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/29/microsoft-msft-q4-earnings-report-2026.html
"Feldfunktionen in einem Word-Dokument in festen Text umwandeln"
https://www.deroutlooker365.de/das-loesungsvideo-nr-957-feldfunktionen-in-einem-word-dokument-in-festen-text-umwandeln/
Okta agrees to acquire AI identity security startup Permiso; source: the acquisition is valued at just under $200M and is structured as an almost all-cash deal (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/30/okta-buys-ai-securi…
Texas, which didn't join a multi-state case against Meta, negotiated a $1.05B side deal that could reach $1.335B if TikTok and YouTube adopt teen safety changes (Ryan Autullo/Bloomberg Law)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/tex…
Rocket Lab plans to acquire Iridium for $8B and combine Rocket Lab's launch services with Iridium's satellite-based communications network to rival SpaceX (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/science/958891/rocket-lab-iridium-…
London-based Nscale agrees to acquire Anyscale, a source says for ~$1.65B; Anyscale, which helps AI workloads run more efficiently, had a $1B valuation in 2022 (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-…
Verizon and the UK's BT agree to create a joint venture for their international businesses with ~$4B in combined yearly revenue; Verizon will pay $625M to BT (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-29/v…
Intercontinental Exchange agrees to acquire electronic fixed-income trading platform MarketAxess for ~$6B in cash, a 33% premium, set to close in H1 2027 (Katherine Hamilton/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.co…
Digital Realty says it plans to acquire a majority stake in three fully leased Northern Virginia data centers from Blackstone-managed funds in a $7.8B deal (Jaspreet Singh/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactiona
Wiz says a now-patched flaw in Azure CosmosDB would have let a hacker remotely compromise any of its users; Microsoft has seen "no evidence of customer impact" (Raphael Satter/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/cyber-f…