The blog recommended that users learn to train their own AI models by downloading the Harry Potter dataset and then uploading text files to Azure Blob Storage. It included example models based on a ...

Leaked documents show that ICE more than tripled its Azure data storage in six months, even as Microsoft denied “mass surveillance” and urged lawmakers to set limits.

Forget "AI or bust." Microsoft’s multiple holds because approximately 70% of Intelligent Cloud growth traces back to boring migrations—high-visibility, low-drama, with AI serving as an accelerant. The ...

Abstract: In the era of data-driven applications, distributed data processing plays a crucial role in managing, analyzing, and deriving insights from vast amounts of user-generated data. This paper ...

Abstract: Azure SQL DB offers disaggregated storage architecture called Hyperscale. While this architecture provides storage scale out, it comes at the cost of performance of I/O from remote storage.

Microsoft is moving another core database management component into the cloud, continuing its broader shift away from traditional on-premises infrastructure. According to Neowin, the company has ...

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This project involves cleaning and standardizing a raw "messy" dataset containing Netflix titles. The goal was to transform raw data into a structured format ready for analysis using Microsoft Excel / ...

A group ⁠of private-equity firms led by Permira and Warburg Pincus has clinched a deal to acquire investment and accounting software maker Clearwater Analytics ‍for about $8.4 billion, including ‍debt ...

Imagine a world where artificial intelligence (AI) doesn’t just predict who will win the game but the next play before it happens. My own organization moved toward AI because we found the sector was ...

Data analytics and artificial intelligence company Databricks Inc. is reportedly in talks to raise $5 billion in new funding on a $134 billion valuation. The new funding, if it should happen The ...

Amid the AI-heavy headlines at Microsoft's annual conference, several behind-the-scenes updates landed that could have a major impact on how IT teams build, run and scale core infrastructure in Azure.