Azure

Oracle clouds never go down, says Oracle's Larry Ellison

That summer heatwave in Britain? Our servers were just resting

SaaS13 Dec 2022 | 23

Why did Microsoft just buy fiber optic cable company Lumenisity?

When every nanosecond of latency counts, improvements in the physical layer matter

Networks13 Dec 2022 | 41

Just blob it in: Microsoft greases skids for data migration to Azure

Storage Mover tool to push on-premises workloads to the cloud, where Windows giant wants it

Storage12 Dec 2022 | 1

Microsoft adds silicon muscle into latest Azure SQL database configs

Intel's 'Ice Lake' and AMD's 'Milan' chips bump up speeds and feeds

Databases01 Dec 2022 |

NOAA, Microsoft partner to put climate models in the clouds

Don't worry, Redmond hasn't gotten its hands on the agency's coffers yet

HPC01 Dec 2022 | 3

SQL Server license prices rise ten percent as version 2022 debuts

Udpated Azure SQL pay-as-you-go rate is the only rate that won't change, and it was already expensive

Databases23 Nov 2022 | 26

Microsoft bulks up Linux on Windows at the IoT edge in Azure

EFLOW makes the open source OS a full partner of Windows at the far reaches of the cloud

Software22 Nov 2022 |

Azure extends DDoS attack protection down to small business users, for a fee

Microsoft moves IP Protection into public preview

Software22 Nov 2022 | 2

Azure-based 'AI supercomputer' to use Nvidia GPUs and software

Is it a super or a cloud service? Users would string together components as required

HPC17 Nov 2022 |

Microsoft moves to tighten Azure DevOps security with granular access tokens

Narrowing permissions could be difference between mildly pwned and totally pwned corporate network

Devops11 Nov 2022 |

Microsoft hits the switch on password-free smartphone authentication

No more MF phish on this MFA cellphone as Azure AD CBA + YubiKey hits preview

Security07 Nov 2022 | 23

Aviatrix releases tool to help enterprises prevent cloud network costs spiraling

Just as providers prepare to crank up their fees

Networks03 Nov 2022 | 1

The world was promised 'cloud magic'. So much for that fairy tale

Comment You're paying too much for too much, and the providers know it

PaaS + IaaS02 Nov 2022 | 75

Microsoft boss Nadella's compensation pack swells 10% to $55m

Karma, karma, karma, karma, karma, the median? Ratio to Redmond's average employee pay is 289 to 1

Off-Prem28 Oct 2022 | 21

If someone tries ransacking your Windows network, it's a bit easier now to grok in Microsoft 365 Defender

Blinking, beeping, and flashing lights, blinking and beeping and flashing...

CSO26 Oct 2022 | 6

Microsoft will help trim your Azure bill to encourage loyalty

This is not altruism: investors are nervous about slowing growth. Redmond’s response is short term pain for long term gain

Off-Prem26 Oct 2022 | 7

Larry Ellison fought internal battle to kill Oracle's first-generation cloud

But Gen 2 faces an uphill battle in market share and technology

PaaS + IaaS24 Oct 2022 | 11

Microsoft said to be in talks to invest more in OpenAI

Software giant is already in deep, giving the startup $1 billion in 2019

AI + ML21 Oct 2022 | 3

UBS throws lot in with Microsoft, migrating 50% of apps to Azure

Five-year blueprint to modernize tech estate, but cloud still not for everyone in finance sector

PaaS + IaaS20 Oct 2022 | 10

BlueBleed: Microsoft customer data leak claimed to be 'one of the largest' in years

SOCRadar says sensitive info from 150,000 orgs was exposed, Redmond disputes findings

Security20 Oct 2022 | 4

Tear in Microsoft Azure Service Fabric can give attackers full admin privileges

Orca Security disclosed the bug, and older versions remain vulnerable

Research19 Oct 2022 |

Microsoft extends Azure Hybrid benefit to some on-prem software

Azure Stack HCI and Azure Kubernetes Service can be free for Windows Server customers. Microsoft hopes that price will encourage you to stick around

Software17 Oct 2022 |

Microsoft attempts to eat Oracle's database lunch with Azure migration service

Ignite Redmond hopes move will lure more to its PostgreSQL managed service

Databases12 Oct 2022 | 5

Microsoft drops the C bomb on financial services – 'compliance'

Windows giant know exactly how to get these types fired up

Off-Prem05 Oct 2022 | 3

AWS, Microsoft, Google own 72% of Euro customer cloud spending

Democratizing IT? The next biggest 3 in region are also US headquartered giants

Off-Prem29 Sep 2022 | 5

Microsoft to kill off old access rules in Exchange Online

Awoooogah – this is your one-year warning to switch over, enterprises

CSO28 Sep 2022 | 13

SAS puts ML and analytics suite on Azure Marketplace

50-year-old software project provides a button the boss can click

Databases27 Sep 2022 |

In Rust We Trust: Microsoft Azure CTO shuns C and C++

Updated Mark Russinovich goes hardcore against old languages

Software20 Sep 2022 | 143

Remember when Microsoft was going to put Azure in space? It's still trying

'Cloud connectivity' hits different this time

Networks14 Sep 2022 | 4

Microsoft scales up Azure's Policy-as-code in 'new approach'

The code's on GitHub for admins to play with

Off-Prem12 Sep 2022 |

Security pros get ability to manually add incidents to Microsoft Sentinel

*Tappity tappity* Yes the NSA's on the phone. Well maybe the automated log check didn't pick it up yet, Chad!

