December 3, 2020 bestdevops Azure Leave a comment

NetMotion announces SASE platform leveraging Microsoft Azure

Source:-https://securitybrief.co.nz NetMotion, a security vendor specialising in mobile performance management, has today announced the general availability of its new secure access service edge (SASE) platform as a cloud-hosted offering. The platform, which NetMotion also announced is now available on Microsoft Azure, offers a software-defined perimeter (SDP/ZTNA), enterprise VPN and experience monitoring solution as a SaaS subscription. NetMotion says the SASE platform was designed for the modern edge, with a focus on 5G and especially remote connectivity. The platform offers integrated

SAS launches cloud platform on Azure in Sydney

Source:-https://itbrief.com.au SAS has now brought its SAS Cloud platform to Australia, with the help of Microsoft Azure. Customers in Australia and the wider region can now access SAS Cloud on Azure in Sydney, meaning that cloud tools such as analytics and artificial intelligence are closer to home than ever before. “Australian organisations are increasingly aware of the power of data, analytics and AI to support their people, to deliver exceptional customer experiences and to ensure businesses thrive and succeed,” comments

November 28, 2020 bestdevops Azure, DevOps Leave a comment

Bank of New Zealand moves staff-assisted apps to the cloud, to better serve customers

Source:-https://news.microsoft.com Since 1861, Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) has been helping New Zealanders achieve their goals and turn dreams into reality. To provide innovative products and services to its customers, BNZ wanted to modernise its aging infrastructure. It chose Microsoft Azure as its cloud platform, migrating and modernising its business-critical .NET applications. Today BNZ can provide superior customer experiences and is benefiting from improved agility, scalability, risk management, and cost-efficiency. BNZ aims to empower New Zealanders to achieve big by

November 27, 2020 bestdevops Azure Leave a comment

Azure Databricks Achieves FedRAMP High Authorization On Microsoft Azure Government

Source:-https://aithority.com Databricks, the Data and AI Company, announced that Azure Databricks has received a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) High Authority to Operate (ATO). This authorization validates Azure Databricks security and compliance for high-impact data analytics and AI across a wide range of public sector, industry, and enterprise use cases. FedRAMP is a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring for cloud services as defined by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The ATO

November 18, 2020 bestdevops Azure Leave a comment

Hopsworks Feature Store Now Available for Microsoft Azure

Source:-https://www.globenewswire.com Stockholm, Sweden, Nov. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Logical Clocks, the data company behind the world’s first Enterprise Feature Store for Machine Learning, today announced full support for Microsoft Azure on its cloud managed data platform, Hopsworks. The announcement complements the existing support for Amazon Web Service (AWS), thus enterprises can now manage features for training and serving models at scale on Hopsworks while maintaining control of their data inside their organisation’s accounts on the most popular cloud platforms.

November 17, 2020 bestdevops Azure Leave a comment

Microsoft Cloud Service Aims for Support of Space and Satellite Ventures

Source:-https://www.engineering.com Microsoft has brought together a team of space industry veterans and experts to work together with its in-house product engineers to develop cloud capabilities suited for the needs of space. In an increasingly information-powered world, the need for reliable and diverse pathways to achieve Internet access has never been more important and will continue to be necessary in our lives for the foreseeable future. Despite over a quarter million kilometers of various optical fiber helping connect people all over

November 16, 2020 bestdevops Azure Leave a comment

Gartner has positioned Microsoft as a Leader in the 2020 Magic Quadrant for Industrial IoT Platforms

Source:-https://mspoweruser.com Research firm Gartner has positioned Microsoft as a Leader in the 2020 Magic Quadrant for Industrial IoT Platforms. Microsoft enables organizations to develop their own IoT solutions with Microsoft Azure platform services such as Microsoft Azure IoT Hub, Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB, Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics, or Microsoft Azure Time Series Insights, or purchase IoT solutions directly from Microsoft Azure Marketplace. “Microsoft demonstrates consistent development and solution accelerators, specifically for industrial enterprises,” Gartner mentioned in its report. Gartner mentioned

November 12, 2020 bestdevops Azure Leave a comment

OpenText Brings Digital Investigation To The Cloud With Microsoft Azure

source:-https://aithority.com OpenText EnCase solutions are now certified on Microsoft Azure OpenText announced OpenText EnCase Forensic and OpenText™ EnCase Endpoint Investigator are now certified on Microsoft Azure. With OpenText Encase solutions in the cloud, law enforcement and corporate investigators can more easily collaborate, enhance evidence processing, investigate in cloud environments, and adjust more quickly to the needs of a remote workforce. “Industries, employees, and even criminals across the world are embracing new ways to work,” said OpenText Chief Product Officer Muhi

November 11, 2020 bestdevops Azure Leave a comment

Redis Enterprise on Microsoft Azure Cache now available in Public Preview

Source:-https://www.crn.in Redis Labs announced the new fully integrated tiers of Redis Enterprise on Microsoft Azure Cache for Redis are available now in public preview. The new Redis Enterprise tiers bring advanced functionality to Azure Cache, benefiting Azure-based customers like BioCatch, who are already leveraging Redis Enterprise for improved developer productivity and enhanced operational resiliency with their applications. The new Enterprise tiers offer developers expanded use cases to leverage the performance of Redis, security, and an attractive total cost of ownership.

