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Abstract: Recent popular programmable switches provide programmability in packet processing at the line rate, promising to host various Network Functions (NFs). However, the limitations on the switch ...

Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform suffered a broad multi-hour outage beginning on Monday evening, disrupting two critical layers of enterprise cloud operations. The outage, which lasted over 10 hours, ...

Security leaders have spent years hardening identity controls for employees and service accounts. That model is now showing its limits. A new class of identity is rapidly spreading across enterprise ...

Microsoft has moved its Model Context Protocol (MCP) support for Azure Functions to General Availability, signaling a shift toward standardized, identity-secure agentic workflows. By integrating ...

For decades, macOS has been admired for stability and security — traits inherited from the BSD Unix underpinnings of Apple’s operating systems. Yet these same foundations now create friction for IT ...

Organizations are under constant pressure to modernize their estate. Legacy infrastructure, manual processes, and increasing data volumes in silos make it harder to deliver the performance, security, ...

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 ...

Cybercrime has evolved. Attackers once hunted for network flaws or brute-forced their way in. Today, they usually just log on. Identity credentials—usernames, passwords, tokens and access rights—are ...

Microsoft has announced a major change to how Azure Files can be managed, thanks to a file share-centric model that eliminates the dependency on storage accounts. The preview, available starting today ...

Microsoft has revealed some details about what's next for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). Customers should expect multiple SSMS releases soon. SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is the tool of ...