Since our public preview announcement at Microsoft Ignite 2018, every month thousands of developers worldwide have leveraged the Azure SignalR Service bindings for Azure Functions to add real-time capabilities to their serverless applications. Today, we are excited to announce the general availability of these bindings in all global regions where Azure SignalR Service is available! […]
Archives for March 2019
Microsoft opens first datacenters in Africa with general availability of Microsoft Azure
Today, I am pleased to announce the general availability of Microsoft Azure from our new cloud regions in Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa. Nedbank, Peace Parks Foundation, and eThekwini water are just a few of the organizations in Africa leveraging Microsoft cloud services today and will benefit from the increased computing resources and connectivity […]
Software AG And Telstra Announce Partnership To Create A Solution For Digital Automated Water Management
Proof of concept underway with Western Australia’s Busselton Water. The water management solution allows utilities to manage and optimise their water distribution system end-to-end. The water management solution accelerator helps to detect leaks, both at customer premises and at non-revenue water points such as pipes and tanks. Benefits include lower operating costs, reduction of non-revenue […]
Leading the blockchain conversations taking place at SXSW
March 5, 2019 | Written by: IBM Blockchain Unleashed Categorized: Announcements Share this post: If you are involved in the tech world, chances are you have heard of SXSW, the week-long conference and series of festivals hosted in the city of Austin, Texas. What started as a local music festival in 1987 has become throughout […]
Rerun activities inside your Azure Data Factory pipelines
To see a demo, watch my episode of Azure Friday on this topic: Rerun activities inside your Azure Data Factory pipelines. Data Integration is complex with many moving parts. It helps organizations to combine data and complex business processes in hybrid data environments. Failures are very common in data integration workflows. This can happen due […]
Conversational AI updates for March 2019
We are thrilled to share the release of Bot Framework SDK version 4.3 and use this opportunity to provide additional updates for the Conversational AI releases from Microsoft. New LINE Channel Microsoft Bot Framework lets you connect with your users wherever your users are. We offer thirteen supported channels, including popular messaging apps like Skype, […]
How to create human-centric smart cities
We’re moving into a new world where everything and everyone swings between real and virtual world, says Arun Rishi Kapoor, business consultant of Tech Mahindra. The latter can be looked upon as a personal avatar of the real world object/person which enables communication and participation in the activities which either real world is inefficient of doing […]
Now available: Azure DevOps Server 2019
Following the launch of Azure DevOps in September, we’re pleased to announce the official release of Azure DevOps Server 2019! Previously known as Team Foundation Server (TFS), Azure DevOps Server 2019 brings the power of Azure DevOps into your dedicated environment. You can install Azure DevOps Server 2019 into any datacenter or sovereign, and determine […]
Azure Premium Blob Storage public preview
Today we are excited to announce the public preview of Azure Premium Blob Storage. Premium Blob Storage is a new performance tier in Azure Blob Storage, complimenting the existing Hot, Cool, and Archive tiers. Premium Blob Storage is ideal for workloads with high transactions rates or requires very fast access times, such as IoT, Telemetry, […]
Think twice before feeding your data to AI algorithms
Awesome, not awesome. #Awesome“In search of a solution to this problem [of the variable nature of wind as a renewable energy source], last year DeepMind and Google started applying machine learning algorithms to 700 megawatts of wind power capacity in the central United States. These wind farms — part of Google’s global fleet of renewable energy projects — collectively […]