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Data governance is often overlooked when it comes to architecting your data estate. Microsoft Purview is the new unified data governance solution that can help manage your data whether it be on-premises, multi-cloud, or entirely on Azure. In this webinar, we’ll go over the main features of Microsoft Purview as well as some of what is to come (preview features).

This webinar shows how to use Azure DevOps in conjunction with AKS. Specifically, it discusses how to create a CI/CD pipeline that pushes an updated image to the ACR every time a GIT code repo is modified and deploys the changes to AKS. 

Kubernetes has a wide range of different volume types for providing persistent and temporary storage. This module surveys the major volume types, with a detailed discussion of local and host path volumes.

This talk presented by Dr. Ron Sumida with guest speaker Mike Hacker, Azure App Innovation Specialist - State & Local Government from Microsoft, provides a general introduction to the motivation and architecture of containers and Docker.

The cloud is doing monumental things for industries today, but it’s still growing. Here’s how the cloud will be changing in the future as technology develops.

In this webinar, we'll look at the core concepts of a graph database, the intended use, and a working example that shows how Azure Cosmos DB implements a graph database.

In the webinar, we’ll look at some pitfalls that can impact Azure Cosmos DB if careful consideration is not taken. Watch the video now!

In the webinar, we’ll look at both of these and the supporting services on Azure that can make the Hot Path and Cold Path make sense. We’ll look at services like Event Hubs, Service Bus, Data Lakes, Data Factory, Stream Analytics, and others that support these workloads.

In this live virtual event, we will help you get started with Kubernetes, particularly Azure Kubernetes Services, as we break it down into bite-size chunks so you can get a jump start on your Kubernetes experience.

Learn what principal component analysis (PCA) is, how it works, and more importantly, how to use it to solve real-world problems, with plenty of code samples to light the way.

Learn about Azure messaging services Storage Queues, Message Bus, Event Hub, Event Grid, IoT Hub, SingnalR Service, Notification Hub, and Send Grid.

Support-vector machines, also known as SVMs, represent the cutting edge of statistical machine learning. They are typically used for classification problems, although they can be used for regression, too. SVMs often succeed at finding separation between classes when other models...

Atmosera Recognized as 2021 Technology Innovator Award Winner

In this webinar, we will share insider tips that will help you more effectively secure your Azure infrastructure for HIPAA compliance.

The three previous posts in this series introduced binary classification and provided working examples of its use, including sentiment analysis and spam filtering. Now it’s time to tackle multiclass classification, in which there are n possible outcomes rather than just...

My previous post introduced a machine-learning model that used logistic regression to predict whether text input to it expresses positive or negative sentiment. We used the probability that the text expresses positive sentiment as a sentiment score, and saw that...

One of the more novel yet practical uses for binary classification is sentiment analysis, which examines a piece of text such as a product review, a tweet, or a comment left on a Web site and scores it on a...

In this webinar, we will share insider tips that will help you more effectively stand up hybrid AD-joined Azure files during WVD.

In this webinar, we discuss the "How" behind keeping critical data secure for your business.

Atmosera has been recognized for its expert ability to provide effective and impactul managed cloud solutions to its customers.

In this webinar, we discuss the value of a strong data resiliency structure and what it means for your business this year.

Atmosera and Approyo are working together to extend capabilities of SAP HANA in Azure for their clients

In this webinar, we discuss cloud consumption trends, the benefits of managed Azure environments, the differences between managed and un-managed, case examples and more.

Atmosera and Approyo are working together to extend capabilities of SAP HANA in Azure for their clients

Atmosera and Approyo are working together to extend capabilities of SAP HANA in Azure for their clients

In this webinar, we discuss how SAP on Azure can advance your digital transformation with more scalability, reliability, and BI.

With Microsoft acquiring GitHub, many teams struggle to understand whether to adopt GitHub or Azure DevOps, especially if there’s already an investment in Azure DevOps or Team Foundation Server (TFS).

Learn how your team can use SSMS to access, configure, manage, administer, and develop all components of SQL Server and Azure SQL Database.

Atmosera and Approyo are working together to extend capabilities of SAP HANA in Azure for their clients

Atmosera will have an immersive virtual booth to visit, featuring experts to answer your pressing security and cloud questions. All attendees are invited to connect with Atmosera’s experts by visiting SecureWorld’s virtual Exhibitor Hall or the Networking Lounge.

Azure Active Directory is Microsoft’s answer to an all-in-one-identity and access management solution. It offers a number of features that allow you to managed identities from multiple sources then use those identities to provide access to your applications.

When implemented in an Azure environment, MDR works hand in hand with Azure's native security tools for strong, multi-dimensional cloud security to continuously shield your organization from threats.

The quick surge to the cloud has many scrambling to find the right infrastructure modernization strategy for applications that have yet to make the leap. Microsoft Azure cloud technology can ease the migration journey and path to application modernization.

The comprehensive MDR solution combines Atmosera’s industry-leading expertise with cutting-edge security technology and streamlined processes.

Need to incorporate machine learning (ML) and AI into your next project, but not excited about learning Python? ML.NET is Microsoft's open-source ML library for .

Watch this webinar for strategies strengthen your DR plan, mitigate risk, and reduce costs.

In this webinar, you will get an intro to Machine Learning using scikit-learn. Machine learning (ML) expands the boundaries of what's possible by letting software do things that can't be done algorithmically.

Atmosera CISO Sean Ventura discusses a few lessons learned from the recent pandemic, how to plan to continue operations, and ways this has fundamentally changed how we do business.

As Public Cloud usage continues to grow, new problems emerge, and new tools arise to help us meet those challenges. However, these solutions have been prone to error and both misconfiguration and credential leaks have become genuine security issues, leading to data breaches, ransomware attacks, and data loss.

Microsoft is integrating all data ingestion tiers into one product: Azure Synapse. One of the services is Azure Synapse Analytics.

WVD helps maintain data sovereignty, digital loss, and strong security – all without deploying hardware solutions, DMZs, or VPNs.

Developers are not network engineers, but the need for basic network knowledge by developers is even more important now, because the line between infrastructure and software has blurred.

Align your cloud environment with business priorities to achieve organizational goals like increasing ROI and improving customer experience.

Microsoft has incorporated containers into many Azure services but figuring out where containers fit into various types of solutions is no simple task. This whitepaper provides a better understanding of when and how to use specific container solutions and how...

Azure Solutions Architect Rachael Gomer shares tips for remote workforce enablement and a quick dive into Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD)

INTERFACE is the leading educational conference for IT professionals that focuses on the latest developments in this constantly changing information technology environment.

This interactive tool is designed to evaluate your organization's current security controls and overall framework based on 10 areas of proficiency.

This webinar is designed to demystify the process of developing a strong security framework by getting started with a Defense in Depth approach based on 10 basic proficiencies.

Atmosera wins Info Security Product Guide’s 2020 Company of the Year and Milestone of the Year awards for its managed security services and Azure expertise

There are many ways to run containers on Azure, and some of them are genuinely difficult. But there are a few options that make running containers on Azure rather simple: Azure Container Instances, Web Apps for Containers, and Azure Kubernetes Services.

Atmosera earned a spot on CRN’s MSP 500 list for the fourth consecutive year and Security 100 list.

This white paper reviews 12 Azure features to strengthen security, increase ROI, comply with regulations, and align with your business goals.

