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In this episode I spoke with Scott Densmore, VP of engineering at GitHub, focusing on GitHub copilot. Scott shared how GitHub Copilot is being used to make developers more impactful and the successes developers are having with the technology.
Additionally, Scott shares a bit about how GitHub Copilot works and even gives us a forecast of upcoming features and releases.
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GitHub CopilotFollow Scott on LinkedInGitHub Universe keynoteHosts
David Starr is a Principal Software Development Engineer in the Marketplace FastTrack team at Microsoft. Follow him on LinkedIn.
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Microsoft for Startups works with organizations to enable their success. This episode visits the programs available for founders and startups. In addition, the conversation includes how startups are leveraging AI and moving the state-of-the-art forward.
Guests
Hans Yang is General Manager Microsoft for Startups. He looks for new programs and platforms to enable Microsoft to help startups. Follow Hans on LinkedIn.
Rob Ferguson is head of AI for Startups for Microsoft. As such, he gets to work with some amazing partners and technologies, many of whom are driving true innovation in the AI space. Follow Rob on LinkedIn.
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Microsoft for Startups homeFounders HubPegasus ProgramTechnical advisory for founders from Microsoft expertsMicrosoft for Startups BlogAzure OpenAI ServiceHosts
Paul Maher is General Manager of the Commercial Marketplace Service Team at Microsoft. Follow him on LinkedIn andTwitter.
David Starr is a Principal Software Development Engineer in the Commercial Marketplace Services Team at Microsoft. Follow him on LinkedIn.
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Madhan Arumugam Ramakrishnan, Corporate Vice President for Microsoft’s Cloud for Industry, introduces us to industry clouds. These industry-aligned clouds provide the full infrastructure of Azure and offer a way for software sellers to enable specific industries with relevant product offerings.
As a early contributor to building Azure, Madhan has deep technical chops. He shares some thoughts not only on Azure’s specialty clouds, but we also discuss Microsoft’s AI investments and how they are shaping new product offerings.
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Microsoft’s ISV Success Program
LEARN MORE ABOUT MICROSOFT'S CLOUDS FOR INDUSTRY
Microsoft Industry Clouds Overview
Financial ServicesHealthcareManufacturingNonprofitRetailSustainabilitySolution Center
Microsoft Cloud Solution CenterMicrosoft Cloud Solution Center (Microsoft Learn course)Hosts:
Paul Maher is General Manager of the Commercial Marketplace Service Team at Microsoft. Follow him on LinkedIn and Twitter.
David Starr is a Principal Software Development Engineer in the Commercial Marketplace Services Team at Microsoft. Follow him on LinkedIn.
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On today’s episode of Azure for Executives, Sujit D'Mello joins us to discuss Mastodon and federated systems. This episode deviates a bit from our standard fare, but we thought it would be fun to delve into this topics.
In addition to learning about the Mastodon micro-blogging system, Sujit helps us understand federated systems, their advantages, and why your company may be interested in setting up its own server.
Sujit D’Mello
Follow Sujit on your favorite social platform and listen to him on the Azure Podcast.
MastodonLinkedInThe Azure PodcastHosts:
Paul Maher is General Manager of the Commercial Marketplace Service Team at Microsoft. Follow him on LinkedIn and Twitter.
David Starr is a Principal Software Development Engineer in the Commercial Marketplace Services Team at Microsoft. Follow him on LinkedIn and Mastodon
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In this timely discussion, we were joined by Zia Mansoor on the Azure for Executives podcast. Zia is Vice President for Microsoft’s Worldwide Commercial Data and AI Business. He shares his thoughts on the present and future of AI, the relationship between data and AI, what is driving the AI wave, and much more.
Join us for this great conversation about how organizations can realize the models and benefits of AI and the data that is enabling it.
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Azure Synapse AnalyticsAzure PervueMicrosoft Intelligence Data PlatformMicrosoft DesignerData meshAzure applied AI servicesAzure OpenAI in the Azure MarketplacePaul Maher is General Manager of the Commercial Marketplace Service Team at Microsoft. Follow him on LinkedIn and Twitter.
David Starr is a Principal Software Development Engineer in the Commercial Marketplace Services Team at Microsoft. Follow him on LinkedIn and Mastodon.
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We’re joined by Amanda Silver, CVP of Product in Microsoft’s Developer Division (DevDiv). She takes us through the present and future of developer tools and how organizations are making investments on next-generation development ecosystems.
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Topics discussed in this episode include the following.
Visual StudioVisual Studio CodeMicrosoft Dev BoxGitHub CopilotAzure Spring AppsAnd much more!Host information
Paul Maher is General Manager of the Commercial Marketplace Service Team at Microsoft. Follow him on LinkedIn and Twitter.