Security12 Sep 2022 |

Official: Arm-based VMs available on Microsoft Azure

Going live in 10 regions, running Ampere Altra silicon

PaaS + IaaS30 Aug 2022 | 4

Hiding a phishing attack behind the AWS cloud

Scammers are using cloud services to create and host web pages that can be used to lure victims into handing over their credentials

Security22 Aug 2022 | 7

Quantum computing startup IonQ lands on Microsoft's Azure

Yep, that’s the same company a short-seller is alleging is a ‘useless toy’

PaaS + IaaS18 Aug 2022 | 3

Microsoft Azure cloud region settles over desert in Doha, Qatar

Opening was delayed during that pandemic thing

Systems16 Aug 2022 | 13

Economic uncertainty can't stop cloud growth

You may have had your fill of chips – but AWS, GCP, and Azure are still hungry, analyst tells El Reg

Off-Prem11 Aug 2022 | 3

Google Cloud expands to Thailand, Malaysia and New Zealand

Hopes to tap expected growth as it levels up to match rivals' presences

Off-Prem10 Aug 2022 |

Microsoft widens enterprise access to its threat intelligence pool

Organizations can be more proactive in tracking threats, finding holes in their protection

Security03 Aug 2022 |

Microsoft extends life of cloud servers from four to six years

Banks billions by making gear last even longer than AWS or Google

Off-Prem02 Aug 2022 | 24

Canonical adds instance tweaking to Multipass, Confidential VMs to Azure

The days of destroying and rebuilding to add another CPU core are numbered

Virtualization01 Aug 2022 |

Microsoft closes unfilled job openings in cloud and security

Despite growth and strong demand in these areas, Redmond keeps trimming investment

PaaS + IaaS21 Jul 2022 | 2

Microsoft previews next Azure Stack HCI release

Also: Marketplace and Remote Support, for when you'd like an engineer to peer at your infrastructure

PaaS + IaaS21 Jul 2022 |

Oracle, Microsoft agree to shared custody of your workloads in the cloud

Larry gets your database, while Satya will take your apps

PaaS + IaaS20 Jul 2022 | 15

Microsoft harnesses third-gen AMD Epyc processors for locked-down VMs

Blockchain-based Azure Confidential Ledger rounds out latest additions to confidential computing

PaaS + IaaS20 Jul 2022 | 2

Microsoft floats Cloud for Sovereignty

More transparency or just the cost of doing business? For customers whose data must remain

PaaS + IaaS20 Jul 2022 | 4

Microsoft unveils a public preview of Update Management Center

It's an Azure Arc world: Perform patching across your IT estate

Off-Prem19 Jul 2022 | 1

Microsoft joins Jakarta EE, MicroProfile Working Groups at Eclipse Foundation

A portent of the End Times, or simply a smart corporate move? Probably the latter

Software15 Jul 2022 | 1

Farewell to Windows Server 20H2 and the Semi-Annual Channel

Can't do without new toys to play with on servers? There's always Azure Stack HCI

OSes13 Jul 2022 |

Microsoft cloud exec accused of verbal attack on staff exits

Tom Keane helped Redmond win JEDI deal, respond to GDPR, and ran Azure datacenter infrastructure worldwide

PaaS + IaaS07 Jul 2022 | 28

FedEx signals 'zero mainframe, zero datacenter' operations by 2024

Going completely cloud-native will save it $400m a year, CIO estimates

On-Prem05 Jul 2022 | 35

Supply chain blamed amid claims of Azure capacity issues

Microsoft says it'll move to 'restrict trials and internal workloads to prioritize growth of existing customers'

PaaS + IaaS04 Jul 2022 | 37

FabricScape: Microsoft warns of vuln in Service Fabric

Not trying to spin this as a Linux security hole, surely?

Devops29 Jun 2022 | 12

Microsoft updates Azure Form Recognizer: Invoices go multi-language

Power Apps Express Design doesn't get to have all the AI fun

Applications07 Jun 2022 | 1

Scribble to app: Microsoft's Power Apps VP talks us through 'Express design'

Interview Recognizing your doodles and building some software – or that's the idea

Applications01 Jun 2022 | 10

Azure Active Directory logs are lagging, alerts may be wrong or missing

Updated We have questions: Who's logged in lately? How would you know? Ain't it grand that Microsoft wants you in Azure AD?

Off-Prem01 Jun 2022 | 25

Microsoft Azure to spin up AMD MI200 GPU clusters for 'large scale' AI training

Microsoft Build Windows giant carries a PyTorch for chip designer and its rival Nvidia

AI + ML26 May 2022 |