Compared to most front-end JavaScript frameworks, React is relatively simple. With this simplicity, however, comes a lot of responsibility to choose or find your own tools and best practices.

In this webinar Eric Greene will demonstrate running a containerized ASP.NET Core 3 application on Azure using Cosmos DB (Mongo) to store data. You will learn the important aspects of using Mongo DB (Cosmos DB) with .NET Core 3 and hosting a ASP.NET Core 3 containerized web application on Azure.

Tech on Fire: Azure IaaS - Load Balancers In this edition you will learn how Azure Load Balancers provide connectivity for highly available applications like database clusters and web server clusters. https://youtu.be/H7lumo7JUPU

Creating classes and binding functions in React can be confusing, and the added complexity often adds little value. To make React development easier, React now includes “Hooks,” which are a new way to use React state and share functionality between components.

Atmosera works closely with PNDC and its members to inform and advise them on best practices in IT infrastructure, information security, and industry regulatory standards.

Tech on Fire: Create a Hub-and-Spoke Topology on Azure with Peering and Virtual Network Gateways In this edition you will learn how to use an Azure Virtual Network Gateway and Azure Virtual Network Peering to create complex hub and spoke...

Former Microsoft leader brings more than 20 years of experience and Azure knowledge to the role.

Migrating workloads to Microsoft Azure is just the beginning of your cloud journey. A well-managed Azure environment should continuously improve, while maximizing ROI and security.

Atmosera is a sponsor of the upcoming 2019 Microsoft Ignite conference.

At the root of software engineering is the operating system and the kernel. Learning to navigate the file system and execute commands in the shell remotely or otherwise is essential.

Azure provides a whole suite of tools for customizing and provisioning virtual machines on Azure including custom VM images, a VM Extension for scripting, and Cloud-Init though it’s not always clear which way is the best approach.

Atmosera is featured on the list of Mirror Review's list of the 10 Most Scalable Cloud Solution Providers of 2019.

This white paper offers recommendations for optimizing your Azure environment from both a cost perspective and a security perspective.

Atmosera has been recognized as a Microsoft Azure Expert Managed Services Provider by Microsoft.

Atmosera announces an expansion of its physical presence with a new office in Dallas, Texas.

How do you balance resource efficiency while meeting regulatory and security requirements? The answer: managed security services.

A move to off-prem data storage allows revenue cycle management firm to thrive

Portland Business Tribune reporter Joseph Gallivan's interview with Atmosera CISO Sean Ventura

Network Products Guide has named Atmosera a winner of the 14th Annual 2019 IT World Awards

In this webinar, we will focus on how and what services we should use to build Cloud Applications using PaaS and Serverless workloads. We will build an application using Azure Services like App Service, Azure DevOps, Azure KeyVault, Azure Storage, Azure Functions, and SQL Databases.

Tech on Fire: Azure IaaS - Advanced Virtual Network Configurations on Azure In this edition you will learn about some of the more advanced features for Azure VNets that allow users to customize VNets to do almost anything. https://youtu.be/lT1zYRXKSlY

How do businesses determine their ideal cloud environment and optimize it post-migration?

Windows Server end of support is an opportunity to modernize your application stack and increase consistency across infrastructure by moving it to the Microsoft cloud.

This eBook evaluates both the reasons behind and results of businesses’ increasing cloud investments in order to build an understanding of the business landscape in the cloud.

This white paper outlines strategies and key steps important to planning a successful Azure migration that results in a robust cloud deployment aligned to your business goals.

Seasoned professional brings 20 years of finance, accounting and technology experience to the role.

Tech on Fire: Azure IaaS - Availability Sets In this edition, Blaize will show you how to create highly available applications such as database clusters on Azure with Availability Sets. https://youtu.be/A326Z1jDsXw

Azure Functions are getting a lot of traction in the Microsoft Azure world. As a cloud professional, you need to understand Azure Functions and how they can help you in improving your workloads. In this webinar, we will check how Azure Functions can help you to create easy running small pieces of code in Azure.

One of the latest innovations in Cloud is the offering of serverless services. Microsoft Azure is one of the main platforms that have several services to offer.

Azure developers need to work with many types of data. Azure Storage is an amazing PaaS service that is highly scalable and secure. In this webinar, we will take a look into the main capabilities of Azure Storage, and what design considerations developers should be aware of when implementing Azure Storage in their applications.

As e-commerce expands rapidly and in-store checkout goes cardless, it's never been easier to get the products you need as quickly as possible. The flip side: cybercriminals have an ever-growing trove of personal and financial information within their reach.

In this webinar, we'll help you get started with Kubernetes, particularly Azure Kubernetes Services, as we break down into bite size chunks so you can get a jump start on your Kubernetes experience.

Tech on Fire with Blaize In this episode you will learn about the many options for Virtual Machines on Azure. https://youtu.be/4OiaKdzUPCs

In this session, we'll show you how to generate ARM Templates for consistent and repeatable deployments, and how you can automate the deployment of your Infrastructure.

We’re approaching the one-year anniversary of the ransomware attack that held critical City of Atlanta systems hostage, costing millions to fix. And although we don’t hear about high-profile ransomware attacks every day, they’re still a threat to government systems: in January, the city of Del Rio, Texas, suffered an attack that shut down city hall servers.

Tune in for a discussion on how to keep up with changes without slowing down the pace of innovation and agility in the cloud.

Atmosera, a leading Microsoft Azure cloud services provider, today announced two new products focused on uncovering customers’ existing network vulnerabilities and actively monitoring their systems for potential threats.

Vue.js describes itself as an approachable, versatile, and performant JavaScript framework. Vue.js is gaining in popularity among developers because it’s lightweight, intuitive, easy to learn, and combines many of the best characteristics of the most popular JavaScript frameworks such as React and Angular.

Atmosera, a leading Microsoft Azure cloud services provider, has been named to CRN's 2019 Managed Service Provider (MSP) 500 list for the third consecutive year. The magazine placed Atmosera within its Security 100 subset.

In this webinar, Chris will first give you a low-level review of how JavaScript works, followed by an explanation and hands-on coding demos of some of the most interesting new features: including modules, template literals, generator functions, async functions, and more.

When you think of bank security, the vault is probably the first thing that comes to mind. All of your wealth locked behind a foot of steel and concrete. For decades, that was enough to protect a bank’s most valuable assets. Today, we’re managing a second vault: one filled with customer data, locked behind layers of encryption. The trouble is that today’s bank robbers aren’t working with dynamite, like in the westerns; they’re behind powerful computers.

Python’s async and parallel programming support is highly underrated. In this webcast, we will introduce the entire spectrum of Python’s parallel APIs. Then we will focus in on the most promising, most useful, and modern feature of Python’s async capabilities:...

Smartphone applications allow users to complete tasks in seconds that once required a visit to the bank, such as transfers and depositing paychecks. The cloud facilitates this increased activity, giving banks the computing power necessary to process millions of customer requests and payments through the application at any given moment. And by managing front-end functionality in the cloud, institutions gain an extra layer of security against growing cyberthreats.

Bootstrap 4 is the latest version of the popular CSS and JavaScript framework originally created by Twitter. Through live coding demos, Chris will show how Bootstrap makes creating dynamic and responsive web user interfaces easy. You'll also learn how Bootstrap 4 differs from previous versions, and get some tips for whether and how to upgrade your Bootstrap 3 site.

