Awesome, not awesome. #Awesome“A team from AI pharma startup Insilico Medicine, working with researchers at the University of Toronto, took 21 days to create 30,000 designs for molecules that target a protein linked with fibrosis (tissue scarring). They synthesized six of these molecules in the lab and then tested two in cells; the most promising one […]
Archives for September 2019
Azure HPC Cache: Reducing latency between Azure and on-premises storage
Today we’re previewing the Azure HPC Cache service, a new Azure offering that empowers organizations to more easily run large, complex high-performance computing (HPC) workloads in Azure. Azure HPC Cache reduces latency for applications where data may be tethered to existing data center infrastructure because of dataset sizes and operational scale. Scale your HPC pipeline […]
McRock Launches $100 Million Industrial IoT VC Fund with Global Investors
McRock Capital has held an initial closing on its second venture capital fund, McRock Fund II LP, dedicated to investing in the global trend around the Industrial Internet of Things (IoT). The new fund has reached over 80% of its targeted $100 million. Investors include Cisco Investments, Shell and other significant corporate and institutional investors […]
Cubic Telecom expands its in-car Wi-Fi coverage footprint for connected car services
Cubic Telecom has doubled the number of markets in Europe where drivers can purchase its connectivity solution. Cubic Telecom today announced that it has doubled the number of countries in Europe where it provides in-car Wi-Fi services. Several brands within the Volkswagen Group are already offering Cubic Telecom’s solution in these new markets with other […]
Google Introduces Cloud Storage Connector for Hadoop Big Data Workloads
In a recent blog post, Google announced a new Cloud Storage connector for Hadoop. This new capability allows organizations to substitute their traditional HDFS with Google Cloud Storage. Columnar file formats such as Parquet and ORC may realize increased throughput and customers will benefit from Cloud Storage directory isolation, lower latency, increased parallelization and intelligent […]
iBASIS and Nordic blow away any question marks on eSIM NB-IoT and LTE-M technology
Nordic Semiconductor today announces that in conjunction with one of the world’s leading providers of communications solutions for operators and digital players worldwide, iBASIS, it has completely invalidated any question marks over cellular IoT and eSIM technology used in NB-IoT and LTE-M Low Power Wide-Area (LPWA) use cases further to successful field-testing across 30 countries […]
Microsoft Azure available from new cloud regions in Germany
Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Telekom, SAP, and others trust Microsoft for their digital transformations Today, we’re announcing the availability of Azure in our new cloud regions in Germany. These new regions and our ongoing global expansion are in response to customer demand as more industry leaders choose Microsoft’s cloud services to further their digital transformations. As […]
Satellite connectivity expands reach of Azure ExpressRoute across the globe
Staying connected to access and ingest data in today's highly distributed application environments is paramount for any enterprise. Many businesses need to operate in and across highly unpredictable and challenging conditions. For example, energy, farming, mining, and shipping often need to operate in remote, rural, or other isolated locations with poor network connectivity. With the […]
Microsoft’s connected vehicle platform presence at IAA, the Frankfurt Auto Show
This post was co-authored by the extended Microsoft Connected Vehicle Platform (MCVP) team. A connected vehicle solution must enable a fleet of potentially millions of vehicles, distributed around the world, to deliver intuitive experiences including infotainment, entertainment, productivity, driver safety, driver assistance. In addition to these services in the vehicle, a connected vehicle solution is […]
Article: Data Analytics in the World of Agility
Is it all about customer-centric business, or is there any data left? Can we integrate data analytics and customer empathy? This article explores how we can move towards a more customer-centric business and what information we require in order to understand the most valuable thing we have: our customer. By Almudena Rodriguez Pardo