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EU telecoms firms slam proposed tweaks to EU privacy rules on WhatsApp Skype

July 7, 2020

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe’s telecoms industry on Thursday slammed proposed tweaks to planned EU rules governing Facebook’s WhatsApp and Microsoft unit Skype that would tighten the

Tech Data launches new Microsoft CSP programme

July 7, 2020

Distie says programme is part of a “sustained investment” in public cloud Tech Data has launched a new programme to help partners get trained up as Microsoft Cloud Solution Providers (CSP). The distie said its Velocity programme is part of a “sustained investment” in the Microsoft ecosystem, and will give the channel access to the sales and technology training content needed to becom

AWS signs three-year cloud deal with the UK government

July 6, 2020

The AWS/government deal will see public sector organisations benefitting from economies o The UK government has signed a new deal with AWS to speed up the adoption of cloud technologies in public sector organisations. On Monday, the government’s procurement agency Crown Commercial Service (CCS) signed a three-year Memorandum of Understating (MoU) with AWS, which treats all participat

RiskIQ PassiveTotal Integrates Directly With Microsoft Security Solutions

July 6, 2020

RiskIQ, a global leader in attack surface management, announced that RiskIQ PassiveTotal now integrates directly with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Azure Sentinel. The integration brings Defender for Endpoint and []

NGO Team Rubicon partners with Microsoft to move from reactive to preventive disaster zone response

July 5, 2020

NGO Team Rubicon partners with Microsoft to move from reactive to preventive disaster zone response Cath Everett Wed, 11/04/2020 - 01:13 Summary: Team Rubicon, a US NGO that operates in disaster zones, is moving from a reactive to a preventative client services model, with the help of AI. CIO/CTO Raj Kamachee explains the how and the why.

Mattel admits it was hit by a ransomware attack

July 4, 2020

Toy manufacturer Mattel has admitted that it was hit by ransomware attack that temporarily impacted some of its business functions but did not lead to any data theft. The Barbie manufacturer, which is also behind brands as Fisher-Price and Hot Wheels, disclosed that the ransomware attack had taken place on 28 July 2020. In a quarterly report filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Ma

Microsoft flips big Indonesian e-tailer Bukalapak into Azure from Google cloud

July 4, 2020

Taking a strategic stake in the biz probably helped and shows how big tech is buying into Asia Microsoft has taken a “strategic stake” in Indonesian e-tailer Bukalapak and will run the service in its Azure cloud.…

Microsoft unwraps modular data center

July 2, 2020

The transportable, self-contained data centers offer Azure cloud services for disaster response, military missions and other use cases requiring high-intensity, secure computing on Azure.

Ten years on Kinects legacy goes beyond Xbox

July 2, 2020

It’s been ten years since Microsoft launched the Kinect camera and it lived quite a life. The Xbox 360 peripheral became a key part of the whole Xbox platform and then years later, almost just as quickly, faded into obscurity. It may not have been the enduring success Microsoft was hoping for, but its legacy is bigger than you might first think.Kinect launched in 2010 and seven years and two versi

Microsoft Surface Laptop Go review: Another shrunk-down Surface

June 30, 2020

Amazon Microsoft and Google benefit as cloud spending surges - Canalys

June 29, 2020

Canalys claims the top four providers collectively grew by 40 per cent during Q3 Spending on cloud infrastructure services grew by a third in Q3 as fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic continued to benefit the market's largest providers. Analyst firm Canalys claims that cloud infrastructure services spending grew by 33 per cent in Q3 to $36.5bn - $2bn higher than the previous quarter a

Microsoft Teams meetings will soon support 1000 participants

June 28, 2020

Microsoft Teams users will soon be able to hold interactive meetings with up to 1,000 participants. The update, which was first announced in August, is now scheduled to become available in December 2020. It will allow users to add up to 1,000 participants in a meeting, allowing greater online collaboration across enterprises as numerous countries, including the UK, head for another lockdown. SEE

The JavaScript Ecosystem

June 28, 2020

Screenshot of Netscape Navigator in 1995 (Image credit: Wikipedia) JavaScript started out as a simple extension for the browser but has become so much more. In part, this is true in building on rich concepts going back to Lisp. Along the way, it has challenged the givens of programming and given us a high-performance flexible language along with rich libraries and rich tools. We’re just beginnin

AWS and Google Cloud report rampant growth

June 27, 2020

The hyperscaler duo both smashed earnings forecasts indicating a healthy public cloud market, but market leader AWS says Q3 was still a ‘a mixed bag’ Two of the public cloud market's key giants both logged barn storming Q3s, despite pandemic pressures eating into revenues in other parts of their businesses. At first glance - How the two compare Google Cloud revenues shot up 44.5 per

Microsoft sales surge amid demand for Teams and Azure

June 24, 2020

Teams hits 115 million daily active users and Azure growth accelerates Microsoft saw sales surge in its Q1 as demand for Teams and Azure continued amid the pandemic. Revenue for the period ending 30 September climbed 12 per cent year on year to $37.2bn. Operating income rocketed 25 per cent to $15.9bn. Microsoft highlighted its commercial cloud products - the likes of Azure and comme

Microsofts Sales Top Estimates on Booming Cloud Demand

June 24, 2020

Since the pandemic started, business customers have accelerated a shift to Azure and Office 365.

AMD in $35 Billion All-Stock Acquisition of Xilinx

June 23, 2020

After a couple of weeks of rumor, as well as a couple of years of hearsay, AMD has gone feet first into a full acquisition of FPGA manufacturer Xilinx. The deal involves an all-stock transaction, leveraging AMDs sizeable share price in order to enable an equivalent $143 per Xilinx share current AMD stockholders will still own 74% of the combined company, while Xilinx stockholders will own 26%. Th

AI opens new avenues for smart cities

June 22, 2020

Image taken from Science|Business webinar entitled: “How will real-time data reshape our cities?”, showing possible applications of AI for EU’s Green Deal. The pandemic has dealt a body blow to many of the world’s cities. As they seek to recover from the economic and social fall-out from COVID-19, municipalities are stepping up efforts to deploy big data and artificial intelligence (AI) to improve

SpaceX Starlink Is on a Roll

June 21, 2020

Why Elon is smiling captured from an interview during the virtual convention of the Mars Society, Oct 16, 2020. This is an impressive list of achievements, but bear in mind that we are still in the early days of a yet-unproven technology and market in a complex geopolitical environment. The last two months have seen a flurry of Starlink activity, including the following: Bill Gates has a his

Verizon deals with Microsoft Nokia aim at making private 5G easier

June 20, 2020

Verizon’s recent announcements of new partnership deals with Microsoft and with Nokia are designed to create a unified platform for businesses to use as they build their own edge deployments, according to experts.Those deals will see Verizon offer Azure integration natively on its 5G Edge networking platform, as well as partnering for private 5G delivery with Nokia, with the latter agreement focus

Augmented Reality Must Have Augmented Privacy

June 19, 2020

Imagine walking down the street, looking for a good cup of coffee. In the distance, a storefront glows in green through your smart glasses, indicating a well-reviewed cafe with a sterling public health score. You follow the holographic arrows to the crosswalk, as your wearables silently signal the self-driving cars to be sure they stop for your right of way. In the crowd ahead you recognize someon

Tech companies step up to bring free Wi-Fi to LA public housing residents

June 19, 2020

A new partnership between the mayor’s office, Microsoft, and the wireless internet service provider Starry is bringing fast internet to Jordan Downs, Nickerson Gardens and other major public housing complexes in L.A. for the school year