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 is looking to try to secure edge devices with a new secured OS and service for microcontrollers. The head of Azure Sphere is Galen Hunt, whose newest title is Partner Managing Director of ...

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 outlined a major new security vision this week called Azure Sphere that aims to secure the billions of devices on the Internet of Things (IoT) from device hardware to software to cloud, and ...

Microsoft officials said the company's Azure Sphere microcontroller (MCU) and associated cloud security service will be generally available in February 2020. Officials announced on October 28 at the ...

Microsoft Corp. is expanding its push into silicon chips as part of its new Azure Sphere service that combines a security chip design, a cloud service and — perhaps surprisingly for the creator of ...

'Our mission is to empower every organization on the planet to connect and create secured and trustworthy IoT devices,' Microsoft's Halina McMaster says of the company's Azure Sphere solution for ...

Microsoft held a security briefing at RSA in San Francisco today, where it announced Azure Sphere, a complete solution for IoT security. It was originally spotted over a year ago, then only known as ...

MICROSOFT IGNITE - Orlando, Fla. - Galen Hunt sat at a table during Microsoft Ignite, with a holder filled with scores of square microcontroller chips on the table in front of him. One of the chips ...

Microsoft Corp.’s long-awaited Azure Sphere security service, aimed at protecting “internet of things” devices, finally hit general availability today, almost two years after launching in preview. The ...

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