Microsoft this week described release milestones for several of its emerging cloud data management products.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 03, 2020
Microsoft has expanded its Azure Hybrid Benefit licensing program to include Linux servers, particularly Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SUSE Linux Enterprise servers.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 17, 2020
As part of its Azure for Operators program, Microsoft this week joined a nonprofit standards association that focuses on SDN technologies used by enterprises and service providers.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 27, 2020
Microsoft recently unveiled its new Azure Modular Datacenters, boxcar-like structures that can deliver compute and storage capabilities anywhere on earth.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 21, 2020
Global tech spending has taken a hit in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but analysts expect it to rebound next year.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 16, 2020
Microsoft and Arm are collaborating on Azure developer tools for "intelligent edge devices" that use artificial intelligence, per a Thursday announcement.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 09, 2020
Big Blue is splitting its operations as part of an ongoing effort to become the world's top hybrid cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) provider.
- By David Ramel
- October 08, 2020
As telecom companies begin rolling out 5G services, Microsoft is touting its 5G bona fides, namely Azure support for SDN.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 29, 2020
Microsoft is promising to communicate better with organizations dealing with Azure service issues, including being more transparent about Azure service outages.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 18, 2020
Microsoft this week announced the general availability of two new capabilities in its Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) service.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 28, 2020
A revamped Azure Stack HCI product that runs its own operating system, known as "version 20H2," is now available as a preview release.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 23, 2020
Microsoft is reportedly working on another virtual desktop infrastructure solution that's separate from its current Windows Virtual Desktop product and similar services.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 20, 2020
Citrix will use Microsoft Azure as its preferred cloud services provider, while Microsoft will promote Citrix Workspace as a "preferred digital workspace solution."
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 15, 2020
Microsoft this week announced its acquisition of Waltham, Mass.-based CyberX for an undisclosed amount.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 22, 2020
Microsoft is acquiring ADRM Software Inc. for an undisclosed amount and incorporating the entire team into its Microsoft Azure global engineering business.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 18, 2020
SAS Institute Inc. has chosen Microsoft Azure to be its preferred cloud service provider, expanding the two companies' existing partnership.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 16, 2020
A Gartner report identifies the top partners offering assistance to customers of the industry's biggest cloud computing platforms -- namely Azure, AWS and Google.
- By David Ramel
- June 15, 2020
Microsoft's plan to alleviate organizations of the pain of managing print servers continues to take shape.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 27, 2020
Microsoft is acquiring Metaswitch Networks to bolster Azure offerings to communications service providers, per a Thursday announcement.
- By Kurt Mackie
- May 14, 2020
An update to the Azure VMware Solution, a first-party Azure service that's built and supported by Microsoft and endorsed by VMware, was released as a preview this week.
- By David Ramel
- May 05, 2020