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| April 1 2025 |
Kubeflow
Kubeflow 1.10 was released, continuing the ongoing development of the machine learning platform.
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| 2025 |
Key Management Interoperability Protocol
KMIP interoperability demonstration focused on testing Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC) algorithms in anticipation of advancing quantum computer capabilities.
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| 2025 |
Key Management Interoperability Protocol
Release of KMIP version 3.0, introducing an explicit concept of KMIP users as System Objects, improving object lifecycle and referencing, formalizing object groups and hierarchies, and adding an Obliterate administrative operation.
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| March 1 2025 |
Microsoft 365
Microsoft experienced a global outage affecting all Microsoft products, which lasted for several hours and disrupted services worldwide.
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| January 22 2025 | Vercel acquired Tremor, continuing its strategy of strategic technology acquisitions. |
| January 2025 |
Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365 Copilot rebranding took effect, coinciding with the wider release of AI features to Microsoft 365 Personal and Home subscriptions.
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| 2024 |
Azure Data Lake
Planned retirement date for Azure Data Lake Storage Gen1 and Azure Data Lake Analytics / U-SQL technologies.
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| December 2024 | AWS announced Amazon Nova, its own family of foundation models available through Amazon Bedrock, designed for tasks including content generation, video understanding, and building agentic applications, offered in six different sizes. |
| December 2024 |
Microsoft 365
Microsoft announced the rebranding of the Microsoft 365 app to Microsoft 365 Copilot, with a new logo featuring the Copilot logo and 'M365' tag.
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| November 2024 |
Microsoft 365
Microsoft soft launched Microsoft Copilot Pro AI features for Microsoft 365 Personal and Home subscriptions in Asia-Pacific markets, accompanied by a price increase.
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| July 22 2024 |
Kubeflow
Kubeflow 1.9 released, marking the latest version of the machine learning platform.
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| July 19 2024 | AWS updated its documentation to recommend more secure implementation practices for Application Load Balancer authentication. |
| July 11 2024 | AWS confirmed the Application Load Balancer security issue affecting its customers. |
| June 2024 |
Xbox Cloud Gaming
Microsoft partnered with Amazon to bring Xbox Cloud Gaming to Fire TV devices through the Xbox TV app.
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| May 2024 |
Google Cloud Platform
Google Cloud partners with Airtel.
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| May 13 2024 | The television show hosted by meteorologist Mike Bettes was renamed to Weather Unfiltered. |
| May 2 2024 |
Oracle Database
Oracle Database 23ai was released on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), offering cloud services including OCI Exadata Database Service, OCI Exadata Database Cloud@Customer, and OCI Base Database Service. The release was renamed from 23c to 23ai to highlight its new AI capabilities.
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| April 2024 | AWS announced Deadline Cloud, a new service for setting up, deploying, and scaling graphics and visual effects rendering pipelines on cloud infrastructure. |
| April 2024 | Security researchers from Miggo security identified a configuration vulnerability in AWS Application Load Balancer (ALB) that could allow attackers to bypass access controls. |
| February 2024 | Weather Underground and its parent company, The Weather Company, were acquired and became controlled by Francisco Partners, a private equity firm. |
| January 2024 |
Google Cloud Platform
Introduction of Africa-south1 region in Johannesburg, South Africa, marking Google Cloud Platform's first infrastructure in the African continent.
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| 2023 |
IBM Watson
Watson results in IBM losing 10% of its stock value and causing mass layoffs, highlighting the project's commercial failure.
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| 2023 |
IBM Watson
IBM shifted focus to WatsonX, a new initiative aimed at developing narrower, industry-targeted technology within IBM's cloud computing platform strategies.
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| 2023 |
Google Cloud Platform
Google Cloud Platform announced new major public customers including Kingfisher plc, the Government of Kuwait, Deutsche Börse Group, Unity Technologies, Uber, FanCode, and Daimler.
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| 2023 |
Azure Maps
Azure Maps was certified as HIPAA compliant, targeting healthcare and health insurance companies.
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| December 2023 |
Xbox Cloud Gaming
Xbox Cloud Gaming was added to Meta Quest VR headsets through a beta version of the Xbox Cloud Gaming app.
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| November 2023 | Iliad launched Kyutai, the first European independent and non-profit artificial intelligence research laboratory, with a 300 million Euro investment. |
| November 2023 |
Microsoft 365
Microsoft reversed its previous stance on discontinuing the Office brand with the release of an Office 2024 preview build.
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| November 10 2023 |
Microsoft 365
IT news portal Heise online reported a privacy concern with the new Outlook, warning that users risk transferring their email account credentials and emails to Microsoft servers.
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| November 1 2023 |
Kubeflow
Kubeflow 1.8 released, further enhancing the platform's features.
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| October 2023 |
Xbox Cloud Gaming
Meta Platforms announced an Xbox Cloud Gaming app for Meta Quest 3 virtual reality headsets, based on Android source code.
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| October 2023 | Periodic updates to the Project Nimbus procurement document continued, highlighting ongoing controversy surrounding Amazon Web Services' contract with Israeli government and defense organizations. |
| August 22 2023 | IBM agreed to sell The Weather Company to private equity firm Francisco Partners. |
| July 2023 |
Kubeflow
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation voted to accept Kubeflow as an incubating stage project.
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| June 2023 |
Google Cloud Platform
Launch of ME-central1 region in Doha, Qatar, expanding Google Cloud Platform's presence in the Middle East.
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| May 2023 |
Azure Maps
Azure Maps and Power BI integration reached general availability, fully establishing the map visualization capabilities.
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| March 2023 | AWS signed a cooperation agreement with the New Zealand Government to build large data centers in New Zealand. |
| March 2023 |
Google Cloud Platform
Google brings generative AI capabilities to Google Cloud.
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| March 29 2023 |
Kubeflow
Kubeflow 1.7 released, continuing to develop the open-source machine learning platform.
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| January 2023 |
Microsoft 365
Microsoft transitioned Office mobile apps to Microsoft 365 branding.
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| 2022 | MongoDB established its own venture capital fund. |
| 2022 |
VirtualBox
VirtualBox removed support for Windows 8.1 (64-bit) and macOS 10.15 (Catalina) with version 7.1.
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| 2022 |
Oracle Advertising and Customer Experience
Red Bull Racing team name changed to Oracle Red Bull Racing.
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| 2022 |
IBM Watson
IBM sold its Watson Health unit to Francisco Partners for $1 billion, marking a significant shift in the company's healthcare strategy.
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| 2022 | Amazon secured a $9 billion cloud computing contract from the United States Department of Defense, sharing the contract with Google, Microsoft, and Oracle. |
| 2022 | 90% of all Amazon operations, including data centers, were powered by renewable energy sources. |
| 2022 |
Azure Maps
Support for historical weather, air quality, and tropical storm data was made generally available. Custom styling for indoor maps was also introduced.
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| 2022 |
Software-defined data center
Software-defined networking market projected to reach US$18.5 billion.
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