David Starr is a Principal Software Development Engineer in the Commercial Marketplace Services team at Microsoft. Follow him on LinkedIn and Mastodon.
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This is a unique episode. Short and sweet. Since David and Paul really don’t have a chance to introduce themselves in regular episodes, they thought it might be good to take an opportunity to do so in this episode.
After introductions, they share announcements regarding the future of this podcast.
Episode Links:
Mastering The MarketplaceHosts:
Paul Maher is General Manager of the Commercial Marketplace Service Team at Microsoft. Follow him on LinkedIn and Twitter.
David Starr is a Principal Software Development Engineer in the Commercial Marketplace Services Team at Microsoft. Follow him on LinkedIn and Mastodon.
Transcript:
DAVID: Rebooting the podcast with your hosts, Paul Maher, and David Starr.Welcome to the Azure for Executives Podcast, the show for technology leaders. This podcast covers trends and technologies in industries and how Microsoft Azure is enabling them. Here, you'll hear from thought leaders in various industries and technologies on topics important to you.
So I'm sure you've noticed that the Azure for Executives Podcast has been on a bit of a hiatus for a few months. Well, we're back. And we're back with some really great news, which I'll leave for a few minutes as we kind of settle into this episode.
Now, this is a unique episode, as it'll be pretty short and sweet. We don't have any guests today. But instead, you get my co-host, Paul Maher, and me talking a little bit about the show and our futures. Since we don't really have a chance to introduce ourselves in regular episodes, we thought it might be good to take an opportunity to do so in this episode. So after introductions, we'll have some announcements regarding the future of the podcast.
Paul, why don't you talk a little bit about what you do at Microsoft and maybe some of your passions?
PAUL: Thanks, David. And it's great to be back. And it's nice to have the opportunity, as you said, to actually introduce ourselves. We spend a lot of time talking to our guests, so it's a fun opportunity to say hi to our listeners.
And so, just a little bit about myself, I mean, I've worked in various business and technology-related leadership roles throughout my career with some of the largest companies worldwide across multiple industries. But for the past few years, I've really been focused on cloud across many different roles and initiatives. So you could call me kind of really the cloud evangelist if you will. But currently, at Microsoft, I lead the commercial marketplace services organization. And my focus is really on helping businesses transform by moving to the Microsoft Azure Cloud and growing sales through the Microsoft commercial marketplace.
So great to be here, great to have the opportunity to introduce myself to the listeners. And, David, maybe you want to take the opportunity to do the same.
DAVID: Sure. Thanks, Paul. I'm a Principal Software Development Engineer here at Microsoft, and I live in the same organization as Paul, and that is the commercial marketplace services team. And, Paul, if you think back, you hired me directly. And I was about number seven in the org at that time, if you'll recall. And --
PAUL: That's right. Lucky number 7, David. Lucky number 7.
DAVID: [laughs] Indeed. And we have a pretty good-sized organization now, so we've grown quite a bit over the last four years, which is how long I've been with the team, four years and counting. So I'll tell you that this is my second stint at Microsoft. And my first go-round was working on Visual Studio. For those who might use Visual Studio on the show, may not be you but people who work for you; I put a feature, or I was part of a team, I should say, a good-sized team that put a feature called CodeLens into Visual Studio. So that was a good piece of work.
And today, instead, I focus on working with partners for the commercial marketplace, as you've heard, a pretty good focus on the commercial marketplace in our past episodes. Well, what that means is that I take consults. These are sort of one-time answer questions for partners who might be struggling a little bit with their onboarding or work with partners in a longer-term engagement to get them from start to finish and get their products onboarded to the commercial marketplace. So that's the essence of what I do. I work with partners in that context.
And my little side project baby I have to mention, is Mastering the Marketplace. That is a resource where you or your technologists on your team can go to learn more about how to do that implementation. And we have videos and code and hands-on labs to grow skills, so all that good stuff to help you get going. And the URL for that will be posted in the show notes. I'll say here it's aka.ms/masteringthemarketplace. With that, Paul, what's the big news that we were talking about?
PAUL: So the big news, even though we are part of the Microsoft commercial marketplace organization and that's our day job and our priority, we've taken a step back. And we feel like broadening the focus of the podcast here to include all topics Azure will be really relevant and interesting to our listeners, and executives, and leaders who are looking to move to Azure. So with a goal of making sure that folks who tune in and listen can get the best experience and the best knowledge exchange from tuning into the podcast, we'll be broadening the reach of the podcast to cover all things Azure which I'm super excited about.
