IT decision makers

Today, we want to call attention to the exciting news that Azure SQL Data Warehouse has again outperformed other cloud providers in the most recent GigaOm benchmark report.

We all want the truth. To properly assess your cloud analytics provider, ask them about the only three things that matter: independent benchmark results, company-wide access to insights, and security & privacy.

Azure Service Health helps you stay informed and take action when Azure service issues like outages and planned maintenance affect you, and provides a personalized dashboard that can help you understand issues that may be impacting resources in your Azure subscriptions.

In the world of manufacturing, the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) has come, and that means data. A loT of data. Smart machines, equipped with sensors, add to the large quantity of data already generated from quality systems, MES, ERP and other production systems.

Skype found the perfect fit in Azure Cosmos DB, the globally distributed NoSQL database service from Microsoft.

In December 2018, Microsoft launched the Azure IoT certification service, a web-based test automation workflow to streamline the certification process through self-serve tools.

In June 2018, we released the App Service Migration Assessment Tool. The Assessment Tool was designed to help customers quickly and easily assess whether a site could be moved to Azure App Service by scanning an externally accessible (HTTP) endpoint.

Azure Security Center discovered a new cryptocurrency mining operation on Azure customer resources.

Most apps get delivered by a team. When your team delivers the app through virtual machine (VMs), it is important to coordinate efforts.

Extending Azure security capabilities; Announcing the Azure Functions Premium plan for enterprise serverless workloads; Windows Server 2019 support now available for Windows Containers on Azure App Service; and much more.

When it comes to adding a performance tier between compute and file storage, Avere Systems has led the way with its high-performance caching appliance known as the Avere FXT Edge Filer.

Every internet facing web application, whether serving a large audience or a small set of users in a single region, is by default a global application.