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The patch window is collapsing: Why security needs a new control plane
27 Aug 2026
Organizations need protection that operates in the gap between discovery and remediation. The post The patch window is collapsing: Why security needs a new control plane appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.
Microsoft named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud-Native Application Platforms
24 Aug 2026
Cloud-native platforms are becoming the foundation for AI transformation. Discover how Microsoft's Azure application platform helps organizations modernize, innovate, and operate AI-powered applicatio
The Economics of Agent Optimization: From pilots to measurable returns
14 Aug 2026
Learn how AI cost management helps organizations move from AI pilots to measurable ROI through greater visibility, governance, and optimization. The post The Economics of Agent Optimization: From pilo
Microsoft named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for AI-Augmented Code Modernization Tools
08 Aug 2026
GitHub Copilot and Azure are helping organizations modernize legacy applications, reduce technical debt, and prepare for AI innovation. The post Microsoft named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Qua
What customers value most in Microsoft Databases—from reliability to AI readiness
03 Aug 2026
Every day, customers trust Microsoft Databases to power their most critical applications, business processes, and AI-powered experiences. The post What customers value most in Microsoft Databases—from
AT&T and Microsoft scale trillion-token workloads with Microsoft Foundry and AMD
27 Jul 2026
AT&T processed approximately one trillion tokens while developing OTel2.0 using Microsoft Foundry Managed Compute, open AI models, and AMD and NVIDIA GPU infrastructure. Discover how flexible mode
GPT-5.6 now available in Microsoft Foundry
27 Jul 2026
Introducing OpenAI's latest frontier model series, the Asia Pacific Data Zone, and product agent capabilities, all generally available in Microsoft Foundry. The post GPT-5.6 now available in Microsoft Foundry appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.
Azure Databricks delivers proven business value
21 Jul 2026
Microsoft Azure Databricks delivers the first-party advantage of Databricks on Microsoft—and for customers, that advantage shows up as real, measurable value. It is the same Databricks platform your t
Frontier models and production agents: Advancing Microsoft Foundry for the agentic era
13 Jul 2026
Introducing OpenAI's latest frontier model series, the Asia Pacific Data Zone, and product agent capabilities, all generally available in Microsoft Foundry. The post Frontier models and production age
Built to bounce back: How Azure resiliency evolved
13 Jul 2026
Cloud resiliency is about ensuring systems can adapt, recover, and keep functioning within real-world constraints. The post Built to bounce back: How Azure resiliency evolved 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
Donald Trump may be many things, but a good economist he is not. Accustomed to dictating terms to people he has worked with,
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.
