Abu Dhabi Terminals has announced an innovative Artificial Intelligence (AI)-focused partnership agreement with Microsoft that heralds the next phase in the digital transformation of the emirate’s flagship maritime asset, Khalifa Port.
Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform sales soared as the tech giant’s total revenue hit a record US$41.7 billion for its most recent quarter, up 19 percent from a year ago.
The No. 2 cloud provider reported Azure sales were up 50 percent year over year as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to force organizations into digital transformation mode.
“We are building Azure to address organizations‘ needs in a multi-cloud, multi-edge world,” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said in a Tuesday call with analysts.
Microsoft’s commercial cloud which includes Office 365 Commercial, Azure, LinkedIn’s commercial business, Dynamics 365 and other commercial cloud properties generated US$17.7 billion in revenue for the quarter, up 33 percent year over year.
Biden’s gamble on COVID-19 vaccines depends on a lot going right
The U.S. is still posting about 10,000 deaths a week, and at current levels of vaccine rejection, there’s no guarantee it will reach true herd immunity soon, if ever.
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Jonathan Levin, Nic Querolo and Angelica LaVito / Bloomberg News | 3:18 pm, Mar. 13, 2021
WASHINGTON (Tribune News Service) President Joe Biden has promised Americans they can sign up for COVID-19 shots by May 1 and return to a semblance of normal life by Independence Day. He’s gambling that his administration can make it happen and he will bask in the achievement or suffer the consequences.