Articles about Microsoft Azure – Page 5 of 6

Stack Overflow uses Microsoft AI tech to create a chat bot that assists software developers

Software developers stuck with a thorny programming problem now have a new option when browsing Stack Overflow: a chatbot built… Read More

Microsoft links its new Cosmos DB database to serverless technology for Azure developers

Microsoft’s strategy for helping its customers use one of the more exciting developments in cloud computing — serverless technologies —… Read More

Google, Microsoft emphasize cloud security as hacks intensify and big businesses eye the cloud

Security fears have been associated with cloud computing ever since it began, and for the most part those fears have… Read More

Microsoft and Adobe’s friendship deepens with partnership on e-signatures

Almost one year after Microsoft and Adobe announced the start of a sweeping partnership, the two companies are teaming up… Read More

Microsoft and Red Hat expand partnership with focus on containers and hybrid cloud

Microsoft and Red Hat are expanding the parameters of a relationship first struck in 2015, bringing Microsoft Azure and SQL… Read More

Microsoft and HashiCorp cozy up to expand options for Terraform customers on Azure

Microsoft extended its existing partnership with HashiCorp Monday to deepen links between its Terraform product, which lets software developers use… Read More

Microsoft continues its push into serverless tech with Azure Event Grid

Microsoft is making a big bet on serverless technologies this year, and it continued that push Wednesday with the release… Read More

Microsoft unveils Azure Container Instances, joins Cloud Native group, isolating AWS on Kubernetes

Microsoft’s cloud business is making two notable moves involving containers Wednesday — unveiling a new service that aims to make… Read More

(L to R): Charles Fitzgerald, Platformonomics; Frank Artale, Ignition Partners; Shelia Gulati, Tola Capital; S. "Soma" Somasegar, Madrona Venture Group

Sizing up the cloud wars: Three Seattle VCs break down the competition between Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, and Google

When it comes to the public cloud, there are three companies at the forefront of everyone’s mind: Amazon Web Services,… Read More

Microsoft acquires Cloudyn for reported $50M, continuing Azure buying spree

Microsoft made another Azure acquisition Thursday, adding Israel’s Cloudyn and its cloud monitoring and analytics tools to the Azure team.… Read More

Microsoft and Box strike another partnership deal, this time for Box on Azure and AI

Microsoft and Box will be working together a little more closely after signing a partnership agreement to promote each other’s… Read More

Microsoft Cloud to set up shop in Africa with two new data centers coming in 2018

Microsoft plans to open two new data centers in South Africa next year to provide its cloud services to the… Read More

Living on the edge: Microsoft prepares developers for shift to edge computing

Microsoft used one of its biggest events of the year to remind developers that edge computing is coming, and it’s… Read More

Microsoft introduces Azure Cosmos DB, a new database with a broad money-back guarantee

Microsoft plans to strengthen its database pitch to cloud customers Wednesday at Microsoft Build by unveiling Azure Cosmos DB, a… Read More

Why doesn’t Harvard want to talk about its mystery Microsoft Azure project?

Microsoft Azure appears to have scored a high-profile customer: Harvard University’s prestigious CS50 computer science class, not that anybody wants… Read More

The Nature Conservancy and Microsoft bring tech innovations to environmental efforts

The Nature Conservancy is teaming up with Microsoft to bring machine learning and other tech innovations to the environmental group’s… Read More

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella outlines its cloud computing strategy for Wall Street

Microsoft is a huge multinational technology company, with lines of business spread across PCs, productivity software, gaming, internet search, and… Read More

Vote for Innovation of the Year: Groundbreaking tech for driverless cars, VR, data centers and more

Each year, as part of the GeekWire Awards, we recognize game-changing technologies in the category of Innovation of the Year.… Read More

Microsoft says Google’s cloud reliability claim vs. Azure and Amazon Web Services does not compute

A comment today by Google’s top cloud executive, taking a subtle jab at Amazon Web Services, isn’t sitting well with Microsoft for… Read More

How much is your junk worth? eBay’s new Google Home ‘shopbot’ knows

At the Google Cloud Next conference, eBay introduced a new personal shopping chatbot, or “shopbot,” for the Google Home speaker… Read More

Amazon Web Services outage reveals critical lack of redundancy across the internet

The digital snow day is over, as Amazon Web Services has fixed the issues with its Simple Storage Service, or… Read More

Microsoft rolls out Azure at new Korean data centers, continuing global expansion

Microsoft is making the next move in the cloud industry’s rapid global expansion with the news today that its Azure cloud platform… Read More

Microsoft strikes exclusive cloud deal with Flipkart, Amazon’s biggest online retail rival in India

Flipkart, the top online marketplace in India, has agreed to adopt Microsoft Azure as its exclusive public cloud platform, augmenting its own… Read More

Microsoft partnering with Ping Identity to allow cloud-based secure access for more web apps

Microsoft is partnering with Ping Identity, a privately held, Denver-based firm, to provide cloud-based secure access to some on-premises web… Read More

GeekWire launches new Cloud Tech channel, with underwriting support from Salesforce

Cloud technology is one of the most dynamic, rapidly growing and important areas of the tech industry, and GeekWire has… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Democracy Live uses electronic ballots to help governments reach voters

Last month marked a big milestone for Democracy Live, a technology firm based in Snoqualmie, Wash., which presented its voting technology to several… Read More

Microsoft releasing Power BI Embedded service and publish-to-web feature

Microsoft said today that it will make its Power BI Embedded Azure service generally available on Monday. The service lets independent… Read More

Microsoft supports popular FreeBSD open-source OS with new Azure virtual-machine image

FreeBSD, a popular open-source Unix operating system with roots stretching back to the 1970s, is now available through the Azure Marketplace as a… Read More

Microsoft adds Azure cloud data centers in Canada, expands service to South Korea

Microsoft is expanding its global data center footprint, seeking to get its Azure cloud platform closer to customers around the… Read More

Microsoft extends the ‘Internet of Things’ to jet engines, refrigerators and more

Soon the “Internet of Things” will be keeping watch on jet engines, refrigerators and freezers, factory floors and more, thanks to… Read More