Abstract: Azure SQL DB offers disaggregated storage architecture called Hyperscale. While this architecture provides storage scale out, it comes at the cost of performance of I/O from remote storage.

Azure HorizonDB introduces cloud-native PostgreSQL with disaggregated compute and storage for faster scaling and failover. HorizonDB’s Rust-based storage engine improves security, reliability, and ...

Microsoft Azure operates two UK regions—UK South (located in London) and UK West (located in Cardiff and Durham)—providing UK enterprises with data residency options that align with ICO guidance and ...

Enterprises need data, and data needs to be stored, with a flexible, portable environment that scales from developers’ laptops to global clouds. That storage also needs to be able to run on any OS and ...

At today’s Ignite 2025 event, Microsoft announced one of the biggest Azure data updates in years. The company has announced the general availability of SQL Server 2025. That has come after a long ...

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Microsoft Azure experienced simultaneous outages, disrupting access to websites, apps, and cloud-connected services across industries on Wednesday afternoon. The dual failure triggered widespread ...

Microsoft Corp. is still suffering from a computing capacity crunch despite massive spending on data centers, a scenario that weighed on the company’s closely watched Azure cloud unit. During the ...

The recent “HITS in the cloud” webinar, hosted by Altron Digital Business and Microsoft South Africa, had a single message: SQL Server remains at the centre of enterprise operations. SQL is ubiquitous ...

Managing SQL Server across hybrid and multi-cloud environments has long posed a challenge for database administrators. With data sprawled across on-premises infrastructure, cloud platforms, and edge ...

Microsoft Corp.’s data-center crunch will continue for longer than the company has previously outlined, underscoring the software giant’s struggles to keep up with cloud demand. Many of Microsoft’s US ...