Project Silica proof of concept stores Warner Bros. ‘Superman’ movie on quartz glass
Microsoft and Warner Bros. have collaborated to successfully store and retrieve the entire 1978 iconic “Superman” movie on a piece of glass roughly the size of a drink coaster, 75 by 75 by 2 millimeters thick. It was the first proof of concept test for Project Silica, a Microsoft Research project that uses recent discoveries […]
Medical service provider restores vision in communities across Mexico
Salauno, a nonprofit focused on delivering visual health services, is using Oracle NetSuite to support its mission of providing high-quality, accessible eye care services to all of Mexico. With NetSuite, salauno has been able to focus time and resources on its mission by increasing supply chain efficiency and gaining a single view of the financial […]
Microsoft’s venture fund M12 partners with Mayfield and Pivotal Ventures to announce $6 million competition for women-led enterprise startups
Microsoft’s M12, Mayfield and Pivotal Ventures on Thursday announced the second global Female Founders Competition to accelerate funding for women entrepreneurs developing business-to-business software-as-a-service and deeptech solutions. Eligible women-led startups developing enterprise tech solutions in the United States, Europe, Israel and India are encouraged to submit applications beginning Oct. 17, 2019. Four winning companies will […]
Humana and Microsoft announce multiyear strategic partnership to reimagine health for aging populations and their care teams
On Monday, Humana and Microsoft Corp. announced a strategic partnership focused on building modern health care solutions for Humana members aimed at improving their health outcomes and making their health care experiences simpler to navigate. Using the power of Microsoft’s Azure cloud, Azure AI, and Microsoft 365 collaboration technologies, as well as interoperability standards like […]
Ideas from the heart could help make employment more attainable for people with disabilities
Kim Charlson was 11 when she started losing her eyesight because of glaucoma. An operation a year and a half later not only didn’t help, it resulted in complications that hastened her blindness. Her pragmatic parents insisted she learn Braille, a key to literacy for people who are blind or have low vision. Without that […]
Enabling government to advance ‘tech intensity’ with newest cloud product innovations
In a world where every company is transforming to be digital, we see examples of organizations across public and private sectors embracing the concept of ‘tech intensity’ to maximize their impact. From our perspective, there are three aspects to the leadership principle of tech intensity: First, every leader will need to tune their organization to […]
Feed the world: How the USDA is using data and AI to address a critical need
Farmers around the world are facing the urgent question of how to sustainably feed a global population expected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050 — and the answer, in part, might be found nestled among the cornstalks and soybeans on a farm a short distance from Washington, D.C. The fields are outfitted with a network […]
Magic Happens When Companies Close the Customer Experience Gap
Gartner researchers predict that by 2022, more than 50 percent of major new business systems will incorporate continuous intelligence that uses real-time contextual data to improve decisions. In this video interview at the recent SAP TechEd event in Las Vegas, I saw how organizations are already closing the gap between a company’s promise and the […]
$60 million Microsoft investment boosts King County’s efforts to preserve affordable housing in greater Seattle region
Microsoft Corp., King County Housing Authority (KCHA) and King County on Thursday announced a combined $245 million investment to protect 1,029 units of affordable rental housing throughout King County. The partnership comes in the form of a 15-year, $60 million loan from Microsoft to KCHA at below-market interest rates, combined with $20 million in low-interest […]
Novartis and Microsoft announce collaboration to transform medicine with artificial intelligence
Novartis today announced an important step in reimagining medicine by founding the Novartis AI innovation lab and by selecting Microsoft Corp. as its strategic AI and data-science partner for this effort. The new lab aims to significantly bolster Novartis AI capabilities from research through commercialization and help accelerate the discovery and development of transformative medicines […]