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The internet of things may someday deliver a world of robots and intelligent machines that control all manner of devices, but for now, most connected devices are ultimately controlled by humans. Humans need information - we demand data, and then we want data about...

End-to-end IoT offering targets use cases, including supply chain, smart inventory management and predictive maintenance Orange Business Services and Microsoft announced they are collaborating to deliver end-to-end internet of things solutions to boost the digital processes of companies in the manufacturing sector. Through this collaboration, enterprises...

Oracle releases additional cloud services to compete with AWS, Google and Microsoft Oracle chief technology officer Larry Ellison debuted a new 18c version of its marquee database software at the company’s OpenWorld conference in San Francisco, Califo., which leverages machine learning to automate the database...

Dells brings Microsoft Azure Stack to channel partners Dell EMC recently announced a string of updates toward enhancing the support of Microsoft data center environments. The company said it is bringing cloud computing platform Microsoft Azure Stack to its channel partners in an effort to...

Google takes virtual machines to a different level with nested virtualizations Google recently announced it has brought nested virtualization on Compute Engine virtual machine instances. The feature takes virtual machines to a meta level, enabling users to run virtual machine instances within a virtual machine...

NEC said these new solutions will help companies willing to undergo digital transformation processes NEC Corporation of America (NEC), a technology integrator of advanced IT, networking, communications, and multimodal biometric solutions, announced that it will show two artificial intelligence (AI) and internet of things (IoT)...

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Microsoft VMM Analytics takes pulse of on-site virtual machine Virtual machines (VMs) are one of the popular technologies among data centers today. Due to their widespread use, keeping tabs on VMs can be an arduous undertaking. To make VM tracking easier, Microsoft recently unveiled a...

U.S. Air Force contracts with Dell, General Dynamics and Microsoft to launch CHES program Cloud migration has helped Dell and industry partners General Dynamics and Microsoft score a $1 billion contract with the U.S. Air Force to implement its Cloud Hosted Enterprise Services (CHES) program....

Microsoft's new security platform targets customers worried about placing sensitive data in public clouds Microsoft recently announced it is making it more difficult for hackers to breach the data and privacy of its public cloud users with a new set of services and features called...

Bringing the IoT to health care one use case at a time While vaccines save millions of lives each year about 1.5 million children die each year from vaccine-preventable diseases, according to the World Health Organization. Some factors that contribute to the availability of vaccines...

Los Angeles, Calif. -- Jono Bacon, founder of Jono Bacon Consulting, delivered a keynote presentation titled “The Impact of the Ecosystem” at the Linux Foundation Open Source Summit North America this week. The Linux Foundation Open Source Summit consists of over 2,000 developers, operators and...

Cummins Power Generation has leveraged the Microsoft Cloud and the internet of things (IoT) to remotely monitor power systems anywhere in the world. Cummins Power Generation’s new PowerCommand Cloud, a cloud-based remote monitoring solution built on the Microsoft Azure IoT suite, provides new insight into...

Florida-based design and manufacturing solution provider Jabil has been implementing solutions from Microsoft to create digital and predictive factories which use machine learning, predictive analytics and the cloud to learn ahead of time when a piece of equipment might fail. “For the first time we...

Huawei and Microsoft join forces to expand cloud app portfolio Microsoft and Huawei have signed a memorandum of understanding, which will bring the former’s applications to the latter’s public cloud. While Huawei already offers Windows Server and Microsoft RDS for SQL Server, the company did...

The evolution of data centers Data centers are constantly changing to stay up to pace with the latest tech novelties. Among the technologies anticipated to have the biggest impact on the data center market are containers, which have been championed by IT administrators as a...

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Microsoft wants to make sure its Cortana personal assistant isn't dropped at the door when users get home from work. The software giant is partnering with Amazon to integrate Cortana with Amazon Echo, the retail giant's smart home device. Users will be able to...

CenturyLink private cloud service receives an upgrade with VMware Cloud Foundation CenturyLink, Inc. recently updated its private cloud service, Dedicated Cloud Compute (DCC) Foundation, to a private service based on VMware Cloud Foundation. The cloud service gives companies the option of switching to a hybrid-cloud that...

Actionable analytics key to Rockwell Automation's smart manufacturing portfolio Great Lakes Brewing Company worked with Rockwell Automation to connect production machinery and provide workers with the data analysis needed to improve operational efficiencies as part of a digital transformation using industrial internet of things solutions...

Microsoft Just-In-Time Virtual Machines (VM) Access aims to thwart unauthorized access to virtual machines Microsoft recently debuted a new security tool called Just-In-Time VM Access in an effort to better secure virtual machines running on Azure from computer hackers. Microsoft Azure is Microsoft’s public cloud computing...

Improving rural broadband access is an issue getting renewed attention from government and the telecom industry. While about 10% of the total American population doesn't have access to broadband speeds between 3 and 25 megabits per second, that figure rises to 40% of the population...

The new cloud-based smart farm solution was built on Microsoft Azure and Azure IoT technologies Schneider Electric, which specializes in energy management and automation solutions, has worked with New Zealand provider of water management and irrigation solutions WaterForce to develop a cloud-based industrial internet of...

Reports: Microsoft plans to launch a network that utilizes TV white spaces Microsoft has plans to help close the urban-rural divide in broadband access by supporting the use of television white spaces to provide wireless internet service -- and broaden the market for tech services...