Microsoft's portfolio of PaaS databases has grown way beyond Azure SQL. Here are its most important cloud-based database services, and exactly how each one works differently from the other. As you ...

After a nearly ten-month-long preview and years of limping along with the underpowered Azure Data Catalog service, Microsoft is finally entering the data governance prime time today, with general ...

From immutable ledgers in SQL Azure to in-memory cache in Cosmos DB, Microsoft is adding more features to its Azure data platform. If you’re building cloud-native applications you need a reliable, ...

Big Data System and Platform Companies Of The 2026 Big Data 100 include AWS, Dell Technologies, Google Cloud, IBM and ...

At its Ignite conference today, Microsoft announced a number of new features for its Azure data platform. These range from a first preview of the 2022 edition of its venerable SQL Server line to ...

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Microsoft kicked off its 2019 Ignite conference on Monday at Orlando, Fla., with a keynote from CEO Satya Nadella that was built around the theme of "tech intensity," which he defined with this ...

Microsoft’s release of Azure Stack, an on-premises version of its public cloud, could be important for networking and data center pros for one simple reason: It gives customers a way to use a popular ...

AI thrives on data but feeding it the right data is harder than it seems. As enterprises scale their AI initiatives, they face the challenge of managing diverse data pipelines, ensuring proximity to ...

SAS and Microsoft are jointly announcing today a strategic partnership making Azure the preferred cloud platform for SAS's analytics portfolio. Although nothing is firm at this point, there is ...