Microsoft recently announced the availability of Clear Linux* OS for Intel Architecture in the Azure Marketplace. Clear Linux OS is a free, open source Linux distribution built from the ground up for cloud and data center environments and tuned to maximize the performance and value of Intel architecture. Microsoft Azure is the first public cloud Read more
Microsoft Operations Management Suite (OMS) is Microsoft’s cloud-based IT management solution that helps you manage and protect your on-premises and cloud infrastructure. Since OMS is implemented as a cloud-based service, you can have it up and running quickly with minimal investment in infrastructure services. New features are delivered automatically, saving you ongoing maintenance and upgrade Read more
Join Harold Wong (Technical Evangelist, Global ISV Developer Experience, Microsoft) and Scott Simmons (Technical Product Marketing Manager, Certified Cloud and Service Provider Program, Red Hat) on 7 February 2017 (12:30 pm AEDT / 9:30 am SGT / 8:30 am WIB) for a live webinar on how to build your hybrid cloud with Red Hat and Read more
HDInsight is Microsoft Azure’s managed Hadoop-as-a-service. It is the only fully-managed cloud Hadoop offering that provides optimized open source analytic clusters for Spark, Hive, MapReduce, HBase, Storm, Kafka, and R Server – all backed by a 99.9% SLA. Each of these big data technologies and ISV applications are easily deployable as managed clusters with enterprise-level Read more
Around the world in 2017, Microsoft is hosting a series of free, two-day technical trainings for IT professionals and developers, connecting them with experts who build and manage Microsoft cloud services, including Microsoft Azure. Sessions will deep-dive into the latest innovations covering a range of topics across Microsoft Azure and the hybrid platform, including security, Read more
This week Microsoft released Microsoft R Server (MRS) version 9.0, built on top of the latest open source R engine. This release has several exciting new capabilities, best-of-breed machine learning algorithms, simplified operationalization of R models, and support for Spark 2.0, to name a few. “I am proud of the many MRS enhancements that our Read more
Forrester predicts that the global cloud market will accelerate faster in 2017, up from just $87 billion in 2015 to $146 billion in 2017, “as enterprises around the world look to the cloud to power their core business systems.” To ensure IT professionals are well equipped to meet this market demand, Microsoft launched new, free Read more
Hoy se observa que cada vez más empresas optan por esquemas híbridos de cómputo en la Nube, lo cual obedece a la versatilidad que les ofrece el tener lo mejor de los dos mundos: efectividad para tratar datos sensibles para el negocio, por un lado, y altos niveles de rendimiento y escalabilidad, por el otro. Read more
At Connect(); 2016, Microsoft announced the public preview of the next release of SQL Server on Linux and Windows. SQL Server helps developers and organizations to build intelligent applications with industry-leading performance and security technologies using their preferred languages and environments. This release brings the power of SQL Server to both Windows – and for Read more
Announced this week at Connect(); 2016, Microsoft has joined the Linux Foundation as a Platinum Member. As part of ongoing efforts to work closely with open source communities, Microsoft’s membership in the Linux Foundation will benefit customers and partners through increased collaboration and innovation within a diverse technology ecosystem. Microsoft’s commitment to working with open Read more
Late in October 2016, Andrew Habgood (Director, Cloud Partners, Red Hat Asia Pacific) and I presented a free live webinar on Azure Solutions – Open Source. Now, the webinar is available on-demand. Register today and access the presentation and discussions. Register Now: Azure Solutions – Open Source Microsoft cloud is an open and flexible cloud platform for your favourite open-source Read more
Yesterday, Microsoft announced that PowerShell is open sourced and available on Linux. PowerShell is a task-based command-line shell and scripting language built on the .NET Framework to help IT professionals control and automate the administration of the Windows, and now Linux, operating systems and the applications that run on them. “Today’s customers live in a Read more
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