Microsoft Cost Management updates—April 2023

By Dustin Ward

Whether you’re a new student, a thriving startup, or the largest enterprise, you have financial constraints, and you need to know what you’re spending, where it’s being spent, and how to plan for the future. Nobody wants a surprise when it comes to the bill, and this is where Microsoft Cost Management comes in. We’re always looking…

Managing IP with Microsoft Azure and Cliosoft

By Dustin Ward

This blog was co-authored by Fernando Aznar Cornejo, AMD Partner Development Manager; Nathaniel Lum, Senior Applications Engineer, Cliosoft; Amit Varde, Director – Solutions Engineering, Cliosoft. Intellectual Property (IP) is a critical asset for technology companies, encompassing a company’s patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. For technology companies, IP often refers to source code or design,…

4 cloud cost optimization strategies with Microsoft Azure

By Dustin Ward

We have seen many businesses make significant shifts toward cloud computing in the last decade. The Microsoft Azure public cloud offers many benefits to companies, such as increased flexibility, scalability, and availability of resources. However, with the increased usage of resources, implementing best practices in cloud efficiency is a necessity to validate spending and avoid…

Inside Azure for IT: 3 cloud strategies to navigate market uncertainty

By Dustin Ward

The saying, “the only thing constant is change,” is one I can’t seem to get out of my head these days, and also seems to resonate with customers I talk to given the dynamic market changes, macroeconomic headwinds, geopolitical tensions, and labor constraints we’re all living in currently. That’s why for this episode of Inside…

Announcing Project Health Insights Preview: Advancing AI for health data

By Dustin Ward

We live in an era with unprecedented increases in the size of health data. Digitization of medical records, medical imaging, genomic data, clinical notes, and more all contributed to an exponential increase in the amount of medical data. The potential benefit of leveraging this health data is enormous. However, with this growth in health data,…

New Azure App Service plans fuel greater choice and savings

By Dustin Ward

This blog is co-authored with Mayunk Jain, Stefan Schackow, Mads Damgård, and Jordan Selig. In times of economic uncertainty, organizations need flexible options to achieve their business outcomes. To meet this need, we are excited to announce new plans for Microsoft Azure App Service customers with two new offerings in the Premium v3 (Pv3) service…