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Microsoft Expands Azure Event Grid As It Hits General Availability
Azure Event Grid service allows for the easy creation of serverless workflows
Microsoft Azure Bot Service Opens To Developers
Its good to talk. Redmond to deliver conversational AI to more developers as its Azure Bot Service is opened up
Location Of Things: Microsoft Boosts Azure With Geographical Data
Microsoft Azure Location Based Services gives developers real time data to build better smart city, IoT and logistics applications
VMware Will Not Support Virtualisation On Azure
Oh no you don't. VMware says it will not support any of its virtualisation tech running on Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Azure Opens Up To VMware Workloads
Azure opens itself up to VMware workloads, matching rival AWS
Microsoft Touts Azure Databricks And IoT & AI Developer Tools
Additions to Azure include a new cloud analytics platform based on Apache Spark, called Azure Databricks
Microsoft Azure Project Olympus Completed As It Looks To Platform Security
Redmond's hyperscale cloud hardware design completed, as it now seeks security standard with Project Cerberus
Microsoft To Offer Cray Supercomputers On Azure Cloud Platform
Microsoft and Cray are to link supercomputers directly into Azure data centres, providing high-end scalability for AI workloads
Tech Quiz: Microsoft In 2017
We've been speaking to Microsoft about enterprise mobility, devices, sports and the future this month. So test your knowledge here!
New Cloud Services Map Makes Microsoft AWS-Azure Comparisons Easier
Microsoft makes it easier for enterprises to compare AWS and Azure for their multi-cloud deployment and migration projects
Microsoft Updates Azure AI-Assisted Cloud Services For Streaming Media
The company is using artificial intelligence technologies to help streaming media customers derive more value out of their video content
Outlook.com Users Hit By Day-Long Outage Across UK, Europe
An issue with load-balancing software caused messages to pile up, with some still undelivered on Tuesday morning
Microsoft Azure Diary: Azure Confidential Computing Encrypts Data In Use
AZURE NEWS: Microsoft's new security features are a 'first' for the public cloud
Microsoft And Adobe Enhance Cloud Partnership With E-Signatures
Adobe and Microsoft have expanded their strategic partnership to drive e-signatures and collaboration among teams in the cloud.
Microsoft Takes On AI Challenge With Project Brainwave
Redmond's deep learning acceleration board is said to deliver real-time artificial intelligence
Microsoft & Red Hat Broaden Hybrid Container Support
A new deal sees the two companies making it easier to deploy Red Hat and Microsoft technologies in hybrid application containers
Microsoft Touts Serverless Computing With Azure Event Grid
Look Mum, no server. Azure Event Grid service allows for the easy creation of serverless workflows
Microsoft Boosts Azure HPC With Cycle Computing Acquisition
Microsoft hopes Cycle Computing deal will make it easier for any company to take advantage of cloud-based HPC on Azure
Microsoft Azure Targets Australian Government With Two New Regions Down Under
Two new Azure regions will open in in Australia in 2018, promising the highest level of security for government data
Microsoft Coco Framework Promises Speedy Blockchain Service
Open source framework to help firms handling thousands of transactions per second in a secure manner
Microsoft Cloud Drives Profit As Legacy Declines
Amid worldwide job cuts, Redmond reveals impressive financials as cloud grows and legacy business declines
Government Apprenticeship Scheme Launches On Microsoft Azure
Microsoft touts Azure-based government service to help businesses find their 'perfect apprentice'
Microsoft Azure Stack Is Now Available To Order
Microsoft Azure Cloud hybrid cloud platform is now avaliable to order on dedicated hardware from partners
Microsoft Bolsters UK Azure Cloud Service
Redmond's focus on the Azure cloud continues with new UK services, amid thousands of jobs cuts
Microsoft ‘To Cut’ Thousands Of Jobs As It Focuses On Cloud Sales
Job cuts confirmed: Redmond will merge several business unit together and focus on pushing its cloud services
Microsoft Buys Cloudyn To Provide Visibility For Azure Customers
Acquisition will help customers manage and optimise their Azure usage
Box Partners With Microsoft For Azure Cloud Content Management
The two companies will work together on three main initiatives
Microsoft joins Cloud Foundry Foundation To Strengthen Open Source Commitment
New Microsoft integrations with the open source platform now available for customers
Microsoft’s Cloud Weathers 1.5 Million Hack Attempts Each Day
Microsoft's 3,500 security engineers and its AI-enabled Intelligent Security Graph system helps the company thwart over a million attempts to breach its cloud infrastructure each day