LAS VEGAS — Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy put the company’s neighboring tech giant directly in his sights here Tuesday morning, criticizing Microsoft’s licensing practices and making it clear… Read More
Google is expanding the quiet relationship it has with Microsoft’s commercial software division, with plans to offer a managed version of the venerable SQL Server relational database on its public… Read More
One of the most fundamental aspects of computing infrastructure will play a key role in Microsoft’s Ignite 2018 pitch to developers and customers, with several new database features competing for… Read More
Microsoft says it’s building artificial intelligence capabilities directly into SQL Server 2017, aiming to simplify and speed up machine-learning processes that would normally take place outside the database. The company says the… Read More
Algorithms, the cloud, the internet of things, and data — a combination referred to as ACID — are changing the face of computing, Microsoft corporate VP Joseph Sirosh said today at the… Read More
Cloud metrics firm Datadog now allows monitoring of the cloud-based version of an old IT standby: the Azure SQL relational database. Database technology is changing rapidly, with NoSQL gaining in popularity and newer companies… Read More
Microsoft’s Build developer conference starts Wednesday morning at San Francisco’s Moscone Center, giving the company a new chance to court one of its most important audiences: developers who use Microsoft’s software tools… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO – Data nerds, rejoice: Microsoft is bringing a trio of new data products to market very soon. At today’s “Insights Await” event in San Francisco, Chief Operating Officer… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO – Data is big business for Microsoft, and the company wants to make it easier for everyone to take advantage of it. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella took the stage… Read More
Some reality show winners walk away with millions of dollars. Mike Kett’s big reward is a job in Microsoft’s IT department. And he’s very happy about it. The 36-year-old e-commerce… Read More
It’s like Top Chef for geeks. That’s the pitch from Microsoft for “Be the Next Microsoft Employee,” a new web series produced by Microsoft Learning, the part of the company… Read More
In a surprise show of support for a popular open-source technology, Microsoft says it will offer Hadoop-based distributions for Windows Server and its Windows Azure cloud computing platform — aiming… Read More