Tag: Azure

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: ajit jaokar.   Introduction IoT (Internet of Things) has not quite taken off yet as envisaged -  Will the cloud overcome the shortcomings of IoT? I believe that the Cloud is the missing link that enables IoT to create a critical mass towards deployment. The vision outlined here is part of my forthcoming book on Data Science Central. You can see all other free books on Data Science Central on free datascience books. Over the summer I will be releasing a free book on Data Science or Internet of Things – ... Read More

Feed: James Serra's Blog. Author: James Serra. Below are the top 15 questions I am seeing from customers looking to build a modern data warehouse in the cloud, and the blogs that I have wrote that try to answer each question (I have updated most of these blogs): Do I need a data lake? Data lake detailsDo I need a relational data warehouse? Is the traditional data warehouse dead?Do I need a cube? The need for having both a DW and cubesWhere do I clean my data? Where should I clean my data?What is the Common Data Model (CDM)? Common ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Henry Jerez. We continue to expand our ecosystem by partnering with independent software vendors (ISV) around the globe to deliver prepackaged software solutions to Azure Stack customers. As we are getting closer to our two-year anniversary, we are humbled by the trust and confidence bestowed by our partners in the Azure Stack platform. We would like to highlight some of the partnerships that we built during this journey. Security Thales now offers their CipherTrust Cloud Key Manager solution through the Azure Stack Marketplace that works with Azure and Azure Stack “Bring Your Own Key” (BYOK) ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Lily Kim. Earlier this month we released our latest Azure Blueprint for a key compliance standard with the availability of the UK OFFICIAL blueprint for the Government-Cloud (G-Cloud) standard, and National Health Service (NHS) Information Governance of the United Kingdom. The new blueprints map a set of Azure policies to appropriate UK OFFICIAL and UK NHS controls for any Azure deployed architecture. This allows UK government agencies and partners, and UK health organizations to more easily create Azure environments that might store and process UK OFFICIAL government data and health data. Azure Blueprints is a ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: David Auslander. Microsoft Azure is rapidly becoming the public cloud of choice for large financial services enterprises. Some of the biggest reasons Global Financial Services Institutions (GFIs) are choosing Azure to augment or replace on-premises application environments are: The high level of security that the Azure cloud provides. The exceptional control enterprises can have over compliance and security within their subscriptions. The many features that Azure has for data governance and protection. The long list of Global Regulatory Standards that the Azure cloud is compliant with. Please see the Microsoft Trust Center for more information ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Stephen Baron. It’s a question we often hear. After all, they’re similar and related services. Azure Monitor helps you understand how your applications are performing and proactively identifies issues affecting them and the resources they depend on. Azure Service Health helps you stay informed and take action when Azure service issues like outages and planned maintenance affect you. So what’s the difference? Azure Monitor and Azure Service Health are complementary services that you will often use together when troubleshooting issues. Let’s go over a typical scenario. For example, let’s say your app is having a ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Nick Leimer. Intelligent insurance means improving operations, enabling revenue growth, and creating engaging experiences—which is the result of digital transformation. The cloud has arrived with an array of technical capabilities that can equip an existing business to move into the future. However insurance carriers face a harder road to transform business processes and IT infrastructures. Traditional policy and claim management solutions lack both cloud-era agility, and the modularity required to react quickly to market forces. And legacy systems cannot be decommissioned unless new systems are fully operational and tested, meaning some overlap between old and ... Read More

Feed: Big Data Made Simple. Author: Bryan Christiansen. In today’s production environment, digital technology, automation, and analytics are more prevalent than ever.  Facilities are looking to use “big data” to make intelligent decisions on the production floor.  Accordingly, mobile devices are becoming more accepted for production use.   As the next step, analytics apps have begun to enhance the shop floor.There are many reasons to utilize mobile apps in modern manufacturing.  But there are hundreds of applications available today.  Which apps should you choose?  We will attempt to cut down on the noise and showcase 5 Analytics Apps that can help ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Travis Wilson. With over 360,000 registered Azure Bot Service developers, we’ve seen significant growth in bots and virtual assistants built on Azure. A major trend we’re following is the growing need for these assistants to support voice-first conversational experiences. As a result, we’re taking steps to make it even easier for developers to build virtual assistants with our virtual assistant solution accelerator and to add speech to their conversational applications with Azure Bot Service. At this year’s Microsoft Build conference, we announced signup availability of the Direct Line Speech channel, which simplifies the creation of ... Read More

Feed: All - O'Reilly Media. Author: Kay Williams. This is a keynote highlight from the O'Reilly Open Source Software Conference in Portland 2019. Watch the full version of this keynote on the O'Reilly online learning platform. You can also see other highlights from the event. Kay Williams is a principal program manager in the Azure Office of the CTO at Microsoft, where she works with teams across the company to connect, design, and deliver innovative solutions through open source communities. Previously, she spent many years leading product design in Office, MSN, and Windows Server before leaving to work on Linux ... Read More