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Azure

Chocolate, underwear, and supertankers: Now on Microsoft Azure

Microsoft showed off five new Azure customers at an event in New York on Wednesday, more evidence that companies born… Read More

New IoT services from Microsoft Azure promise to make managing connected devices way easier

As cloud computing matures, more and more technical concepts that once required a lot of specialized expertise are being simplified… Read More

Microsoft’s SQL Server is getting an artificial intelligence mind-meld

Microsoft says it’s building artificial intelligence capabilities directly into SQL Server 2017, aiming to simplify and speed up machine-learning processes that would… Read More

A serverless nirvana? Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich on the future of the cloud

REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft’s push into “serverless” computing aims to change the way developers use the cloud, and Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich says… Read More

Microsoft adds new Azure tools to migrate data to the cloud and collaborate securely with partners

Microsoft this morning announced several new Azure tools and features focused on migrating data to the cloud and helping businesses work securely… Read More

What Microsoft’s acquisition of Deis means for Azure, containers and the cloud

Microsoft’s acquisition of cloud technology company Deis, announced this week, illustrates the growing importance of containers for deploying software across a variety… Read More

Powering ‘Cloud City’: What Seattle’s municipal utility has learned from using AWS and Azure

Sephir Hamilton is helping his organization grapple with major change. As the engineering and technology innovation officer at Seattle City… Read More

Public cloud could become a utility like electricity, lifting AWS, Azure and others, Morgan Stanley says

The public cloud has the potential to become a global utility, analogous to electricity — driving higher valuations for cloud providers… Read More

Microsoft and Publicis strike cloud partnership for data-driven ad targeting

Publicis Groupe is expanding its alliance with Microsoft — combining the ad company’s Cosmos A.I. marketing technology with the tech giant’s Azure cloud platform… Read More

Analyst: AWS growth could ‘moderate’ as Microsoft and Google see new cloud momentum

Amazon Web Services’ growth “could moderate this year and next” amid rising competition from Microsoft and Google, according to a new… Read More

Microsoft adds new service tier to Azure SQL Database, increases storage limits on existing databases

Microsoft is making a series of enhancements to its Azure SQL Database, including a new “Premium RS” tier, as the big public… Read More

Look out, Intel? Microsoft tries ARM processors in the cloud with Qualcomm partnership

Microsoft has started testing out ARM processors, power-efficient chips best known for running smartphones and other mobile devices, to run portions of… Read More

Microsoft Azure adds new data analytics, voice and facial recognition to its government cloud

Microsoft is beefing up its cloud capabilities for U.S. state and federal agencies, rolling out its PowerBI and HDInsight data… Read More

Docker unveils new enterprise initiative, boosting software containers for big businesses

Docker is launching a new Enterprise Edition of its popular software container technology, along with an initiative to let partners certify their technology… Read More

Microsoft’s ‘Azure Stack’ for on-premises servers will use pay-as-you-go cloud pricing model

Microsoft this morning released a third technical preview for its Azure Stack hybrid technology, which will let businesses and developers run a version of… Read More

Microsoft doubled its Azure cloud revenue to $2.7B last year, analysts estimate

Microsoft’s revenue from its Azure cloud platform more than doubled in 2016, reaching $2.7 billion, according to an estimate from… Read More

Google vows to build leading cloud for enterprise Windows, swiping at Microsoft’s core business

Google is going after a core part of Microsoft’s cloud business, aiming to expand Google Cloud Platform’s appeal to big companies that run the… Read More

Satya Nadella

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella: How Azure will fend off Amazon Web Services in the enterprise

Microsoft believes that its unique combination of cloud offerings will hold off market-leading public-cloud service Amazon Web Services in Microsoft’s… Read More

Microsoft’s market value surges past $500B for first time in nearly 17 years

Another strong earnings report has pushed Microsoft to a new milestone, lifting the company’s market value past $500 billion for the first… Read More

Microsoft’s commercial cloud run rate tops $14B for first time, driven by Azure and Office 365

Microsoft’s commercial cloud run rate exceeded $14 billion for the first time during the December quarter, driven by Office 365 and Microsoft… Read More

Amazon Web Services and Azure expand IPv6 offerings, to add security and handle more devices

Amazon Web Services has implemented IPv6 support in virtual private clouds running under its basic computing service (Elastic Compute Cloud,… Read More

Oracle to open 3 new cloud regions this year, escalating challenge to AWS and Azure

Database giant Oracle today moved to strengthen its position as a full-service cloud provider, using CloudWorld, a one-day conference convening in New York… Read More

Cortana in the car: Microsoft launches new automotive tech platform, strikes Renault-Nissan partnership

LAS VEGAS — Can Microsoft put itself in the driver’s seat in the new world of cars? After working for more… Read More

Cloud wars: Amazon Web Services expands pricing API in new effort to show cost savings

The ability to choose from a wide range of computing and storage services is one of cloud computing’s big draws,… Read More

The Cloud in 2017: Seven key trends, from AWS and Azure to voice services and machine learning

Here’s a no-brainer: 2017 will be a big year for the cloud. Cloud computing is an innovation rivaling the advent of… Read More

‘OpenStack is not going to be an Amazon killer’: Open-source cloud tech faces U.S. market realities

The year 2016 has been huge for the big public-cloud providers, with Amazon Web Services on track to a $12-billion… Read More

2016’s parting gift is an extra second of time — and Amazon has a last-minute cloud fix

Look, we all know it’s been a tough year. A divisive presidential campaign; celebrity deaths including David Bowie, Prince and Leonard… Read More

Microsoft wins $927M support contract from U.S. Defense Department

Microsoft has won a $927-million, five-year contract to provide technical support to the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). The company earlier… Read More

Shipping-simplifier Globatom scores new investment and execs, and goes all in with Microsoft Azure

Globatom, a software-as-a-service startup aimed at improving the process of shipping goods, has overhauled its executive team, received new venture… Read More

Azure in the car: Microsoft and TomTom partner on location services for U.S. automakers

Microsoft has partnered with TomTom, a Dutch firm specializing in electronic navigation and mapping, to help build up location-based services… Read More

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