DataCenterNews Asia Pacific - Specialist news for cloud & data center decision-makers

Microsoft Azure stories - Page 2

Cinematic cloud operations control room self healing infrastructure

Dynatrace unveils agentic AI system for autonomous ops

Last month
#
microsoft azure
Dynatrace launches an agentic AI operations layer to automate cloud and AI-native workloads, aiming for self-healing, autonomous observability.
Maia200chip

Microsoft unveils Maia 200 AI chip to power inference

Last month
#
microsoft azure
Microsoft has unveiled its Maia 200 AI chip, claiming up to 10 PFLOPS FP4 performance to power large-scale inference and “reasoning AI”.
Unnamed  1

AMD EPYC chips gain ground across major cloud giants

Last month
#
microsoft azure
AMD’s EPYC chips win wider deployment at AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and Oracle as cloud providers ramp AI, HPC and database workloads.
Glowing world map night undersea cables cloud servers outages damage

Cloudflare reports sharp global fall in shutdowns, outages

Last month
#
microsoft azure
Cloudflare reports government-ordered internet shutdowns plunged in late 2025, even as cable damage, storms and war kept outages high.
Basil mimi founder and ceo of mantas

Mantas raises USD $1.77m to insure against cloud downtime

Last month
#
microsoft azure
Mantas raises USD $1.77m seed to launch parametric insurance that pays out automatically when verified cloud outages hit businesses.
Chris allan

mhance appoints Chris Allan as chief executive officer

Last month
#
microsoft azure
Microsoft partner mhance names Chris Allan as CEO to drive cloud, data and AI-led growth under private equity owner SilverTree Equity.
Small business dashboard apps finance crm pos workflow global

Xero expands App Store with new global integrations

Last month
#
microsoft azure
Xero broadens its App Store with new global integrations spanning finance, automation, CRM and sector-specific tools for key markets.
World map undersea internet cables damage stormy seas disruption

Cloudflare reports Q4 fall in shutdowns amid outages

Last month
#
microsoft azure
Cloudflare logs steep Q4 drop in state-ordered shutdowns, but flags more than 180 2025 outages from cable damage, storms and conflict.
Steve tack

Dynatrace wins top observability & cloud security nods

Last month
#
microsoft azure
Dynatrace wins dual accolades as Gartner customers’ choice and ISG Leader for observability and cloud-native security in 2025 reports.
Maia200chip

Microsoft unveils Maia 200 AI chip to cut token costs

Last month
#
microsoft azure
Microsoft launches Maia 200 AI chip in US data centres, claiming 30% cheaper token generation and triple FP4 speed over Amazon Trainium.
Enterprise it control room secure data vaults cloud ai brain

Rocket Software unveils ContentEdge for safer GenAI

Last month
#
microsoft azure
Rocket Software launches ContentEdge to give organisations safer GenAI access to sensitive unstructured data across hybrid environments.
Cloud computing classroom open padlocks security risk training

Misconfigured cloud training labs open paths to attacks

Last month
#
microsoft azure
Misconfigured cloud training labs on AWS, Google Cloud and Azure expose major firms to live attacks via overly permissive access roles.
Nick hedderman and john corley   21 january 2026   photo  dan taylor 1

Spanish Point expands UK footprint with Microsoft AI role

Last month
#
microsoft azure
Spanish Point expands UK presence after 31% revenue growth and wins rare role delivering Microsoft’s 20-day AI Transformation Programmeme.
Legacy mainframe to cloud microservices transformation engineer

Thoughtworks unveils AI/works for legacy modernisation

Last month
#
microsoft azure
Thoughtworks launches AI/works, an agentic platform to reverse-engineer legacy systems and speed enterprise app delivery in 90 days.
Modern it operations room team legacy server to cloud shift

Thoughtworks launches AI platform to modernise legacy IT

Last month
#
microsoft azure
Thoughtworks unveils AI/works, an agentic platform that reverse engineers legacy systems to speed enterprise modernisation and delivery.
Canadian office server room onprem to cloud migration savings

Spence Software halves IT costs with 11:11 cloud move

Last month
#
microsoft azure
Spence Software shifts its S2Web SaaS platform to 11:11 Systems’ cloud, slashing IT spending by 50% and boosting performance and control.
Enterprise it room legacy server racks to cloud ai migration scene

Thoughtworks unveils AI/works for legacy modernisation

Last month
#
microsoft azure
Thoughtworks launches AI/works, an agentic platform to accelerate legacy modernisation and new software delivery in complex enterprises.
Nz government it office wellington beehive cloud services collab

Lancom gains AoG status for New Zealand government IT

Last month
#
microsoft azure
Lancom wins listing on New Zealand’s All-of-Government IT Marketplace, opening a streamlined route to tap a projected $13 billion spend.
Anthropic health claude

Anthropic expands Claude AI tools for health & trials

Last month
#
microsoft azure
Anthropic rolls out Claude for Healthcare and Life Sciences, adding sector-specific connectors, agent skills and consumer health integrations.
1618180398688

Capture The Bug adds US tech leaders for North American push

Last month
#
microsoft azure
Hamilton-born Capture The Bug taps top US tech leaders to drive North American growth as demand rises for continuous security testing.