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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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Telecom Egypt is to offer low-latency connectivity into and across Egypt to help enhance performance and increase reliability for customers of Microsoft services.
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Inmarsat has teamed up with Microsoft to enable global access to Microsoft Azure IoT cloud services via satellite connectivity.
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Colt Technology Services has launched a new enterprise solution that combines Microsoft’s cloud applications with its own voice and data network capability.
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Trials on the Marea cable between Virginia Beach and Bilbao have shown that transmission rates of 6.41b/s/Hz can push speeds to 400Gbps .
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Batelco has established more connections with major global cloud and content delivery providers to further support the demands of enterprises and MNCs.
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Rackspace has expanded its portfolio of managed public cloud solutions in a bid to win more business from enterprises.
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Spending on cloud infrastructure is growing at 45% a year, but the hyperscale providers Microsoft, Google and Alibaba are growing even faster.
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Capital expenditure (capex) in the second quarter of 2018 grew by 59% compared to the same period maintaining a ‘record-setting’ start to the year
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The enterprise software as a service market is now generating more than $20 billion in quarterly revenues, up by 32% per year, according to a report.
