Cloud Computing


Microsoft and Hitachi Strike Copilot Partnership

Microsoft's AI and cloud portfolios are expected to be rolled in to Hitachi's industry IoT software platform, thanks to a newly minted three-year partnership.

Microsoft Targeting VMware Customers with Azure Licensing Change

Microsoft this week updated its licensing options in hopes to increase VMware users to migrate to Azure.

Microsoft Developing Converged Platform for Multicloud Management

Microsoft on Wednesday announced it is developing a converged platform designed to streamline risk discovery and remediation, with zero trust baked at the core.

Microsoft To Require Multifactor Authentication for Azure Users

Microsoft last week announced that, starting in July, all users of Azure services will be required to set up and use multifactor authentication (MFA) when logging in.

Microsoft's Next Big AI Investment: France

Microsoft is continuing its global AI and cloud investment trend, this time with a 4 billion euro injection in France.

Microsoft Constructing $3.3 Billion AI Datacenter in Wisconsin

Microsoft and the Biden administration announced on Wednesday that the company is investing more than $3 billion in a new AI and cloud datacenter in southeast Wisconsin.

Hardening Gen AI Application Security with Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Among the avalanche of security announcements this week, Microsoft has kicked off the first day of RSAC 2024 by unveiling new capabilities to protect Gen AI applications in the enterprise with Microsoft Defender for Cloud.

Microsoft Investing $1.7 Billion in Indonesia Cloud and AI Efforts

Continuing its aggressive global investment push in both AI and cloud infrastructure, Microsoft on Tuesday announced it is making a $1.7 billion investment in Indonesia.

Microsoft Launches Small AI Models Family Phi-3

Recognizing that bigger isn't always better, Microsoft has released its smallest open AI models to date, Phi-3.

Microsoft Accused of 'Cascade of Errors' in 2023 Chinese Outlook Attack

A federal review board concluded that lax security practices by Microsoft contributed to the Outlook hack by a Chinese hacker group last year in a comprehensive 34-page report.

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Microsoft Fabric Gets More Secure, More Open and More AI

The inaugural Microsoft Fabric Community Conference took place last week in Las Vegas, Nev., giving attendees insights into the inner workings of Microsoft's data and AI plans -- what's in the works, what's now available, and what's still to come.

Azure AI Gets Security, Anti-Hallucination Features

Microsoft this week gave a nod to Azure developers looking for more scalable ways to build accurate and secure generative AI applications on its cloud.

Microsoft and Nvidia Announce Deeper Azure AI Partnership

Microsoft and Nvidia's collaboration in the AI chip space was on full display during this week's Nvidia GTC conference, as the two announced a handful of new initiatives on the show floor.

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Veeam's Microsoft Partnership Extending to Backup-as-a-Service and Copilot AI Collaborations

Veeam announced on Thursday that its continued partnership with Microsoft on protecting Azure and Microsoft 365 customer data will also include an integration of "Microsoft Copilot and AI services."

Microsoft Partners with OpenAI Rival Mistral

Microsoft is teaming up with Mistral A in a multi-year partnership aimed at advancing the development and deployment of next-generation large language models (LLMs).

Does Broadcom's VMware Fit into Today's Enterprise?

To analyze VMware's place is in the IT space, it's important to take a look back of where the company has been.

CISPE and Microsoft in Talks To Address European Cloud Competition Complaints

The Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe organization and Microsoft are in discussions to resolve "unfair software licensing for cloud infrastructure providers and their customers in Europe," according to a Wednesday CISPE announcement.

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Adds Agentless Virtual Machine Malware Scanning

Microsoft announced on Thursday that it has added agentless malware scanning for servers hosting virtual machines.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Buying Juniper Networks for About $14B

Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced the acquisition of Juniper Networks on Tuesday for about $14 billion in equity.

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The State of Microsoft Data, Part 1: Transactional Database Solutions

Let's kick off 2024 by checking in with the current status of some of Microsoft's more popular database options, like Azure SQL Database, Azure Managed Instance and more.

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