Atmosera, a leading Microsoft Azure cloud services provider, announced today that it has been nominated for three Cloud Awards, a global program that celebrates success and innovation in the cloud computing industry.

A year-and-a-half ago, as numerous countries dealt with WannaCry’s aftermath, ransomware was one of the hottest topics in retail IT—and all feared what would happen if their systems were suddenly held hostage. But even by the end of 2017, the security firm Malwarebytes found that ransomware attacks dropped off significantly.

This talk will show you how you can leverage Azure Application Insights to collect data from your solution’s components and to allow you to explore and display your telemetry in ways that you can leverage to provide valuable understanding of your application’s behavior and the way your users interact with it.

The proliferation of the Internet of Things (IoT) technologies continues to transform business operations and processes. The pace at which these devices appear increases at an astounding rate each year: at present, there are 23.14 billion IoT-connected devices online. By 2025, according to Statista, there will be 75.44 billion. It’s no surprise, then, that today’s manufacturers are more reliant on IoT technology than ever before.

Atmosera, a leading Microsoft Azure cloud services provider, will integrate Arista EOS CloudVision as part of an infrastructure upgrade aimed at simplifying network management.

In this webinar, you'll learn what React is and how it fits into the big picture of modern web development. Through live coding demos, you'll learn about the key concepts of React, including: the Virtual DOM, one-way data flow, and...

It wasn’t long ago that the worst disasters a manufacturer had to fear were natural ones: fires, tornados or hurricanes. Machinery didn’t stop just because the internet went down. But like most industries, manufacturing is undergoing a massive digital transformation, driven by Industry 4.0 technologies such as IoT sensors and artificial intelligence.

Two executives from Atmosera, a leading Microsoft Azure cloud services provider, will offer sessions focused on cloud implementation during the 10th annual Cloud Expo, Nov. 12-13 at the Roosevelt Hotel, New York City.

Atmosera, a leading Microsoft Azure cloud services provider, will adopt Rapid7 (Nasdaq:RPD) solutions as part of its efforts to continually deliver secure environments for its clients.

In this webinar, you’ll get a survey of Azure IoT Hub and the suite of tools surrounding it. With this knowledge, you will be able to approach it with confidence when considering your next IoT project.

In this webinar, we’ll go over the different components of the Bot Framework and how to build your very first bot.

Join Atmosera and Axian for an informative webinar to learn more about different cloud infrastructures, how to assess your needs, plan your migration, and successfully operate your applications in the right cloud environment.

Atmosera, a leading Microsoft Azure cloud services provider, has entered into a master agency distribution agreement with channel sales enablement advisor, AVANT Communications.

Atmosera, a leading Microsoft Azure cloud services provider, recently announced the results from its third year of participation in Portland General Electric’s Clean Wind renewable energy program.

In this webinar, we’ll go over Azure Databricks, and explore where and how it fits into the Azure Data Platform. This will be followed by a live demo on the core functionality.

In this webinar, we’ll introduce Power BI to give you a lightning fast look into your data with more insight than you could ever have imagined.

In this webinar, we’ll take a tour of the available tools provided by Scikit-Learn, then uncover the distinction between an estimator and a function, which is key to understanding how to use the API.

Azure offers one of the most compelling cloud-based solution when it comes to scalability, performance, reliability, and cost-effectiveness. To successfully run in Azure requires careful planning and on-going management services.

Fully Managed, Co-Managed, and Self-Managed Azure Solutions Now Available to Business Customers Through the Company’s Enterprise Agreement or Microsoft CSP Licensing Format

In this webinar, you’ll get a primer on Smart Contract technology to help you get started to cash in on this disruptive technology!

In an effort to continue delivering more value to our customers, we are rolling out a new Billing Portal which will enable you to view and manage your Atmosera bills.

Build sophisticated machine-learning models quickly and harness the power of predictive analytics to aid your research and build smarter apps. Download Whitepaper [gravityform id="35" title="false" description="false"]

In this webinar, we’ll show you how to get started developing solutions in Microsoft Office 365 environments. This includes creating a Microsoft Office 365 development tenant and developing applications with Microsoft Graph and Microsoft Azure AD.

TechRepublic Senior Writer Dan Peterson interview with Atmosera Chief Marketing Officer John Trembley.

Channel EYE Author Nick Farrell interview with Atmosera VP of Information Security & Chief Information Security Officer Ray Espinoza

In this webinar, we will help you, the “new kid,” understand blockchain technology, and then get you ready to start applying it to real-world scenarios.

Higher Use of Public Cloud Services, Evolving Regulatory Requirements, and Dynamic Computing Models Are Driving Demand for Cloud Security & Compliance

Although there is no universally accepted approach to beginning a data analysis effort, it is typically a good idea to develop a formal process for yourself when first examining a dataset. This routine can manifest itself as a dynamic checklist...

In this webinar, we’ll systematically undertake a routine to explore a real-world messy dataset. We will use the Pandas Python library to transform, clean, and analyze our data as well as the Seaborn library to create beautiful visualizations. By the end of the demonstration, you will have a detailed checklist of tasks that you can use, or customize to your liking, to thoroughly explore any dataset.

Are you planning to move existing applications to the cloud and want to avoid setbacks?

Atmosera Recognized for DevOps Leadership in Automating the Deployment of Websites and Applications in Microsoft Azure

The annual list recognizes North American solution providers with cutting-edge approaches to delivering managed services

In this intro to Kubernetes webinar, we’ll give you a primer on Kubernetes and show you how to get started using Kubernetes for container orchestration. We’ll talk about the pieces of Kubernetes, show you how they work together, and finally...

DZONE: Research Analyst Tom Smith interview with Atmosera VP of Engineering, Scott Harvey and CMO, John Trembley.

Data Science, Machine Learning, and AI are all trends dominating modern computing and revolve around one important thing – data. All that data needs, is to be cleaned, and transformed in specific ways, to take full advantage of the algorithms...

Atmosera and iTrellis Accelerate Business Agility with Advanced IT Re-Platforming for Microsoft Clouds

How Can an Operations & Infrastructure Assessment Help Your Business?

In this webinar, we’ll give you a primer on Kubernetes and show you how to get started using Kubernetes for container orchestration. We’ll talk about the pieces of Kubernetes, show you how they work together, and finally show you how you can get your containers running on Kubernetes locally and in a hosted environment.

Azure networking feature addresses latency, performance

During this webinar, we’ll cover Pandas, one of the best libraries in Python to clean, transform, and run a quick analysis on your data. We’ll also have a look at NumPy, a library that Pandas rely so heavily upon.

The following provides information regarding security vulnerabilities which became public on Wednesday.

Find out how to successfully plan and execute a migration to Azure

Microsoft Azure Government is the most trusted cloud for US government agencies and their partners which now includes Atmosera

Atmosera Provides Fact-Based Analysis and Intelligence for Roadmap to Optimize Business-Critical Websites and E-Commerce Sites in Microsoft Azure

VMBlog: David Marshall conducts an expert interview with John Trembley, Chief Marketing Officer at Atmosera.

What exactly is data science?  How does one become a Data Scientist?

For over 20 years, Atmosera has delivered managed services and IT solutions to many industries including healthcare.

