This month we’re bringing you updates to several compute (IaaS) resources, the ability to export contents of lists of resources and resource groups as CSV files, an improvement to the layout of essential properties on overview pages, enhancements to the experience on recovery services pages, and expansions of setting options in Microsoft Intune. Sign in […]
Archives for February 2019
Account failover now in public preview for Azure Storage
Today we are excited to share the preview for account failover for customers with geo-redundant storage (GRS) enabled storage accounts. Customers using GRS or RA-GRS accounts can take advantage of this functionality to control when to failover from the primary region to the secondary region for their storage accounts. Customers have told us that they […]
Sierra Wireless Launches Compact, Rugged LTE-A Pro Cellular Router
Sierra Wireless AirLink RV55 LTE-A Pro cellular router connects utility grid infrastructure and mobile workforces for more efficient grid operations and rapid response to service outages. Sierra Wireless announces the AirLink® RV55 LTE-Advanced Pro router to simplify and lower the cost of connecting critical remote assets, infrastructure and mobile workforces in utility, energy, smart city […]
Processing trillions of events per day with Apache Kafka on Azure
This blog is co-authored by Noor Abani and Negin Raoof, Software Engineer, who jointly performed the benchmark, optimization and performance tuning experiments under the supervision of Nitin Kumar, Siphon team, AI Platform. Our sincere thanks to Dhruv Goel and Uma Maheswari Anbazhagan from the HDInsight team for their collaboration. Figure 1: Producer throughputs for various […]
Azure IoT drives next-wave innovation in infrastructure and energy
Many of the conveniences we enjoy today are dependent on the infrastructure cities and municipalities provide, such as water mains, streetlights, and roads. This infrastructure and its associated technology support our transportation systems, schools, hospitals, and more. A vital type of infrastructure is the electrical grid – every basic need we have is dependent on […]
Intelligent Edge support grows – Azure IoT Edge now available on virtual machines
Earlier this year, Microsoft announced the general availability of Azure IoT Edge which enables customers to bring cloud intelligence to the edge and act immediately on real-time data, whether it be a drone recognizing a crack in a gas pipe or predicting equipment failure before it happens. Azure IoT Edge is built to be secure, […]
4 Key Ways Cannabis Marketers Can Use Big Data
We have discussed the benefits of big data in digital marketing in considerable detail over the past five years. However, we haven’t covered the benefits of big data in unique fields such as cannabis marketing. According to CannabisBigData.co, big data is becoming a more important part of cannabis marketing. They point out that it is […]
Health IoT will drive digital health market to $537B by 2025
The digital health market is expected to hit $537 billion in revenue by 2025, according to a Transparency Market Research (TMR) report released on Monday. North America leads digital health market growth, with the largest patient pool and most advanced digital products, the report found. SEE: Internet of Things policy (Tech Pro Research) More about […]
Blockchain in the Philippines: Revolutionizing supply chain finance
Share this post: Blockchain technology is poised to revolutionize businesses and change how society operates in the digital economy with an added layer of trust and transparency. It alters the paradigm of how multi-party transactions are performed by enabling a shared, immutable ledger for recording the history of transactions between counter parties in a business […]
New connectors added to Azure Data Factory empowering richer insights
Data is essential to your business. The ability to unblock business insights more efficiently can be a key competitive advantage to the enterprise. As data grows in volume, variety, and velocity, organizations need to bring together a continuously increasing set of diverse datasets across silos in order to perform advanced analytics and uncover business opportunities. […]