Nanosatellite mission integrator NanoAvionics UK Ltd. and UK satellite communications provider Lacuna Space, have signed a second contract to integrate the Lacuna Space LoRa-based Space Gateway into NanoAvionics’ M6P nanosatellite bus which will be launched in Q4 2019 via a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). The two companies successfully collaborated on the Lacuna Space technology […]
Archives for July 2019
How HSBC built its PayMe for Business app on Microsoft Azure
Bank-grade security, super-fast transactions, and analytics If you live in Asia or have ever traveled there, you’ve probably witnessed the dramatic impact that mobile technology has had on all aspects of day to day life. In Hong Kong in particular, most consumers now use a smart phone daily, presenting new opportunities for organizations to deliver […]
New ways to train custom language models – effortlessly!
Video Indexer (VI), the AI service for Azure Media Services enables the customization of language models by allowing customers to upload examples of sentences or words belonging to the vocabulary of their specific use case. Since speech recognition can sometimes be tricky, VI enables you to train and adapt the models for your specific domain. […]
Silo busting 2.0—Multi-protocol access for Azure Data Lake Storage
Cloud data lakes solve a foundational problem for big data analytics—providing secure, scalable storage for data that traditionally lives in separate data silos. Data lakes were designed from the start to break down data barriers and jump start big data analytics efforts. However, a final “silo busting” frontier remained, enabling multiple data access methods for […]
Making it easier to bring your Linux based web apps to Azure App Service
Application development has radically changed over the years. From having to host all the physical hardware hosting the app and its dependences on-premises, to moving to a model where the hardware is hosted by external companies yet still managed by the users on to hosting your apps on a fully managed platform where all hardware […]
Conversational AI updates for July 2019
At Build, we highlighted a few customers who are building conversational experiences using the Bot Framework to transform their customer experiences. For example, BMW discussed its work on the BMW Intelligent Personal Assistant to deliver conversational experiences across multiple canvases by leveraging the Bot Framework and Cognitive Services. LaLiga built their own virtual assistant which […]
Azure Monitor for containers with Prometheus now in preview
Prometheus is a popular open source metric monitoring solution and is a part of Cloud Native Compute Foundation. We have many customers who like the extensive metrics which Prometheus provides on Kubernetes. However, they also like how easy it is to use Azure Monitor for containers which provides fully managed, out of the box monitoring […]
Azure Marketplace new offers – Volume 41
We continue to expand the Azure Marketplace ecosystem. For this volume, 109 new offers successfully met the onboarding criteria and went live. See details of the new offers below: Applications Active Directory Domain Controller 2019: This virtual machine comes pre-loaded with the Active Directory Domain Services role, DNS server role, remote administration tools for Active […]
Japan Plans To Build A “SWIFT-LIKE” Blockchain Payment Network
According to an insider familiar with the matter on Thursday, the Japanese government is leading innovation to build a payment network for cryptocurrencies similar to SWIFT used by banks. This news comes in an effort of the Japanese government to fight financial crimes and money laundering. According to the report, these are issues resulting from […]
Soracom Reduces Cost and Increases Performance for Global IoT Connectivity
Cost of cellular data reduced by as much as 75% in 83 countries, with faster data transmission and reduced network latency available worldwide. Soracom, Inc., a global provider of smart connectivity for the Internet of Things (IoT), today announced significant performance enhancements to its worldwide platform for cellular IoT connectivity along with significant reductions in […]