At Microsoft, we are dedicated to harnessing AI to drive innovation, enhance productivity, and foster sustainable growth across sectors.
As the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) works to fulfill its mission—to understand and predict changes in the Earth’s environment and to conserve and manage coastal and marine resources—it collects a lot of data. In fact, NOAA gathers more than 20 terabytes of data every day—more than twice the data of the entire print collection of the U.S. Library of Congress.
Firefighters face crises on a daily basis, with lives-their own and the public’s-in the balance with every run they make. And as with all government services, they are faced with static or shrinking budgets with which to perform their missions.
This week Microsoft is showcasing solutions for health organizations at the HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition in Chicago, where we’re talking with industry leaders and IT professionals about the difference that data, devices and cloud services can make in the industry.
The winners of the 2015 Microsoft Health Innovation Awards were announced at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Annual Conference & Exhibition (HIMSS15). Each year, Microsoft acknowledges forward-thinking health organizations and their technology solution partners that are using Microsoft technology to innovate and improve healthcare. It’s a great opportunity to showcase how industry leaders are taking advantage of modern devices and services to advance patient care, reduce costs, and streamline clinical and business processes.
In the rapidly evolving health industry, technology is playing a larger role than ever. And as health organizations are looking to modernize operations, they also must put their efforts toward reducing costs and improving productivity - and, of course, complying with federal regulations and protecting organizational data and patient privacy.
How do you make electric vehicles popular when petrol costs less than 50 cents a liter? Dubai is working on it.
Adult volunteers with the Army Cadet Force, one of the UK’s largest voluntary youth organizations, have their work cut out organising and running activities for the young cadets. On the rare occasions that one of the 85,000 children has an accident, the adult supervising the activity need to contact the cadet’s parents urgently.
Microsoft Azure Government is enabling the U.S. public safety community to use the cloud to address emergencies, protect life and property, and provide transparency.
Over the last four years, I have spoken to hundreds of healthcare organizations about their concerns with cloud adoption. In doing so, I found that it is imperative to demonstrate that the above can be accomplished without compromising on functionality, control, and most importantly, security, privacy and compliance with HIPAA/HITECH regulations.
The recent Accela Connect conference provided the perfect forum for creating new contacts and exciting opportunities for civic technology projects.
Rob Bernard blogs from the eleventh International Conference on Green and Energy-Efficient Building & New Technologies and Products Expo about Microsoft’s role in smart urban development in China.
Criminal mobility has become a key challenge for police investigation, and combating it requires an integrated approach to modernizing and evolving our global justice agencies.
