Azure Arc is a preview service that enables users to create and attach Kubernetes clusters both inside and outside of Azure. Azure Arc also enables the user to manage Windows and Linux machines outside of Azure the same way native Azure Virtual Machines are managed. To monitor these Azure Arc enabled clusters and servers, you […]
Archives for July 2020
Three reasons to migrate your ASP.NET apps and SQL Server data to Azure
The way we work and live has changed. Over the last several months, enterprises have had to shift their strategy from “physical first” to digital first and accelerate their digital transformation to enable remote productivity, reduce costs, or rapidly address new opportunities. In a digital first world, websites and web applications play a significant role […]
Google employees to work from home until July 2021
Google is planning to allow its 200,000 full-time and contract workers to continue remote working until at least July next year due to the continued effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai decided to extend Google’s remote working plans to the middle of 2021 following a meeting with senior company executives last week, according to the […]
Eight ways to optimize costs on Azure SQL
Across the globe, businesses are emerging into a new normal, eager to restart or rebuild, but still operating in uncertain times. Optimizing costs and redirecting the spend to where it matters most is as important as ever, and many companies see the cloud as a way to control costs, build resilience, and accelerate time to […]
Google to build subsea data cable linking the UK, US and Spain
Google is building a subsea fibre-optic network cable that connects the UK, US and Spain as part of an effort to improve its services. The ‘Grace Hopper’ cable, Google’s fourth privately-owned undersea cable, will run from New York and split off to Bilbao in Spain and Cornwall in the UK. Underwater cables carry 98% of the world’s data, according to Google, […]
Flipkart launches hyperlocal delivery service in Bengaluru
Illustration: Rahul Awasthi Walmart-owned Flipkart has launched a hyperlocal 90-minute delivery service called Flipkart Quick in Bengaluru across categories including grocery, mobiles, electronics and home accessories. With this launch, the company has also forayed into fresh fruits and vegetables, as well as meats and milk on its platform. These new business verticals will also be […]
Worldwide 5G network infrastructure spending expected to nearly double in 2020
While spending rises, revenues are expected to decline 4.4% to $38.1 billion, according to a new Gartner forecast. Image Getty Images/iStockphoto Investments in 5G network infrastructure by communications service providers (CSPs) are predicted to reach 21.3% of total wireless infrastructure, according to Gartner’s latest forecast (Forecast: Communications Service Provider Operational Technology, 2Q20 Update and Forecast […]
Video consultations with doctors see big rise
A pregnant woman with excessive pain met her gynecologist online. The doctor, from Motherhood, a mother and childcare specialist hospital, checked the screen to conclude the pain was not normal and asked her to call back if it did not subside in the next half an hour. When it did not, she was rushed to […]
Google to keep most of its employees at home until July 2021
Google has decided that most of its 200,000 employees and contractors should work from home through next June, a sobering assessment of the pandemic’s potential staying power from the company providing the answers for the world’s most trusted internet search engine. The remote-work order issued Monday by Google CEO Sundar Pichai also affects other companies […]
How to tailor SASE to your enterprise
Businesses considering the secure access service edge (SASE) model need to understand that there are numerous ways to implement it that can be tailored to their future needs and the realities of their legacy networks. As defined by Gartner, which coined the term, SASE calls for security to be built in as part of the […]