Topic: azure
It’s time to move off of SQL Server 2008
If you are still running Microsoft’s 2008 version of SQL Server, time is running out. The company announced support for SQL Server 2008/2008 R2 will end next month. What this means is that Microsoft will no longer be adding new features or providing security updates. Once support ends, this will leave organizations still using the … continue reading
Microsoft Build: Twilio partners with Microsoft Azure IoT, HERE launches serverless functions for Azure, Azure gets new developer tools and cloud experiences
The Microsoft Build conference is taking place this week in Seattle. Microsoft is using the event to make a lot of announcements regarding its own solutions and a few other companies are also using the event to discuss new solutions and integrations with Azure. Twilio partners with Microsoft Azure IoT Cloud communications platform, Twilio, announced … continue reading
Red Hat, Microsoft bring OpenShift to the Azure cloud
Red Hat and Microsoft announced at the conference that Azure Red Hat OpenShift — a joint Kubernetes solution running in the Microsoft Azure public cloud. The partnership will allow IT organizations to use Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform on-premises and to bring Azure services to those workloads. The service is backed by Red Hat’s expertise … continue reading
SD Times news digest: Microsoft announces new VMware Solutions, Qtum releases developer tools in Google Cloud partnership, Privitar report: organizations not trusted with data privacy, Puppet upgrades infrastructure automation portfolio
Microsoft announced that it is expanding its partnership with Dell Technologies to provide customers with a native, supported and certified VMware experience on Microsoft Azure. The deal patches up a dispute the companies had over Microsoft running its own software in Azure to enable VMware virtualization. Now users can run, manage and secure applications across … continue reading
SD Times news digest: TimescaleDB on Azure, SAP Analytics Cloud, and Rockset’s new cloud service
Timescale has announced a new partnership with Microsoft Azure to support TimescaleDB on Azure Database for PostgreSQL. This will enable customers to deploy production-ready instances of TimescaleDB on Azure. “We recognize that many of our users are modernizing their existing data infrastructure or building new IoT applications, and many of them want to do this … continue reading
SD Times news digest: Google’s Confidential Computing Challenge, Azure analytics services, and IBM Z Open Unit Test
In an effort to entice developers to improve cloud security, Google, in collaboration with Intel, is launching the Confidential Computing Challenge. Google is looking for two different types of responses: those that advance confidential computing and those that leverage confidential computing to improve the security of an application. The deadline for submissions is April 1 … continue reading
SD Times news digest: Talend adds support for Azure’s SQL Data Warehouse, AdaCore and NVIDIA partnership, and erwin Mapping Manager 9.0
Talend has announced support for Microsoft Azure’s SQL Data Warehouse in Stitch Data Loader. The new integration will enable organizations to quickly ingest data and scale, the company explained. According to Talend, the new connector uses Azure Blob Storage and PolyBase to bring data to Azure Cloud, and quickly loads the data into Azure SQL … continue reading
Microsoft takes Azure to the next level
Microsoft first developed its cloud computing service Azure with a mission to let developers and organizations do more in the cloud. Over the last year, the company has brought the service beyond just the cloud to DevOps, blockchain technologies, and the open-source community. In March, Microsoft decided to release its Azure Service Fabric to the … continue reading
Microsoft Ignite themes: Security, AI and data, IoT and edge computing
Microsoft kicked off its Ignite conference this morning with a boatload of announcements primarily around three themes: IT security, AI and data, and IoT and edge computing. With cyberattacks continuing to harm organizations around the world, Microsoft announced Secure Score, a report card for assessing their current state of security as well as making recommendations … continue reading
JNBridge bridges the gap between Azure Logic Apps and JMS-based messaging infrastructure
A new solution wants to end the process of building custom connectors for Microsoft Azure Logic Apps and existing legacy infrastructure. Java and .NET interoperability provider JNBridge announced the R&D Showcase Kit, a new solution designed to solve interoperability issues between Azure Logic Apps and existing JMS-based messaging infrastructure. Azure Logic Apps enable business process … continue reading
Microsoft releases Azure DevOps
Microsoft announced Azure DevOps today with the introduction of new tools to help software development teams collaborate to deliver high-quality solutions faster. Azure DevOps was first revealed last year during Microsoft’s Connect():2017 conference. The solution includes Azure pipelines, Azure Boards, Azure Artifacts, Azure Repos and Azure Test Plans. “Working with our customers and developers around … continue reading
How Visual Studio tool providers are following Microsoft into the cloud
More and more businesses are moving their solutions to the cloud because of its ability to reduce costs, scale, control choices and keep data more secure. One of the biggest leaders in the cloud movement space has been Microsoft, which announced almost five years ago it would be moving more towards a “cloud first, mobile … continue reading
