The first Azure appliance debuted to much fanfare at the 2010 Worldwide Partner Conference, only to fade from the spotlight almost immediately after. Four years later, Microsoft is reviving its earlier plans with the new Cloud Platform System.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- December 01, 2014
Microsoft on Thursday issued a preliminary explanation for the widespread outages that hit its Azure cloud service on Tuesday evening.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 20, 2014
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Inc. recently announced several enhancements to its partner network, including an expansion of partner resources and the addition of programs aimed at managed services providers and SaaS-focused partners.
- By Gladys Rama
- November 20, 2014
Widespread "partial disruptions" affecting Microsoft's' Azure cloud computing services Tuesday night are now "mitigated," according to Microsoft.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 19, 2014
The rollout of Microsoft's OneDrive for Business service Office 365 ProPlus users will be completed "before the end of January 2015," Microsoft announced on Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 17, 2014
Microsoft on Thursday acquired Israel-based identity and access management firm Aorato Ltd. for an undisclosed amount.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 13, 2014
Rackspace announced during its third quarter earnings report on Monday that it is joining Microsoft's Cloud OS Network, an elite hosting program that aims to provide Microsoft Azure-compatible third-party cloud services.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- November 12, 2014
Over 90 percent of businesses have, at some level, adopted cloud computing practices, according to a recent study by CompTIA Inc.
- By Keith Ward
- November 11, 2014
Microsoft on Tuesday announced a strategic partnership with Dropbox that will bring better integration between its Office product and the Dropbox cloud storage service.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 04, 2014
Microsoft recently announced the general availability of a new single-agent, anti-malware solution for various Azure services, including Virtual Machines.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 03, 2014
Microsoft launched several new services during Tuesday's kickoff of the TechEd Europe conference that are aimed at simplifying the deployment, security and management of apps running in the Microsoft Azure cloud.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- October 28, 2014
Starting as early as Monday, all subscribers of Microsoft's Office 365 service will receive "unlimited" OneDrive cloud-based storage.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 27, 2014
Microsoft and IBM on Wednesday said they are partnering to ensure that some of their respective database and middleware offerings can run on both the IBM Cloud and Microsoft Azure.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- October 22, 2014
Microsoft is partnering with Dell on an offering that integrates hardware from the computer manufacturer with Microsoft's Azure, Windows Server and System Center products.
- By John K. Waters
- October 20, 2014
With the debut of Azure Migration Accelerator, Microsoft has fired another volley against cloud leader Amazon Web Services.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- October 16, 2014
The next version of Microsoft's Windows Server product will support Docker containers, Microsoft announced on Wednesday.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- October 15, 2014
Two Microsoft cloud-based solutions became generally available recently: Disaster Recovery to Azure and Redis Cache services.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 07, 2014
Microsoft reduced the prices of about 61 Azure cloud services on Thursday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 26, 2014
A few of Microsoft's recent moves have the company lumbering right onto partners' territory.
- By M.S. Partner
- September 25, 2014
Microsoft on Monday launched new virtual machine (VM) sizing options for its Microsoft Azure cloud services.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 23, 2014