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Scaling for the future of ophthalmology with artificial intelligence powered by Azure Healthcare APIs

November 23, 2021

ZEISS partnered with Microsoft to power the ZEISS Medical Ecosystem with the Azure Healthcare APIs. ZEISS Meditec is collaborating with ZEISS Digital Innovation as the implementation partner for the data platform and multiple ecosystem applications. ZEISS Digital Innovation is a provider of custom software development services, implementing and operating innovative digital healthcare solutions for the ZEISS group and clients outside ZEISS.

Vice President, Microsoft Health and LifeSciences
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Advancing service resilience in Azure Active Directory with its backup authentication service

Monday, November 22, 2021

The most critical promise of our identity services is ensuring that every user can access the apps and services they need without interruption. We’ve been strengthening this promise to you through a multi-layered approach, leading to our improved promise of 99.99 percent authentication uptime for Azure Active Directory (Azure AD).

Chief Technology Officer and Technical Fellow, Microsoft Azure

Microsoft expands cloud services with two new datacenters in Wyoming

Monday, November 22, 2021

Today, we are announcing the launch of two new Microsoft datacenters in Cheyenne, Wyoming—one in Cheyenne Business Parkway and another in Bison Business Park—enabling us to expand and support the growth and demand for our digital services in our West Central US datacenter region. Cheyenne has been home to Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure services since 2012 and this expansion will enable us to continue providing services to current and new customers.

Vice President of Core Operations for Microsoft’s Datacenters

Bringing commercial innovations in chip design to national security

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Semiconductors and microelectronics are one of the most important components in building cutting edge capabilities for our national security and defense technologies, from satellites and radar to vehicles and communications equipment.

Corporate Vice President, Azure Global, Microsoft Azure

New resources and tools to enable product leaders to implement AI responsibly

Tuesday, December 7, 2021

As AI becomes more deeply embedded in our everyday lives, it is incumbent upon all of us to be thoughtful and responsible in how we apply it to benefit people and society. Join our digital event, Put Responsible AI into Practice, to learn more about these updates, including new guidelines for product leaders and a Responsible AI dashboard for data scientists and developers.

Corporate Vice President of Industry, Apps, and Data Marketing at Microsoft

4 reasons to attend the Put Responsible AI into Practice Azure digital event

Thursday, December 2, 2021

AI is transforming business and the world. However, AI models learn from the data. Biases that exist in society will exist in the models. Human judgment must be the overriding factor, ensuring that AI models benefit and are inclusive of everyone. Equally important, AI must inspire trust in customers that their data is being used appropriately. These are key reasons that responsible approaches to AI are so critical, and you can learn how to put responsible AI into practice.

Corporate Vice President, AI Platform

5 reasons Azure Databricks is best for Hadoop workloads

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Due to the complexity, high cost of operations, and unscalable infrastructure, on-premises Hadoop platforms have often not delivered on their initial promises to impact business value. As a result, many enterprises are now seeking to modernize their Hadoop platforms to cloud data platforms.

Principal Group Product Manager, Azure Databricks

SONiC opens more opportunities for network innovation

Monday, November 29, 2021

SONiC, as an open-source operating system for network devices, has been growing rapidly in the last five years. We have been working with many partners on innovations extending SONiC to new scenarios in the past year. Let’s look at what was showcased in the OCP Global Summit this month, and the opportunities SONiC enables.

Principal Program Manager, Azure Network

Scaling for the future of ophthalmology with artificial intelligence powered by Azure Healthcare APIs

Tuesday, November 23, 2021

ZEISS partnered with Microsoft to power the ZEISS Medical Ecosystem with the Azure Healthcare APIs. ZEISS Meditec is collaborating with ZEISS Digital Innovation as the implementation partner for the data platform and multiple ecosystem applications. ZEISS Digital Innovation is a provider of custom software development services, implementing and operating innovative digital healthcare solutions for the ZEISS group and clients outside ZEISS.

Vice President, Microsoft Health and LifeSciences

Advancing service resilience in Azure Active Directory with its backup authentication service

Monday, November 22, 2021

The most critical promise of our identity services is ensuring that every user can access the apps and services they need without interruption. We’ve been strengthening this promise to you through a multi-layered approach, leading to our improved promise of 99.99 percent authentication uptime for Azure Active Directory (Azure AD).

Chief Technology Officer and Technical Fellow, Microsoft Azure

Microsoft expands cloud services with two new datacenters in Wyoming

Monday, November 22, 2021

Today, we are announcing the launch of two new Microsoft datacenters in Cheyenne, Wyoming—one in Cheyenne Business Parkway and another in Bison Business Park—enabling us to expand and support the growth and demand for our digital services in our West Central US datacenter region. Cheyenne has been home to Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure services since 2012 and this expansion will enable us to continue providing services to current and new customers.

Vice President of Core Operations for Microsoft’s Datacenters

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