Cloud computing has opened new paradigms for enterprises to reach higher levels of productivity and scale. At the tip of that spear is serverless computing, enabling developers, teams, and organizations to focus on business logic and leave hosting and scaling of resources to the cloud platform. At Microsoft Ignite, we’re announcing serverless functions with no […]
Archives for November 2019
Success in the cloud: Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure
With thousands of customers deploying more and more applications on cloud platforms, cloud technologies have become increasingly more familiar to businesses. However, the path for successful cloud adoption can be bumpy for enterprises as it requires more than the typical technology deployment steps. Successful cloud adoption requires deeper and broader changes across an organization, including […]
Globalstar Partners with Ceres Tag on New Animal Ear Tag Design
Small Satellite Tracker Foreseen as Game-Changer in Global Agriculture Industry. Globalstar, Inc., today announced its partnership with Ceres Tag, a leader in livestock information systems using a proprietary smart ear tag, to conduct its final stages of commercial large-scale trials for the provenance and management of livestock. These trials will be a significant scale extension […]
Toshiba to form IoT alliance with SoftBank, KDDI and others
Platform aims to spur innovation at Japanese companies struggling to keep up. Japanese electronics conglomerate Toshiba will launch an “internet of things” platform next spring that will include companies like SoftBank Group, wireless carrier KDDI and utility Tokyo Gas. Toshiba will create an association of roughly 100 Japanese companies called ifLink Open Community, the company […]
Digital Matter Secures Order for 11,000 GPS Tracking Devices to Malaysian Sigfox IoT Provider Xperanti
Digital Matter has partnered with Xperanti IoT, supplying over 11,000 Oyster Sigfox battery powered GPS tracking devices for affordable asset tracking in Malaysia on the LPWAN Sigfox Network. Digital Matter‘s long-life battery powered tracking solutions, which are utilized in over 100 countries around the world, help businesses monitor and optimize non-powered assets and improve utilization. […]
Enabling and securing ubiquitous compute from intelligent cloud to intelligent edge
Enterprises are embracing the cloud to run their mission-critical workloads. The number of connected devices on and off-premises, and the data they generate continue to increase requiring new enterprise network edge architectures. We call this the intelligent edge – compute closer to the data sources and users to reduce latency. The intelligent cloud, with its […]
Renesas and Altair Semiconductor Announce Collaboration for Cellular IoT Solutions
Renesas Microcontroller Technology and Altair Cellular IoT Technology Bring Best-in-Class Solutions to the Cellular IoT Market. Renesas Electronics Corporation and Altair Semiconductor, jointly announced a partnership aimed at bringing ultra-small and ultra-low-power cellular IoT solutions to the global IoT market. Cellular IoT device makers will be able to use this combination of best-in-class solutions to […]
Azure infrastructure as a service (IaaS) for every workload
This week at Microsoft Ignite, we announced several important additions to our Azure infrastructure as a service (IaaS) portfolio. Many companies, including GEICO, H&R Block, and CONA Services, rely on Azure to run a very diverse set of business-critical workloads, often requiring dynamic and scalable infrastructure that delivers unparalleled performance. In order to meet the […]
Coca-Cola & German Software Firm SAP to Solve Supply Chain Problems With Blockchain
Coca-Cola embraces blockchain technology in a $21 billion-a-year industry. Coke One North America (CONA) plans to expand the blockchain network globally. A number of top firms in the world are looking at blockchain technology as an innovative gateway to spur further growth and effectiveness in their processing systems. Coca-Cola became the latest company to find […]
How will device and data management cope as IoT pumps up the volume?
Five years ago, analysts estimated there would be 50 billion devices globally by 2020. With a new decade just around the corner and the number of connected devices sitting at the single digit mark, you might think this missed projection signals failure but really it is just a symptom of overhype. Actually, IoT growth shows […]