The Trump administration is expected to unveil a new carbon emission rule for the U.S. power industry on Wednesday, replacing an Obama-era regulation to fight climate change that it scrapped for being too hard on the coal industry.
Archives for June 2019
China launches anti-dumping investigation into synthetic rubber product
China’s Commerce Ministry said on Wednesday it is launching an anti-dumping investigation imports of a synthetic rubber product from the United States, South Korea and the European Union following a request from major petrochemical producers.
Exclusive: Libyan steel maker plans $1 billion tender in July, output hike in 2019
The Libyan Iron and Steel Company (Lisco), one of North Africa’s biggest steelmakers, plans to launch a tender next month worth $1 billion to build two new plants and also aims to increase production this year, its chairman said.
First Microsoft cloud regions in Middle East now available
This blog post was co-authored by Paul Lorimer, Distinguished Engineer, Office 365. Azure and Office 365 generally available today, Dynamics 365 and Power Platform available by end of 2019 Today, Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Office 365 are taking a major step together to help support the digital transformation of our customers. Both Azure and Office […]
Presentation: Apache Metron in the Real World – Big Data and Cybersecurity, a Perfect Match
Dave Russell takes a look at a number of different organizations who are on their big data cybersecurity journey with Apache Metron, covering different use cases they are investigating, the data sources they used, the analytics they performed and in some cases the results they were able to find. By Dave Russell
The Impact of Convergence on IT Strategies
According to industry hype, the latest emerging technology will change everything. No technology is an island, however, which is where things get interesting.
Facebook reveals Libra cryptocurrency, with lofty goals
Facebook Inc revealed plans on Tuesday to launch a cryptocurrency called Libra, the latest development in its effort to expand beyond social networking and move into e-commerce and global payments.
Using Azure Search custom skills to create personalized job recommendations
This blog post was co-authored by Kabir Khan, Software Engineer II , Learning Engineering Research and Developement. The Microsoft Worldwide Learning Innovation lab is an idea incubation lab within Microsoft that focuses on developing personalized learning and career experiences. One of the recent experiences that the lab developed focused on offering skills-based personalized job recommendations. […]
Los Angeles CTO Roundtable about AI and Data
The recent “Leaders in Data CTO Roundtable” in Los Angeles included discussions about an artificial intelligence (AI) framework/platform for business, data in the next five years, data software stacks, and acquiring data talent. By Aslan Brooke
Moogsoft and Cisco’s AppDynamics on How AIOps is Growing
Artificial intelligence is increasingly being put to work automating certain operations as IT systems become more complex.