Pedro Hernandez

Open Neural Network Exchange (ONNX), the open-source format for artificial intelligence framework interoperability, is now production-ready, according to project partners Microsoft, Facebook and Amazon Web Services. The version 1.0 release is a major milestone in helping to make the AI software ecosystem more accessible to developers and the enterprises that ultimately deploy their systems. Originally […]

Microsoft has launched a 3D asset optimization service called Simplygon Cloud, which the software giant says will enable people to view 3D images and video without special hardware. Simplygon Cloud’s origins can be traced back to Microsoft’s deal to buy Simplygon, the Swedish maker of automatic 3D optimization software, in January for an undisclosed amount. […]

Microsoft Azure’s B-Series virtual machines, a set of “burstable” cloud instances, have shed their preview status are now generally available, meaning the company’s cloud customers can use the offerings for their production workloads. First appearing as a beta release in September, B-Series instances are a money-saving alternative to overpaying for resources that are rarely used […]

The wait is nearly over for PCs that are powered by Qualcomm’s Arm-based Snapdragon mobile processors and can run full versions of Windows 10. Nearly a year after first announcing that Windows on Arm PCs were in the works, Microsoft, Hewlett Packard and Asus officially took the wraps off “Always Connected PCs” on Dec. 5 […]

Microsoft is taking a whiteboard experience like the one that ships with its Surface Hub hardware and making it available to Windows 10 users. Not all businesses have the budget or room for a Surface Hub digital white board display with a starting price of about $7,000, but there’s a good chance that their users […]

Microsoft Dec. 5 took the wraps off a new software-as-a-service offering called IoT Central that’s aimed at helping enterprises hit the ground running when they embark on their Internet of Things development projects. Although Microsoft already offers its cloud-based Azure IoT Suite, getting started on an IoT implementation can still be a challenge for many […]

Microsoft has closed some pretty significant gaps in its Project Honolulu systems management software in the latest update to the technical preview of the toolset. Project Honolulu is a set of graphical user interface (GUI) tools that are meant to bridge the gap between the PowerShell command line and GUI tools like the Microsoft Management […]

Dynamics NAV 2018, Microsoft’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for small and midsized businesses, is now generally available. James Phillips, corporate vice president of Microsoft’s Business Applications division, announced on Dec. 1 that the software giant had officially released the new version, complete with improved interoperability with Office 365. Like the rest of Microsoft’s application […]

In five years Microsoft’s Redmond, Wash. headquarters will look very different. As it stands now, the corporate campus Microsoft calls home is sprinkled with several, fairly non-descript office buildings, at least from the outside looking in. Workers walk, bike or are bussed between labs, offices and other facilities, oftentimes negotiating vehicular traffic to get to […]

In the future, Microsoft wants to help Windows 10 users travel back in time, to resume tasks that may have been sidelined by an urgent request from a colleague or simply forgotten among the day-to-day demands of a busy workday. A new feature called Timeline, first demonstrated during the Microsoft Build conference in May, will […]

Microsoft has officially dropped the beta or “preview” label on its Edge browser for Android and iOS devices. In early October, Microsoft released a preview of the Edge app for iOS followed soon after by the Android version. On Nov. 30, Joe Belfiore, corporate vice president of Microsoft Windows and Devices division, announced the arrival […]

Expanding on their existing strategic partnership, Microsoft will soon be offer SAP’s private managed cloud offering, SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud, on the Azure cloud computing platform. The offering will allow both companies customers to run the SAP S/4HANA suite of enterprise resource planning applications on a secure and managed cloud. Although they are stalwart competitors […]