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Beyond boundaries: The future of Azure Storage in 2026
27 Jan 2026
2025 was a pivotal year in Azure Storage, and we’re heading into 2026 with a clear focus on helping customers turn AI into real impact. The post Beyond boundaries: The future of Azure Storage in 2026 appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.
Chart your AI and agent strategy with Microsoft Marketplace
20 Jan 2026
A new category of organization is emerging that embeds AI across every layer of their operations—accelerating delivery, scaling efficiently, and unlocking new business potential. The post Chart your A
Microsoft named a Leader in IDC MarketScape for Unified AI Governance Platforms
20 Jan 2026
Microsoft is honored to be named a Leader in the 2025–2026 IDC MarketScape for Unified AI Governance Platforms, highlighting our commitment to making AI innovation safe, responsible, and enterprise-re
Bridging the gap between AI and medicine: Claude in Microsoft Foundry advances capabilities for healthcare and life sciences customers
14 Jan 2026
We’re excited to announce that Anthropic has added new tools, connectors, and skills that allow Claude in Microsoft Foundry to bring advanced reasoning, agentic workflows, and model intelligence purpo
Microsoft’s strategic AI datacenter planning enables seamless, large-scale NVIDIA Rubin deployments
14 Jan 2026
CES 2026 showcases the arrival of the NVIDIA Rubin Platform, along with Azure’s proven readiness for deployment. The post Microsoft’s strategic AI datacenter planning enables seamless, large-scale NVI
Microsoft named a Leader in Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for AI Application Development Platforms
19 Dec 2025
We believe this recognition shows our commitment to pioneering agent frameworks, orchestration, and enterprise-grade governance. The post Microsoft named a Leader in Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for AI Ap
Azure updates for partners: December 2025
19 Dec 2025
Organizations leading in AI make it foundational. They rethink processes and integrate new technologies from the start to improve efficiency. The post Azure updates for partners: December 2025 appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.
Introducing GPT-5.2 in Microsoft Foundry: The new standard for enterprise AI
15 Dec 2025
Discover GPT‑5.2 in Microsoft Foundry—the next standard for enterprise AI. Learn how advanced reasoning, agentic execution, and compliance-ready features empower developers and technical leaders. The
Azure Storage innovations: Unlocking the future of data
15 Dec 2025
Whether you are improving the resilience of mission-critical workloads or modernizing legacy systems; Azure Storage has a solution for you. The post Azure Storage innovations: Unlocking the future of data appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.
Azure Storage innovations: Unlocking the future of data
15 Dec 2025
Whether you are improving the resilience of mission-critical workloads or modernizing legacy systems; Azure Storage has a solution for you. The post Azure Storage innovations: Unlocking the future of data 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.
