Microsoft announced that Majid Al Futtaim Retail, the operator of the Carrefour retail brand in 16 countries across the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, has transformed its financial planning and analysis (FP&A) capabilities by leveraging the power of the Microsoft Azure Data Platform. The finance team at Majid Al Futtaim Retail used the Azure Analytics Platform to fully automate financial and operational reporting and create a single source of truth for decision-makers. Data silos posed a significant challenge for Majid Al Futtaim Retail.

AMD Pensando Distributed Services Card, powered by the industry’s most advanced data processing unit (DPU), will be one of the first DPU solutions to support VMware vSphere® 8 and will be available from leading server vendors such as Dell Technologies, HPE, and Lenovo.

Microsoft has announced the general availability of Azure Availability Zones, which will be provided through its UAE data centers in Dubai. The investment, which aims to improve the competitiveness of UAE businesses by providing critical business continuity and disaster recovery solutions.

Mindware, the Value-Added Distributor (VAD) in the Middle East and Africa, announced the launch of its ‘Azure ISV Hub Program’, building on its status as a Microsoft Gold partner.

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated cloud migration, according to F5’s 2022 State of Application Strategy Report, with three-quarters of organizations deploying applications in public cloud environments.