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Other industry leaders, including Illumina • Currently have COVID-19 for the study can schedule a blood draw
and Providence, have also joined forces • Have recently recovered from COVID-19 and swab collection in the convenience
with Microsoft and Adaptive to accelerate • Were exposed to someone diagnosed of their own home. The phlebotomist
this critical effort against COVID-19. with COVID-19 completing sample collection will be using
How to join ImmuneRACE If you decide to participate and qualify appropriate personal protective equipment
ImmuneRACE will enroll 1,000 individuals for the study, you will be asked to to safely conduct the visit when entering
from more than 20 metropolitan areas in provide relevant information about your participant’s homes.
the U.S. You can be part of the solution if medical history, symptoms and previous
you are between the ages of 18 and 89 and: diagnostic tests. Patients who qualify

Microsoft to Invest $1 Billion in Poland for New Data Center Region and
Training

Microsoft will invest $1 billion in Poland
to build a data center region in order to
provide cloud services to businesses and
government institutions, among other
verticals. Microsoft inked an agreement
with domestic cloud provider Chmura
Krajowa to provide cloud services
across Poland and parts of Central
Europe. “Poland has the opportunity to
be the digital heart of Europe," said Mark
Loughran, general manager, Microsoft
Poland, in a statement. "This is why
today we are announcing a partnership
with Chmura Krajowa, and one of the
biggest investments in digital technology
in Poland ever of $1 billion investment in
skilling, digital transformation support,
and building a Microsoft global-scale and in Poland that will help businesses and the region of Central and Eastern Europe,”
trusted cloud region, giving our customers organizations implement their cloud- In addition to the Microsoft Azure cloud
and strong local partner ecosystem access based digital transformation strategies. "I services, Poland's digital economy also
to our world-class digital technology and deeply believe that Microsoft’s investment stands to gain from Microsoft's Office
innovative cloud solutions all located in Poland will be important for enterprises, 365 applications that can be hosted in the
here in Poland." The investment followed public institutions and the education cloud for software-as-a-service (SaaS)
on the heels of Microsoft working with system and will enable them to digitally workloads as well as its Dynamics 365
Polish organizations and businesses over transform and implement new work business applications. Microsoft has 59
the past 30 years. Microsoft has more standards," said Polish Prime Minister cloud data centers across the globe with
than 60,000 local partners in Poland. In Mateusz Morawiecki, in a statement. "Our Microsoft Azure services now available in
addition to the cloud services, Microsoft primary goal is to accelerate Poland’s more than 140 countries.
will also offer a long-term training program transformation into a technological hub for

Microsoft Cloud Strength Drives Third Quarter Results

Microsoft Corp. announced the following • Diluted earnings per share was $1.40 said Satya Nadella, chief executive officer
results for the quarter ended March 31, and increased 23% of Microsoft. “Our durable business model,
2020, as compared to the corresponding “We’ve seen two years’ worth of digital diversified portfolio, and differentiated
period of last fiscal year: transformation in two months. From technology stack position us well for
• Revenue was $35.0 billion and increased remote teamwork and learning, to sales what’s ahead.”
15% and customer service, to critical cloud “In this dynamic environment, our sales
• Operating income was $13.0 billion and infrastructure and security – we are teams and partners executed a solid
increased 25% working alongside customers every day third quarter, with Commercial Cloud
• Net income was $10.8 billion and to help them adapt and stay open for revenue generating $13.3 billion, up 39%
increased 22% business in a world of remote everything,” year over year,” said Amy Hood, executive

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