Get started with digital content creation on AWS

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedGet started with digital content creation on AWS A tutorial series for cloud-based digital content creation Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers digital content creators, including visual effects and animation studios, a tutorial series to take production entirely to the cloud. This teaching series is designed for small teams looking for ways to…

Managing backend requests and frontend notifications in serverless web apps

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedManaging backend requests and frontend notifications in serverless web apps Web and mobile applications usually interact with a backend service, often via an API. Many front-end applications pass requests for processing, wait for a result, and then display this to the user. This synchronous approach is only one way to handle messages,…

Five reasons to view this Azure Synapse Analytics virtual event

By Dustin Ward

The virtual event Azure Synapse Analytics: How It Works is now available on demand. In demos and technical discussions, Microsoft customers explain how they’re using the newest Azure Synapse Analytics capabilities to deliver insights faster, bring together an entire analytics ecosystem in a central location, reduce costs, and transform decision-making. This post outlines five key…

Azure Digital Twins: Powering the next generation of IoT connected solutions

By Dustin Ward

Last month at Microsoft Build 2020, we announced the new features for Azure Digital Twins, the IoT platform that enables the creation of next-generation IoT connected solutions that model the real world. Today, we are announcing that these updated capabilities are now available in preview. Using the power of IoT, businesses have gained unprecedented insights…

Advancing Azure service quality with artificial intelligence: AIOps

By Dustin Ward

“In the era of big data, insights collected from cloud services running at the scale of Azure quickly exceed the attention span of humans. It’s critical to identify the right steps to maintain the highest possible quality of service based on the large volume of data collected. In applying this to Azure, we envision infusing…