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Agent Factory: Creating a blueprint for safe and secure AI agents
19 Sep 2025
Azure AI Foundry brings together security, safety, and governance in a layered process enterprises can follow to build trust in their agents. The post Agent Factory: Creating a blueprint for safe and
Azure Kubernetes Service Automatic: Fast and frictionless Kubernetes for all
19 Sep 2025
Azure Kubernetes Service Automatic helps teams go from commit to cloud without friction, accelerating delivery and unleashing innovation. The post Azure Kubernetes Service Automatic: Fast and friction
FabCon Vienna: Build data-rich agents on an enterprise-ready foundation
19 Sep 2025
Learn about the new features and enhancements announced for Microsoft Fabric at FabCon Vienna 2025 The post FabCon Vienna: Build data-rich agents on an enterprise-ready foundation appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.
Accelerating AI and databases with Azure Container Storage, now 7 times faster and open source
19 Sep 2025
The next major release of Azure Container Storage delivers up to 7 times higher IOPS and 4 times less latency compared to previous versions. The post Accelerating AI and databases with Azure Container
Agent Factory: Connecting agents, apps, and data with new open standards like MCP and A2A
14 Sep 2025
The real power of agents comes from their ability to connect to each other, to enterprise data, and to the systems where work gets done. The post Agent Factory: Connecting agents, apps, and data with
Ask Ralph: Where style meets AI—a new era of conversational commerce
14 Sep 2025
Meet Ask Ralph, a new AI-powered styling companion that not only helps with product discovery but also inspires consumers with Ralph Lauren's unique and iconic take on style. The post Ask Ralph: Where
Azure mandatory multifactor authentication: Phase 2 starting in October 2025
14 Sep 2025
Microsoft Azure is announcing the start of Phase 2 multifactor authentication enforcement at the Azure Resource Manager layer, starting October 1, 2025. The post Azure mandatory multifactor authentica
Microsoft Cost Management updates—July & August 2025
14 Sep 2025
You need to know what you’re spending, where your money is being spent, and how to plan for the future. Nobody wants a surprise bill—and that’s where Microsoft Cost Management comes in. The post Micro
Agent Factory: From prototype to production—developer tools and rapid agent development
14 Sep 2025
It's no longer whether you can build an agent—it’s how fast and seamlessly you can go from idea to enterprise-ready deployment. The post Agent Factory: From prototype to production—developer tools and
Agent Factory: Top 5 agent observability best practices for reliable AI
14 Sep 2025
Ensuring the reliability, safety, and performance of AI agents is critical. That’s where agent observability comes in. The post Agent Factory: Top 5 agent observability best practices for reliable AI appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.
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Typewriters, the office machines that preceded computers
By Kiron Kasbekar | 10 Apr 2025
You see office tables today equipped with desktop computers or laptops. But think of the 1970s, and what would you have been seeing?
Wishful thinking about cars
By Kiron Kasbekar | 05 Apr 2025
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The history of safety glass
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Mar 2025
You probably already knew that the world’s VIPs move around in cars with bullet-proof glass windscreen and windows. But did you know that ‘bulletproof glass’ is not really bulletproof?
German silver: used in cutlery, music, electricals - but it’s not silver
By Kiron Kasbekar | 20 Mar 2025
This material, which was first developed in China, not Germany, and is an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc, has lost its sheen in home uses, but finds favor in electrical engineering.
Pioneers – the Wrights and Glenn Curtiss launched the aircraft industry
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
First Orville and Wilbur Wright flew their plane, the ‘Wright Flyer’, from near a small town called Kitty Hawk. Then Glenn Curtiss built planes with a very different system of controls, which has lasted until now.
What do aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
From chains and sprockets to direct drives—If someone asked you what aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles, how would you respond?
Radar’s ancestors: From sound mirrors to modern detection technology
By Kiron Kasbekar | 11 Mar 2025
Radar has become a well-settled technology today, especially in the field of navigation.
Nokia Bell Labs: innovations in communication, computing, technology
By Omar Almeida | 08 Mar 2025
Bell Laboratories, or Bell labs, which has now become Nokia Bell Labs, is one of the most renowned research and development organizations in the history of science and technology.
Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
