Pedro Hernandez

In its latest stab at cloud-based data protection for enterprises, Microsoft is making it easier for Azure Backup customers to bounce back from Windows Server mishaps, or worse, debilitating ransomware attacks. Moving beyond simple data backups, Microsoft this week announced an expansion of the features in its Azure Backup agent software that also take a […]

Nearly two months after the release candidate of Microsoft’s open-source deep learning toolkit made the rounds, the company made it official this week by announcing the general availability of Cognitive Toolkit version 2.0 under an open-source license. Formerly known as the Computational Network Toolkit (CNTK), this artificial intelligence (AI) toolkit includes a deep learning system […]

Full-fledged Windows on ARM-based hardware took a major step closer to reality this week. During the Computex 2017 tradeshow in Taipei, Microsoft officially announced the impending release of so-called “Always Connected PCs” featuring eSIM technolgy, some of which will be powered by Snapdragon 835 processors from Qualcomm. Echoing the software giant’s relatively new “cloud-first” ethos, […]

Nearly a year after launching Planner, Microsoft’s answer to Trello, Blossom and other collaborative project management tools, the software giant has released a companion app for Android smartphones and the Apple iPhone. Planner is available to customers with subscriptions to Office 365 Enterprise (plans E1 through E5), Business Essentials, Business Premium or Education. On the […]

The wait is getting shorter. Microsoft planted the seeds for affordable augmented-reality (AR) and virtual-reality (AR) experiences with this spring’s release of the Windows 10 Creators Update. Later this year, PC owners who pony up a little extra cash for a new Windows-compatible mixed-reality headset will finally get to see (and hear) what the fuss […]

The world’s Windows PC makers are gathered this week in Taipei to show off their latest wares at Computex. This year, Dell, one of Microsoft’s staunchest hardware partners, took the wraps off new Windows 10 systems powered by Ryzen, AMD’s latest processor line. PC enthusiasts and chip industry watchers are keeping a watchful eye on […]

Organizations that rely on Microsoft’s Office 365 for their day-to-day productivity and collaboration needs can now analyze their workforce’s usage habits with Power BI, the company’s cloud-based business intelligence (BI) and analytics service. This week’s preview release of the Office 365 Adoption Content Pack for Power BI builds on the Office 365 usage reporting features […]

Microsoft is the latest global-scale cloud provider to recently tout the steps it is taking to comply with the European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The stringent privacy regulation is primarily focused on protecting the personal identifiable information of users, explained David Jones, senior vice president of the Security and Information Governance Business […]

Alexa, Google Now and Siri are just the tip of the iceberg of the upcoming artificial intelligence revolution. IT services and consulting firm Infosys envisions future enterprise AI systems that may alter the very nature of work, turning businesses into hyper-efficient organizations and enabling an era of improved productivity and high-value output from tomorrow’s workers. […]

The wait is over. Microsoft today officially took the wraps off the long-awaited follow-up to the Surface Pro 4, which has been on the market since October 2015, during a media event in Shanghai, China. Now simply called the Surface Pro, Microsoft’s newest Windows tablet-slash-hybrid PC looks strikingly similar to its predecessor, the Surface Pro […]