The V3 team rounds up the Microsoft news from the last week of January
Microsoft’s week: Azure Stack preview, Windows 10 fixes and latest financial results
Author: Daniel Robinson
Microsoft highlights cloud strengths in latest financial figures
Cloud division shows most growth, with Azure revenue up 140 percent year on year
Microsoft delivers bug fixes in Windows 10 preview Build 14251 as it looks to Redstone release
Microsoft continues to tinker with Windows 10 in preparation for the next major release
Oracle signals the end of Java applet support for browsers
Oracle will depreciate the Java browser plug-in in JDK 9
Lenovo opens UK Technology Centre to showcase server and storage offerings
New facility will highlight Lenovo's server and storage portfolio, as well as technology from partners
Canonical and Oracle bring certified Ubuntu images to Oracle Cloud customers
Ubuntu Linux images now available from Oracle's cloud store
Microsoft builds up hybrid cloud strategy with first Technical Preview of Azure Stack
Microsoft lets customers test platform that puts Azure inside their data centre
EnterpriseDB talks up shift to open source databases as it unveils Postgres Advanced Server 9.5
Latest commercial build of PostgreSQL gains enterprise market share as customers look beyond Oracle
IBM updates LinuxONE z Systems line with data management tools and Ubuntu Linux
Linux-only mainframes get a refresh with new tools and capabilities
Microsoft seeks to build trust in its cloud to drive enterprise adoption
Microsoft is pushing certifications, customer audits and other measures to assure customers that its cloud is secure