Microsoft Azure

Microsoft’s Azure platform saw strong growth during the most recent quarter which has pushed the company’s stock to a new 52 week high.

Because Microsoft only releases its earnings four times a year, this week’s other news focuses exclusively on those earnings, which beat expectations.

The cloud, one of the modernizations of big data and the computing industry, has brought about a significant change in the way corporations conduct their business. By using these services, a company can lower its cost of doing business while increasing availability of their services by letting Microsoft, Amazon or Google host their tools and data. But,…

Microsoft has started Project Venus by launching Microsoft Azure Backup Server, which offers more backup functionality and a local disk repository.

Microsoft announced a number of improvements to Azure, including new services, price reductions, and virtual machines that affect IT pros.

Microsoft has announced U-SQL, a language that makes processing big data easier and it’s coming to its Azure platform.

Russell Smith explains how Microsoft’s new Azure AD B2C service can help reduce identity management costs for businesses looking to engage with customers.

Learn more about Microsoft Azure’s in-the-cloud disaster recovery (DRaaS) solution for VMware virtual machines and physical servers.

Microsoft has made Azure Backup for IaaS virtual machines generally available. Learn about the improvements made to this vital service with this release.

Microsoft has announced this morning that they have acquired Adallom, a cloud security firm that helps secure client data.