Lynchburg-based CloudFit wins Microsoft award for defense and intelligence

 A Lynchburg-based tech company just took home an enormous award.

CloudFit won Microsoft's US Partner Award for Defense & Intelligence for 2021.

The winner is chosen supported performance and impact serving the U.S. government.

There are about 120 employees who work within the headquarters along Church Street.

Founder Carroll Moon says it's an honor for the corporate to be recognized for his or her precision and diligence.

"We believe that we're unique and that is wonderful when our biggest partner, Microsoft, also believes that we are unique," Moon said. "A lot of what we do is to enable the us government and therefore the Department of Defense to achieve success."

Microsoft in converses with purchase AI firm Nuance for about $16 billion

 Microsoft is in cutting edge converses with purchase computerized reasoning and discourse innovation organization Nuance Communications at about $16 billion, as indicated by a source acquainted with the matter.

The cost being examined could esteem Nuance at about $56 an offer, the source said, adding that an arrangement could be reported when Monday.

Bloomberg News, which initially announced the arrangement among Nuance and Microsoft, said talks are continuous and the conversations could in any case self-destruct.

Burlington, Massachusetts-based Nuance whose voice acknowledgment innovation helped dispatch Apple Inc's collaborator Siri, makes programming for areas going from medical services to the car businesses.

The arrangement with Nuance would be Microsoft's second-greatest arrangement, after its $26.2 billion obtaining of LinkedIn in 2016.

Microsoft and Nuance didn't quickly react to Reuters' solicitation for input.