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MSFT Microsoft Corporation

390.20
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Share Name Share Symbol Market Type
Microsoft Corporation NASDAQ:MSFT NASDAQ Common Stock
  Price Change % Change Share Price Bid Price Offer Price High Price Low Price Open Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  -12.05 -3.00% 390.20 390.27 390.30 402.16 389.17 401.15 28,781,501 00:59:58

Microsoft, Sony to Partner on Cloud Technology

17/05/2019 12:22pm

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By WSJ City 

Sony and Microsoft are teaming up to work on cloud and game-streaming technologies, an unusual partnership between two videogame rivals as they face new threats from some of tech's biggest names.

KEY FACTS:

   -- Sony is considering using Microsoft's Azure cloud service for streaming 
      its game content. 
 
   -- There may also be collaboration involving Microsoft's AI and Sony's 
      image-sensor chips. 
 
   -- A strong cloud solution is important as the gaming industry moves towards 
      streaming content over the internet. 

Why This Matters

Sony and Microsoft face brewing competition from Amazon and Google, cloud-technology titans with designs on grabbing a share of the $130bn-and-growing videogame industry.

A fuller story is available on WSJ.com

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(END) Dow Jones Newswires

May 17, 2019 07:07 ET (11:07 GMT)

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