Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of three posts outlining the findings of research our in-house computer vision team conducted regarding the accuracy of popular open-source object detection models for detecting vehicles, as measured by pixel level accuracy. Before diving in, be sure to check out part 1 to understand the scope […]
Archives for 2018
Our Research on Localization Accuracy of Vehicle Detection Models (Part 1)
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of three posts outlining the findings of research our in-house computer vision team conducted regarding the accuracy of popular open-source object detection models for detecting vehicles, as measured by pixel level accuracy. Why we conducted this research Autonomous driving technology requires accurate detection of traffic participants […]
Azure #HDInsight Interactive Query: simplifying big data analytics architecture
Fast Interactive BI, data security and end user adoption are three critical challenges for successful big data analytics implementations. Without right architecture and tools, many big data and analytics projects fail to catch on with common BI users and enterprise security architects. In this blog we will discuss architectural approaches that will help you architect […]
Advanced Analytics is coming into Azure Portal
We see Azure Monitor users are using both the Log Search page and the Analytics portal to accomplish their tasks. The Analytics portal offers advanced features, and we’re happy to announce it’s coming into Azure! This is another step on our journey to consolidate and unify all Log Analytics experiences under Azure Portal. What’s coming? […]
Azure #HDInsight Apache Phoenix now supports Zeppelin
The HDInsight team is excited to announce Apache Zeppelin Support for Apache Phoenix Phoenix in Azure HDInsight Apache Phoenix is an open source, massively parallel relational database layer built on HBase. Phoenix allows you to use SQL like queries over HBase. Phoenix uses JDBC drivers underneath to enable users to create, delete, alter SQL tables, […]
Announcing VNet service endpoints general availability for MySQL and PostgreSQL
This blog post was co-authored by Anitha Adusumilli, Principal Program Manager, Azure Networking. We recently made Azure database services for MySQL and PostgreSQL generally available. These services offer the community versions of MySQL and PostgreSQL with built-in high availability, a 99.99 percent availability SLA, elastic scaling for performance, and industry-leading security and compliance on Azure. Since general availability, we have […]
IoT in Action: Building secure, sophisticated solutions
With a compound annual growth rate of 28.5 percent forecasted by 2020, the global Internet of Things (IoT) market is exploding, and the technology behind IoT continues to evolve at a feverish pace. Here at Microsoft, we’re working hard to secure, simplify, and democratize IoT so that every customer can transform business, and the world […]
Azure Site Recovery powers Veritas Backup Exec Instant Cloud Recovery for DR
Microsoft Azure Site Recovery (ASR) offers Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) for applications running in Azure and on-premises. Using ASR, you can reduce application downtime during IT interruptions, without compromising compliance. ASR provides comprehensive coverage for on-premises applications across Linux, Windows, VMware and Hyper-V virtual machines, and physical servers. Azure Site Recovery now powers […]
Advocates urge Facebook to open up their algorithms to researchers
Aug 13, 2018 Source Awesome, not awesome. #Awesome“…We know we lose 2m brain cells every minute [a blood clot is in the brain].” Yet the two therapies that can transform [stroke] outcomes — clot-busting drugs and an operation called a thrombectomy — are rarely used because, by the time a stroke is diagnosed and a surgical team assembled, too much […]
Azure.Source – Volume 44
Now in preview Announcing the public preview of Windows Container Support in Azure App Service – Windows Server Containers in Web App are now available in public preview. Azure App Service provides pre-defined application stacks on Windows like ASP.NET or Node.js, running on IIS. The preconfigured Windows environment locks down the operating system from administrative […]