Azure Machine Learning service is the first major cloud ML service to support NVIDIA’s RAPIDS, a suite of software libraries for accelerating traditional machine learning pipelines with NVIDIA GPUs. Just as GPUs revolutionized deep learning through unprecedented training and inferencing performance, RAPIDS enables traditional machine learning practitioners to unlock game-changing performance with GPUs. With RAPIDS […]
Exploring blockchain as the foundation for next gen apps on Web 3.0
Share this post: Web 3.0 is the collection of next gen web applications which use emerging technologies such as blockchain, AI, IoT, augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) as part of their core technology stack. These emerging technologies will shape the interactions users will have in this next generation of the web. The internet took us […]
Australian Govt Boosting National Blockchain Roadmap with AUD 71000 Fund
The Australian government is rushing to become a global leader in the blockchain industry. As announced recently, the Federal government of Australia is developing a blockchain roadmap and said to fund AUD100,000 or US$71K to advance the blockchain use-cases in the public sector. <![CDATA[ ]]> National Blockchain Roadmap and Strategy The announcement released on March […]
Azure Data Studio: An Open Source GUI Editor for Postgres
When you are working with a database, or any other kind of software, your experience is enhanced or hindered by the tools you use to interact with it. PostgreSQL has a command line tool, psql, and it’s pretty powerful, but some people much prefer a graphical editor. Even if you typically use command line, you […]
Power IoT and time-series workloads with TimescaleDB for Azure Database for PostgreSQL
We’re excited to announce a partnership with Timescale that introduces support for TimescaleDB on Azure Database for PostgreSQL for customers building IoT and time-series workloads. TimescaleDB has a proven track record of being deployed in production in a variety of industries including oil & gas, financial services, and manufacturing. The partnership reinforces our commitment to […]
Azure Container Registry virtual network and Firewall rules preview support
While Azure Container Registry (ACR) supports user and headless-service account authentication, customers have expressed their requirements for limiting public endpoint access. Customers can now limit registry access within an Azure Virtual Network (VNet), as well as whitelist IP addresses and ranges for on-premises services. VNet and Firewall rules are supported with virtual machines (VM) and […]
Azure Backup for SQL Server in Azure Virtual Machines now generally available!
How do you back up your SQL Servers today? You could be using backup software that require you to manage backup servers, agents, and storage, or you could be writing elaborate custom scripts which need you to manage the backups on each server individually. With the modernization of IT infrastructure and the world rapidly moving […]
Azure.Source – Volume 74
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 […]
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 […]