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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Two years after launching Azure Space, the company expands its satellite-powered connectivity services for cloud customers.
Editor's note: “Space is big. Really big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is,” Douglas Adams wrote in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Microsoft and others think the same about the business opportunity that space offers. Two years ago, Microsoft launched its Azure Space initiative with a two-pronged objective—offering satellite connectivity to enterprises as well as supporting digital transformation by extending Azure capabilities anywhere in the world with space infrastructure. At the time, the Azure Space efforts seemed a little disjointed, but it was clear that Microsoft saw space as a distant—very distant—”intelligent edge”, a key phrase in every Microsoft Cloud presentation for a while now. At its core, Azure Space aims to democratize the possibilities of space and enables access to the power and capabilities of satellites via Microsoft Cloud. Last week, at the World Satellite Business Week in Paris, the company outlined its plan to expand the services portfolio. Like Azure Orbital Cloud Access. While the flavour of the season is the satellite connectivity feature on the new iPhone 14, Azure Orbital Cloud Access offers …
Mukesh Ambani wants investors to price Reliance Industries’ IPO-bound telecom arm like a technology business. In reality, Jio’s tech ambitions remain a work in progress.
CargoX gets a $250 million cheque from a prominent investment firm; the Gulf is shining in the upcoming American tech IPOs; and Abu Dhabi has hit pause on rental increases.
A new generation of Indian entrepreneurs are building ambitious companies in space tech. One of them, Bellatrix Aerospace, has now set its sights on the global race to build a satellite for an ultra-low orbit.
