Tag: Microsoft

Feed: AWS Partner Network (APN) Blog. Author: Derek Belt. The AWS Partner Network (APN) is the global partner program for Amazon Web Services (AWS). We enable APN Partners to build, market, and sell their AWS-based offerings, and we help customers identify top APN Partners that can deliver on core business objectives.To receive APN program designations such as AWS Competency, AWS Managed Services Provider (MSP), and AWS Service Delivery, organizations must undergo rigorous technical validation and assessment of their AWS solutions and practices. These designations help customers team up with specialized APN Partners that can provide value-added services and solutions. Guidance from these ... Read More

Feed: MemSQL Blog. Author: Rick Negrin. There is a trend in industry which says that modern applications need to be built on top of one or more special-purpose databases. That every application benefits from using the best-of-breed technology for each requirement. And that the plethora of special-purpose options available from certain cloud providers is reasonable to manage. That’s all BUNK. The reality is that navigating the choices, figuring out how to use them effectively, and dealing with the ETL and inevitable data sprawl, is so difficult that the pain far outweighs any technical advantage you might get. In the vast ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Blog. Author: Meenoo Rami. In October 2018, we announced the Microsoft Higher Education Accelerator, enabling ISVs and other solution providers to quickly build industry vertical solutions tailored for higher education. Since then, we have updated the accelerator with new scenarios to help institutions transform how they engage with students and their constituents and improve student outcomes.Our latest version, now generally available, extends the Common Data Model scenarios to include new entities, sample apps, and analytics for business partner management and student accomplishments. The accelerator also includes entities around internships, scholarships, grants, and more.About the industry acceleratorOne ... Read More

Feed: Puppet.com Blog RSS Feed. Author: ; Kubernetes is gathering a lot of steam in the container ecosystem. Since the project was donated to the CNCF there has been massive adoption from the likes of Microsoft, Oracle and VMware. At Puppet, we’re committed to helping our customers adopt whatever’s next. To that end, we announced Project Blueshift last year and we’re continuing to expand on that promise with our latest set of releases. We have developed a new set of tools to make your adoption of Kubernetes as efficient as possible, covering your full workflow cycle from development to production ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: John 'JG' Chirapurath. Enterprises today are transforming their businesses using Machine Learning (ML) to develop a lasting competitive advantage. From healthcare to transportation, supply chain to risk management, machine learning is becoming pervasive across industries, disrupting markets and reshaping business models. Organizations need the technology and tools required to build and deploy successful Machine Learning models and operate in an agile way. MLOps is the key to making machine learning projects successful at scale. What is MLOps ? It is the practice of collaboration between data science and IT teams designed to accelerate the entire ... Read More

Feed: SAS Blogs. Author: Claudio Broggio. AI innovations range from unique modelling techniques and computer vision efforts to medical diagnostic tools and self-driving cars. Within that wide range of technology, what should you consider patenting? Which of your discoveries are true intellectual property that necessitate protection? A little thought upfront could help you to know what action to take to protect your most valuable innovations. Intellectual property, machine learning and generative adversarial networks Intellectual property and AI Do not doubt that plenty of people are already protecting their artificial intelligence inventions. Since the 1960s, over 300,000 applications for AI-related patents ... Read More

Feed: Puppet.com Blog RSS Feed. Author: ; We are pleased to announce the technical preview release of the official Visual Studio Code Puppet extension! What started out as a side project done during James Pogran and Glenn Sarti's spare time, has turned into a full-featured official Puppet extension.The extension supports the following platforms:Microsoft WindowsMacOSLinuxHow can I install the Puppet VSCode extension?You can install the Puppet VSCode extension either from the Extensions tab in your VSCode editor, through the Visual Studio Code Extension gallery, or manually after downloading the extension.You can find more detailed instructions on installation on the readme.What can ... Read More

Feed: Puppet.com Blog RSS Feed. Author: ; We are excited to announce the first release of our new open source Puppet Development Kit (PDK). Download it, get help installing it and then run through the Getting Started Guide to learn more.With the Puppet Development Kit you can:Quickly get started developing Puppet modules while using best practices and new integrated tools that enable you to develop, test and publish high-quality Puppet modules. Shift quality to the left by catching issues earlier and faster, before Puppet code is applied to live infrastructure.Unit-test modules from your workstation to ensure that Puppet code is ... Read More

Feed: Databasejournal.com - Feature Database Articles. Author: . Practically every SQL Server Database Administrator operating in an on-premises environment is familiar with Transact-SQL DBCC statements that serve the role of Database Console Commands. However, there are some additional considerations that should be considered when using them in the context of Azure SQL Database deployments. In this article, I provide an overview of their primary characteristics and explore their role in Database-as-a-Service scenarios. While the acronym DBCC was originally derived from the term Database Consistency Checker, this designation has been changed to Database Console Commands, in order to reflect much more ... Read More

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Fahad Zaidi. Having spent the better part of the last decade helping organisations in the U.S. and the U.K. use data to drive profit, efficiency, and performance improvements, I thought it would be helpful to jot down best practices for organizations that are looking to get the most value out of their enterprise-level financial and operational data sets. Every organisation entering the roaring 20s knows that they must use their data as a strategic differentiator to gain a competitive advantage and this article lists five things all companies must do to ... Read More