Microsoft announced on Monday that it plans to "retire" its Azure Database for MariaDB service on Sept. 19, 2025. The announcement recommended that organizations using Azure Database for MariaDB ...

New reports detail a massive increase in ICE's reliance on Microsoft cloud and AI tools, challenging the company's stance on surveillance.

Oracle Corp. and Microsoft Corp. are expanding their four-year-old cloud relationship with a deal that will colocate Oracle’s Exadata database-optimized server and Real Application Clusters in ...

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And now it looks like Microsoft has been really doubling down on their cloud business as CRN is reporting that Microsoft is spending more than $10 billion per year building Azure data centers to ...

An overly permissive file-sharing link allowed public access to a massive 38TB storage bucket containing private Microsoft data, leaving a variety of development secrets — including passwords, Teams ...

Microsoft adds instant access incremental snapshots to Azure Premium SSD v2 and Ultra Disk, enabling near-instant restores.

Microsoft on Tuesday revealed new custom chips aimed at powering workloads on its Azure cloud and bolstering security, particularly a new hardware accelerator that can manage data processing, ...

As digital sovereignty becomes a strategic requirement, organizations are rethinking how they deploy critical infrastructure and AI capabilities under tighter regulatory expectations and higher risk ...

Enterprise AI needs one thing if it’s to get around the limitations of large language models and deliver the results businesses need from their agents. It doesn’t matter if you’re building ...

The buzz ahead of this week’s Oracle Cloud World grows louder as Oracle and longtime, and at times bitter, rival Microsoft jointly announce that Oracle's Exadata platform is coming to Azure cloud.