Pedro Hernandez

Businesses that are planning to place critical workloads on Windows Server 2019 will have new ways of configuring their high-availability setups. In test build 17650 of the upcoming server operating system, Microsoft has added a new capability that streamlines the process of migrating server clusters between domains. The system software is available now for evaluation […]

Microsoft and Saxo Bank, a Copenhagen, Denmark-based bank and financial technology (fintech) services provider, want to expedite Wall Street’s migration to cloud computing. The companies announced on April 24 the formation of a strategic partnership intended to accelerate cloud adoption in the financial services industry. As part of the deal, Saxo Bank plans to move […]

Microsoft and Saxo Bank, a Copenhagen, Denmark-based bank and financial technology (fintech) services provider, want to expedite Wall Street’s migration to cloud computing. The companies announced on April 24 the formation of a strategic partnership intended to accelerate cloud adoption in the financial services industry. As part of the deal, Saxo Bank plans to move […]

Open-source server specialist Percona is branching out yet again. After establishing a reputation for MySQL server solutions, the Raleigh, N.C., technology firm released in 2015 its Percona Server for the popular open-source MongoDB database. The following year, it rolled the second version of its product for MongoDB 3.2. Today, the company is at it again […]

Wagering that the factory floor of the future will be buzzing with intelligent, cloud-connected devices, Microsoft is showing off its latest industrial internet of things (IIoT) innovations at Hannover Messe 2018 in Hannover, Germany, April 23-27. Among the new offerings that the Redmond, Wash., software giant is demonstrating at the industrial technology conference is an […]

Red Hat Enterprise Linux users can now create clusters for their scalable cloud applications on Azure Service Fabric. Microsoft’s microservices-friendly cloud offering supports clusters based on the Linux distribution in a public preview of the new capability included as part of latest update to the Azure Service Fabric runtime (version 6.2), announced April 19 by […]

Microsoft is bringing the technology it uses to keep Edge users safe to a rival browser. Available now in the Chrome Web Store, the new Windows Defender Browser Protection extension for Google Chrome monitors web pages to help users avoid phishing schemes and socially-engineered attempts to lure them to malware-tainted sites. The product borrows its […]

Enterprise resource planning vendor FinancialForce on April 19 took the wraps off the Spring 2018 Release of its namesake business software portfolio aimed at enterprises participating in the XaaS economy or are considering making the leap. XaaS, short for anything- or everything-as-a-service, describes a business model in which products and services are sold on a […]

Microsoft is replacing the OneNote desktop app in this year’s upcoming release of Office 2019 for Windows with the UWP (Universal Windows Platform) version as the default OneNote installation, the company announced on April 18. Currently, there are two versions of the note-taking app available to Windows users. OneNote 2016 is the traditional desktop version […]

Travelers who rely on Microsoft Translator’s offline mode when they venture into unfamiliar territory can rest a little easier. The app can now deliver higher-quality, neural network translation services to modern iOS, Android and Amazon Fire devices even when they can’t access the company’s powerful artificial intelligence (AI) systems in the cloud. Users of the […]