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Meta is not done with the metaverse after it unveiled a new AI model designed to control the behaviour of digital agents in virtual experiences.
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Microsoft has revealed plans to extend its global data centre footprint to Perth, Western Australia, with an Azure Extended Zone set to launch by mid-2025.
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In the latest twist in Elon Musk’s existential legal battle with OpenAI, lawyers for the Tesla billionaire have filed an injunction aimed at preventing OpenAI and backer Microsoft from engaging in “anticompetitive conduct.”
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What does it truly mean to be a leader? Influencer, thought leader, and leading expert: Tags like these are applied throughout the tech industry, and beyond, almost like stickers, with businesses looking to wheel out what they perceive to be one of their true stars to showcase to the public.
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Microsoft has unveiled its first in-house developed DPU, or data processing unit, to equip its cloud servers with an extra performance boost.
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Google is the latest to cancel its flagship 2020 event, as new data estimates total losses could reach $900 million.
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After Apple, Samsung, Schneider Electric and other major technology companies confirmed they had been hit financially by the the spreading virus, it’s now Microsoft’s turn.
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Etisalat and Microsoft have entered into a multi-year partnership to create a public cloud first strategy through a digital transformation programme.
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NTT has chosen Microsoft Azure as its preferred cloud platform for modernising its global IT infrastructure and customer solutions in the area of advanced analytics.
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AT&T and Microsoft are launching for select preview availability its Network Edge Compute (NEC) technology, which combines Microsoft Azure into AT&T network edge locations.
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EU ambassadors failed to reach a resolution on further regulation of over-the-top (OTT) players like Facebook owned WhatsApp and Microsoft’s Skype.
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Amazon, Alibaba, Google and Microsoft accounted for 72% of the global market for IaaS and PaaS in Q3 of 2019.
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Microsoft and Nokia have entered into a strategic partnership to accelerate transformation and innovation across industries with cloud, AI and IoT.
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Gulf Bridge International (GBI) and Microsoft have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enable cloud adoption for key businesses in the region.
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Michael Montoya has joined Equinix as chief information security officer (CISO), further bolstering the company's commitment to security.
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Cloud infrastructure services spend grew by 37.6% year-on-year in Q2 of 2019, totalling $26.3 billion.
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Second quarter spend on cloud infrastructure services increased to 39% from the second quarter of 2018, according to new figures from Synergy Research Group.