This webinar will explore the essentials of building components, templates, data binding, and handling events. If you are looking to jump start your Angular 5 development this webinar is for you.

In this webinar, we’ll look at how to analyze an application for potential use in a container and then how to create a migration strategy for applications.

Don Macvittie mentions Atmosera in an article about DevOps and Cloud, Ray Espinoza and CMO, John Trembley.

What exactly is data science?  How does one become a Data Scientist? Data Scientist has been labelled by the Harvard Business Review, as “the sexiest job of the 21st century.” A quick search of job search sites reveal that this...

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Microsoft is not always associated with the open source movement but to think they no longer play nice is a mistake. Microsoft is a big backer of Open Source Software (OSS) and is putting significant resources behind it. Microsoft’s Azure platform works seamlessly with open source especially when it comes to cloud development interfaces and tools.

In this webinar, we’ll survey the container offerings on Microsoft Azure, and demo a few of the options. Learn more about Wintellect's Azure consulting or Azure training.

Research Analyst Tom Smith interview with Atmosera VP of Engineering, Scott Harvey and CMO, John Trembley.

Atmosera Introduces Automated Continuous Release Management for Web Development in Microsoft Azure

Rewriting applications is a costly endeavor. Sometimes the benefits do not outweigh the costs. A rewrite though isn’t the only way to modernize apps – one approach can be to use containers. Containers offer pathways to enable legacy apps to...

This webinar will explore Angular 5 essentials of building components, templates, data binding, and handling events. If you are looking to jump start your Angular 5 development this webinar is for you. In this recorded Wintellect webinar you will learn:...

The .NET platform has always provided a way to use multiple threads within an application. However, with the proliferation of multi-CPU architectures and highly scalable cloud computing resources, the ability to write high quality concurrent code is becoming a required...

Learn Python Using the 5 Best Language Features In this Wintellect webinar presented by Michael kennedy, host of the TalkPython and PythonBytes podcasts, you will learn Python using 5 of the best features. Michael provided a live coding session showing Python examples...

Browser plugin based application architectures, such as Silverlight, are rapidly losing market and mind share to open source and modern proprietary technology options. The shortcomings of plugin based architecture, in terms of security, performance, stability, and other considerations are driving...

Using Docker to Create a Testing & Deployment Target for ASP.NET Core apps ASP.NET Core offers the exciting ability to develop, test, and deploy on different platforms. In this 1-hour Wintellect webinar with Jason Bell, you will learn how to...

Research Analyst Tom Smith interview with Atmosera VP of Engineering, Scott Harvey and CMO, John Trembley.

New Release Management as a Service (RMaaS) for Azure enables end-to-end automation and testing to accelerate deployment of e-commerce sites

Cloud computing has three main, often interconnected types of services – Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS).

What’s the difference between Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure?

Channel Partners Senior Editor Lynn Haber interview with Atmosera CISO, Ray Espinoza and CMO, John Trembley.

Atmosera offers flexible IT security and compliance solutions to combat the world’s most sophisticated threats

As we discussed in our Security and the Cloud – Common Myths post, Information Security (InfoSec) and the cloud require thoughtful planning and expertise.

Year-Over-Year Highlighting the Rapid Transition to Microsoft’s Cloud

Atmosera Announces Enhanced Managed Azure Services for Public, Private, and Hybrid Cloud Deployments

CRN Associate Editor Alec Shirkey interview with Atmosera CEO, Jon Thomsen and CMO, John Trembley.

ChannelBuzz Editor interview with Atmosera CMO, John Trembley.

MSPmentor Senior Content Director T.C. Doyle interview with Atmosera CEO, Jon Thomsen.

Learn about the Features of Microsoft's Business Intelligence Platform There is much choice when it comes to Business Intelligence (BI) products these days. In this webinar session, you will learn about Microsoft's Business Intelligence Platform, and get a wealth of...

Most of us know someone who’s experienced credit card fraud.

Using Docker to Create a Testing & Deployment Target for ASP.NET Core apps Did you like this webinar? Check out our ASP.NET Core with Docker live, 2-day virtual course. To perform the demonstrations as shown during the webinar, you must have...

There’s a lot of hype as well as genuine concerns about using a public cloud to power mission-critical applications, especially those with high InfoSec or compliance requirements.

Data Breaches on Our Minds

At a recent SecureWorld conference, Atmosera’s Ray Espinoza, Chief Information Security Officer, addressed the topic: Can you trust the public cloud?

In an effort to continue delivering more value to our customers, we started the process of implementing a new billing system.

The Importance of a Good Security Program Managed by a Partner you Can Trust

Build sophisticated machine-learning models quickly and harness the power of predictive analytics to aid your research and build smarter apps.

Transform your data into rich visuals and create stunning interactive reports without writing any code – and do it in any browser or on any device.

Use cloud-based intelligence APIs to build smart apps that see, hear, speak, and understand – in any language and on any platform.

Learn about the good and bad of Microsoft's Azure storage library and develop an improved understanding of Azure Tables. Get introduced to a set of time-honed patterns and practices related to Azure Tables.

The team at Atmosera is proud to have its own Doug Adler nominated as CFO of the Year by the Portland Business Journal in the Medium Company Category

New offering addresses the evolving threat landscape for public, private and hybrid cloud deployments.

The following provides information regarding the cyber-attack that took place on Friday, May 12, 2017 known as the WanaCry/WanaCrypt0r ransomware.

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Ray Espinoza brings a wealth of experience, acquired working for leading Bay Area companies, to drive Information Security and Compliance services.

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Learn Python in this Webinar geared to .NET/C# Developers Today Wintellect held a live Python jumpstart coding session for C# Developers presented by Michael Kennedy, host of the TalkPython and PythonBytes podcasts. A couple weeks ago Michael presented Wintellect's live webinar...

Learn Python Using the Best Language Features If you are interested in learning more our Python Training or Consulting, shoot us an email here. You can download the code from the webinar here: Pythonic Code Through 5 Examples Demo Code....

Visual Studio 2017 launched to the general public March 7 and developers have been devouring the latest version of Microsoft's integrated development environment. If you haven't yet downloaded Visual Studio 2017, take note: The new version includes a free 60-day...

Stack Overflow has released results of its 2017 Developer Survey, and they paint an interesting picture of the languages developers love and abhor. Developers are crushing on Mozilla's Rust, which earned top honors as the most-loved programming language among the...

Xamarin Mobile Development Wintellect held a live hand's-on webinar on Xamarin mobile development for building cross-platform apps including IOS, Android and Windows Devices. The agenda included an interactive and coding presentation from Jason Bell, including the mobile landscape and development options,...

Microsoft Playable Ads is a new solution for Windows developers looking to draw more engaged users to their applications. The company recently launched Playable Ads, a type of in-app ad that allows potential users to experience a new app before...

If you don't follow the tech Twitter-verse as obsessively as we do, you may not be aware that a major data breach at Cloudflare has put user passwords, messages and other information at risk all over the internet. Cloudflare provides...

Learn how GraphQL improves upon Rest Services In this week's Introduction to GraphQL & Relay webinar attendees learned how GraphQL could help improve upon Rest Services by allowing them to view data as a graph. This data can also be queried...

Atmosera Named to CRN’s 2017 Managed Service Provider 500 Listing

Jump start your Angular 2 development Wintellect's Eric Greene presented a live webinar this week an "Introduction to Angular 2" which included live coding demos. Angular 2 is the latest JavaScript UI framework for building cross-platform, single page applications. Utilizing...

