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When someone acquires a company, they get its customers, its product, and its brand. Salesforce just paid $27.7 billion for those things of Slack. (Of course, there are other aspects not discussed in this article, such as its people and patents, and financial concerns.) They got Slack’s Customers In its press release for this acquisition,…
Azure’s revenue is not a public figure, but I wanted to try to estimate it as a business research exercise. Calculation This week, Microsoft released its Fiscal Year 21 Q1 (Jul. 2020 – Sept. 2020) earnings data. At the same time, MSFT also filed its FY21 Q1 Quarterly Report (Form 10-Q) to the SEC. I…
TLDR: I believe the ability to work with your manager to advance your career is a key skill for professionals. It may be an uncomfortable topic due to reasons like workplace culture, but there’s no harm and a lot of goodness to work with your manager to identify career goals clearly and build concrete plan…
Recently I learned how to import and subscribe an Outlook calendar into Google Calendar. I did this because I manage two different calendars: Outlook for work, Google for personal stuff — and I wanted a consolidated view of my day. It took a bit of research so I document it here for others and my…
I’m really proud to share that Azure Communication Services, which I have been working on since July, was announced at Microsoft Ignite by CEO Satya Nadella! What is Azure Communication Services (ACS)? You can find a lot of descriptions out there, but quoting the official ACS webpage, Azure Communication Services brings rich communication APIs to…
In a nutshell, this article answers the following question: What is the equivalent of form 10-K for companies publicly traded in Canada? And the answer is: the equivalent consists of 3 forms, namely the Annual Information Form (AIF), Annual Financial Statement and Management Discussion and Analysis (MD&A). Summary U.S. tool Description Canadian counterpart EDGAR database…
(Image source: US Embassy & Consulate in Canada) I recently left the US to move back to Canada. In this article, I share my thoughts and reasoning on this move. I came to the US at the end of 2019 on an H1B visa, which I got on my 3rd attempt towards the H1B “lottery”….