As the dust clears from HPE’s acquisition of MapR in the climax of the Hadoop story, Cloudera sets out the plan for an era of big data platforms in the cloud.
Archives for September 2019
Azure Media Services’ new AI-powered innovation
Animated character recognition, multilingual speech transcription and more now available At Microsoft, our mission is to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. The media industry exemplifies this mission. We live in an age where more content is being created and consumed in more ways and on more devices than ever. […]
British Airways cancels flights on September 27 due to strike
British Airways said on Thursday it is cancelling some flights scheduled for Sept. 27 when its pilots are due to hold another strike.
FASB Proposes Debt Guidance
The FASB proposes debt guidance for public comment. This proposal is intended to improve guidance used to determine whether debt should be classified as a current or noncurrent liability in a classified balance sheet. Stakeholders are encouraged to review and comment on the proposed ASU by October 28, 2019. In January 2017, the FASB proposed debt guidance, which contained […]
Filing Taxes By Extended Deadline-What Have We Learned Since April 15?
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) predicts that more taxpayers than ever before have chosen to wait to file their 2018 individual tax returns until the October 15, 2019 extended deadline. This is thought to be due to the many changes brought about by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and the continuing flow of guidance […]
Expanded Azure Maps coverage, preview of Azure Maps feedback site, and more
This blog post was co-authored by Ricky Brundritt, Principal Technical Program Manager, Azure Maps. Azure Maps services continue to expand our support for Microsoft enterprise customers’ needs in Azure. And, we’ve been busy expanding our capabilities. Today we’re announcing Azure Maps is now available in Argentina, India, Morocco, and Pakistan. We have also launched a […]
Factbox: Purdue OxyContin settlement would rank among largest in pharma history
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP is nearing a multibillion-dollar partial agreement aimed at settling thousands of lawsuits over its alleged role in the U.S. opioid crisis, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Five best practices for unlocking IoT value
Accenture and Avanade won the 2019 Microsoft Internet of Things Partner of the Year award this past spring. At the Microsoft Inspire partner conference in July, Brendan Mislin, Managing Director, Industry X.0 IoT Lead at Accenture, shared some insights and best practices that have helped this award-winning partner unlock the value of Azure IoT for […]
8 AI Trends in Today’s Big Enterprise
A new KPMG report provides an inside view into how big companies are investing in and deploying artificial intelligence and machine learning technology.
The Internet: Privacy Enabler or Detractor?
The Internet has created more individual privacy than any technology in human history. So why are we constantly told otherwise?