Microsoft’s Ignite event this week saw the Azure platform integrate more AI into network operations, while Palo Alto Networks seemingly edged out Cisco as agentic security partner of choice for the hyperscaler.

Microsoft Corp. is using its massive Ignite conference in San Francisco today to unveil a wide range of updates to its Foundry artificial intelligence development platform aimed at simplifying how developers build, deploy and manage AI agents.

Renen Hallak, VAST Data Founder and CEO, will be at Microsoft Ignite in San Francisco and available for joint customer meetings, to discuss how Azure and the VAST AI Operating System will enable enterprises to operationalize agentic AI at global scale.

Microsoft and Nvidia plan to invest in Anthropic under a new tie-up that includes a $30 billion commitment by the Claude maker to use Microsoft's cloud services, the latest high-profile deal binding together major players in the AI industry.

Today, we are unveiling the next Fairwater site of Azure AI datacenters in Atlanta, Georgia. This purpose-built datacenter is connected to our first Fairwater site in Wisconsin, prior generations of AI supercomputers and the broader Azure global datacenter footprint to create the world’s first planet-scale AI superfactory.

LTIMindtree has announced the expansion of its global collaboration with Microsoft to accelerate Microsoft Azure adoption and drive AI-powered business transformation for enterprises. As a part of the collaboration, LTIMindtree will enable faster cloud adoption and unlock enhanced business value for joint customers through advanced AI solutions.

It’s not surprising that developers have become increasingly dependent on the open source PostgreSQL, the nearly 30-year-old successor to the University of California Berkeley’s Ingres (hence its name). It’s a flexible tool that works well across a wide range of platforms and, thanks to an extensible architecture, can support most workloads.

We are entering a new era where AI isn't just a tool for transformation but the foundation for reinvention. Frontier firms aren't waiting. Already,

And a cloud PC that's for AI agents only Microsoft has created a new type of AI PC – the “Windows 365 AI-enabled Cloud PC”.… Readers may recall that in late 2023 the term “AI PC” entered common use to describe PCs packing a neural processing unit (NPU).

Following Microsoft Azure's self-developed ARM processor Cobalt 100, the 50 percent more powerful Cobalt 200 with 132 cores will be available in 2026.

Microsoft Corp. is infusing artificial intelligence agents into Azure Copilot to turbocharge cloud operations with agentic automation.