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May 27, 2020 at 07:43PM When Docker sold off its enterprise division to Mirantis last fall, that didn’t mark the end of the company. In fact, Docker still exists and has refocused as a cloud-native developer tools vendor. Today it announced an expanded partnership with Microsoft around simplifying running Docker containers in Azure. As itsContinue reading “Docker expands relationship with Microsoft to ease developer experience across platforms”

May 19, 2020 at 04:00PM Microsoft today announced the launch of the Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare, an industry-specific cloud solution for healthcare providers. This is the first in what is likely going to be a set of cloud offerings that target specific verticals and extends a trend we’ve seen among large cloud providers (especially Google),Continue reading “Microsoft launches industry-specific cloud solutions, starting with healthcare”

May 19, 2020 at 04:00PM At its Build developer conference, Microsoft today announced Azure Synapse Link, a new enterprise service that allows businesses to analyze their data faster and more efficiently, using an approach that’s generally called ‘hybrid transaction/analytical processing’ (HTAP). That’s a mouthful, it essentially enables enterprises to use the same database system forContinue reading “Microsoft launches Azure Synapse Link to help enterprises get faster insights from their data”

May 19, 2020 at 04:00PM At its Build developer conference, Microsoft today announced that Project Bonsai, its new machine teaching service, is now in public preview. If that name sounds familiar, it’s probably because you remember that Microsoft acquired Bonsai, a company that focuses on machine teaching, back in 2018. Bonsai combined simulation tools withContinue reading “Microsoft launches Project Bonsai, its new machine teaching service for building autonomous systems”

May 18, 2020 at 03:23PM With a large proportion of knowledge workers doing now doing their jobs from home, the need for tools to help them feel connected to their profession can be as important as tools to, more practically, keep them connected. Today, a company whose platform helps do precisely that is announcing aContinue reading “GO1, an enterprise learning platform, picks up $40M from Microsoft, Salesforce and more”

May 14, 2020 at 05:33PM Just weeks after announcing a deal to acquire 5G specialist Affirmed Networks, Microsoft is making another acquisition to strengthen its cloud-based telecoms offering. It’s acquiring Metaswitch Networks, a UK-based provider of cloud-based communications products used by carriers and network providers (customers include the likes of BT in the UK, Sprint,Continue reading “Microsoft is acquiring Metaswitch Networks to expand its Azure 5G strategy”

May 12, 2020 at 02:00PM For a few years now, Microsoft has offered Azure Cache for Redis, a fully managed caching solution built on top of the open-source Redis project. Today, it is expanding this service by adding Redis Enterprise, Redis Lab’s commercial offering, to its platform. It’s doing so in partnership with Redis LabsContinue reading “Microsoft partners with Redis Labs to improve its Azure Cache for Redis”

May 08, 2020 at 02:18PM Microsoft and Amazon are at it again as the fight for the Defense Department JEDI contract continues. In a recent series of increasingly acerbic pronouncements, the two companies continue their ongoing spat over the $10 billion, decade-long JEDI contract spoils. As you may recall (or not), last fall in aContinue reading “Microsoft and AWS exchange poisoned pen blog posts in latest Pentagon JEDI contract spat”

May 06, 2020 at 05:47PM In spite of being in the midst of a pandemic sowing economic uncertainty, one area that continues to thrive is cloud computing. Perhaps that explains why Microsoft, which saw Azure grow 59% in its most recent earnings report, announced plans to open a new data center in New Zealand onceContinue reading “Microsoft to open first data center in New Zealand as cloud usage grows”

April 30, 2020 at 02:00PM Microsoft today announced a slew of updates to various parts of its Microsoft 365 ecosystem. A lot of these aren’t all that exciting (though that obviously depends on your level of enthusiasm for products like Microsoft Endpoint Manager), but the overall thrust behind this update is to make life easierContinue reading “Microsoft makes it easier to get started with Windows Virtual Desktops”

March 31, 2020 at 04:00PM Microsoft today announced the launch of Azure Edge Zones, which will allow Azure users to bring their applications to the company’s edge locations. The focus here is on enabling real-time low-latency 5G applications. The company is also launching a version of Edge Zones with carriers (starting with AT&T) in preview,Continue reading “Microsoft launches Edge Zones for Azure”

March 26, 2020 at 04:09PM Microsoft today announced that it has acquired Affirmed Networks, a company that specializes in fully virtualized, cloud-native networking solutions for telecom operators. With its focus on 5G and edge computing, Affirmed looks like the ideal acquisition target for a large cloud provider looking to get deeper into the telco business.Continue reading “Microsoft acquires 5G specialist Affirmed Networks”