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At its Ignite conference today, Microsoft announced a number of new features for its Azure data platform. These range from a first preview of the 2022 edition of its venerable SQL Server line to updates to the Azure Synapse Analytics platform and new tools that make it easier to move Cassandra workloads to the cloud. […]

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The three-day Microsoft Build 2021 developers conference started virtually today with the No. 2 cloud provider introducing a slew of updates to its Azure cloud computing capabilities. Azure announcements ranged from artificial intelligence (AI) features, to app services running on Kubernetes clusters with Azure Arc, to Azure Cosmos DB enhancements. The technology company also provided a look at the new PyTorch Enterprise on Microsoft Azure, new Azure Marketplace offers and the Microsoft Build o...

Working with Secure Enclaves in Azure SQL Database Microsoft announced a lot of Azure SQL news at Ignite this month, but few as critical to application development security than the public preview of Always Encrypted with secure enclaves. Heres how to get started with this new feature. By Joey DAntoni 03/15/2021 At the recent Microsoft Ignite virtual conference, there were a few announcements around the Azure SQL (Microsofts marketing term to describe all of its various SQL Server-related p...

Microsoft debuts its edge AI service Azure Percept at Ignite SHARE Microsoft Corp. is stepping up its artificial intelligence capabilities within its Azure Cloud platform with the launch of a new service called Azure Percept that’s designed to enable a wealth of new AI capabilities for devices at the network edge. Announced today at the virtual Microsoft Ignite event, Azure Percept is designed to enable futuristic scenarios that can be made possible now by combining ...

Johannes “JK” Kanis Successful businesses have strong leaders. These leaders can get the best out of their people by inspiring a culture of rapid and continuous innovation and collaboration. They are also able to translate critical insights into business value because they are able to make decisions that drive the business forward. These decisions are increasingly data led, but raw data on its own cannot enable the analytical and predictive power that leaders need to drive impact and growth...

By Ry Crozier on Dec 11, 2020 6:55AM Also switches visualisation tool to open source option. Cash Converters has moved its data science workspace - used to analyse personal loans and in-store trends - from Databricks to a newer native Azure-based service. The company, known for its pawnbroking and payday lending operations, took up Azure Synapse Analytics and also switched its data visualisation tool as part of a technology uplift. Cash Converters will ...