From commit to cloud: Powering what’s next for PostgreSQL

By Dustin Ward

PostgreSQL has become foundational to how modern applications are built. It powers everything from early‑stage startups to some of the most demanding production systems in the world. Its longevity isn’t accidental, it’s the result of decades of engineering discipline, community collaboration, and a relentless focus on correctness and extensibility. As application architectures evolve, and as…

Advancing enterprise AI: New SAP on Azure announcements from SAP Sapphire 2026

By Dustin Ward

In this article AI is reshaping how enterprises operate, make decisions, and innovate at scale Frontier innovation for ERP systems Your agentic intelligence Putting enterprise AI into production Advancing a new era of AI collaboration Powering AI with a unified data foundation Microsoft and SAP expand partnership to deliver trusted sovereign cloud solutions Expanding platform…

Red Hat Summit 2026: Platform modernization and AI on Microsoft Azure Red Hat OpenShift

By Dustin Ward

At Red Hat Summit 2026, Microsoft and Red Hat highlight how Microsoft Azure Red Hat OpenShift supports modernization and production AI workloads—helping organizations move from AI pilots to production systems with consistent governance, security, and scale. Explore Microsoft and Red Hat’s platform modernization Red Hat Ecosystem Innovation Award for Platform Modernization Microsoft was recognized as…

Scaling cloud and AI: Microsoft Azure’s commitment to Europe’s digital future

By Dustin Ward

Customer demand for cloud and AI is accelerating worldwide, and this demand has been particularly strong in Europe. Public sector customers like Manchester City Council are using Microsoft 365 Copilot to streamline operations and improve citizen services, while companies like Inriver use Microsoft Foundry to transform product information management. These innovations are powered by Microsoft…

Microsoft Sovereign Private Cloud scales to thousands of nodes with Azure Local

By Dustin Ward

Today, I am pleased to announce that Azure Local now scales to support deployments of up to thousands of servers within a single sovereign environment, allowing organizations to run much larger workloads locally across large-footprint datacenters, industrial environments and edge locations while maintaining control within their sovereign boundary. Organizations operating national infrastructure, regulated workloads or…