Tag: azure
Microsoft halts services to Israeli defence unit over Gaza mass surveillance
Microsoft has partially cut off services to a unit within the Israeli Ministry of Defence (IMOD) after its technology was used for mass surveillance on Gaza civilians. Brad Smith, Microsoft’s […]
Red Sea cable cuts disrupt Microsoft Azure cloud services
Microsoft’s Azure cloud services were disrupted over the weekend by several undersea cable cuts in the Red Sea. The outage, which began on Saturday morning, primarily affected internet traffic […]
Tech Digest daily roundup: Ringtones preserve of old and middle-aged
Ringtones are now the preserve of the old and middle-aged, experts have said, and mobile phones ringing in public will soon become a social “faux pas”. App downloads for ringtones […]
Tech Digest daily round up: O2 to reintroduce EU roaming charges
One of the UK’s biggest mobile phone networks has announced roaming charges for Britons travelling to the EU, in a blow to Boris Johnson’s Brexit celebrations. Customers of O2 have been told they will be […]
IBM announce cloud computing service
Smart Analytics Cloud to take on Google, Amazon and Microsoft's offerings.
What the hell is Microsoft Azure?
Good question. Every single news story I’m reading about Microsoft’s new cloud computing platform, announced last night, is full of phrases like “foundational infrastructure”, “Dynamics CRM Services” and “hypervisor/virtualization technology”. Here’s an overview in tech layman’s terms…
