Microsoft Azure stories - Page 86

Inmarsat and Microsoft team up to allow Inmarsat's customers to transfer data to Microsoft Azure IoT Central platform.

The original HoloLens was released in 2016 but since then, mixed reality has come a long way, according to Microsoft's Julia White.

The cloud-focused distributor has forged a distribution agreement with SMX, a provider of an email management, security and archiving solution.

IBM's USD $34 billion deal to acquire Red Hat aims to boost its hybrid cloud strategy, potentially transforming how businesses manage their cloud environments.

Equinix reports a surge in NSP adoption of ECX Fabric, driven by the demand for on-demand, private multicloud connectivity from providers like AWS and Azure.

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.

Veeam Software has launched a certified plugin for SAP HANA, offering customers a backup and recovery solution.

Security teams and solutions will have to contend with synergistic threats, increasingly backed by artificial intelligence to avoid detection.

BMC Helix with IBM Watson delivers cognitive insights across structured and unstructured federated knowledgebases.

Symantec has acquired Luminate Security, enhancing its Integrated Cyber Defense Platform with next-gen Secure Access Cloud tech amid increasing cloud reliance.

Palo Alto is calling it the 'fastest-ever next-generation firewall' with integrated cloud-based DNS Security service to stop attacks.

Its secure data analytics platform adds this plus other new capabilities for greater business insights and data visualisation.

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 has unleashed a new healthcare bot that provides cloud-based conversational AI to help patients take healthcare into their own hands.

According to Canalys, spending grew by 46% in 4Q18 and AWS maintained dominance with nearly a third of the total.

According to IDC, 92% of organisations have adopted a cloud environment with 64% adopting a multi-cloud approach.

Canalys analysts say the huge growth in cloud services will be of benefit to channel partners with a number of incentives.

Last year saw almost manic growth in revenue for cloud providers as businesses continue to seek the benefits the services can provide.

The new group elevates a longstanding strategic alliance, expanding combined service capabilities, global scale and joint solution development.

Indium Software announced that it has enhanced its digital services capability by becoming a Microsoft Partner Network member with Silver Analytics Competency.