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Esri Integrates with Microsoft Fabric to Deliver Leading Spatial Analytics Capabilities

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Wednesday, November 15, 2023

To meet the growing demand for spatial analytics, Esri is extending its long-standing strategic collaboration with Microsoft through a unified analytics platform powered by spatial capabilities.

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To meet the growing demand for spatial analytics, Esri is extending its long-standing strategic collaboration with Microsoft through a unified analytics platform powered by spatial capabilities.
Now data professionals will have direct access to core Esri capabilities inside of their Microsoft Fabric environment,” said Jack Dangermond, Esri president.
The addition of Esri’s spatial analytics to Microsoft Fabric is an exciting new development with significant potential.”
To learn more about the new spatial analytics workload for Microsoft Fabric, visit go.esri.com/spatial-analytics-in-microsoft-fabric .
Microsoft Ignite 2023 and Fabric Resources:
Watch the Microsoft Fabric ISV session at Ignite 2023: https://aka.ms/Ignite23BRK222H [aka.ms]
Build ISV apps on Microsoft Fabric open platform blog: https://aka.ms/Fabric-ISV-Blog-Ignite23 [aka.ms]

Informatica Unveils New Unified Cloud Analytics Experiences with Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service

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Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Informatica (NYSE: INFA), an enterprise cloud data management leader, announced deeper integrations across the Microsoft Azure ecosystem.

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Informatica (NYSE: INFA), an enterprise cloud data management leader, announced deeper integrations across the Microsoft Azure ecosystem.
“We’ve spent the last several years working with the Microsoft Azure team to deliver unified experiences, and develop deeply integrated data, analytics and AI-powered solutions that are true differentiators for joint customers,” said Jitesh Ghai, Chief Product Officer at Informatica.
Additionally, Informatica has also built high-scale, high-performance IDMC connectors for Fabric OneLake, Lakehouse and DataWarehouse to serve customers’ analytics use cases.
“Using Microsoft Fabric and Azure OpenAI Service, the integration of this data management cloud as a native service across the expanding Azure landscape means our users will have its considerable data capabilities at their fingertips as they look to confidently tackle their AI and analytics use cases.”

Teradata Announces New On-Demand Serverless Analytics for Microsoft Fabric: Teradata AI Unlimited

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Wednesday, November 15, 2023

(Microsoft Ignite) – Teradata (NYSE: TDC ) announced its first serverless AI/ML engine in the cloud, called Teradata AI Unlimited.

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(Microsoft Ignite) – Teradata (NYSE: TDC ) announced its first serverless AI/ML engine in the cloud, called Teradata AI Unlimited.
The seamless integration of Teradata AI Unlimited with Microsoft Fabric helps data innovators to operate at their best – with access to vast amounts of data and unlimited flexibility to explore, create and experiment.
Teradata AI Unlimited maintains Teradata commitment to an open and connected ecosystem, offering the right tools required for design and iteration of analytical models – speeding the release of new products that leverage AI.
Teradata AI Unlimited makes this possible while also supporting the goal of enabling AI – driving massive enterprise value and breakthrough business results,” said Hillary Ashton, Chief Product Officer at Teradata.

Sonata To Enable Bayer's New AgPowered Services for Machine Data Connectivity with Leading OEMs, Powered by Harmoni.AI And Microsoft Fabric

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Monday, December 18, 2023

BENGALURU, India, Dec. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sonata Software [NSE: SONATSOFTW, BSE: 532221], a leader in Modernization Engineering, today announced its collaboration with Bayer, one of the Top 150 Global 2000 companies with business interest in pharmaceuticals, consumer healthcare products, agricultural chemicals, seeds and biotechnology products. As part of the partnership, Sonata will allow Bayer to develop new AgPowered Services for Microsoft Azure Data Manager for Agriculture that enable retrieval and integration of in-field activity data by working with leading manufacturers of farm machinery.

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As part of the partnership, Sonata will allow Bayer to develop new AgPowered Services for Microsoft Azure Data Manager for Agriculture that enable retrieval and integration of in-field activity data by working with leading manufacturers of farm machinery.
According to a recent announcement from Bayer, one of agriculture's biggest technology challenges is a lack of data interoperability.
Farmers have seen advancements in the ability to connect data between on-farm systems, but solutions allowing them to connect to services and opportunities beyond the farm have been largely unavailable.
Azure Data Manager for Agriculture provides B2B customers a 'one stop shop' to connect to farm machinery data, weather, imagery, and insights from AgPowered Services.

Sonata To Enable Bayer's New AgPowered Services for Machine Data Connectivity with Leading OEMs, Powered by Harmoni.AI And Microsoft Fabric

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Monday, December 18, 2023

BENGALURU, India, Dec. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sonata Software [NSE: SONATSOFTW, BSE: 532221], a leader in Modernization Engineering, today announced its collaboration with Bayer, one of the Top 150 Global 2000 companies with business interest in pharmaceuticals, consumer healthcare products, agricultural chemicals, seeds and biotechnology products. As part of the partnership, Sonata will allow Bayer to develop new AgPowered Services for Microsoft Azure Data Manager for Agriculture that enable retrieval and integration of in-field activity data by working with leading manufacturers of farm machinery.