CEO's 2017 Outlook and Insights

Tickets went on sale for Microsoft's yearly Build developer conference Tuesday, and the registration website was immediately flooded with takers--so much so, that users trying to sign up experienced technical problems throughout the morning. Though many devs reported on Twitter...

Can You Tell the Difference Between an InfoSec Consultant and an InfoSec Trusted Advisor?

A federal judge ruled Thursday that a lawsuit Microsoft filed against the U.S. Department of Justice to protect customer privacy can continue. At issue are so-called 'gag orders' that DOJ sometimes imposes on tech companies who have provided customer emails...

It's always an event when a new version of Visual Studio comes out, and the general release of Visual Studio 2017 marks 20 years of Microsoft's groundbreaking integrated development environment. Visual Studio 2017 will be available for download March 7,...

Microsoft has released a video detailing a bevy of new features for its Edge Browser in the upcoming Windows 10 Creators Update. It's the latest move in Redmond's effort to make Edge competitive with Google Chrome and other popular browsers....

Want to learn a bit more about what's coming in the Windows 10 Creators Update? Microsoft is hosting a free, live web event for developers February 8. The four-event will include several substantive sessions on new developer tools and APIs,...

Android Instant Apps, the lightweight versions of Android apps that can be run without downloading, are now available in a limited run. Google first shared the idea for Instant Apps at its I/O developer conference last year. The concept is...

Last year, Microsoft gave a boon to Linux fans everywhere when it announced the Windows Subsystem for Linux. The system allows developers to run Linux command lines natively on Windows 10, accessing all their Windows files, and was originally offered...

In the last several years NoSQL database stores have emerged as viable and useful alternatives to traditional relational databases. While relational technologies like SQL Server will likely always have a place in the enterprise, the means to store data as...

The Windows 10 Creators Update set to release in April will have a 'game mode' that optimizes performance for gaming. While details are slim so far, the new mode will support both Universal Windows Platform and Win32 games. "Windows Insiders...

Atmosera was recognized by both Portland Business Journal and the Oregonian as a top technology company.

Atmosera is honored to have been selected as One of Oregon's Most Admired Companies for 2016

Microsoft has created a new platform for building connected cars, and Nissan is its first partner. Announced at CES on Thursday, the Microsoft Connected Vehicle Platform will draw on the Microsoft Azure cloud and will bring services like Office 365,...

Want to learn how to combine TypeScript with React for top-notch enterprise JavaScript coding? TypeScript makes available critical programming features from C# and Java such as strong-typing, interfaces, and generics. React has become a very popular library for building multi-platform...

New Year's Eve weekend is a time to party, but for the geeks among us, it may also be a good opportunity to curl up with some dev training videos. Enter Microsoft/Xamarin with their on-demand recordings of Xamarin Dev Days...

One of the most anticipated features of Windows Server 2016 is container services. Microsoft has worked closely with Docker to create this exciting new feature for on-premise CaaS. Wintellect senior consultant Blaize Stewart has created a webinar in which you...

If you're not ready to shell out $3,000 for a Microsoft HoloLens mixed reality device, you're not alone, and Microsoft knows this. That's why it's partnering with companies including Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP and Lenovo to create a line of...

Educational event featuring Consonus Healthcare and Marquis Companies.

In a month of many surprises, Microsoft has one more for developers everywhere: It's finally bringing Visual Studio to Mac. A preview version of Visual Studio for Mac will debut at this week's Connect conference, according to a blog post...

Microsoft on Monday announced a number of updates to Azure Container Services that it says will make the container service more open and flexible. First up: The Kubernetes cloud orchestrator is now available in preview for Azure Container Services. This...

The modern enterprise generates huge amounts of data and requires state-of-the-art tools to store, analyze, and derive actionable meaning from that data. Mainstream open-source options like Apache Hadoop, Spark, and Storm are powerful but have a big learning curve and...

It was less than two months ago that rumors of a Microsoft competitor to Slack, the messaging app popular in tech and other creative industries, began leaking to the public. Microsoft Teams has been quick to market, with Microsoft CEO...

Azure Container Services is one of the hottest implementations of Containers-as-a-Service for many reasons. Unlike many other CaaS implentations, ACS is pure Docker, yet it is fully backed and supported by many popular tools for Azure administration. When deployed, it...

Setting its sights squarely on the creative professionals who have typically been drawn to Apple products, Microsoft has dubbed its upcoming Windows 10 release the 'Creators Update' and packed it with 3D and VR features. Announced at a Microsoft press...

Microsoft has released a beta version of its updated Cognitive Toolkit, the deep learning technology that its developers use to train computer systems in speech and image recognition. Available on Github under an open source license, the toolkit is the...

Some news for the Makers out there: Microsoft and its partners have updated the line of IoT starter kits based on Windows 10 IoT Core. Two new options are available to help you kick off your IoT projects. The Microsoft...

SkyNet may be only a few steps away. Microsoft researchers say they have come up with a technology that can recognize words in a recorded conversation just as well as an actual human being would, claiming victory over a problem...

The growing universe of smart devices provides us with an immense amount of data that can be analyzed to improve productivity and, ultimately, our quality of life. But what's the best way to reliably and securely collect that data? In an...

Taking the 'universal' part of the Universal Windows Platform to the next level, Microsoft's Project Rome focuses on having apps function continuously and harmoniously across devices. A new Microsoft tutorial shows how that might work for your app. Microsoft is...

Microsoft is forming a new research group focused on artificial intelligence, the company announced Thursday. Led by Harry Shum, a former corporate VP for Bing with 20 years of Microsoft service under his belt, the 5,000-strong AI and Research Group...

In the wake of highly publicized cyberattacks on big companies, Microsoft on Monday rolled out new security features for its Edge browser. Windows Defender Application Guard, developed for the company's enterprise customers, will use Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualization technology to isolate...

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Byron Anderson wins award for innovative work to monitor Microsoft Azure and Licensing

Panel Featuring Byron Anderson Focuses on Monitoring and Network Security

Educational event featuring Steven Borg from Northwest Cadence.

In just over two years of existence, messaging app Slack has become an indispensable communication tool for many work teams, especially of the creative variety. Now, Microsoft—which was rumored to be interested in purchasing Slack at one point—is developing its...

Microsoft will host a virtual event on Tuesday, August 30 for developers interested in developing apps for Xbox One. According to a Microsoft announcement, the event starts at 9:00 Pacific Time and will cover: What's new in the Anniversary Update...

Atmosera Introduces Follow the Sun Master Data Service to Improve Application Performance

With Microsoft's announcement in June that it will spend $26 billion to acquire LinkedIn, some developers might wonder whether the social network will continue its longstanding practicing of open-sourcing much of its technology. If Vice President of Engineering Igor Perisic...

Video testimonial from Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) 2016 held in Toronto Canada. Features Atmosera Vice President of Engineering Scott Harvey who shares his thoughts on how Azure Stack plays a critical role in our hybrid approach.

The Windows 10 Anniversary Update became available to the general consumer today. Wondering why you should care? Microsoft has a rundown of the changes relevant to developers on its dev blog. The Windows 10 Anniversary Update SDK has been released...

