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Cloud Perspectives

March 2018

How AI is helping solve our biggest environmental challenges

Today’s biggest environmental challenges—including climate change, the loss of biodiversity, water quality, and sustainably feeding a growing human population—are vexing issues without easy fixes. Solutions require a systems-thinking approach and sophisticated tools that allow collection and analysis of vast amounts of data to derive new insights and make impactful changes. Artificial intelligence (AI) already is...

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Feedback-driven updates focus on performance and productivity

Performance and productivity in the cloud are two of the leading priorities for developers. To meet the needs of their customers, keep up with industry trends, and collaborate more efficiently with their teams, they demand more responsive features, proactive updates, and strong security.   Improved developer experiences across platforms Developers require lighting-speed load times and a...

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Five Ways the Cloud is Helping Cities Become More Sustainable

Cities worldwide are operating more sustainably, thanks to cloud technology. With real-time operations insights and sophisticated analysis capabilities, innovative solutions backed by Azure Cloud Services are driving continuous improvement and cost savings. These smart approaches to environmental challenges enable government agencies to provide more proactive, responsive, and customer-focused services, with five main benefits: Reduced waste—in...

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How the cloud brings efficiency and security across industries

Today’s IT workspace spans multiple fronts from the developer environment to devices and to databases in the cloud. In a domain where everything is interrelated, changing dynamics in one area necessarily impact another. Organizations across industries are implementing AI, data analytics, and a host of other technologies to drive productivity, improve team efficiency, and safeguard...

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Microsoft and Esri launch Geospatial AI on Azure

  • Joseph Sirosh
    By Joseph SiroshCorporate Vice President, Artificial Intelligence & Research, Microsoft
Available today, Microsoft and Esri will be offering the GeoAI Data Science Virtual Machine (DSVM) as part of our Data Science Virtual Machine/Deep Learning Virtual Machine family of products on Azure....

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