Enterprises will soon have access to Azure Arc and Azure Synapse Analytics, two new services that bolster Microsoft’s cloud offerings. Microsoft’s Ignite event traditionally attracts more from the developer ranks, but the technologies on display are increasingly of relevance to CIOs developing cloud strategies today. At Ignite 2019 in Orlando last week, Microsoft unveiled a … Read more
The end of the year offers a chance to compare the two companies which most strongly symbolize the tech industry through the years. These two are like George Clooney and Russell Crowe. They’ve been around forever, yet still somehow manage to do enough to recalibrate themselves for a new generation. Sometimes, their work verges on … Read more
Microsoft has morphed into an interesting blend of practicality and aspiration these days. Here’s what that meant for the company in 2018 and how it could shape Redmond in 2019. As 2018 comes to a close, it’s interesting to watch various parties attempting to analyze the reasons behind Microsoft’s “comeback.” It’s the change in culture, some argue. … Read more
Some see this as a giant leap forward for Microsoft and open source. A few, however, see Microsoft’s open-source patent move as just more of the same old, same old. When Microsoft surprised everyone by releasing its entire 60,000 patent portfolio to the open-source community, someone asked me if I thought the move would finally convince everyone … Read more
IT admins surveyed by Susan Bradley, who moderates the PatchMangement.org mailing list, said Microsoft’s current strategy is failing. So she took their concerns to Microsoft leaders, including CEO Satya Nadella, and asked them to make changes. Microsoft’s patching, updating and upgrading of Windows – in particular Windows 10 – is a mess that the company … Read more