Despite past demonstrations of holographic phone calls and fanciful worlds of toadstools and flowers, Microsoft's augmented reality platform, HoloLens, is about more than fun and games, CEO Satya Nadella told the audience Monday at the company's Worldwide Partner Conference in...

The moment of truth nears as Microsoft prepares to release its Windows 10 Anniversary Update to the public on August 2. In the meantime, the software giant is rolling out a few final, trouble-shooting previews for Windows Insiders. Rather than...

Microsoft wants to lead its customers into a bold future where interacting with computers and other devices is less reliant on keyboards and typing and more like conversing with an actual human. Or, as a recent post on the company's...

Atmosera Launches Innovative Cloud Migration Service to Address Public Cloud Lock-In Concerns

One day into the E3 gaming expo, Microsoft has already made a slew of Xbox-related announcements. But perhaps most interesting for developers is that the company is moving forward with its plans to integrate Xbox and PC gaming. Its new...

Microsoft has created a new 'Ready for Windows' directory cataloguing business-related software that's compatible with the operating system. Aimed at business customers, the website lists apps both alphabetically and by category. Developers can submit their 'solutions' for consideration via a...

An app that could spell the end of the air-conditioning wars waged by grumpy office workers everywhere is among the first recipients of funding from Microsoft's new early-stage investment group, Microsoft Ventures. Comfy, a smart building app that crowd-sources user...

Partners With Atmosera, Microsoft Azure For Global Hybrid Solution

Companies and application developers worldwide benefit from an effective, well-executed backup solution to safeguard their data in the cloud.

Microsoft has started a formal venture fund to invest in early-stage companies working on cloud-related projects. Microsoft Ventures, announced in a company blog post Monday, aims to fill the gap between Microsoft's large-scale investments and acquisitions and the assistance it...

The latest round of layoffs in Microsoft's Windows Phone business—1,850 jobs will be cut, according to an announcement earlier this week—seems to signal the final death gasp of a segment of the company's business that has long struggled. Windows phones currently...

VisionMobile is currently running its 11th Developer Economics survey, and devs who sign up to participate can win prizes including Microsoft Surface 3s, Windows IoT dev kits and more. The survey is a snapshot of what developers worldwide are up...

Among the most-talked-about news at Google's I/O conference this week were the announcements of two AI-related projects: Google Assistant, an upgraded digital assistant capable of conducting two-way conversations and performing tasks like ordering movie tickets, and Google Home, a competitor to...

Last week Atmosera executives spoke at a number of events on topics ranging from Security & Compliance, DevOps in the Cloud...

More details are seeping out about the Windows 10 anniversary update, due this July. The update will allow Universal Windows Platform apps to access more data from Kinect sensors, according to a post on the Kinect blog. While UWP APIs...

Windows 10 preview build 14342 hit Insiders in Microsoft's Fast Ring yesterday—a little earlier than scheduled, according to Petri.com. Here's what's new. Edge Extensions and Updates Users will see a lot of improvements for Edge extensions in this build, which...

Microsoft today announced that it has open-sourced the Xamarin SDK for iOS, Android and Mac, making good on a promise it made during Build 2016. The source code released to the .NET Foundation under the MIT license includes native API...

Azure Container Service is out of preview and ready for prime time, Microsoft announced Tuesday. The service gives businesses a simple way to run their containerized applications in the cloud; it's been available in preview since the end of last...

A lawsuit filed by Microsoft against the U.S. Justice Department Thursday could determine the future of privacy in the cloud, Microsoft's chief legal officer told Geekwire. The suit challenges the federal government's use of secrecy orders to compel Microsoft and...

Google has released a new version of its Android Studio aimed at helping developers build apps more quickly and efficiently for the wide variety of Android devices on the market. Android Studio 2.0 previewed last November, with product manager Stephanie...

Yes, there's a dark theme and new emojis, but there are a lot more than aesthetic changes in the latest Windows 10 build released to Fast Ring Insiders Wednesday. In Build 14316, Microsoft is making available for preview a number...

On Day Two of Build 2016, Microsoft made the announcement that developers have been hoping for since the company acquired Xamarin in February: Xamarin tools will now be free for all Visual Studio users. Subscribers to both paid and free...

Typing is so 2015. The future according to Microsoft will see humans interacting with artificial intelligence naturally through voice, touch, pens and holograms, aided by ever-more-sophisticated bots that can do everything from order you a pizza to message a friend...

It wouldn't be a developer conference without some surprises, and Microsoft is already getting us in the mood for Build 2016 with a mysterious description in the event schedule of a session on 'Something Awesome.' We'll have to wait until...

Apple held its 'Loop You In' town hall in Cupertino today, and amid the often-inane product announcements (Apple Watch now comes with nylon bands!) was a tidbit developers may find interesting. The company is launching a new platform for building...

Think Windows Phone is dead? Not so fast. Though the customer base for the mobile OS remains paltry compared to competitors iPhone and Android, Microsoft still seems to see the phones as important to its overall plan for Universal Windows...

A lighter, faster version of Visual Studio will likely be on its way to developers soon, perhaps by Build 2016, ZDNet reports. Code named "Visual Studio 15"—but not to be confused with the already-available Visual Studio 2015—the new version has already...

Does the N stand for Nutella, as Google SVP for Android Hiroshi Lockheimer hinted on Medium? We're not sure. But the Android N Developer Preview, which Google unexpectedly dropped on us earlier this week, is getting positive reviews for a...

The graphic said it all: the words SQL Server and Linux, linked together with a cheerful red heart. Microsoft's announcement yesterday that it will bring its popular data software to Linux servers is the latest sign of its ongoing love...

Tracking your app's metrics—such as number of downloads and failure rate—is, of course, crucial to improving its performance. But the process can be cumbersome. Now, developers with apps in the Windows Store can access their analytics without having to log...

Ready to try your hand at building augmented reality apps? Microsoft will start shipping the first wave of its long-awaited HoloLens developer kits on March 30. Today is the first day to pre-order the $3,000 kits for developers who've already...

The latest Visual Studio Marketplace hackathon focuses on integrating Java and Visual Studio, and the maker of the best extension or app will win thousands of dollars in cash and prizes. Here's the challenge, according to Microsoft: Create a Visual...

In a jaw-dropping moment at this week's TED conference in Vancouver, HoloLens creator Alex Kipman placed a holographic phone call to NASA scientist Jeffrey Norris, who was stationed at a HoloLens across the street. A life-size version of Norris appeared onstage...

Microsoft released Windows 10 Preview Build 14267 to Insiders in its Fast ring today. The new build includes a music search icon for Cortana that directs the virtual assistant to listen, Shazam-like, to music that's playing and go find it....

The latest video out of Microsoft brings together two topics of fascination for geeks everywhere: augmented reality and outer space. A team of Microsoft developers is working hard to take the winning concept from the company's HoloLens: Share Your Idea...

Microsoft announced today that it's adding a new ring to its Windows Insider program, which allows intrepid users to gain access to, and give feedback on, new features in Windows 10 before the general public. The new Release Preview Ring...

As Microsoft tries to encourage developers to build universal Windows apps, it's suffered from what some observers have correctly called a chicken-or-the-egg problem: Developers don't want to build until they know there's user demand, but users may be shunning the...

Microsoft Edge: It's fast, and it's new. But its lack of support for browser extensions, or other clear advantages over popular browsers, have some calling it Internet Explorer with lipstick. On Wednesday, Microsoft laid out a road map of improvements...

