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 of OpenJDK.
Microsoft is targeting a developer audience that’s estimated to reach 71.5 million in 2030, a 44.5 percent increase from today, according to IDC.
“It is our mission to empower this next generation of developers with world-class tools and cloud services that allow them to build the applications of the future,” Gabe Monroy, vice president of Microsoft Azure developer experience, said in a blog post. “These applications of the future will be intelligent, infused with AI to pr
iTWire Tuesday, 25 May 2021 23:01 Veeam outlines data protection plans
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Backup and data protection specialist Veeam has used its VeeamON 2021 online conference to reveal some of its plans for the year.
Before the year is out, Veeam intends to deliver new features for its cloud backup products, as well as the first integration of Kasten K10 for Kubernetes into Veeam Platform.
This includes Amazon S3 Glacier and Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive, Azure Archive Storage, and Google Cloud Archive Cloud Storage.
Veeam Platform will also see expanded support for cloud-native backup and recovery of Amazon EFS and Azure SQL
From musician to SAS executive - how Bryan Harris is shaping the future of data Sunday, 23 May 2021 20:48 From musician to SAS executive - how Bryan Harris is shaping the future of data
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Bryan Harris is the chief technology officer for data analytics software provider SAS. His vision focuses on three things which, due to SAS’ prominence, will undoubtedly shape how we do data analytics and data science. However, his journey to this point was unconventional and all started from an interest in music.
Harris was previously the senior vice president of engineering for SAS before taking the CTO role in January this year. Harris was preparing for the role over the months prior in discussions with Oliver Schabenberger about how to split his dual COO and CTO roles allowing him to focus on operations while Harris took on the CTO mantle. Schabenberger moved on from SAS earlier this year, but Harris’ placement means the organisation has maintained stability in the CTO funct
By Ry Crozier on May 13, 2021 12:29PM AGL s barn raising principles illustrated.
As ML at Scale program hits its stride.
AGL is honing the machinery and processes it set up last year to smooth the path for machine learning models from proof-of-concept to production, with the process cut from 200 hours down to 20 hours.
Head of advanced analytics Sarah Dods told IQPC’s Data Analytics online event series that the company used a ‘barn raising’ technique to stand up all the pieces needed for a production-use machine learning model.
“To actually do the technical work of bringing the model across [to pre-prod and then production], we’ve gone right back to the Amish and gone with ‘barn raising’ principles,” Dods said.
SAP partner Acclimation won a cloud migration contract for Queensland electricity transmission network provider Powerlink
It will manage the migration of the company’s systems from on-premise SAP ECC6 on Oracle to Business Suite on HANA hosted in Microsoft Azure.
Powerlink said that it is undertaking the migration in response to the changes in the national electricity market with the growth in renewable energy which meant a need to adapt. The upgrade to a cloud-hosted solution is the first step in a broader modernisation program and transition to S/4 HANA.
Powerlink chief financial officer Darryl Rowell said this migration provided the foundations for a more flexible environment for the future.