Microsoft Azure stories - Page 24
Heat waste of Microsoft's submarine data centre not acceptable
Tue, 6th Nov 2018
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An expert has shared his findings into Microsoft's underwater data centre project, saying the waste heat is unacceptable for climate change.
Why Cognizant is at the forefront of cloud migration
Mon, 5th Nov 2018
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Cognizant to migrate Orica's IT infrastructure to the cloud, enabling higher efficiency and cost optimization.
Nadella confident future data centres will be underwater
Sat, 3rd Nov 2018
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In June this year Microsoft stretched the boundaries of data centres by dumping one in the sea and Nadella says there will be many more.
Analysts say AWS dominance forced IBM's Red Hat acquisition
Tue, 30th Oct 2018
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IBM bets big with a USD $34 billion takeover of Red Hat, spurred by AWS's cloud dominance and aiming to become the top hybrid cloud provider.
Tensions between China and US causing cloud war
Tue, 30th Oct 2018
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Ongoing trade tensions between China and the US are having a significant impact on the cloud service providers market.
IBM to spend $34b to acquire Red Hat
Mon, 29th Oct 2018
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IBM is set to acquire Red Hat for USD $34 billion, marking a transformative move in the cloud market, positioning IBM as the leading hybrid cloud provider.
Big 5 cloud providers tighten stranglehold on market
Fri, 26th Oct 2018
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While the market is seeing strong growth, it's coming at the expense of small-to-medium sized cloud operators.
Positive results for Microsoft, but Azure growth slows
Thu, 25th Oct 2018
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Microsoft has released its latest financial results, and albeit one disappointment it's good news for shareholders.
Microsoft's new project to bring gaming to the data centre
Wed, 10th Oct 2018
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Data centres could soon be the crutch for the army of Xbox One gamers around the world with Microsoft's latest venture, Project xCloud.
Alibaba Cloud to close gap with rivals in APAC - GlobalData
Mon, 8th Oct 2018
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Alibaba Cloud has almost 50% of the infrastructure-as-a-service market share in China and its annual revenue grew 101% in FY18.
HPE simplifies hybrid cloud data protection with new solutions
Tue, 2nd Oct 2018
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HPE announced new hybrid cloud data protection and copy data management solutions for its intelligent storage portfolio.
Overview of Microsoft's artificial intelligence strategy
Wed, 26th Sep 2018
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Microsoft's AI focus: strategy over product names, with a 8,000-strong engineering force shaping its core ethos.
Why Microsoft is in the security business for all the right reasons
Wed, 26th Sep 2018
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Cloud security fears reverse as firms trust giants like Microsoft with data protection, leveraging AI & automation.
How Microsoft aims to bring AI to the masses
Tue, 25th Sep 2018
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At Ignite 2018, Microsoft unveiled initiatives to enhance cybersecurity and democratise AI. New tools aim to cut breaches thirtyfold and ease secure logins.
New open data initiative from Microsoft, Adobe & SAP
Tue, 25th Sep 2018
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The three tech titans have made a major announcement reflecting their view of data inter-operability in the future.
Azure used to 'learn' when epilepsy patients will have a seizure
Tue, 25th Sep 2018
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A new project is using data analytics and machine learning to predict when a patient will have a seizure and warn them in advance.
Microsoft makes security offerings available to nation states and law enforcement
Tue, 25th Sep 2018
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Microsoft aims to empower IT to unlock the security capabilities of the intelligent cloud to tip the scales in the cyber war.
Orange reveals goal to become global player in multi-cloud services
Wed, 19th Sep 2018
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Fresh off its acquisition of Basefarm, the France-based integrated comms provider is looking to make waves around the world in multi-cloud services.
Teraco: Digital transformation will be defined by the race to the edge
Thu, 13th Sep 2018
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Edge computing is undoubtedly one of the buzzwords of choice within data centre circles at the moment – up there with AI, IoT, and gender imbalances.
Azure outage postmortem: Microsoft reveals what happened and why
Wed, 12th Sep 2018
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Headlines around the world have been shouting about Azure's outage - here's MIcrosoft's postmortem on the matter.