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GE To Use Office 365 Suite

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Microsoft and General Electric have signed an agreement, under the terms of which Microsoft’s cloud productivity suite Office 365 will be used by GE’s more than 300,000 employees across 170 countries worldwide. GE employees are also expected to use Skype for business calling among other things, as part of the deal.

You can read the statement issued by Microsoft on the deal here.

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