Businesses are moving to Windows 10 at a steady clip, reports Spiceworks—about twice as fast as they adopted Windows 8. In a new report, the online network of IT professionals revisits its prediction (based on user polling) that 40 percent...

After Microsoft reported earnings last week for the quarter ending Dec. 31, its stock jumped by more than 8 percent. That's despite the fact that both profit and revenue fell from the previous year. Why? Investors are excited about some...

A new Windows 10 build goes out today to Insiders in Microsoft's Fast track, and it includes previously announced changes to Cortana. The Fast track is living up to its name, with this new version, Build 14251, released just a...

Scott Harvey leads efforts to realize the company’s vision of delivering Azure hybrid solutions to companies and application developers worldwide

Looking for a little more juice in your caboose? Microsoft today started selling its most powerful versions thus far of Surface Book and Surface Pro 4, each with 1 TB of storage,  Intel Core i7 processors and 16GB of RAM. The...

Microsoft is moving forward with a bridge to allow iOS developers to easily create versions of their apps for Windows 10. In an update to the Windows Bridge for iOS website (first spotted by  Frawin.com), Microsoft says it's planning a...

Google will hold its tenth-anniversary I/O developer conference May 18-20 in Mountain View, CA, CEO Sundar Pichai said in a Tweet on Tuesday. It'll take place at the Shoreline Amphitheater, a massive outdoor concert arena (yes, a developer conference held...

To cries of, "Finally!" from developers everywhere, Microsoft stopped supporting Internet Explorer 8, 9 and 10 on Jan. 12 as it continues to push users to migrate to the newer Edge browser. Though IE 11 will continue to receive security...

While Microsoft hasn't had much of an official presence at CES 2016, its fingerprints are all over the various Windows 10 devices on display at the convention, including the new ultrathin Galaxy TabPro 5 from Samsung. On Thursday, Microsoft's Executive...

Microsoft kicked off 2016 with a milestone: Windows 10 is now active on more than 200 million devices, Microsoft VP for Windows Yusuf Mehdi wrote in a blog post Jan. 4. That’s up from 110 million, the last figure Microsoft...

The legal battle between Google and Oracle over Java APIs just took a new turn—and it could be good news for developers. Google has opted to use OpenJDK, the open-source APIs for Java, in its new version of Android, VentureBeat...

'Tis the season for year-in-review stories, and the techie blogosphere is sounding off on Microsoft's performance in 2015. It was a banner year for Redmond, most observers agree, despite a few stumbles. Microsoft made bold forays into newer areas like...

On December 8th, owners of the Lumia 950 received and Over-The-Air update to the Windows 10 running on their phones.  While updates like this may seem common place, this one was special because the software came directly from Microsoft with no...

With Java SE reportedly installed on 850 million PCs, the "Java Update Available" popup has become a well known nuisance.  But keeping software up-to-date is supposed to help protect us.  According to the FTC, Java updates might be an exception...

Microsoft, Hackster.io, and Arduino have launched a new contest they are calling "The World's Largest Arduino Maker Challenge" with prizes for the best combination of Arduino, Windows 10, and Windows Azure.  With more than 1,000 winners receiving a new Arduino...

Microsoft's bold attempts to create a "universal" platform that runs on mobile, tablet, and PC seems to be picking up some steam lately as major app publishers have released or announced new Windows 10 universal apps.  Is this the beginning...

In this webinar, Kevin Griffin provides an overview of everything you need to know to get started with Node.js from it's history, to how to serve web pages and how to extend Node.js using NPM. After a brief discussion of the...

After a series of inexplicable design choices, Apple goes "All-in" with the charger design for their new electric car! Photo courtesy of Jonathan Atkinson (@twsjonathan).

It's not too often that we hear about open source projects from Apple, but today they have announced that they are open sourcing the Swift programming language.  The version released today will work on Linux Ubuntu as well as OSX....

Microsoft is looking to make building Windows 10 Apps that leverage Azure services easier for business users with the release of PowerApps.  Using a tool that you download from the Windows Store, users can create apps from prebuilt templates, from...

Today is Thanksgiving in the USA, a time for reflection and gratitude for all of the joys in our lives.  And while our staff will be busy showing our family and friends how much we appreciate them, several of them...

Microsoft has released the 1.0 version of the Azure PowerShell cmdlets for automating processes with Azure including better support for Resource Manager, VM disk encryption with Azure Vault, and inclusion of Azure Data Lake and Notification Hub cmdlets.  Also released...

Microsoft's Connect() conference last week included not only the keynote with the announcements but more than 60 individual breakout sessions on technologies from Azure to Office365.  Those videos are available now for streaming on Channel 9.  The format for the...

Microsoft is holding it's 2015 Connect() virtual conference today which was kicked off by a lengthy keynote from Scott Guthrie.  In the keynote there were several new announcements including a sneak peek into Visual Studio 2015 Update 1, new features...

Who needs a real quantum computer to start writing code?  While there is no working quantum computer in production, the belief that a working version will exist soon has prompted Microsoft Research's QuArC team to build a new quantum computer simulator...

Microsoft has announced general availability of the open source DevOps platform Cloud Foundry for Azure.  Microsoft has worked with the Cloud Foundry community to provide Resource Manager Templates to enable fast deployment of BOSH tools. By merging the Azure Cloud...

For years Microsoft was seen as a corporate monster gobbling up young startups and generally stumbling into markets either too early, as in the case of tablets or too late, as in the case of smart phone hardware.  As a result companies...

Now you can join the ranks of Boba Fett and Dog the Bounty Hunter!  Microsoft is taking the stability of their open source CoreCLR and ASP.NET 5 stacks to the people by offering up cash rewards for developers who can...

Microsoft has released a public preview for their new Azure Active Directory Domain Services feature in Azure Active Directory.  This feature allows you to establish virtual network domains in Azure. Azure AD Domain Services is an entirely new concept. It's...

Join us tomorrow morning as we offer our first Live Blog of a Microsoft event.  You'll get all the updates as they happen right here.  The show starts at 10:00 AM EDT. See you there!   (function() { var lb24...

Microsoft has created a new diagram to help provide an overview of the capabilities and features available in Machine Learning Studio.  For more information, check out this article on MSDN.

Microsoft announced several new features targeting Big Data processing including support for HDInsights on Ubuntu Linux, as well as a set of new features in their Data Lake services. The first announcement was of the availability of HDInsights, Microsoft's Hadoop...

Clients get tailored solutions for outsourcing database administration and advanced data management architecture

Xamarin Studio now supports Microsoft's Roslyn compiler-as-a-service features found in Visual Studio 2015.  They've also announced a new project model that integrates with Microsoft's MSBuild system. In previous versions of Microsoft’s Visual Studio, they had their C# compiler, but they...

Hypermedia is a term that originated with the beginnings of the World Wide Web to explain how browsers could adapt their features to any type of media (text, XML, JSON, images, video, etc.) using MIME types.  The term has been...

Microsoft has been dealing with a bit of a backlash regarding its new policies under the "Windows as a Service" concept in Windows 10 including some significant concern coming from Torrent trackers regarding Microsoft's ability to block pirated software from...

It seems like much more than 20 years have flown by in the ever-changing world of technology since the debut of Windows 95.  That iconic release was ushered in by a $250 million campaign that included a Jay Leno at the...

