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Hyperscaler earnings highlight period of evolution for cloud market
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Cloud

Hyperscaler earnings highlight period of evolution for cloud market

Sluggish earnings for Azure, Google Cloud, and AWS could point to a more moderate cloud market in the year ahead
3 Feb 2023
Microsoft Azure spending notifications unavailable until March
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Cloud

Microsoft Azure spending notifications unavailable until March

Customers have been advised to manually monitor Azure usage and costs until a fix is implemented
2 Feb 2023
Microsoft cloud revenue still sky-high as device sales continue to slide
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Cloud

Microsoft cloud revenue still sky-high as device sales continue to slide

The company's latest earnings call revealed that Azure cloud products delivered better-than-expected results while numbers in other divisions fell sub…
25 Jan 2023
Suncorp signs three-year Azure deal to complete multi-cloud migration by 2024
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public cloud

Suncorp signs three-year Azure deal to complete multi-cloud migration by 2024

The financial services firm seeks to wind down its on-prem data centres and wants 90% of its workloads in the cloud by the end of the year
24 Jan 2023
Microsoft adds ChatGPT to Azure OpenAI to support cloud services
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cloud computing

Microsoft adds ChatGPT to Azure OpenAI to support cloud services

The latest integration of ChatGPT within Microsoft products builds on long-standing ties between the two firms
17 Jan 2023
Microsoft acquires stake in London Stock Exchange Group as part of ten-year cloud deal
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cloud computing

Microsoft acquires stake in London Stock Exchange Group as part of ten-year cloud deal

LSEG expects to spend a minimum of $2.8 billion for cloud services across the duration of the partnership
12 Dec 2022
IT Pro News: Medibank cyber attack, Microsoft record cloud revenue, See Tickets data breach
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Business strategy

IT Pro News: Medibank cyber attack, Microsoft record cloud revenue, See Tickets data breach

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28 Oct 2022
Thousands of Microsoft customer records found on a public server
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data protection

Thousands of Microsoft customer records found on a public server

The tech giant claims security researchers have greatly exaggerated the scope of the issue
20 Oct 2022
Microsoft unleashes Azure Orbital Ground Station
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Microsoft Azure

Microsoft unleashes Azure Orbital Ground Station

New as a service offering will leverage Microsoft’s partner network, including KSAT, to help satellite operators operate at a lower cost and latency
15 Sep 2022
SolarWinds hackers strike again with a new “MagicWeb” authentication exploit
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cyber security

SolarWinds hackers strike again with a new “MagicWeb” authentication exploit

Microsoft warns MagicWeb can abuse admin credentials to hijack AD FS enterprise identity system
26 Aug 2022
Datadog Database Monitoring extends to SQL Server and Azure database platforms
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databases

Datadog Database Monitoring extends to SQL Server and Azure database platforms

The tool offers increased visibility into query-level metrics and detailed explanation plans
17 Aug 2022
Microsoft becomes Australian space hub's first 'Constellation Partner'
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Cloud

Microsoft becomes Australian space hub's first 'Constellation Partner'

As part of the agreement, the tech giant will provide hub members with Microsoft Azure Space engineers as they build products for commercial use
4 Aug 2022
Microsoft announces simulator for autonomous aircraft development
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Cloud

Microsoft announces simulator for autonomous aircraft development

Project AirSim will use Azure to train AI models in a realistic 3D environment
20 Jul 2022
A new age of asset management
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Active Directory

A new age of asset management

Can migrating a business’ Active Directory to the cloud become a core resource as the consumerisation of tech continues?
1 Jun 2022
What is Azure Database for PostgreSQL?
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databases

What is Azure Database for PostgreSQL?

We look at Microsoft's cloud implementation of the open source database
27 May 2022
What is Microsoft Dev Box?
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software development

What is Microsoft Dev Box?

A quick look at Microsoft's new cloud-based developer workstation
25 May 2022
Dell Technologies World 2022: Dell unveils security offerings for major cloud providers
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public cloud

Dell Technologies World 2022: Dell unveils security offerings for major cloud providers

The tech giant also added Cyber Recovery Services to its existing Apex portfolio and announced a multi-cloud collaboration with Snowflake Data Cloud
3 May 2022
Kraft Heinz taps Microsoft to digitise supply chains and create 34 digital twins
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digital transformation

Kraft Heinz taps Microsoft to digitise supply chains and create 34 digital twins

The food giant is set to digitise its operations after experiencing extreme pressures on its supply chains over the past two years
22 Apr 2022
Nokia to offer data centre switches to boost Azure bandwidth
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Microsoft Azure

Nokia to offer data centre switches to boost Azure bandwidth

The announcement is part of an ongoing collaboration to develop the 'SONiC' networking initiative
20 Apr 2022
Microsoft Purview rebrand aims to simplify data governance and compliance
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Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Purview rebrand aims to simplify data governance and compliance

Tech giant merges 365 and Azure Purview data-governance services into a unified suite
20 Apr 2022
Omnispace and Microsoft partner on ubiquitous 5G NTN connectivity
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Network & Internet

Omnispace and Microsoft partner on ubiquitous 5G NTN connectivity

The deal will enhance Omnispace’s 5G NTN network’s performance and reach across previously untapped geographies
5 Apr 2022
Pasqal quantum computers to become available on Azure Quantum this year
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high-performance computing (HPC)

Pasqal quantum computers to become available on Azure Quantum this year

The French startup is the latest company to join Microsoft’s fleet of quantum partners
22 Mar 2022
Microsoft rebrands Partner Network to strengthen cloud focus
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Microsoft Azure

Microsoft rebrands Partner Network to strengthen cloud focus

However, Microsoft's contentious New Commerce Experience scheme went unmentioned during Wednesday's announcement
17 Mar 2022