Google Cloud scraps data transfer fees to lure customers away from Azure and AWS
Google Cloud announced on Thursday that it will eliminate data transfer fees for customers who want to migrate their data off its platform, in a move that could challenge AWS and Microsoft’s position...
View ArticleMicrosoft becomes the first large-scale cloud provider to keep all personal...
Microsoft announced today that it has enhanced its EU Data Boundary for the Microsoft Cloud, a solution that allows customers to store and process all their data within the European Union. The company...
View ArticleMicrosoft gets DARPA funding for Quantum Computer project
Microsoft’s bold vision for a powerful, error-resistant quantum computer took a major step forward this week with renewed funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The...
View ArticleMicrosoft announces cutting-edge data and AI solutions for sustainable...
Microsoft is revolutionizing the landscape of sustainability with its latest offerings in data and AI. Today, the tech giant introduced a suite of powerful tools within the Microsoft Cloud for...
View ArticleThe much-anticipated Azure OpenAI Service On Your Data feature now generally...
Microsoft today announced the general availability of Azure OpenAI Service On Your Data, a groundbreaking feature empowering businesses to harness the power of OpenAI models (like GPT-4) directly on...
View ArticleMicrosoft’s Azure Operator Call Protection uses AI to detect scam calls
At MWC 2024, Microsoft announced the public preview of Azure Operator Call Protection, a new service for network operators that applies AI analysis to phone calls in real time, alerts the subscriber if...
View ArticleAWS scraps Data Egress fees, putting pressure on Microsoft Azure
Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced today that it will eliminate data transfer out (DTO) fees to the internet, making it easier and free for customers to migrate their data to other cloud providers and...
View ArticleMicrosoft’s Azure AI Health Bot upgrades target healthcare-specific...
Microsoft today announced a private preview of powerful new generative AI capabilities within its Azure AI Health Bot service. Building upon the April 2023 integration with Azure OpenAI Service, these...
View ArticleFollowing AWS and Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure now offers free egress for...
Microsoft today announced the removal of data transfer out (DTO) fees for Azure customers wishing to migrate their data to other cloud providers or on-premises data center. This change aligns Microsoft...
View ArticleMicrosoft Azure AI unveils ‘Prompt Shields’ to combat LLM manipulation
Microsoft today announced a major security enhancement for its Azure OpenAI Service and Azure AI Content Safety platforms. Dubbed “Prompt Shields,” the new feature offers robust defense against...
View ArticleMicrosoft Azure RTOS is now Eclipse ThreadX
Back in 2019, Microsoft acquired Express Logic, a leader in real time operating systems (RTOS) for IoT and edge devices powered by microcontroller units (MCUs). During the time of acquisition, ThreadX...
View ArticleOpenAI’s GPT-4o model now available in Azure OpenAI Service
Yesterday, OpenAI launched its flagship frontier model, the GPT-4o. The new GPT-4o model is 2x faster, 50% cheaper ($7 for million tokens) and comes with support up to 10 million tokens per minute. The...
View ArticleMicrosoft brings Copilot to Azure infrastructure management and announces...
At Build 2024, Microsoft is making two major announcements to further improve the Azure infrastructure management. First, the new Azure Compute Fleet service will simplify provisioning of Azure compute...
View ArticleMicrosoft announces availability of cost-effective AMD MI300X...
At Build 2024, Microsoft today announced the general availability of AMD MI300X accelerator-based VMs on Azure. The new ND MI300X VM series makes Azure the first cloud platform to bring AMD’s Instinct...
View ArticleMicrosoft is unifying its enterprise maps offerings under Azure Maps
Right now, Microsoft has two enterprise maps offerings: Bing Maps for Enterprise and Azure Maps. Microsoft recently announced that it is unifying its enterprise maps offerings under Azure Maps. This...
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