What would you do if your business was suddenly worth 12 zeros? That’s a lot of zeros, right? Apparently if you’re Microsoft, you don’t do anything. It’s no secret this corporation is one of the leading businesses in the tech world. With products like Windows and Office, hitting $1 trillion in the stock market is less of a shock and more of a ‘what-took-them-so-long?’ This brief... Read More
Microsoft Announces SharePoint Server 2019 Update
SharePoint users everywhere are buzzing about the update Microsoft is expected roll out in 2019. But, according to Microsoft Office GM Jared Spataro, a preview will arrive as early as mid-2018. Here’s a taste of the improvements we expect for SharePoint 2019: Security and compliance To ensure SharePoint data remains safe in the age of widespread hacking, Microsoft is including more... Read More
What’s New with Microsoft’s Power BI?
For those who use Microsoft Power BI, we know how useful of a tool it is for data exploration and reporting. What you may not know is that there are now upwards of 200,000 active organizations using the data analytics tool and there have been around 400 updates (with new features) released in the last two years! While it may sound simple, one of the most well-received new features is the... Read More
Why Microsoft and Google Just Can’t Beat Amazon Web Services (AWS)
A survey sent out by Vision Mobile to more than 21,200 developers in 160 countries has identified the current trends across cloud segments, including the choices developers are making for cloud service providers. Amazon Web Services has emerged as the leading cloud service provider. AWS is especially popular amongst enterprises in the medium to large category, which is most likely because... Read More
Microsoft Announces New Commitment to Apache Spark
Microsoft will soon be starting a commitment with open source framework, Apache Spark. The technology giant began working with Spark last year. Now the company plans to launch several Spark services and even announced that Spark would power the on-premises version of Hadoop’s R Server, which has become popular for big data analysis. Additionally, the cloud version of R Server will be... Read More