Operating Lambda: Performance optimization – Part 1

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedOperating Lambda: Performance optimization – Part 1 In the Operating Lambda series, I cover important topics for developers, architects, and systems administrators who are managing AWS Lambda-based applications. This three-part series discusses performance optimization for Lambda-based applications. Serverless applications can be extremely performant, thanks to the ease of parallelization and concurrency. While the Lambda…

Upgrade your infrastructure with the latest Dv5/Ev5 Azure VMs in preview

By Dustin Ward

On April 6, Microsoft participated in the launch of Intel’s 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors, where Microsoft announced the upcoming preview of Azure Confidential Computing and general-purpose Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines. Today we are delivering on that promise and announcing the preview of Dv5-series and Ev5-series Azure Virtual Machines for general-purpose and memory-intensive workloads. You can…

Teaming up with Coursera on new Azure Specializations and Scholarships

By Dustin Ward

Over the last year, there has been a significant uptake in digital skilling to fill the exponential rise in new tech jobs. In fact, the World Economic Forum is forecasting that nearly 150 million new tech jobs will be created in the next five years. Microsoft is committed to supporting learners interested in upskilling and…

Build a medical sentence matching application using BERT and Amazon SageMaker

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedBuild a medical sentence matching application using BERT and Amazon SageMaker Determining the relevance of a sentence when compared to a specific document is essential for many different types of applications across various industries. In this post, we focus on a use case within the healthcare field to help determine the accuracy of information…