Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform that allows for the creation, deployment, and management of applications and services through a global network of data centers. Key executives include CEO Satya Nadella and Executive Vice President Scott Guthrie. Competitors in the cloud computing market include Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud.

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in 2019
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Microsoft Cloud Computing System Suffering From Global Shortage

By Kevin McLaughlin · Jul 1, 2022 6:00am PDT · 2 comments
In March 2020, Microsoft’s Azure cloud buckled under the strain of companies around the world shifting to remote work, causing service outages and forcing some customers to wait to launch and update applications. Microsoft put a positive spin on the situation, characterizing it as a temporary issue that stemmed from the surging usage of... In March 2020, Microsoft’s Azure cloud buckled under the strain of companies around the...
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AWS Holds the Line on Cloud Bills as Customers Ask for Relief

By Kevin McLaughlin and Amir Efrati · Apr 17, 2020 10:54am PDT
Public cloud providers like Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud have had to cope with a surge in demand in recent weeks as huge numbers of people work from home. But the cloud providers are also facing requests from many customers for financial relief, while others are cutting their cloud spending.So far, AWS has been the least... Public cloud providers like Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud have had to...
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The Information’s 411 — Tangled Up in Azure

By Tom Dotan · Apr 10, 2020 5:05pm PDT · 2 comments
Kevin talks about the problems that Microsoft's Azure has had providing service to its customers. While the work-from-home era has complicated things, the real story is that the issues cropped up long before the pandemic. Kevin talks about the problems that Microsoft's Azure has had providing service to its...
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OpenAI’s China Ban Doesn’t Apply to Microsoft’s Azure China

By Qianer Liu and Juro Osawa · Jul 8, 2024 6:00am PDT
OpenAI last month announced plans to crack down on China-based artificial intelligence developers covertly accessing the startup’s technology, which it doesn’t offer in China. But OpenAI’s conversational AI models are available to Chinese businesses—if they sign up for Microsoft’s Azure cloud service, which operates... OpenAI last month announced plans to crack down on China-based artificial intelligence developers...