Category: Vendors

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Geoff Staneff. This blog post was co-authored by Dinesh Chandnani, Principal Group Engineering Manager​, Microsoft.   Standing up a data pipeline for the first time can be a challenge and decisions you make at the start of a project can limit your choices long after the initial deployment has been rolled out. Often what is needed is a playground in which to learn about and evaluate the available options and capabilities in the solution space. To that end, we are excited to be announcing that an internal Microsoft project known as Data Accelerator is now ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Justin Slade. Transparency is an important part of public safety projects. Officials must know what is happening in real time, as well as be able to collaborate with others involved in the project. To create a collaborative and transparent environment, security officials are reinventing their approach to public safety, especially regarding the protection of public buildings. While keeping public buildings safe, smart, and secure is a top priority, it’s also a constant challenge. Recent advancements in cloud computing, intelligent edge, artificial intelligence, and data analytics create many new opportunities for Internet of Things (IoT) devices ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Lily Kim. Enabling government to advance the mission Today we’re announcing a significant milestone in serving our mission customers from cloud to edge with the initial availability of two new Azure Government Secret regions, now in private preview and pending accreditation. Azure Government Secret delivers comprehensive and mission enabling cloud services to US Federal Civilian, Department of Defense (DoD), Intelligence Community (IC), and US government partners working within Secret enclaves. In addition, we’ve expanded the scope of all Azure Government regions to enable DoD Impact Level 5 (IL5) data, providing a cost-effective option for L5 ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Tyler Fox. We are pleased to announce the general availability of the new Azure HDInsight management SDKs for .NET, Python, and Java. Highlights of this release More languages: In addition to .NET, you can now easily manage your HDInsight clusters using Python or Java. Manage HDInsight clusters: The SDK provides several useful operations to manage your HDInsight clusters, including the ability to create clusters, delete clusters, scale clusters, list existing clusters, get cluster details, update cluster tags, execute script actions, and more. Monitor HDInsight clusters: Manage your HDInsight cluster's integration with Azure Monitor logs. HDInsight ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Astha Malik. This blog post was co-authored by Lucy Raikova, Senior Program Manager, Azure Global – Financial Services. It is vital for our customers in the Financial Services Industry to deliver innovation and value to their customers while adhering to strict security and regulatory requirements. We at Microsoft Azure know this, and we understand the complexities of trying to innovate fast and effectively, while also ensuring that key regulations and compliance necessities are not overlooked. Azure is uniquely positioned to help our global FSI customers meet their regulatory requirements. Most customers, and likely the entire FSI, ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Peter Cooper. This article is the second in a four-part series designed to help companies maximize their ROI on the Internet of Things (IoT). In the first post, we discussed how IoT can transform businesses. In this post, we share insights into how to create a successful strategy that yields desired ROI. The Internet of Things (IoT) holds real promise for fueling business growth and operational efficiency. However, many companies experience challenges applying IoT to their businesses. In an earlier post, we discussed why and how to get started with IoT, recommending that companies shift ... Read More

Feed: Databasejournal.com - Feature Database Articles. Author: . Artificial Intelligence in IT Today Many IT departments have implemented software solutions that go beyond simple transaction and analytical processing. These packages contain models that describe certain data behaviors, and these models consume current data to see if these patterns of data behavior exist. If so, operational systems can use this information to make decisions. A good example of this is fraud detection. IT data engineers use analytics on historical data to determine when fraud occurred, code this into a model, and deploy the model as a service. Then, any operational system ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Marley Gray. Today’s announcement of the Token Taxonomy Initiative (TTI) is a milestone in the maturity of the blockchain industry.  The initiative brings together some of the most important blockchain platforms from the Ethereum ecosystem, Hyperledger and IBM, Intel, R3, and Digital Asset in a joint effort to establish a common taxonomy for tokens. Also joining are other standards bodies like FINRA, enterprises like J.P. Morgan, Banco Santander, and ING and companies pushing the boundaries in blockchain like ConsenSys, Clearmatics, Komgo, Web3 Labs, and others. Over the past year, the Azure Blockchain engineering team has ... Read More

Feed: All Oracle Press Releases. Westchester Community College  is implementing Oracle Student Cloud solutions to support its goal of providing accessible, high-quality and affordable education to its diverse community. The two-year public college is affiliated with the State University of New York, the nation’s largest comprehensive public university system. To keep pace with fast-changing workforce requirements and student expectations, institutions  such as Westchester Community College are evolving to improve student outcomes and operational efficiency. This change demands both a new model for teaching, learning and research, as well as better ways to recruit, engage and manage students throughout their lifelong ... Read More

Feed: All Oracle Press Releases. Farmatodo, a leading Venezuelan self-service chain of pharmacies, has specialized in providing medicine, personal care, beauty and baby products to help consumers care for themselves and their families for more than 100 years. Through a seamless shopping experience, the company offers approximately 8000 products in more than 200 stores and online in Venezuela and Colombia. With Oracle Retail, Farmatodo has established a framework to expand into new countries, deploy new stores faster, and gained the agility to serve in-store shoppers better with a modern point of service (POS) system. In addition, this new technology will ... Read More