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As part of the partnership, Sonata will allow Bayer to develop new AgPowered Services for Microsoft Azure Data Manager for Agriculture that enable retrieval and integration of in-field activity data by working with leading manufacturers of farm machinery.
According to a recent announcement from Bayer, one of agriculture's biggest technology challenges is a lack of data interoperability.
Farmers have seen advancements in the ability to connect data between on-farm systems, but solutions allowing them to connect to services and opportunities beyond the farm have been largely unavailable.
Azure Data Manager for Agriculture provides B2B customers a 'one stop shop' to connect to farm machinery data, weather, imagery, and insights from AgPowered Services.

SAS decision intelligence to be integrated into Microsoft Fabric

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Wednesday, November 15, 2023

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CARY, N.C., Nov. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- SAS, a leader in AI and analytics, will soon fully integrate SAS® Decision Builder, a cloud-based intelligent decisioning solution, into Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft's end-to-end data and analytics platform. The news presents a winning combination of SAS' technology and Microsoft Fabric that will deliver a flexible and scalable user experience.

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The news presents a winning combination of SAS' technology and Microsoft Fabric that will deliver a flexible and scalable user experience.
SAS will soon integrate SAS® Decision Builder, a cloud-based intelligent decisioning solution, into Microsoft Fabric
SAS Decision Builder allows business analysts and domain experts to easily combine multiple AI models, rules and procedural logic into a composite AI workflow.
In various industries, SAS Decision Builder can codify multiple decisioning models to make it easier for businesses to make better, faster decisions.
Explore SAS Decision Builder on Microsoft Fabric, soon to be available in private preview.

EY releases more than 20 new Assurance technology capabilities supported by Microsoft alliance in first year of US$1b investment program

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Thursday, August 31, 2023

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The expansion of the EY organization's collaboration with Microsoft follows this year's release of more than 20 new major Assurance technology capabilities.

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The expansion of the EY organization's collaboration with Microsoft follows this year's release of more than 20 new major Assurance technology capabilities.
Marie-Laure Delarue, EY Global Vice Chair – Assurance, says:
"The EY organization has reached the first milestone in a four-year investment program to integrate and transform EY Assurance technology.
These AI enabled capabilities – leveraging publicly available and EY generated data – are directly integrated with EY Canvas to support EY Assurance professionals in assessing risk.
The EY and Microsoft Alliance additionally provides EY Assurance teams with early access to new Microsoft technologies, and the ability to integrate more Microsoft products into the EY Assurance technology platform.

EY releases more than 20 new Assurance technology capabilities supported by Microsoft alliance in first year of US$1b investment program

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Thursday, August 31, 2023

The expansion of the EY organization's collaboration with Microsoft follows this year's release of more than 20 new major Assurance technology capabilities.

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The expansion of the EY organization's collaboration with Microsoft follows this year's release of more than 20 new major Assurance technology capabilities.
Marie-Laure Delarue, EY Global Vice Chair – Assurance, says:
"The EY organization has reached the first milestone in a four-year investment program to integrate and transform EY Assurance technology.
These AI enabled capabilities – leveraging publicly available and EY generated data – are directly integrated with EY Canvas to support EY Assurance professionals in assessing risk.
The EY and Microsoft Alliance additionally provides EY Assurance teams with early access to new Microsoft technologies, and the ability to integrate more Microsoft products into the EY Assurance technology platform.

AMD Shares The Technical Details of Technology Powering Innovative Confidential Computing Leadership Cloud Offerings

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Wednesday, August 30, 2023

This release from AMD will drive greater transparency for the security industry and provide customers the opportunity to thoroughly review the technology behind confidential computing VMs powered by AMD EPYC processors.

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This release from AMD will drive greater transparency for the security industry and provide customers the opportunity to thoroughly review the technology behind confidential computing VMs powered by AMD EPYC processors.
"As a leader in confidential computing, we are committed to a relentless pursuit of innovation and creating modern security features that complement our ecosystem partners’ most advanced cloud offerings," said Mark Papermaster, executive vice president and chief technology officer, AMD.
“By sharing the underpinnings of our SEV technology, we are delivering transparency for confidential computing and demonstrating our dedication to open source.
Using the AMD EPYC processors and the AMD Infinity Guard suite of security features, AMD continues to be a leading technology partner of choice for confidential computing including:
AWS supporting AMD EPYC powered confidential computing with SEV-SNP in the EC2 M6a, C6a and R6a instances.

IBM Consulting Collaborates with Microsoft to Help Companies Accelerate Adoption of Generative AI

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Thursday, August 17, 2023

With today's news, IBM Consulting, in collaboration with Microsoft, will focus on helping clients to implement and scale Azure OpenAI Service.

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With today's news, IBM Consulting, in collaboration with Microsoft, will focus on helping clients to implement and scale Azure OpenAI Service.
It aims to help businesses define an adoption strategy and an initial set of specific and value-add generative AI use cases.
Additionally, IBM Consulting brings expertise and capabilities to help Microsoft clients through its acquisition of Neudesic , which specializes primarily in Microsoft Azure.
IBM Consulting recently announced its Center of Excellence for generative AI, which includes more than 1,000 consultants with specialized generative AI expertise ready to help accelerate its clients' business transformations with enterprise-grade AI, including technology from Microsoft, IBM and other ecosystem partners.