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Announcing SQL Server on Linux
Today Microsoft announced plans to bring SQL Server to Linux, enabling SQL Server to deliver a consistent data platform across…
Improving airports using open source tools on Microsoft Azure
One of the great understudied bottlenecks at airports is the time aircraft spend taxiing to and from the runway. Sandy Brownlee,…
Now on GitHub: Windows Azure Pack Connector
Today the Microsoft IT team released the Windows Azure Pack Connector, a solution for Azure Pack, that provides a “single…
Microsoft to acquire Xamarin, a leader in mobile app development
Yesterday, Microsoft announced an agreement to acquire Xamarin, a leading platform provider for mobile app development. In conjunction with Visual…
Becoming a Microsoft cloud partner: Part 2
Guest Author: Ryszard Dałkowski, Exertum Independent IT2B consultant, trainer, the “Old Sweat” of IT industry. Delivers workshops and trainings on…
Becoming a Microsoft cloud partner: Part 1
Guest Author: Ryszard Dałkowski, Exertum Independent IT2B consultant, trainer, the “Old Sweat” of IT industry. Delivers workshops and trainings on…
Now available: Azure Container Service preview
In today’s cloud-first world, businesses increasingly rely on applications to fuel innovation and productivity. We are seeing more and more…
Red Hat Enterprise Linux now available in the Azure Marketplace
Starting today, customers can deploy on-demand Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) instances from the Azure Marketplace, where now more than…
How to bring data to life with open source Power BI visuals
When it comes to visuals, Power BI is open BI! The built-in visuals for the Power BI platform are all open…
Making R the Enterprise Standard for Cross-Platform Analytics
Last year Microsoft acquired Revolution Analytics, the leading commercial provider of software and services for R, an open source, statistical…
Available Now: Technical Preview of Microsoft Azure Stack
The first Technical Preview of Microsoft Azure Stack, the only hybrid cloud platform that is consistent with a leading public…
Garuda Indonesia: Web sales soar 200% with Microsoft Azure
In the airline business, security is paramount. In 2014, Garuda Indonesia (Garuda), the flag carrier of Indonesia, enhanced the security…