Smart street lighting, IoT sensors and data trust platform will help cities deploy smart city projects and retain control of their urban data assets. Samsung SDS, the digital arm of Samsung, and Telensa, a leader in smart street lighting and smart city data, today announced that they are working together on smart city projects. The […]
Archives for April 2019
AI and White Supremacy on Twitter
Awesome, not awesome. #Awesome“Scientists have harnessed artificial intelligence to translate brain signals into speech, in a step toward brain implants that one day could let people with impaired abilities speak their minds, according to a new study…When perfected, the system could give people who can’t speak, such as stroke patients, cancer victims, and those suffering from […]
Accelerate supercomputing in the cloud with Cray ClusterStor
We’re excited to announce Cray ClusterStor in Azure, a dedicated solution to accelerate data processing of the most complex HPC jobs running in Azure. Microsoft and Cray are in an exclusive partnership to provide customers with unprecedented access to supercomputing capabilities in Azure and leverage the cloud to modernize how HPC is done. Cray® ClusterStor™ […]
Understanding HDInsight Spark jobs and data through visualizations in the Jupyter Notebook
The Jupyter Notebook on HDInsight Spark clusters is useful when you need to quickly explore data sets, perform trend analysis, or try different machine learning models. Not being able to track the status of Spark jobs and intermediate data can make it difficult for data scientists to monitor and optimize what they are doing inside […]
An interview with Deborah Sherry, Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer at GE Digital Europe
This week the Internet of Manufacturing UK team caught up with Deborah Sherry, Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer at GE Digital Europe. Deborah Sherry will be delivering a keynote presentation on Digital Transformation: Where to Start, Where to Focus on Day 2 of Internet of Manufacturing UK at 9.30am. Where do you see the […]
Quest powers Spotlight Cloud with Azure
This blog post was co-authored by Liz Yu (Marketing), Bryden Oliver (Architect), Iain Shepard (Senior Software Engineer) at Spotlight Cloud, and Deborah Chen (Program Manager), Sri Chintala (Program Manager) at Azure Cosmos DB. Spotlight Cloud is the first built on Azure database performance monitoring solution focused on SQL Server customers. Leveraging the scalability, performance, […]
Azure.Source – Volume 80
Spark + AI Summit | Preview | GA | News & updates | Technical content | Azure shows | Events | Customers, partners, and industries Spark + AI Summit 2019 Spark + AI Summit – Developing for the intelligent cloud and intelligent edge Last week at Spark + AI Summit 2019, Microsoft announced joining the […]
Serverless automation using PowerShell preview in Azure Functions
As companies of all sizes move their assets and workloads to the cloud, there’s a clear need to provide more powerful ways to manage, govern, and automate their cloud resources. Such automation scenarios require custom logic best expressed in PowerShell. They are also typically executed either on a schedule or when an event happens like […]
City of Harrisburg and Telensa Trial Smart City Technologies Using Connected Streetlight Infrastructure
Pennsylvania capital piloting traffic analytics, air quality monitoring and smart waste sensor systems using Telensa’s connected street lighting system. Telensa, a world leader in smart street lighting and smart city data applications, today announced that it is working with the City of Harrisburg to trial smart city technologies featuring smart sensors for traffic, air quality […]
Arrow Electronics and IBM Aim to Reinvent Airport Operations with New IoT Solution
The Smart Airport Asset Management Solution, co-created with IBM, enables airport operators to improve the performance of escalators, moving walkways, baggage handling systems and potable water cabinets. Arrow Electronics today announced that it has launched the Smart Airport Asset Management Solution, an innovative IoT solution co-created with IBM. Based on an Arrow-designed and sourced set […]