hybrid cloud

  1. Is Azure Single-Cloud AI Strategy Right for You? Benefits, Risks, Validation

    Principled Technologies’ recent press materials argue that adopting a single‑cloud approach for AI on Microsoft Azure can produce measurable gains in performance, manageability, and cost predictability — but those headline claims come with important caveats and require careful validation before...
  2. Single-Cloud AI on Azure: Performance, Governance & Cost Predictability

    A new Principled Technologies (PT) study — circulated as a press release and picked up by partner outlets — argues that adopting a single‑cloud approach for AI on Microsoft Azure can produce concrete benefits in performance, manageability, and cost predictability, while also leaving room for...
  3. Windows 365 Cloud Apps: App-only streaming for frontline workers

    Microsoft’s decision to let organizations stream single Windows applications from the cloud — instead of entire Cloud PC sessions — marks a pragmatic pivot in how enterprises will adopt Windows 365 for day-to-day workforces and frontline roles. The new Windows 365 Cloud Apps feature, now in...
  4. RiverMeadow Brings Azure Local to Accelerate VMware Migrations On-Prem

    RiverMeadow’s announcement that its Workload Mobility Platform now supports Microsoft Azure Local marks a notable development for enterprises weighing VMware alternatives and planning large-scale cloud migrations. The vendor’s pitch—faster migrations, hybrid on‑premises + Azure management...
  5. TierPoint Earns Microsoft Private Cloud Solutions Partner Designation for Azure Local

    TierPoint’s announcement that it has earned the Microsoft Solutions Partner designation for Private Cloud marks a notable step in the ongoing normalization of Azure-consistent private cloud offerings—and signals that major service providers are now formally recognized for running cloud-native...
  6. Nutanix Named Leader in 2025 Gartner MQ for Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure

    Nutanix’s recent announcement — republished by several outlets — that it was named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Distributed Hybrid Infrastructure is a noteworthy PR moment for the company and a useful opening to examine how the vendor’s product strategy and market positioning...
  7. SSMS 22 Preview 1: Modern UI, IntelliSense Upgrades, and SQL Server 2025 AI

    Microsoft’s SSMS tooling quietly stepped into its next chapter this week with the public appearance of SSMS 22 Preview 1 — a preview build that brings a modernized settings experience, refreshed theming, results-grid zooming, and deeper alignment with SQL Server 2025 and Microsoft Fabric. Early...
  8. Nadella's Five Copilot Prompts: An Enterprise AI Leadership Playbook

    Satya Nadella’s short public playbook — five repeatable prompts he says he uses inside Microsoft 365 Copilot — has done more than offer productivity tips; it has shown, in blunt practice, how an enterprise copilot can change the mechanics of leadership, reduce busywork and compress decision...
  9. Rams Embrace AI on the Sideline: McVay, Copilot+ and 60,000 Career Yards

    The Los Angeles Rams’ 14–9 win over the Houston Texans was notable not just for a late-game stop and Matthew Stafford’s quiet climb into the 60,000-career-passing-yards club, but for the way Sean McVay’s embrace of sideline technology framed the narrative: a coach openly betting on advanced...
  10. Azure Arc Local Privilege Elevation: Patch for CVE-2025-26627 (CVE-2025-55316 Confusion)

    A high‑risk elevation‑of‑privilege vulnerability affecting Microsoft Azure Arc has been disclosed and patched — but the public tracking and identifier details are messy, and administrators must act now to confirm which of their Arc installations are affected, apply vendor fixes, and harden local...
  11. Cloud Sovereignty and Microsoft Azure: Unit 8200, Nimbus, and AI Surveillance

    Microsoft’s announcement of an “urgent” external investigation into allegations that Israel’s Unit 8200 used Azure to store and process recordings of millions of Palestinian phone calls crystallizes a larger, underappreciated shift: the world’s leading cloud providers are not just vendors — they...
  12. Azure Arc for Hyper-V: Practical Onboarding, VM Integration, and Trade-offs

    Azure Arc gives Hyper‑V administrators a new, cloud‑centric management plane that complements — not replaces — established tools like System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM), Windows Admin Center (WAC), Hyper‑V Manager and PowerShell, and this guide walks through practical onboarding...
  13. Azure Arc and Azure Update Manager: The WSUS Replacement for Hybrid Patch Management

    Azure Arc is becoming the practical replacement many enterprises need after Microsoft signaled the deprecation of Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), and for organizations that want to centralize patching across on-premises servers and Azure VMs the recommended route is to Arc‑enable servers...
  14. Agentic AI in Drilling: OMV-DeepIQ-Microsoft Pilot for Well Construction Optimization

    DeepIQ and OMV Energy have announced a joint effort with Microsoft to deploy agentic AI across OMV Energy’s drilling operations, beginning with a pilot for well construction optimization that DeepIQ says will automate the corporate learning loop and deliver context‑aware workflows for well...
  15. UMG Göttingen Expands AI Imaging with Sectra Amplifier on Microsoft Azure

    Universitätsmedizin Göttingen (UMG Göttingen) has moved from proof‑of‑concept to production by expanding its deployment of Sectra’s enterprise imaging technology to include the Sectra Amplifier Service, a managed AI‑as‑a‑service hosted in Microsoft Azure that integrates validated third‑party AI...
  16. Screenvision Modernizes with Azure and OCI: 12-Week Oracle Hybrid Migration

    Screenvision Media has completed a rapid, high-stakes migration of its core business systems into a multi‑cloud architecture built on Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), a move executed by Oracle‑specialist managed services provider Cintra in an intensive 12‑week program that...
  17. VCF 9.0 with Private AI: On-Prem Cloud Reimagined for Enterprise AI

    Broadcom’s broadside from the VMware Explore stage in Las Vegas was blunt: enterprises should stop reflexively running to the public cloud and instead bring AI and modern apps back on-premises with VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF). Background Broadcom completed its acquisition of VMware in late...
  18. Atturra Wins Microsoft Private Cloud Solution Partner Status in Australia

    Atturra’s announcement that it has secured the Microsoft Private Cloud Solution Partner designation marks a significant addition to its already deep Microsoft credentials and positions the ASX‑listed services firm at the forefront of sovereign, hybrid and on‑premises Microsoft delivery in...
  19. Windows Server 2025: Automation, Hotpatching, and the KB5044284 Lesson

    Microsoft’s latest move to automate and AI‑assist Windows Server 2025 upgrades promises to cut the friction and risk that have long dogged enterprise patch cycles, but the effort is also a reminder that automation without clear metadata and robust controls can make things worse as quickly as it...
  20. Atturra Sovereign Private Cloud Push: Microsoft Designations in Australia

    Atturra’s latest Microsoft milestone and its sovereign private‑cloud expansion mark a calculated push to capture government and enterprise workloads that hyperscalers can’t — but the claim that it has been named “Microsoft’s first private cloud partner in Australia” requires careful...