Now in preview AzCopy support in Azure Storage Explorer now available in public preview AzCopy in Azure Storage Explorer is now in public preview. AzCopy is a popular command-line utility that provides performant data transfer into and out of a storage account. AzCopy enhances the performance and reliability through a scalable design, where concurrency is […]
Archives for 2019
ONNX Runtime integration with NVIDIA TensorRT in preview
Today we are excited to open source the preview of the NVIDIA TensorRT execution provider in ONNX Runtime. With this release, we are taking another step towards open and interoperable AI by enabling developers to easily leverage industry-leading GPU acceleration regardless of their choice of framework. Developers can now tap into the power of TensorRT […]
How Data is Helping the Wrongfully Accused Prove Innocence
If you ask someone who has been in the situation before, there’s no more helpless feeling than being wrongfully convicted of a crime you didn’t do. Unfortunately, it happens every single day in this country. But data from smartphones and social networking sites is helping some of these people prove their innocence. Wrongful Convictions in […]
GSMA: the EU risks undercutting Europe’s 5G future with its Connected Car legislation
The European Commission made a technology choice in its Connected Car Legislation that, in the view of the GSMA, undercuts its own 5G Action Plan and jeopardises its digital competitiveness. The Commission has chosen to ignore technological innovation and choice, and instead stick with an outdated wi-fi (802.11p) technology for connected vehicles. The GSMA urges […]
Microsoft Azure Government is First Commercial Cloud to Achieve DoD Impact Level 5 Provisional Authorization, General Availability of DoD Regions
Furthering our commitment to be the most trusted cloud for Government, today Microsoft is proud to announce two milestone achievements in support of the US Department of Defense. Information Impact Level 5 DoD Provisional Authorization by the Defense Information Systems Agency Azure Government is the first commercial cloud service to be awarded an Information Impact […]
Securing open source in IoT
There are now 7 billion IoT devices in use across the world. This number is expected to triple by 2025, reaching an unprecedented 21.5 billion devices, says Lev Lesokhin of CAST. The market for Internet of Things (IoT) devices has exploded — now, IoT device makers wanting to cash in on the race to implement IoT are desperate to get their […]
Join Microsoft at the NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference
The world of computing goes deep and wide on working on issues related to our environment, economy, energy, and public health systems. These needs require modern, advanced solutions that were traditionally limited to a few organizations, are hard to scale, and take a long time to deliver. Microsoft Azure delivers High Performance Computing (HPC) capability […]
Cloud Security: Practical And Effective Ways To Protect Your Data
Cloud based storage has truly revolutionized the way business is done today. No longer do you have to take your portable hard drive or thumb drive everywhere you go. From Dropbox to Google Drive, the cloud-based solutions available today can help you store data online, while giving you the ability to access this information at […]
Factors Behind Data Storage Security: Is Your Business Vulnerable?
Data storage security has become a top priority for businesses, both large and small. Data breaches and sensitive material exposure is reason enough to take data storage security seriously. In fact, in the first quarter of 2018, there were 668 data breaches with over 22 million records exposed. Business growth, government crackdowns, and cost are […]
Is Big Data The Key To Our Culture’s Relationship Crisis?
Big data is solving countless challenges in the business world. One of the biggest benefits of big data is improving relationship building. Victoria Greene, a writer for Bloomberg, wrote about the benefits of using big data to strengthen customer relationships. Greene states that there are lots of ways that big data is helping with customer […]