Archives for July 2018
Azure App Service now supports Java SE on Linux
Lately there have been a whole lot of changes to Java and its vibrant communities. Now shared between Oracle for Java SE and Eclipse Foundation for Jakarta EE (formerly Java EE), Java continues to be the leading programming language by developers and enterprises. As a matter of fact, it is now well-positioned to thrive in […]
New recommendations in Azure Advisor
Azure Advisor is a free service that analyzes your Azure usage and provides recommendations on how you can optimize your Azure resources to reduce costs, boost performance, strengthen security, and improve reliability. We are excited to announce that we have added several new Azure Advisor recommendations to help you get the most out of your […]
General Electric (GE) participate in $12M Investment Round for Blockchain Industrial IoT Startup, Xage
Xage, a Blockchain Cybersecurity Startup, will receive $12 million in a series A fundraising round from investors including Capital Partners, City Light Capital, NexStar Partners, and GE Ventures—the investment arm of General Electric. Xage technology startup which is valued at $35 million, uses blockchain to connect industrial Internet of Things (IoT) devices together securely. According […]
Top feature requests added with Azure Blockchain Workbench 1.2.0
We’re excited to see a ton of engagement and positive feedback on Azure Blockchain Workbench since our initial public preview release in May. Last month, we made our first major update to the public preview release based on your feedback and feature requests. Today, we’re releasing our next update to Workbench, which we’re calling version […]
Announcing availability of Azure Managed Application in AzureGov
Azure Managed Applications enable Managed Service Provider (MSP), Independent Software Vendor (ISV) partners, and enterprise IT teams to deliver fully managed turnkey cloud solutions that can be made available through the enterprise Service Catalog of a specific end-customer. Customers can quickly deploy managed applications in their own subscription and rely on the partner or central […]
Azure Marketplace new offers: June 16–30
We continue to expand the Azure Marketplace ecosystem. From June 16 to 30, 22 new offers successfully met the onboarding criteria and went live. See details of the new offers below: Virtual Machines Altair HyperWorks Unlimited Virtual Appliance-BYOL: Altair’s HyperWorks Unlimited Virtual Appliance provides access to engineering Software-as-a-Service, allowing companies to expand computer-aided engineering capacity. […]
IoT: the catalyst for better risk management in insurance
Thought leader Matteo Carbone has titled his book All the Insurance Players Will Be Insurtech. He means that insurance companies that embrace digital transformation and technologies will lead the industry. Those technologies include the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and Big Data. Carbone believes that the use of new technologies […]
Accelerated and Flexible Restore Points with SQL Data Warehouse
We are thrilled to announce that SQL Data Warehouse (SQL DW) has released accelerated and flexible restore points for fast data recovery. SQL DW is a fully managed and secure analytics platform for the enterprise, optimized for running complex queries fast across petabytes of data. The ability to quickly restore a data warehouse offers customers […]