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The Microsoft Power Business Intelligence suite has several major enhancements planned as documented below: http://www.informationweek.com/cloud/platform-as-a-service/microsoft-power-bi-gets-major-updates-/d/d-id/1321260 http://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2015/07/10/over-500000-unique-users-from-45000-companies-across-185-countries-helped-shape-the-new-power-bi/ Power BI, Microsoft’s cloud-based suite of data analysis tools, is getting a few key additions. New capabilities will be added to the current preview version throughout July until it enters general availability on July 24 and preview accounts are […]

This link in Network World documents impacts caused by adding an additional second to the day and systems using the Network Time Protocol going out sync.  However, this year more advanced preparation kept vast majority of networks running smoothly throughout the transition. http://www.networkworld.com/article/2942994/leap-second-causes-internet-hiccup-particularly-in-brazil.html The addition of a leap second to world clocks on Wednesday caused […]

Microsoft continues to add a few more innovations and special features for the forthcoming “GOLD” copy that will debut on July 29th http://www.pcworld.com/article/2942892/microsoft-releases-its-second-windows-10-build-in-two-days.html Microsoft surprised testers of Windows 10 on Tuesday by launching build 10159 of its forthcoming operating system, just a day after the last update. Gabe Aul, an engineering general manager at Microsoft who […]

Companies around the world used innovative & interesting solutions to work around timing differences associated with adding an extra second to the official atomic clock. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/leap-second-clocks-to/1952442.html Leap second: Clocks to read 07:59:60 on Wednesday The phenomenon, which is implemented every few years, prevents days from getting longer as the Earth’s rotation continually slows down due […]