Microsoft stories - Page 80
Founded in Albuquerque in April 1975 by the famous duo of founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen, Microsoft is today one of the biggest global IT companies. More than five decades after its inception, the company is now the world's third most valuable enterprise by market cap.
Computer software, personal computers and consumer electronics are the core business of Microsoft, but the company is also focused on cloud computing services and video games as well.
Computer software, personal computers and consumer electronics are the core business of Microsoft, but the company is also focused on cloud computing services and video games as well.
Wipro to integrate security offerings with Azure and Office 365
Thu, 28th Feb 2019
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risk & compliance
Wipro’s Cyber Defense Platform aims to assist customers with security operations, security monitoring and risk governance in their cloud migration journey.
GlobalSign, Microsoft join forces to strengthen mobile security
Wed, 27th Feb 2019
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endpoint protection
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iam
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edr
This provides greater assurances that the identity in the certificate matches the identity associated with the Intune policy set forth for the device/user.
TIBCO named leader in integration platform-as-a-service by Forrester
Wed, 27th Feb 2019
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paas
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iaas
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multi-cloud
IPaaS and hybrid integration platform (HIP) providers are gaining recognition as strategic elements of digital transformation.
Exclusive Q&A: Why has Google thrown down the $13b gauntlet?
Tue, 26th Feb 2019
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dc
Google's latest US$13 billion investment in its US data centres marks a strategic move to gain ground in the competitive cloud market, says Francesco Paola.
Inmarsat teams up with Microsoft to deliver cloud via satellite
Tue, 26th Feb 2019
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public cloud
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spacetech
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partner programmes
Inmarsat and Microsoft team up to allow Inmarsat's customers to transfer data to Microsoft Azure IoT Central platform.
Microsoft HoloLens 2 more 'immersive' than ever
Mon, 25th Feb 2019
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ar, vr & metaverse
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hololens
The original HoloLens was released in 2016 but since then, mixed reality has come a long way, according to Microsoft’s Julia White.
Ribbon’s Microsoft-certified SBC powers Pure IP’s new direct routing offer
Mon, 25th Feb 2019
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voip
Pure IP has added the SBC 5400 to its suite of Ribbon products in order to offer Microsoft Direct Routing to its enterprise customers.
In ongoing cloud war, Google to acquire data migration specialist
Wed, 20th Feb 2019
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public cloud
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hyperscale
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cloud services
Google is currently behind AWS and Microsoft in the cloud battle, and it would seem this play is an attempt to claw some ground back.
Microsoft urges organisations to tackle data blindspots
Tue, 19th Feb 2019
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crm
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cx
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martech
Despite significant focus placed on CX transformation, over a third of Australian organisations claimed that more than one in five of their projects failed.
Cryptomining apps discovered on Microsoft’s app store
Mon, 18th Feb 2019
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malware
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cybersecurity
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symantec
Symantec discovers eight cryptomining apps on the Microsoft Store, exploiting users' CPUs to mine Monero. Microsoft has since removed the apps.
Microsoft, DigiCert, Utimaco tackle quantum computing threats
Wed, 13th Feb 2019
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iot
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quantum computing
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microsoft
Microsoft, DigiCert, and Utimaco have piloted a quantum-safe algorithm, 'Picnic', to secure the Internet of Things against future quantum computing threats.
Talent revenue goes up after a strong financial year
Mon, 11th Feb 2019
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healthtech
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microsoft dynamics
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nz
Talent delivers strong growth in H2 2018, with global revenue up 20%, gross margin up 22%, and EBITDA up a massive 94%.
Theta's Designertech buyout is part of a $50m plan
Mon, 11th Feb 2019
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designertech
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m&a
Theta has acquired Designertech as part of its ambitious plan to become a USD $50 million firm by 2020, expanding operations and bolstering cloud capabilities.
Talend announces data loading for Microsoft Azure
Mon, 11th Feb 2019
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public cloud
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cloud services
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microsoft
Talend's Stitch Data Loader now supports Azure SQL Data Warehouse, offering a convenient way to import data into a cloud data warehouse in minutes.
Microsoft launches bot service for healthcare sector
Mon, 11th Feb 2019
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martech
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Microsoft has unleashed a new healthcare bot that provides cloud-based conversational AI to help patients take healthcare into their own hands.
2018 cloud infrastructure spend exceeds US$80b
Thu, 7th Feb 2019
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hyperscale
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public cloud
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multi-cloud
According to Canalys, spending grew by 46% in 4Q18 and AWS maintained dominance with nearly a third of the total.
Inside Xbox brings exciting news for gamers
Thu, 7th Feb 2019
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gaming
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digital entertainment
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xbox
The huge Game Pass library is due to swell even more with the upcoming inclusion of some must-have heavy hitters.
Channel partners growing in importance for cloud services
Thu, 7th Feb 2019
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hyperscale
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public cloud
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multi-cloud
Canalys analysts say the huge growth in cloud services will be of benefit to channel partners with a number of incentives.
AWS’ on-premises play an admission of hybrid cloud's future
Wed, 6th Feb 2019
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hybrid cloud
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private cloud
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hyperscale
According to Nutanix’s Jeff Smith, public cloud is not - and never has been - a panacea, and it seems the world has finally caught up to that fact.
Big cloud providers continue to squeeze out smaller players
Tue, 5th Feb 2019
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hyperscale
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public cloud
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iaas
Last year saw almost manic growth in revenue for cloud providers as businesses continue to seek the benefits the services can provide.