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• Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi leverage intelligent cloud through Microsoft Azure

  Microsoft has partnered with an automotive alliance comprising Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi to deliver in-vehicle connected services across nearly 200 markets.

• Azure revenue growth slows, Microsoft shares fall

  Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing platform grew at a slower pace in the December quarter compared with a year earlier, sending shares down.

• NTT launches Microsoft Azure Stack offering in Singapore

  NTT Communications has launched a Managed Azure Stack Solution in Singapore, which was originally slated for the third quarter of 2018.​

• Microsoft side-steps channel in direct Azure play

  Microsoft will allow customers to bypass the channel and purchase Azure services direct, in a strategy aimed at increasing adoption among SMBs.

• Amazon Web Services hints at quantum computing future

  Amazon Web Services has, for the first time, hinted at its interest in offering quantum computing to customers.

• DXC goes deep on Microsoft Azure, opens analytics migration factory in Philippines

  DXC Technology has officially opened two additional analytics migration factories in Manila, Philippines, and Warsaw, Poland.

• How Accenture and Avanade moved Carlsberg to Microsoft Azure with SAP

  To transition its IT infrastructure to the public cloud, international brewery Carlsberg engaged professional services firm Accenture.

• ‘No change at the top’ as AWS dominates cloud

  The public cloud services market continues to be dominated by AWS at a global level with the tech giant accounting for 40 per cent of investments.

• Tech Data bolsters platform play with CloudCheckr addition

  Tech Data has added CloudCheckr analytics and management packages to its StreamOne cloud platform in a bid to enhance partner offerings.

• Azure’s new machine learning features embrace Python

  Microsoft has unveiled several new additions to its Azure ML offering for machine learning, including better integration with Python.

• Microsoft kills password authentication

  Microsoft has unveiled plans to end the use of passwords and support users' logins through the Microsoft Authenticator app.

• Pipeline for partners as Microsoft unveils Azure IoT Central

  Microsoft has made its software-as-a-service Azure IoT Central solution generally available, nine months after it was first announced.

• DXC prepping Philippines analytics migration factory for Microsoft Azure

  DXC Technology is preparing to launch an analytics migration factory for Microsoft Azure in Manila, Philippines by December 2018.

• Microsoft lures Windows Server 2008 users toward Azure

  As end of support for Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 nears, Microsoft is offering customers extended support if they migrate to Azure.

• AI: the fight Google Cloud can win

  Google Cloud may be losing the battle for market supremacy, but with the war yet to be won, a secret weapon for the channel is emerging.