BROWSING: Microsoft

A growing market The cloud computing market has become increasingly dense as vendors of all sizes compete for customers who have gravitated to the technology as a way to run their business operations. Research firm IDC projects global public cloud spending will reach $203.4 billion...

Why is Microsoft Cortana still the great unknown in the world of AI? We’ve all heard the excitement and read countless stories around the continual advancement of artificial intelligence with Apple Siri, Google Home, Amazon Alexa and countless others. Why then can’t Microsoft seem...

  Outlook search presently reviews all the email in the designated mailbox or folder(s). It would search much faster if they just looked at a few desired occurrences first before going off and searching through entire folders. When folders get big, searching can take substantial...

Cisco and Microsoft announce new network practice Cisco announced it is extending its partnership with Microsoft by creating a new network practice that brings Cisco Solution Support to Azure ExpressRoute. The purpose of the partnership is to help customers address technical issues coupled to hybrid architectures....

Google announces five new cloud computing regions and three submarine cables Google announced Tuesday it is expanding its global infrastructure with the addition of three new submarine fiber-optic cables and five new cloud computing regions to be launched later this year. The five new areas Google...

Microsoft outcompetes AWS in fourth quarter of 2017 While Microsoft and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have both been deemed leaders in infrastructure-as-a-services (IaaS) and platform-as-a-service (PaaS) segments, the former is gaining a competitive edge over the latter, according to research from KeyBanc analysts cited by...

Amazon launches next Linux server OS Amazon Web Services (AWS) recently launched Linux 2, with access to the latest 4.9 LTS kernel. According to the company, the newest version “provides a high performance, stable, and secure execution environment for cloud and enterprise applications.” The system...

Microsoft acquires Avere Systems Microsoft recently announced it has agreed to purchase data storage startup Avere Systems for an undisclosed amount. The move could help Microsoft’s Azure bolster revenue by targeting customers who want to take advantage of the cloud but are not ready to...

Patches to Intel kernel flaw could slow down computers by 30 % An apparent security flaw has been reportedly found in almost every Intel processor chip made in the last decade, forcing a redesign of Linux and Windows kernels. Adding insult to injury, the required...

Alibaba Cloud announces Indian data center Alibaba Cloud, a subsidiary of Alibaba Group, announced its first India data center based in the city of Mumbai is set to open in January 2018. The company originally announced plans to establish two new data centers in Mumbai,...

You love the idea of buying an AI and IoT device like Google Home or Amazon Echo for the holiday season. You want to speak and have it deliver a song or weather report or sports score. You’ve seen it. You’ve used it. Sounds...

Companies tag team Heptio Ark project Austin, Texas -- Microsoft and Heptio announced at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2017 they are working together to ensure the Heptio Ark project provides a Kubernetes disaster recovery solution for customers wanting to use it on Azure. The companies collaboration...

Amazon and VMware extend availability of VMware Cloud on AWS Amazon Web Services (AWS) and VMware announced they are expanding the availability of VMware Cloud on AWS, as well as providing additional capabilities that help customers with disaster recovery and incorporate on-demand capacity. VMware customers have...

Microsoft and SAP compete against Amazon in cloud market space In an effort to compete with Amazon in the cloud market space, Microsoft announced it is expanding its partnership with German enterprise software company SAP. The companies will deploy each other’s cloud solutions internally, and...

McAfee announces intent to purchase Skyhigh Networks In an effort to build upon its security portfolio, McAfee announced Monday it intends to acquire Skyhigh Networks for an undisclosed amount. The deal comes fewer than eight months after the company was spun out from Intel as...

New smart city will embrace "high-speed digital networks, data centers" and other technology-focused infrastructure To the west of Phoenix, Ariz., an 25,000-acre plot of land could eventually be home to a greenfield smart city thanks to significant investment from billionaire Microsoft founder Bill Gates, according...

AT&T has more IoT devices on its wireless network than any other U.S. carrier, and the company sees partnerships as a key driver of its success. The carrier has leveraged its relationships with the world's biggest providers of cloud services to create new partnerships...

IBM launches new Cloud Private software built on Kubernetes IBM rolled out its new Cloud Private software platform Wednesday aimed at tech-companies that want on-premise cloud capabilities to deploy and launch applications. Many companies intend to migrate to the public cloud, but are hesitant to abandon...

Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft and Intel beat earning expectations Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft and Intel posted quarterly earnings last Thursday, which reflected a shift away from company-owned data centers and toward the cloud. All of the companies surpassed expected earnings, resulting in a surge in share prices...

The French firm implemented Azure IoT Edge and Azure machine learning to offer enhanced solutions for oil and gas companies French company Schneider Electric, which focuses on the digital transformation of energy management and automation, selected Microsoft’s Azure machine learning and Azure IoT Edge to...

The IoT Utilities Market size is set to exceed USD 15 billion by 2024, as per a new research report by Global Market Insights, Inc. The increasing need to enhance the operational efficiency in the utility sector is expected to boost the IoT utilities market...

I have to get something off my chest. While I love what today's smartphones like Apple iPhone, Google Android and Samsung Galaxy do for us, I absolutely hate the hell they put us through with the annual updates to the operating systems (OS). Updates...

Based on Verizon's annual "State of the Market: Internet of Things 2017" report, the manufacturing sector is leading the way in adoption of internet of things technologies with an 84% increase in number of year-over-year network connections. As digital transformation, based on IoT adoption,...

For machining tool manufacturer, predictive analytics provides broad set of efficiencies Swedish firm Sandvik Coromant is part of the Sandvik Group, a global engineering organization that produces machining tools and tooling systems for the manufacturing industry. Last year, the company teamed up with Microsoft to...