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The Pentagon announced a limited request for bids for a new cloud initiative that replaces the cancelled $10 billion, decade-long JEDI contract initiative, TechCrunch reported. As you may recall, the JEDI contract was contentiously fought over by Microsoft and Amazon, even after the Pentagon announced that they had selected Microsoft. Eventually, the JEDI cloud contract was cancelled. CNBC reported that
Microsoft's Ignite three day conference event starts today with a keynote presentation by CEO Satya Nadella on emerging trends and innovations for business transformation. Along with Envision, Build and Inspire, it's one of several major conferences hosted by Microsoft each year. Running from 2nd to 4th November, Ignite is aimed at IT professionals and developers. The event showcases development tools
Microsoft reversed a decision to remove a key feature from its upcoming .NET 6 release, after public outcry from the open source community, The Verge reported. According to The Verge, Microsoft angered the .NET open source community earlier this week by removing a key part of the Hot Reload in the upcoming release of .NET, a feature that allows developers
The environment is on almost everyone’s mind these days. It's hard to ignore when it keeps reminding us with things like one-hundred-year storms every couple of years and going through the Latin alphabet and into the Greek one while naming storms during one season. Most of us try to be conscious of what we do with waste and watch our
Microsoft announced that the future of Internet Explorer on Windows 10 is Microsoft Edge. Microsoft stated that Microsoft Edge is a faster, more secure and more modern browsing experience than Internet Explorer, but is also to able to address a key concern: compatibility for older, legacy websites and applications. The Verge eported that Internet Explorer has been around for more
Microsoft announced that it has launched Microsoft Viva. It is comprised of four modules: Viva Connections, Viva Insights, Viva Learning, and Viva Topics. More modules will be coming. Microsoft describes Viva Connetions as “a gateway to your digital workplace”. They point out that research from their Work Trend Index shows that nearly 60 percent of workers feel less connected to
9To5Mac reported that Microsoft has confirmed that Xbox cloud gaming is coming to iOS in 2021. This is exciting news for people like me who enjoy playing video games on iPhone or iPad. It sounds like we will get access to games that were previously not available on iOS. Microsoft is expanding cloud gaming with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate coming