Microsoft is continuing to build on it's cloud based document database designed for web applications and today is announcing support for JavaScript Language Integrated Queries. Azure DocumentDB’s database engine is purposefully designed from the ground up to provide first class support...

Microsoft has released an update to their multi-platform code editor Visual Studio Code.  This release brings improvements in documentation, PHP snippets, and support for Roslyn based quick fixes. Documentation improvements include better organization and additional information about how to extend...

After a week of automatic and manual upgrades, Windows 10 reached 14 million users in just the first 24 hours with estimates a week later pushing 20 million users.  The price (FREE) and the automatic nature of the upgrades certainly...

It seems that all roads in software development today lead inevitably to mobile apps. Building apps that span multiple mobile platforms is no easy task, but Xamarin makes bridging those environments much easier. And so it’s with great pleasure we...

Microsoft has officially released the latest iteration of TypeScript, version 1.5 which includes more support for ES6 features such as modules, destructuring, computed properties, and tagged string templates. In the above table, you can see our progress on the Kangax...

Microsoft has released Visual Studio 2015 today including many features for developers working outside of the Windows platform.  This release is one of the biggest advances in the Visual Studio platform and also includes .Net 4.6.  Microsoft is celebrating the...

At the Amazon Web Services Summit in New York City last week, Amazon announced the availability of several new developer focused services.  These services include a hosted private Git repository service, a continuous deployment automation service, and a device testing...

Microsoft's upcoming Windows 10 Launch is turning into quite a party, literally.  On July 29th Microsoft is planning to celebrate the 5 million users who took part in the Windows Insider program by hosting special events in 13 cities including...

Atmosera engineers, deploys and operates clouds based on the Microsoft Cloud Platform

Word on the street, and by street I mean Twitter, is that in order to enable manufacturers to have Windows 10 devices ready for the official July 29th launch, Microsoft has to wrap up their development by the end of...

Microsoft's S. Somasegar announced that the next version of Visual Studio will be released on July 20th in his most recent blog post.  The launch event will be coordinated with web more than 60 videos to give developers some insights...

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Microsoft has announced the Azure SQL Data Warehouse is open for business, at least for a lucky few customers.  The limited public preview is designed to for data warehouses in the 5-10TB range allowing Microsoft to test scalability and performance...

Wintellect Co-Founder Jeff Prosise was recently a guest on the latest episode of Coding 101 on Twit.tv.  Father Robert Ballecer who calls himself the "Digital Jesuit" interviewed Jeff with Lou Maresca from Microsoft and they covered many topics starting with how Jeff...

There's been no shortage of click-bait on the Internet last week about how the changes to Facebook's API has affected Microsoft's support for integration from Windows 8.1 and Windows Mobile.  The reality is that this disconnection of synced contacts and...

While Windows 10 is still in the final stages of development, there's a lot to learn for IT professionals who want to be on the early adoption curve.  This eBook from Microsoft covers everything from the new user experience to...

Many Windows users woke up this morning to a new icon in their taskbar announcing the release date for Windows 10 along with how to register to get a free upgrade.  This is great news, but with current Technical Preview builds...

Jared Cheney leads the team responsible for the delivery of operational excellence to ensure a consistent and outstanding client experience

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Doug Adler joins Cloud Solution Provider to lead ongoing financial growth and accelerate its hybrid cloud momentum

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Microsoft's CEO Satya Nadella took the stage at Build 2015 today and with a little help from his Microsoft colleagues made the strongest pitch yet for why all developers should build apps for Windows 10. Build 2015 kicked off with...

With recent revelations from the RSA Security Conference highlighting gaping security holes in iOS8 as well as pointing out that many Android apps don't perform proper SSL validation, one has to wonder is their mobile data safe anywhere? Amit Yoran,...

Google has released an update to their Android Wear software with features such as Gestures and Wifi support intended to differentiate their watches from Apple's Watch. Google has released an update to Android Wear to provide some exciting new features to...

Google could be following in Microsoft's rather expensive footsteps as the European Union opens an antitrust investigation alleging that bundling of Google services with Android represents an abuse of its dominant position in mobile operating systems. The European Union, every corporate monopoly's worst enemy,...

After releasing the new Net Neutrality Rules yesterday, the FCC has come under immediate legal action by lobbyists supporting cable and wireless providers. The FCC released their new Net Neutrality rules to the Federal Register yesterday and one day later...

Microsoft announced today Hyper-V Container support to allow virtualization of Docker containers as well as a new barebones version of Windows Server called Nano Server. Microsoft's Server and Cloud Blog announced new features for Windows Server 2016 that adds further...

With Windows 10 right around the corner, Microsoft is pushing to get everybody upgraded to their newest OS.  Will all of the free licensing and new features be enough to get you to switch?  Cast your vote in our poll...

Microsoft has announced the new model for Visual Studio editions which includes combining the Ultimate and Premium editions into a single less expensive Enterprise Edition. Microsoft announced on their Visual Studio blog the product model for the upcoming Visual Studio...

Microsoft has posted a list of upcoming features currently in development for Visual Studio 2015 as well as possibly older versions.  While the items don't include dates they do show a breadth of features and a continued emphasis on supporting...

Microsoft is announcing Azure App Service today, a consolidation of existing Website and Mobile services as well as some exciting new services for workflows and APIs. Microsoft is making it easier to build apps for any device on their Azure cloud...

Microsoft has announced the availability of the the MSBuild tool source code on GitHub as part of their dotnetConf online virtual conference. Microsoft has added another key tool to their .NET Foundation Open Source library with the release of MSBuild...

In this interview John Petersen talks to John Robbins about the importance of copyright to software developers, how Visual Studio Online is different from TFS, and how half-baked frameworks are taking their toll on developers. John Petersen has been developing...

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John Robbins talks to Wintellect's own John Garland about moving customers to Azure Platform-as-a-Service, getting started with mobile services, and Microsoft's recent radical changes in direction. John is a Senior Consultant at Wintellect and is the author of the book...

Recent announcements from Mobile World Congress show that Samsung will preload Microsoft's cloud services such as OneDrive and Microsoft Office apps on their new flagship Galaxy S6 phones.  Is this the beginning of a bigger move by Microsoft? Rumors have...

In this interview, Wintellect's John Robbins talks to Rob Tiffany about the IoT Hype Cycle, where Big Data really comes from, and how to use the power of the Internet of Things to track powdered donuts. Rob has spent most...

The latest Community Technology Preview of Visual Studio 2015 contains a dizzying array of changes, some of which include whole new features as well as several harder-to-see bits of awesomeness. Microsoft unleashed a whirlwind of new capabilities to the public...

No, this isn't a cleverly disguised double entendre, we really mean it.  Keep your software off our hardware!  The recent reports of Lenovo preloading Adware Superfish onto their laptops is only one of several recent indications that hardware suppliers may...

Wintellect is adding a new resource to their training toolbelt by offering Virtual Instructor-Led courses to their catalog of On-Site and WintellectNOW On-Demand training courses. Ever wish you could attend a real training class led by the industry's best trainers without leaving...

Daniel Egan and Adam Tuliper talk to us about why gaming is popular on mobile devices, virtual reality in gaming, and programming the Unity game engine. Daniel is a Developer Evangelist at Microsoft, he has been in the technology field...