For the first time in its 43-year history, Microsoft has announced a Linux-based operating system. The company announced its new holistic Azure Sphere platform for end-to-end Internet of Things (IoT) ...

Microsoft yesterday announced a preview of Azure Sphere for securely connecting Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Announced at the RSA 2018 security conference, Azure Sphere is a three-part solution ...

Azure is Microsoft’s cloud platform. It’s a platform as a service (PaaS), infrastructure as a service (IaaS), and software as a service (SaaS). For IoT and IIoT applications, Microsoft goes further ...

Microsoft’s Azure Sphere is an interesting concept, a mix of secure cloud services, secure devices, and a new Linux-based operating system, all rolled into a single platform and a Visual Studio-based ...

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In April 2018, nearly two years ago, Microsoft announced Azure Sphere, a program to better secure the 41.6 billion internet for things (IoT) devices expected to be connected to the internet by 2025.

Microsoft announced on Monday that its Azure Sphere solutions for Internet of Things (IoT) devices have reached the "general availability" (GA) commercial-release stage. It's been almost two years ...

Last year, Microsoft and AT&T announced a strategic partnership to deliver innovative solutions based on 5G and IoT. As a part of the partnership, AT&T has announced a new IoT solution based on Azure ...

At the foundation of Microsoft’s new Azure Sphere platform is a new microcontroller unit from Microsoft that promises five times the performance of standard MCUs. The chip includes the company’s ...

Security is a moving target for hyper-connected IoT devices; therefore, to provide end-to-end security solutions from the edge to the cloud, chipmakers are joining hands with cloud service providers ...

The i.MX 8 will incorporate Microsoft’s Pluton security subsystem and run the Linux-based Azure Sphere OS to provide end-to-end cloud security. These days, most cloud providers are delivering ...

Since its inception, Microsoft has focused on Windows in attempt to cram it into every conceivable form factor. That's worked pretty well for computers, but not so much for phones. Now, Microsoft is ...