I still find the word blockchain elicits thoughts of cryptocurrency much of the time, which does disservice to this disruptive new technology. Bitcoin launched in 2011 and was the first large scale implementation of blockchain technology. Media, investors and bleeding edge technologists have talked about cryptocurrencies for years and folks incorrectly think these technologies are […]
Archives for December 2019
What does HCI 2.0 mean for hyper-convergence?
Blockchain beyond cryptocurrency
Northern Europe’s largest smart meter roll-out is a success
Despite the size and complexity of the project, the Radius-Kamstrup cooperation on roll-out and operation of 1 million remotely-read electricity meters is right on time schedule, budget and safety level. The rollout project is almost done, now moving into the operation phase. The Smart Meter Rollout tool from isMobile together with the close cooperation with […]
Smart Manufacturing Implementation is Moving Up
Smart manufacturing is a broad concept; it is not something that can be implemented in a production process directly. It is a combination of various technologies and solutions which collectively, if implemented in a manufacturing ecosystem, is termed as smart manufacturing. All these technology and solution can be categorised under three broad categories as connectivity, […]
Networking enables the new world of Edge and 5G Computing
At the recent Microsoft Ignite 2019 conference, we introduced two new and related perspectives on the future and roadmap of edge computing. Before getting further into the details of Network Edge Compute (NEC) and Multi-access Edge Compute (MEC), let’s take a look at the key scenarios which are emerging in line with 5G network deployments. […]
Samsara Luggage Unveils Disruptive Tracking Technology
As travelers continue to experience the hassles of lost and mishandled bags, Samsara Luggage plans to unveil the next generation of products that will include an IoT tracking solution, offering consumers the most accurate location data for their smart-case and complying with all applicable regulations. This revolutionary tracking technology will be presented at the upcoming […]
Public sector still losing user devices in high numbers
Building Xbox game streaming with Site Reliability best practices
Last month, we started sharing the DevOps journey at Microsoft through the stories of several teams at Microsoft and how they approach DevOps adoption. As the next story in this series, we want to share the transition one team made from a classic operations role to a Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) role: the story of […]
Announcing the General Availability of Proximity Placement Groups
Earlier this year, we announced the preview of Azure proximity placement groups to enable customers to achieve co-location of Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) resources with low network latency. Today’s general availability of proximity placement groups continues to be particularly useful for workloads that require low latency. In fact, this logical grouping construct ensures […]