distributed systems

Dr. William L. Bain’s career bridges the arc of modern parallel computing — from Bell Labs and Intel research labs through a Microsoft acquisition to founding ScaleOut Software — and his work today pushes operational intelligence and in‑memory computing into production systems where latency...

In the age of hyperscale cloud, Microsoft stands as both pioneer and practitioner, running some of the world’s largest distributed systems and—critically—turning its own best-in-class internal tools into public product offerings. Perhaps nowhere is this more visible than in Azure, where virtual...

The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence continues to reshape critical technology infrastructure, and recent advances highlight a pivotal shift not only in performance but also in sustainability and global reach. The latest development comes from GemiGPT, a decentralized AI infrastructure...

A sudden and far-reaching Google Cloud outage on a Thursday sent shockwaves through the digital landscape, underscoring the fragility and interdependence of today’s cloud-reliant world. Among the affected were not just Google’s own suite of services but also widely used platforms such as...

Building the next generation of artificial intelligence is as much about reimagining how systems are constructed and interact as it is about scaling up models. At the heart of today’s leading AI research from Microsoft is a profound shift in the design, verification, and deployment of complex...

The accelerating evolution of AI agents is reshaping how enterprises architect software, manage workflows, and define the boundaries of business intelligence. No longer limited to rigid interfaces or stand-alone applications, modern AI agents are quickly becoming autonomous, collaborative...

OpenAI, renowned for its groundbreaking AI models like ChatGPT, has significantly enhanced its AI development processes by integrating Microsoft Azure Blob Storage. This collaboration has streamlined data management, optimized training workflows, and bolstered the reliability of model...

Microsoft reaffirms its leadership in advancing computing systems by proudly sponsoring the 30th Symposium on Operating Systems Principles (SOSP 2024). This sponsorship underscores Microsoft's unwavering commitment to fostering innovation and excellence in the realm of operating systems...

Honest, this is the last Microsoft Band post... (for a bit at least)(unless I find something really really cool anyway... ;) Just for reference, here are the other recent C4F posts; Microsoft Band SDK Release and Band Studio Introduction, Developing for the Microsoft Band Link Round-up...

Web applications increasingly integrate third-party services. The integration introduces new security challenges due to the complexity for an application to coordinate its internal states with those of the component services and the web client across the Internet. In this paper, we study the...

Link Removed is a Link Removed project and managed (.NET) software framework for building client + cloud applications. As outlined in the recently released paper on the topic: Orleans defines an actor-like model of isolated grains that communicate through asynchronous messages and manage...