November 7, 2020 bestdevops Azure Leave a comment

Nuventive Improvement Platform Now Available in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace

Source:-https://enterprisetalk.com Microsoft Azure customers worldwide now gain access to Nuventive’s higher education planning and improvement software to take advantage of the scalability, reliability and agility of Azure to drive application development and shape business strategies. Planning and improvement software company Nuventive today announced the availability of the Nuventive Improvement Platform in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, an online store providing applications and services for use on Azure. Nuventive customers can now take advantage of the productive and trusted Azure cloud platform,

November 6, 2020 bestdevops Azure Leave a comment

Army Wants a Vendor to Bring ‘Parity’ to AWS and Azure Cloud Offerings

Source:-https://www.nextgov.com The Army’s central cloud services broker, the Enterprise Cloud Management Office, or ECMO, wants to simultaneously streamline and expand its offerings to service components and is looking for a vendor to manage the process. In a draft request for information posted Wednesday, ECMO put out a call for enterprise cloud management services for its cARMY program, with a focus on the importance of cloud services for meeting the Army’s data goals. “The Army’s ability to master the application of

November 5, 2020 bestdevops Azure Leave a comment

Azure gets classy with Java resource management libraries

Source:-https://devclass.com Java may be slipping down the charts, but Microsoft is still feeling the love for the world’s second most popular language. The Azure cloud is now equipped with new libraries to ease the integration of Java code with online resources, the company announced in a blog post. “The latest Azure Resource Management Libraries for Java is a result of our efforts to create a resource management client library that is user-friendly and idiomatic to the Java ecosystem,” said Weidong

November 2, 2020 bestdevops Azure Leave a comment

This Microsoft Azure training is just $30 today

Source:-https://www.engadget.com Microsoft Azure is a leading cloud computing platform in today’s business world, and it looks like it might even become the cloud solution to help the space industry with projects on and off this planet. While time will tell if Microsoft’s competitors attempt to do the same, it’s clear that learning how to work with Azure on earth in 2020 is a helpful set of skills. You can save hundreds on The Complete Microsoft Azure eBook & Video Course

October 28, 2020 bestdevops Azure Leave a comment

Microsoft Joins MEF To Bolster Azure for Operators Services

Source:-https://redmondmag.com Microsoft has joined the MEF, a nonprofit industry association that aims to standardize various software-defined networking (SDN) technologies used by service providers and enterprises. The MEF lays claim to having 200 member companies, with its board heavily representing telco and Internet service providers, such as AT&T, Comcast, Ericsson, Orange and Verizon. Microsoft now joins the MEF, which in turn has appointed Shawn Hakl, a Microsoft partner executive on 5G strategy, as an MEF advisory director. “Microsoft’s decision to join

October 21, 2020 bestdevops Azure Leave a comment

Executive Q&A: NetApp’s Jeff Whitaker Talks Azure NetApp Files and Recent Government Deployment

Source:-https://www.meritalk.com MeriTalk sat down with Jeff Whitaker, Senior Manager of Cloud Data Services at NetApp, to discuss Azure NetApp Files (ANF) and the recent deployment in the U.S. government region in Virginia. With a 12-year tenure at NetApp under his belt, Jeff now handles the marketing activities for NetApp’s Azure NetApp Files platform and the Azure overall messaging and storyline. Today, Jeff will dive into ANF’s expansive capabilities when it comes to deploying in the government region, challenges faced along

October 20, 2020 bestdevops Azure Leave a comment

The Migros community relies on Microsoft Azure for its „Journey to the Cloud“

Source:-https://news.microsoft.com The Migros community has chosen to partner with Microsoft on its „Journey to the Cloud“. In addition to Microsoft 365, the Swiss retail company will use Azure Services from the Microsoft Cloud in Switzerland in the future, thus accelerating the already advanced digitisation of the entire group of companies. Patrick Mosberger, Head of IT Infrastructure at Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund, is pleased about the future cooperation: „With our Cloud first strategy, we are taking Migros into a new infrastructure era. The efficient

October 17, 2020 bestdevops Azure Leave a comment

AMD Boosts Microsoft Azure Data Explorer Performance

Source:-https://www.sdxcentral.com AMD scored another victory as Microsoft moved its updated Azure Data Explorer platform to EPYC 2-based virtual machines (VMs). Microsoft’s AMD-based Dav4 VM family is now the default SKU for Azure Data Explorer clusters, while the Easv4 and Lsv2 instances — also AMD based — are aimed at customers that need high SSD performance or are working with storage-heavy workloads, respectively. “These VM families represent unprecedented improvements in return on investment in cost and performance,” said Uri Barash, product

October 16, 2020 bestdevops Azure Leave a comment

Udacity Launches Machine Learning Engineer For Microsoft Azure Nanodegree Program

Source:-https://analyticsindiamag.com Udacity has collaborated with Microsoft to launch the latest addition to Udacity’s School of Artificial Intelligence, known as the Machine Learning Engineer for Microsoft Azure Nanodegree program. The launch is aligned with Udacity’s mission to train learners in the careers of the future to stay relevant vis-a-vis the ever-evolving, tech-centric job market. The Nanodegree program will strengthen the ML skills of the students, providing them hands-on experience in training, validating, and evaluating ML models with Microsoft Azure. It will

October 15, 2020 bestdevops Azure, IT Training Leave a comment

Microsoft explains how it improved automatic image captioning in Azure Cognitive Services

Source:-https://venturebeat.com Microsoft today launched a new computer vision service it claims can generate image captions that are, in some cases, more accurate than human-written descriptions. The company calls the service, which is available as part of Azure Cognitive Services Computer Vision, a “significant research breakthrough” and an example of its commitment to accessible AI. Automatic image captioning has a number of broad use cases, first and foremost assisting users with disabilities. According to the World Health Organization, the number of

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