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3 Microsoft Azure AI Product Features That Accelerate Language Learning

The Microsoft Azure Cognitive Speech Services platform is a comprehensive collection of technologies and services aimed at accelerating the incorporation of speech into applications and amplifying differentiation to the market as a result. Among the services available are Speech to Text, Text to Speech, custom neural voice (CNV) Conversation Transcription Service, Speaker Recognition, Speech Translation, Speech SDK, and Speech Device Development Kit (DDK). AI for education is an emerging technology that has the potential to revolutionize the way we teach and learn languages. One of the most important aspects of language learning is the ability to pronounce words accurately, and this is…

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Farming From Space: How Orbital Data Is Unlocking Novel Agriculture Insights

High-performance computing (HPC) and orbital data deliver unprecedented insights into weather patterns, improving planning, forecasting, and decision-making, in an ever-evolving agriculture supply chain. Consequently, global food security may be one of the defining challenges of the coming decades. By 2050, The World Bank estimates that global food production will have to rise by a staggering 70 percent to feed the growing global population. Although population growth in several Western countries is slowing down or declining, many emerging markets are experiencing exponential growth in their populations. By the turn of the century, it is expected that many of the most populated cities in the world will…

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Break Down Data Silos With The New Cross-Cloud Transfer Feature Of BigQuery Omni

To help customers break down data silos, we launched BigQuery Omni in 2021. Organizations globally are using BigQuery Omni to analyze data across cloud environments. Now, we are excited to launch the next big evolution for multi cloud analytics: cross-cloud analytics. Cross-cloud analytics tools help analysts and data scientists easily, securely, and cost effectively distribute data between clouds to leverage the analytics tools they need. In April 2022, we previewed a SQL supported LOAD statement that allowed AWS/Azure blob data to be brought into BigQuery as a managed table for advanced analysis. We’ve learned a lot in this preview period.…

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Here’s How Anthos Helps You Do Cluster Lifecycle Operations In Your Hybrid And Multicloud Environment

Anthos is a cloud-centric container platform to run modern apps anywhere consistently at scale. Anthos manages your Kubernetes clusters not only on Google Cloud, but also in on-premises data centers and edges, as well as in other public clouds such as AWS and Azure. Anthos meets you where you are and helps you modernize applications in place.Last year, we introduced a cloud-hosted multicloud API for performing lifecycle management of Anthos clusters on AWS and Azure. This year, we’re focused on bringing a consistent experience across hybrid, multicloud and Google Cloud environments, and are pleased to announce that a similar cloud-backed…

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How-To: Install Azure CLI On Ubuntu 22.04

This guide shows how to install the Azure CLI on Ubuntu 22.04. Azure CLI can help you manage Azure resources using your command-line interface (CLI). Installation and Login 01. Run the following command to run a script from Microsoft to install the CLI $ curl -sL https://aka.ms/InstallAzureC 02. Login to azure. A URL and a code will be returned, open it in a browser. $ az login 03. Open the link on the browser and enter the code returned in the previous step. 04. You will then be asked to enter your Azure credentials. Note that this screen might not…

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Engineering

Anthos Makes Multi-Cloud Easier With New API, Support For Azure

One of the main reasons organizations adopt Anthos is to simplify the management of Kubernetes-based applications across a variety of clouds. And now, with our latest release, we’ve made multi-cloud management even easier with the general availability of the Anthos Multi-Cloud API. In addition, in this latest release, Support for Anthos clusters1 running on Azure is also now generally available We’ve added integrated logging and monitoring We’ve introduced Connect Gateway support for unified cluster access, with Terraform and Kubernetes Config Connector support coming soon! Let’s take a deeper look at what you can find in our latest Anthos release. Exploring…

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Software Engineering

VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Now Supports GPUs Across Clouds

While AI workloads are becoming more pervasive, challenges with deploying AI have slowed adoption. Blockers like data complexity, data silos, and lack of infrastructure contribute to the difficulty of deploying AI workloads, and to address these issues, organizations need an integrated, scalable, and high-performing solution. VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid, is a multi-cloud Kubernetes footprint that you can run both on-premises in VMware vSphere and in the public cloud on Amazon EC2 and Microsoft Azure. As part of VMware’s dedication to providing an enterprise-class, multi-cloud Kubernetes distribution, we are excited to announce one of the most requested Tanzu Kubernetes Grid features…

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Top Cloud Trends For 2021: Forrester Predicts Spike In Cloud-Native Tech, Public Cloud, And More

Businesses’ reactions to the pandemic response has leaned heavily on the cloud, and demand and revenue escalated for AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Alibaba, and are expected to grow more in 2021. Not that anyone was necessarily looking for “a star” amid pandemic recovery, but if an inanimate object could be considered one, it would be the cloud, which has taken center stage, according to the recently released “ForresterNow Predictions 2021: Cloud Computing.” The report contends that if the companies that have found success with shunning on-premises backups and have, at last, moved disaster recovery to the cloud, something techs have…

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Platforms

BlackRock And Microsoft Form Strategic Partnership To Host Aladdin On Azure As BlackRock Readies Aladdin For Next Chapter Of Innovation

BlackRock and Microsoft Corp. have formed a strategic partnership to host BlackRock’s Aladdin infrastructure on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform, bringing enhanced capabilities to BlackRock and its Aladdin clients, which include many of the world’s most sophisticated institutional investors and wealth managers. By adopting Microsoft Azure, BlackRock will both accelerate innovation on Aladdin through greater computing scale and unlock new capabilities to enhance the client experience. BlackRock will also leverage Microsoft Azure’s network of global data centers and capabilities to meet the localized needs of Aladdin clients, all while maintaining Aladdin’s highest standards for resiliency and security. “As both a…

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Kubota Announces Strategic Alliance With Microsoft To Accelerate Its Digital Transformation

Kubota Corporation and Microsoft announced a multi-year strategic alliance aimed at accelerating Kubota’s digital transformation. Through the alliance, Kubota will migrate its IT infrastructure and SAP mission-critical systems onto Microsoft Azure’s trusted cloud platform. By standardizing on Microsoft Azure, Kubota will streamline its business operations, accelerate innovation, and shift to a solution provision model. Additionally, the companies will develop new AI-based solutions for businesses in the areas of food, water and the environment. Kubota is committed to addressing the increasing food demands around the world with agricultural machinery and services by working to problem-solve with customers in the agriculture industry to…

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