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Microsoft Azure offers “unintentional” discounts to some foreign buyers
It’s possible to obtain steep discounts on the price of Microsoft’s Azure cloud services, if you’re willing to write a check in a currency that isn’t U.S. dollars. A new report in The Register says that Microsoft is offering “unintentional discounts” to Azure users who pre-pay for a minimum of one year’s services. That’s because ...
Dell & Qualcomm announce key partnerships in China
Dell Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. are the latest U.S. firms to announce key partnerships with Chinese organizations aimed at expanding their presence in the Middle Kingdom’s massive market. Dell is investing in a Chinese startup with the aim of gaining more traction in one of the world’s fastest-growing tech markets, while Qualcomm has said it’s ...
Iran orders social media firms to store data within its borders
Iran is getting serious about data sovereignty, demanding that foreign social media and messaging apps transfer their data to facilities inside the Islamic Republic within one year. Iran has long been known for trying to assert control over its citizen’s online activities, blocking popular social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, spying on its citizens, ...
NuTonomy’s self-driving taxis could hit Singapore streets in just 2 years
Self-driving taxis might become a reality in as little as two years, if a Boston-area startup gets its way. NuTonomy, founded by a pair of MIT scientists in 2013, has just closed on a $16 million series A funding round led by Highland Capital Partners, with participation from other investors including Singapore’s economic development group and ...
The 5 biggest markets the IoT is poised to disrupt
Few disagree that the Internet of Things is accelerating at rapid speed. Gartner Inc. predicts there’ll be more than 25 billion connected devices in the world by 2020, generating revenues of more than $300 billion for those who catch the wave. But even with this massive amount of growth being forecast, most enterprises fail to ...
Google intros “node pools” to support heterogeneous container clusters
Google Container Engine users can now set up container clusters with nodes sporting multiple configurations within them. Google’s support for heterogeneous clusters comes by way of a new feature called Node Pools, which moved into general availability late last week. Fabio Yeon, software engineer at Google’s Cloud Platform group, said in a blog post that ...
Amazon Web Services said to be secretly building a new AI service
Amazon Web Services is said to be testing a new service that will make it easier for customers to run artificial intelligence (AI) software on its cloud, according to a report in Bloomberg. The move is a rare case of Amazon chasing, instead of leading, its competitors in the public cloud, the publication adds. Bloomberg ...
Microsoft’s Office Online gets real-time chat capabilities
Microsoft’s Office Online is pretty comprehensive when it comes to collaboration, allowing multiple users to edit documents online, embed comments and so on. But sometimes that just isn’t enough – what people need is the ability to ask impulsive questions or make off-the-cuff remarks to speed things along. With that in mind, Microsoft has said ...
Cloud wars: Value, not price, drives market share in the public cloud
Contrary to what many have suggested, the public cloud market is still a long way from becoming a commodity market, according to new research from analyst firm 451 Research LLC. The findings come from 451 Research’s latest Cloud Price Index (CPI), which shows that the so-called “race to the bottom” in public cloud, embodied by ...
Google takes on Microsoft & Tableau with free data visualization tool
Google is upping its game in the business analytics market with the launch of Data Studio, a free version of its new reporting and data visualization tool, Google Data Studio 360. While the free, beta version isn’t quite as robust as the paid offering, users can still create as many as five multi-page reports that ...