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Lumen Technologies, a long-established titan in enterprise connectivity, has embarked on a data-centric transformation that showcases how legacy telecommunications firms can reinvent themselves for the AI-first, multicloud era. Traditionally lauded for its massive infrastructure footprint and...

Microsoft has taken a bold new step in the evolution of enterprise data management with the public preview release of SQL Server 2025, signaling a significant turning point for organizations seeking robust, AI-driven, and developer-focused database solutions. This major update, unveiled at Build...

The Industrial Cloud Platform Showdown: AWS vs. Azure in the Age of Digital Transformation In today’s rapidly evolving industrial landscape, modernizing operational technology (OT) is no longer just a buzzword—it’s a necessity. Industrial players across manufacturing, energy, logistics, and...

In a move that signals the brisk acceleration of conversational AI adoption across enterprise landscapes, Twilio has announced a multi-year strategic partnership with Microsoft, unveiled prominently at the recent Twilio SIGNAL event in San Francisco. This alliance aims to blend Twilio’s robust...

April ushered in another telling chapter in the evolving landscape of cloud engagement, with Snowflake and MongoDB emerging as notable winners, according to recent analysis from Bank of America (BofA). In contrast, growth around the Microsoft 365 suite—long considered a lodestar for enterprise...

Twilio's SIGNAL 2025 conference has unveiled a suite of advancements poised to redefine customer engagement through artificial intelligence (AI) and strategic collaboration. Central to these announcements is the introduction of a next-generation customer engagement platform and a strategic...

Microsoft Azure is once again at the center of the global cloud competition, as the latest quarterly results showcase the company’s reinvigorated momentum in the public cloud arena. According to multiple independent reports, including direct earnings disclosures and consensus analyst commentary...

Azure’s most recent quarterly performance has reignited debate in both the investment community and the broader IT ecosystem, as Microsoft’s cloud platform not only posted industry-leading growth but managed to outpace rivals Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud on multiple critical...

The race to lead data management and AI integration is accelerating, as the week ending May 2, 2025, delivered a cascade of significant headlines. Across technology vendors and innovative startups alike, the unified theme is clear: the future of enterprise value depends on mastering and...

In the ever-capricious world of SQL Server management, where every version number is both a badge and a potential migraine, Devart has dropped its latest update like a tactical nuke: dbForge Tools for SQL Server 7.1 is here, bringing support for SQL Server 2025, the SSMS 21 Preview, and the...

An Unforgettable Chapter in Data & AI Evolution The latest edition of the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference 2025 delivered a resounding message: innovation, collaboration, and community are the key drivers of digital transformation. Hosted once again at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand—this year’s...

Python, R, and SQL form the cornerstone of modern data science toolkits, each bringing strengths that complement the others rather than forcing any direct rivalry. As we chart the programming language trends moving into 2025, it becomes increasingly clear that organizations wanting to stay at...

It’s not often that two tech titans come together for a handshake that makes waves across the globe, but when Microsoft, king of clouds, and Databricks, monarch of data lakes, declare their partnership is going global, you’d be mistaken not to sit up a little straighter in your Herman Miller...

Australia’s telecommunications landscape is witnessing a transformative shift as Optus unveils its unified data platform (UDP) to support a strategic migration to the cloud. In a groundbreaking collaboration with Microsoft, Tech Mahindra, and Databricks, the Aussie telco is not only modernizing...

Optus is embarking on a bold new chapter in digital transformation by partnering with Microsoft, Tech Mahindra, and Databricks to implement a Unified Data Platform (UDP) that promises to revolutionize data access, analytics, and operational agility. A New Era of Cloud and Data Transformation...

SQL Server 2016 Community Technology Preview 2.3 is here! It is the biggest leap forward in Microsoft’s data platform history with faster transactions and queries, deeper insights on any device, advanced analytics, new security technology, and new hybrid cloud scenarios. Link Removed

This week Scott welcomes Ryan CrawCour back to the Data Exposed show and he and Scott do the "GA Happy Dance". Ryan is a Senior Program Manager for Azure DocumentDB on the Data Platform Group at Microsoft and his first video is one of the highest rated and most watched on Data Exposed. So this...