This post is authored by Krishna Anumalasetty, Principal Program Manager at Microsoft. We are excited to announce that Azure Machine Learning security practices have been verified by independent third party auditors and achieved HIPAA, ISO 27001, ISO 27018 and EU Model Clauses compliance. Enterprise customers often require that cloud services comply with specific security certifications…. Read more
This post is authored by Ted Way, Program Manager, Data Group, Microsoft. We are excited to announce the private preview of Azure Machine Learning as part of the IOT Suite launch at Hannover Messe, the world’s leading trade fair for industrial technology, in Microsoft Azure Germany. Customers interested in participating in the preview can email… Read more
This post is authored by Fidan Boylu Uz, Senior Data Scientist at Microsoft. Predictive Maintenance is among the most sought-after advanced analytics applications, and is increasingly viewed as a life-saver in asset-heavy industries such as manufacturing and aerospace because of its potential to deliver significant cost reductions through the avoidance of downtime and delays caused… Read more
This post is by Shaheen Gauher, PhD, Data Scientist at Microsoft Introduction Predictive Maintenance is about anticipating failures and taking preemptive actions. Recent advances in machine learning and cloud storage have created a tremendous opportunity to utilize the gamut of data coming from factories, buildings, machines, sensors, and more to not only monitor equipment health… Read more
This post is by Gopi Kumar, Senior Program Manager in the Microsoft Data Group. As a follow-up to the launch of the Windows Data Science Virtual Machine, we’re thrilled to announce the immediate availability of the Linux Data Science Virtual Machine on the Azure marketplace. This is a custom VM image built on the OpenLogic… Read more
Registration is now open for the Cortana Intelligence Workshop 2016, Microsoft’s premier technical conference on Big Data & Analytics. WHEN: August 30-31, 2016. WHERE: Microsoft Campus, Redmond, WA. At this two-day conference, you can: Get architectural guidance and hands-on training. Attend technical talks delivered by seasoned experts. Roll up your sleeves and build intelligent data-driven… Read more
This blog post is authored by T. J. Hazen, Principal Data Scientist at Microsoft, and Patrick Buehler, Senior Data Scientist at Microsoft. The Masai giraffe is facing a troubling future. Because of habitat loss, illegal hunting and disease, the population of wild giraffes in Africa has declined to only 80,000. Scientists from the Wild Nature… Read more
You would have noticed that the Machine Learning Blog now has a new name, namely the Cortana Intelligence and Machine Learning Blog. Curious why? Read on… When we launched the Machine Learning blog in the summer of 2014, Microsoft had just announced an early preview version of Azure Machine Learning, an innovative fully-managed cloud service designed… Read more