Microsoft unveils new AI-powered instance family
The tech giant continues to leverage its investment in OpenAI.
Microsoft announced this week that it is extending its Azure cloud platform thanks to a new instance family designed to run artificial intelligence (AI) models.
The new instance family is called the ND H100 v5 series and is curren... Read more
General Motors to explore using ChatGPT in vehicles
The US auto manufacturing giant is leveraging its partnership with Microsoft.
General Motors (GM) is exploring uses for ChatGPT as part of its broader collaboration with Microsoft, a company executive told Reuters.
"ChatGPT is going to be in everything", GM Vice President Scott Miller said in... Read more
Babble buys Microsoft CSP TechQuarters
UK-based cloud communications provider, Babble, has secured the acquisition of Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) TechQuarters, outbidding 20 others for the opportunity.
This double acquisition follows Babble's ongoing buy-and-build strategy, making it the company's second double swoop this... Read more
Microsoft makes multi-billion euro investment in ChatGPT’s OpenAI
The figure wasn't disclosed, but an insider speaks of $10 billion. In return for the investment, Microsoft gets to integrate OpenAI's technology into various services.
The announcement doesn't come as a surprise. Microsoft backed OpenAI with more than $1 billion in 2019 and 2021. Earlier this y... Read more
Cloudflare and Microsoft expand zero-trust integrations
Cloudflare and Microsoft announced four new integrations that help joint customers deploy, automate and improve zero-trust security.
According to the partners, the integrations allow users to quickly deploy zero-trust tooling without complex code changes. The integrations combine Microsoft's ide... Read more
Cloud computing growth slows as customers seek to cut costs
Cloud providers have to adjust to slower growth rates as customers become more cost savvy.
Cost-conscious customers and general economic pressure are combining to stymie the growth of the cloud computing market, according to a report in the Financial Times (FT).
Microsoft’s Azure cloud plat... Read more
Microsoft launches Spring Cloud Azure 4.5.0 with passwordless support
Spring Cloud Azure 4.5.0 has been released by Microsoft and is now available from Maven Central. This is the first stable release to support passwordless access to Azure Database for MySQL and Azure Database for PostgreSQL.
Spring Cloud Azure is a framework that allows users to develop cloud-na... Read more
Microsoft to deploy ‘data boundary’ for EU users in January
Microsoft announced that cloud customers will be able to limit the tech giant's data processing and storage to the EU from January 2023.
The 'EU data boundary' will be deployed in phases across Microsoft's primary cloud services, including Azure, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365 and Power BI. Since t... Read more
Microsoft Azure offers DDoS protection for SMBs
Microsoft released a public preview of DDoS IP Protection. The Azure service was designed to protect SMBs from DDoS attacks.
According to Microsoft, DDoS attacks are a growing threat to SMEs. Research by Cloudflare suggests that the number of application layer DDoS attacks increased as much as 1... Read more
EU cloud industry group files complaint against Microsoft
CISPE says Microsoft is unfairly using its dominance in the productivity software market.
This week, Cloud Infrastructure Service Providers in Europe (CISPE) filed a formal competition complaint against Microsoft with the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition (DG Comp). CIS... Read more