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Viju, the global visual communications and collaboration specialist, today announced that it has forged a strategic reseller partnership with Microsoft, as part of the Microsoft Surface Hub partner program. “By combining interactive touch display technology with Skype for Business, Microsoft Office and our Cloud Services, we can provide interoperability with standards-based video and WebRTC from any device. This is a unique visual collaboration solution that will change the way people work,” said Georg Thingbø, CTO, Viju.

Microsoft will be making two services generally available as part of the company’s push to improve the security of businesses’ data. Brad Anderson, Microsoft’s corporate vice president of enterprise client and mobility, said that the company’s Advanced Threat Analytics security service would be generally available next month. In addition, the Office apps for iPhone and iPad will be updated to support viewing documents that have been protected with Azure Rights Management.

Microsoft’s commercial cloud revenue grew $832 million or 88 percent (up 96 percent in constant currency) driven by Office 365, Azure and Dynamics CRM Online and is now on an annualized revenue run rate of over $8 billion, Microsoft reported in its earnings. Earlier this year, CEO Satya Nadella said the company would hit the $20 billion run rate mark for its commercial cloud business in its FY2018. And, while reporting the Q4 earnings figures, he said Microsoft remains “on track to achieve our $20 billion commercial cloud ambition in fiscal 2018.”

According to a study done by IoT Analytics, a global firm that track Internet of Things companies and trends, Microsoft has 3 IoT propositions: Firstly, the Azure platform promises to become the one-stop-shop cloud platform for connected devices. Secondly, Microsoft Streaming Analytics aims to benefit from a new kind of processing that will be necessary to extract meaning from sensor data in real-time. Thirdly, Microsoft has entered the wearables and health space with the Microsoft Band. Apart from these product lines, Microsoft is experimenting in the industrial IoT space.

Come July 29, Microsoft will make Windows 10 available across 190 countries as a free upgrade to computers running Windows 7 or Windows 8.1. Following are the reasons to download Windows 10 OS – Faster performance, universal search, personal digital assistant, universal apps, action center, better web browsing experience, increased security, virtual desktop and gaming. The considerable gains in performance, the reintroduction of Start Menu, and the host of solid new features make a compelling case for upgrading.

AMD introduced the newest addition to its A-Series line of desktop processors. The A8-7670K APU is compatible for Microsoft Windows 10, mainstream workloads, and eSports online gaming. “Our newest APU provides a smooth user experience and is engineered for Windows 10 and eSports online gaming,” said Kevin Lensing, Sr. Director, Client Business Unit at AMD.

Barracuda announces today that the Barracuda Web Application Firewall is the first web application firewall solution approved by Microsoft for integration into the Azure App Service. The Barracuda Web Application Firewall protects dynamic web applications against unwarranted intrusions with layered security in Azure environments.

Windows Insiders, we know testing out a new build of Windows 10 is its own reward, but Microsoft has another. If you show up to a Microsoft Store on July 29, you’ll get a 20-percent discount on PC hardware and accessories. Microsoft’s offer is available only via the Windows Insider Hub app on Windows 10.

CEO Satya Nadella said that the company hasn’t given up on its products tailored for companies that still have on-premises data centers.”Overall, I start even with the worldview that my server business is not some legacy business,” he said during a conference call with financial analysts. “We fundamentally think of our servers as the extension of the cloud; I even describe it architecturally as the edge of our cloud.”

Microsoft released new version of Visual Studio in an effort to bring more developers to the Windows platform. As demonstrated during Build 2015, the new version of Visual Studio lets developers to easily port their apps from rival platforms to Windows. Microsoft has also created tools to write code once in Visual Studio and test them across different app platforms.