Applications
Everyone uses applications on a daily basis. Building, integrating and running them requires quite a bit from people and systems. Application development has recently undergone a huge metamorphosis. In particular, the emergence of cloud-native application development has caused fundamental changes. AI, especially GenAI, has also caused a major shift. Finally, the world’s largest OS, Microsoft Windows, also makes regular appearances on this page. You will stay up to date on all relevant application developments here.
Timeline
Nadella positions Microsoft as the AI do-it-all company
In his annual letter to Microsoft staff, investors and customers, Satya Nadella predictably zeroes in on AI. ...
Meta cuts hundreds of jobs in AI department
Meta is once again undergoing a major reorganization within its artificial intelligence department. Approxima...
Spotify Portal aims to rock it with developers
Music, podcast and audiobook business Spotify wants to be regarded as a platform company that software applic...
Pax8 wants MSP’s to become MIP’s: what does that mean?
Cybersecurity and AI play key role in MSP transformation
Atlassian completes acquisition of The Browser Company
Update 21-10-2025 - Atlassian has completed its acquisition of The Browser Company, the company behind the Di...
CM.com lowers profit forecast
CM.com posted its highest ever EBITDA in the third quarter of 2025, but has again lowered its profit forecast...
Windows 11 gets major Copilot update
Microsoft is integrating AI more deeply into Windows 11 with new Copilot features. Voice commands, visual sup...
Genesys and Scaled Cognition make AI agents more reliable
Genesys is partnering with AI lab Scaled Cognition to develop reliable agentic AI. The collaboration combines...
Salesforce enters ITSM market, will ServiceNow regret its CRM move?
AI-driven IT Service Management
Claude Haiku 4.5: a GPT-5 rival at a fraction of the cost
Anthropic launched Claude Haiku 4.5 today. It is the most compact variant of this generation of LLMs from Ant...