We’re excited to share the release of Microsoft Azure Blockchain Workbench 1.7.0, which along with our new Azure Blockchain Service, can further enhance your blockchain development and projects. You can deploy a new instance of Blockchain Workbench through the Azure portal or upgrade your existing deployments to 1.7.0 using the upgrade script. This update includes […]
Archives for June 2019
H&M shares jump as early summer sales shine
Swedish fashion group H&M said sales of its summer collections had started well and it would open fewer stores this year than previously planned as it adapts to the online shift, boosting its shares by 10%.
CIO View: The Business Wins that Make a Big Difference.
Three leading CIOs share how data and analytics are making a difference in their organizations.
New PCI DSS Azure Blueprint makes compliance simpler
I’m excited to announce our second Azure Blueprint for an important compliance standard with the release of the PCI-DSS v3.2.1 blueprint. The new blueprint maps a core set of policies for Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards (DSS) compliance to any Azure deployed architecture, allowing businesses such as retailers to quickly create new environments […]
Solving the problem of duplicate records in healthcare
As the U.S. healthcare system continues to transition away from paper to more a digitized ecosystem, the ability to link all of an individual’s medical data together correctly becomes increasingly challenging. Patients move, marry, divorce, change names and visit multiple providers throughout their lifetime, with each visit creating new records, and the potential for inconsistent […]
Getting Machine Learning into Production: MLOps
Machine learning upstart DataRobot, which pioneered the AutoML category, acquired ParallelM to help organizations move their models into production.
Event-driven analytics with Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2
Most modern-day businesses employ analytics pipelines for real-time and batch processing. A common characteristic of these pipelines is that data arrives at irregular intervals from diverse sources. This adds complexity in terms of having to orchestrate the pipeline such that data gets processed in a timely fashion. The answer to these challenges lies in coming […]
Wyoming Corporate Income Tax Bill Fails
A bill introduced in the Wyoming 2019 legislative session that would have imposed a corporate income tax on specified business has failed. The bill would have imposed a corporate income tax on: retailers with more than 100 shareholders; or accommodation and food service providers with more than 100 shareholders. However, after easily passing the House, […]
AI-Powered Security: Lulling Us Into Misplaced Confidence?
While artificial intelligence and machine learning hold promise in cybersecurity initiatives, there are some gaps that enterprises need to consider.
Airlines and regulators meet to discuss Boeing 737 MAX un-grounding efforts
Airlines and regulators are gathering at a closed-door summit in Montreal on Wednesday to exchange views on steps needed for a safe and coordinated return of Boeing Co’s grounded 737 MAX jets to the skies following two deadly crashes.