Microsoft's momentum with Azure began well before the Covid-19 pandemic, but as the success has continued, top executives see opportunities to win even more lucrative market share with expanded IoT and industry plays, and a consistent line of attack against AWS. Executive vice president Jason Zander spoke on March 1 at the Morgan Stanley 2021 […]
Microsoft announced a range of new security and administrative controls for the Power Platform this week as part of this week's Ignite 2021 virtual event. And looking to the rest of 2021, the company is advising the community that priorities will continue to focus on enterprise requirements, AI, and the work of multi-disciplinary teams that blend […]
Microsoft will launch a public preview of Dynamics 365 Intelligent Order Management, a new SaaS offering, in April. Announced today at Microsoft Ignite 2021, the new application manages and orchestrates orders across channels and fulfilment options and allows for rule and policy configuration, automation, and optimization. Writing about the update, Microsoft corporate vice president for Dynamics […]
Microsoft launched the public preview of Azure Percept during the Ignite 2021 conference. A platform combining hardware and software capabilities, Percept is intended to simplify the use of Azure AI at the edge. The offering comes with a development kit, and users can get started with the offering through the Percept Studio experience. An intelligent […]
Microsoft will launch a public preview of Dynamics 365 Intelligent Order Management, a new SaaS offering, in April. Announced today at Microsoft Ignite 2021, the new application manages and orchestrates orders across channels and fulfilment options and allows for rule and policy configuration, automation, and optimization. Writing about the update, Microsoft corporate vice president for Dynamics […]
The team behind Microsoft Power Platform kicked off Ignite 2021 with a range of announcements aimed at broadening access to the tool set and increasing use of cognitive services. The company announced Power Fx, a low-code programming language designed to eventually be used across all Power Platform tools. Power Fx is used today in Power […]
At recent Microsoft conferences, themes like hybrid cloud and multicloud have come up often. At Ignite 2021 Microsoft general manager Arpan Shah highlighted a growing variety of Azure Arc capabilities that extend machine learning services and support for Kubernetes. Azure Arc is intended as a way to manage across almost any infrastructure including cloud, multicloud, […]
In recent years, Microsoft has developed advanced specializations for its partner. Writing on a Microsoft blog, Infopulse shared its experience with the program. Ivan Musiienko, head of Cloud Center Excellence, explained that Infopulse developed specialties for SAP on Azure, SQL Server migration, and modernization of web apps. He advised partners to always consider their reputation, […]
Even though Danilo Capuano knew that new MVPs were announced on the first of every month, when January 1 of this year rolled around, he never dreamed he would be among those receiving the coveted award. "I was nominated in July 2020 by another MVP and every first of the month I always thought that […]
Microsoft president Brad Smith appeared last Tuesday along with executives from SolarWinds, FireEye, and CrowdStrike at US Senate hearings and again on Friday at US House of Representatives hearings to provide new testimony on the hacking campaign that centered on SolarWinds and public cloud infrastructure. During the Senate hearing, the tech companies vied to shift […]
In recent years, Microsoft has developed advanced specializations for its partner. Writing on a Microsoft blog, Infopulse shared its experience with the program. Ivan Musiienko, head of Cloud Center Excellence, explained that Infopulse developed specialties for SAP on Azure, SQL Server migration, and modernization of web apps. He advised partners to always consider their reputation, […]
About Linda Rosencrance Linda Rosencrance is a freelance writer/editor in the Boston area. Rosencrance has over 25 years experience as an reporter/investigative reporter, writing for many newspapers in the metropolitan Boston area. Rosencrance has been writing about information technology for the past 16 years. She has covered a variety of IT subjects, including Microsoft Dynamics, […]