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Microsoft Canada Reboots with Veritas Communications (YourIndustryNews)
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) Canada today announced that it has selected Veritas Communications as its public relations agency of record with a mandate to drive its influencer marketing and communications during a period of accelerated transformation. The relationship is effective July 1stwith an immediate transition underway to foster success and high-impact results. “Microsoft Canada could not be more thrilled to welcome Veritas Communications aboard to help us elevate awareness and excitement about the power of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) services and devices to connect Canadians with the passions they hold,” said Chitra Anand, Public Relations Lead.

Microsoft cuts Surface price for schools (BizJournals)
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is cutting the price it sells its Surface tablets to schools by as much as 60 percent, AllThingsD reports. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is selling its $499 Surface RT to schools for the next few months for $199, the $599 Surface RT with Touch Cover for $249, and the $629 Surface RT with Type Cover for $289. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is reportedly sitting on a stockpile of unsold Surface units, having sold only about 900,000 units after ordering as many as a rumored 5 million of the tablets.

Microsoft Corporation (MSFT): The Long-Term Approach (IStockAnalyst)
Founded 38 years ago, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) helped launch the first great wave of an information technology transformation; it remains the world’s largest software developer with sales topping $73 billion in fiscal 2012. Throughout its history, Microsoft has achieved success by taking a long-term approach to technology investments. In fiscal 2012, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) invested $9.8 billion or 13% of revenues on research and development with much of that devoted to cloud technologies. Cloud computing links the computing devices people have at hand to the processing and storage capacity of massive datacenters. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)’s solutions will bring the benefits of the cloud to the billion people who use computing today and the billions more who will gain access to digital technology for the first time in the years ahead.