Today, Tad Brockway, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Azure, announced the general availability of Azure Ultra Disk Storage, an Azure Managed Disks offering that provides massive throughput with sub-millisecond latency for your most I/O demanding workloads. With the introduction of Ultra Disk Storage, Azure includes four types of persistent disk—Ultra Disk Storage, Premium SSD, Standard SSD, […]
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Azure Ultra Disk Storage: Microsoft’s service for your most I/O demanding workloads
Gold rises as global recession fears lift safe-haven appeal
Gold rose over 1% on Wednesday as an inversion in the closely-watched U.S. Treasury yield curve and weak data from the euro zone stoked fears of global economic recession and drove investors toward safe-haven bullion.
Azure AD Premium P1 vs. P2: Which is right for you?
Better together, synergistic results from digital transformation
Intelligent manufacturing transformation can bring great changes, such as connecting the sales organization with field services. Moving to the cloud also provides benefits such as an intelligent supply chain and innovations enabled by connected products. As such, digital transformation is the goal of many, as it can mean finding a competitive advantage. The Azure platform […]
Improving Azure Virtual Machines resiliency with Project Tardigrade
"Our goal is to empower organizations to run their workloads reliably on Azure. With this as our guiding principle, we are continuously investing in evolving the Azure platform to become fault resilient, not only to boost business productivity but also to provide a seamless customer experience. Last month I published a blog post highlighting several […]
Trafigura in ship fuel venture with Frontline, Golden Ocean
Commodities trader Trafigura is joining forces with shipping firms Frontline and Golden Ocean to supply marine fuel ahead of a shake up in regulation which could disrupt delivery and cause prices to spike.
Your single source for Azure best practices
Optimizing your Azure workloads can feel like a time-consuming task. With so many services that are constantly evolving it’s challenging to stay on top of, let alone implement, the latest best practices and ensure you’re operating in a cost-efficient manner that delivers security, performance, and reliability. Many Azure services offer best practices and advice. Examples […]
Enterprise Guide to Digital Transformation
Don’t let IT modernization be the bane of your existence. This curated collection of articles will give you more clarity and help you get started.