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Microsoft Officially Launches Azure Service Fabric
Build 2016 - Azure Functions goes into preview as AWS Lambda rival, Azure IoT Starter Kits ready for purchase
Google Set For Massive Cloud Expansion With 12 New Data Centres
Google reveals plans for 12 new data centres in bid to catch up with Amazon Web Services - the first two will hit Tokyo and Oregon this year
UK Lagging In Terms Of Data Centres, But Cloud Giant Expansions Will Change That
UK plays host to less than 5 percent of world's major cloud data centres, but expansions from AWS, Google, and Microsoft will boost the region in 2016
Om Malik’s Plea For Cloud Transparency Makes Perfect Sense
Blog: It's time for cloud leaders to start reporting with useful and better metrics, writes GigaOM founder Om Malik. We agree.
Microsoft Boosts Office 365, Azure Security With Analytics And Visualisation Tools
Microsoft says new capabilities for its cloud services are part of a new vision of security outlined by Satya Nadella last year
Microsoft Expands Azure Container Service Preview
Microsoft opens the Azure Container Service floodgates, allowing more users to try its cloud-based container management offering
Verizon Customers Have Two Months To Evacuate Public Cloud
Verizon Communications will be shutting down its public cloud service on April 12
Not Another Amazon Web Services Is Winning Public Cloud Article
RightScale's State of the Cloud 2016 report lays bare AWS dominance but shows hope for Azure
Microsoft Goes Live With Azure IoT Hub
IoT Hub moves into general availability meaning everyone can now use Microsoft for IoT
Bernie Sanders Suspicious Of Microsoft Azure Vote-Counting App
Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders shuns Microsoft's Iowa caucus vote tracker because of Microsoft's 2008 Clinton donations
Microsoft Launches Azure Stack Technical Preview
Microsoft's 'next step' in hybrid strategy will see customers run Azure in their own data centres
Microsoft Pledges £700m Of Cloud For ‘Public Good’
Microsoft will aid up to 70,000 non-profit organisations and researchers with three-year Azure public cloud effort as part of Nadella's Microsoft Philanthropies strategy
Microsoft Slashes Azure Costs, Slams AWS Instances
Azure drops Dv2 VM costs by up to 17 percent
Why Is Amazon Web Services Ignoring Canada?
As AWS continues its worldwide expansion, Canadians ask why their country being spurned by Amazon's cloud division
Microsoft’s Azure Blockchain-As-A-Service Ecosystem Expands
The new year means new updates to Microsoft's blockchain effort, including a larger roster of Azure Blockchain-as-a-Service supporters
Microsoft Speeds Up Azure Backup Cloud Services
Microsoft's Azure cloud backup service gets faster and more efficient with lower cache demands
Microsoft Announces Linux On Azure Certification
When it comes to the cloud, the software giant extends its embrace of Linux to include a new certification for budding cloud administrators
Microsoft Office 365 Users Hit By European Outage
Microsoft Office 365 users across Europe complain of interrupted service with emails unable to be accessed
‘Bulls**t’ – Steve Ballmer Slams Microsoft’s Cloud Reporting
Former Microsoft boss thinks Microsoft needs more transparency in disclosing Azure financial results
HPE’s Cloud Alliance With Microsoft Azure Speaks Volumes About Future Direction
Azure reselling gives customers a reassuring tag team of HPE hardware and Microsoft software to take on AWS
Microsoft Will Open Two German-Only Azure Data Centre Regions
Microsoft Azure data processing will be entrusted with Deutsche Telekom, which will control and oversee all access to customer data
Microsoft Azure Cloud Region Coming To UK In 2016
Microsoft's Satya Nadella announces new UK cloud region and Irish data centre expansion in 2016
Microsoft Azure Fires Shots At AWS With Taser Customer Win
TASER will integrate Evidence.com and Axon camera systems with Microsoft Azure cloud platform and Windows 10 devices
Microsoft, Amazon Reap Cloud Benefits
Cloud services including AWS, Office 365, Azure have boosted Microsoft and Amazon financials
AWS Boss: Every Large Tech Company In the World Wants To “Copy” Amazon Web Services
AWS’ Andy Jassy on the Alibaba threat and competition from Google and Microsoft
Microsoft Says It ‘Tries Harder’ Than AWS
After a flurry of Azure updates, Microsoft's cloud division claims it will simply have to put more effort in than its competitors
A Closer Look At Microsoft’s Intelligent Cloud
Microsoft showcases plethora of Azure updates at this year's AzureCon
Microsoft’s New Financial Reporting Structure Highlights Strategy Shift
As of October 22, Microsoft will report its earnings in three distinct divisions that show the importance of Windows 10 and give transparency to Azure cloud
Microsoft Goes Live With First Azure Hosted Service That Runs On Linux
HDInsight running on Ubuntu and Hortonworks goes into general availability for Azure