Historically, we made the decision to have a singular focus on the show. But I think the new format will really benefit everyone and really be applicable to a diverse audience. So I'm excited that we're expanding our remit, expanding our scope, and excited about the topics that will be upcoming in future shows. So with that, I mean, David, do you want to talk a little bit about the new format for our listeners?
DAVID: Sure, Paul. And just to reiterate, I'm really excited too about where the show is going. I think we're going to have a really good dearth of topics and be a show that is more of a resource for technology decision-makers, so as we said, with regard to format, but as we said, our focus will be broadening.
And while our audience demographic of leadership positions within technology organizations remains the same, our show topics will include specific technologies, patterns and practices, recommendations, and guidance on how to get the most from Azure, particularly as it relates to your business processes, your business goals, and how to achieve your technology goals. Our intent is to bring experts to the show and share real-world experiences to help you be successful in your technological adventures.
PAUL: That's great, David. So with that, carrying on then, now we understand a little bit about that new format where we're broadening the scope. We have lots of good stuff in terms of thinking about all things Azure patterns and practices, recommendations. What I'm excited about is that it's really hopefully going to be a consumable digest for all listeners to learn about all things Azure. Specifically, David, is there anything you are excited about the future of the show?
DAVID: You bet there is. I'm excited to talk with some of the great guests we've got lined up and learn from them about many aspects of using Azure, how they've implemented their solutions, how they've perhaps even changed their business to work with cloud technologies, and how they drive new business and enable technologists in their organizations.
And I won't give away any spoilers here, Paul, but I will say that I'm glad to be back producing the show. So to the listeners, whether you're a long-time listener or someone who's just joining us for the first time, I'm positive that you'll enjoy the diversity of conversation.
I have to tell you, Paul, I listen to a bunch of other podcasts. I don't listen to us really after [laughs] we've produced the show. But I love podcasts myself, technology ones in particular. And I especially like them for my morning walks to and from my gym. And for me, that means I like about a 25 to 35-minute episode, which is what we'll target for the show going forward. We'll try and keep it within those bounds. Now, speaking of excited about the show, how about you, Paul?
PAUL: Yeah, I'm super excited, David. I mean, I'm looking forward to rebooting the show. It's been a little while. I've enjoyed the summer time off, but now it's time to get back to business. Just to reiterate what you've said, David, I think a 25 to 35-minute sweet spot is great. I think it's long enough for the content to be meaningful but not too long, where it becomes a little bit of a challenge to get through the contents. So we're excited about that.
We've carried forward the learnings from our podcasts, and we've listened to the listeners. And so excited about the format, excited about the timings. And I hear you about...I hate hearing my own voice also [chuckles], but I encourage the listeners to tune in and listen.
But what am I looking forward to as we reboot the show? Well, number one, of course, it's all about the listeners, so I'm super excited to reconnect with our listeners. Thank you for following us so far, and excited about what we'll bring in the future. Of course, in the fast-paced technology world that we all live in, I'm excited to learn about the latest advancements from our guests, of which it's a changing world, of course, but most importantly, really sharing practical hands-on guidance with our listeners. So hopefully, we're helping our listeners achieve their goals and accelerate their path to success.
My hope with the podcast ultimately is that we're providing in that 25 to 35 minutes bite-sized consumable content that is really clear in terms of the delivery but also actionable. My goal is that the conversation doesn't stop with the podcast. That's the beginning of the conversation. So that's what I'm excited about, David. And then so with that, I mean, David, as we look to close things out, is there anything you'd like to share on logistics?
DAVID: You bet. Let's talk about how we're going to move forward producing the show. We'll be working to hit a cadence of an episode about every two weeks or so, and to be honest, that's about all either of our schedules can tolerate for getting episodes on air. And beyond that, you can find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Audible, Google Podcasts, Podcast Addict, and all those other podcast aggregators and hosts.
Also, you can get to us on our homepage easily by going to this URL: aka.ms/azureforexecs. And we post every show there, and you can listen to it through a web page if you choose. And that's our landing page for the show. So I encourage you to head over there, where you'll be able to see show notes and be able to subscribe to the show in various ways. Just click the Listen & Subscribe button.
So speaking of show notes, I want to add for this episode, we're going to obviously include links to some of the things we've talked about and also to Paul's social accounts and to my socials as well. And I'll tell you, you know, even though I'll probably post a Twitter account, I stepped away from that lately [laughs]. I don't know why.
I really like it when people hit me up though on LinkedIn and talk about the show, give me some feedback, tell us what you'd like to hear in future episodes. So hit me up on LinkedIn, and my LinkedIn profile will be in the show notes. So really looking forward to moving forward and to hearing from you as we reboot the show and have a different path forward.
PAUL: That's awesome. So not only are we rebooting the show, David, I hear we need to get more social. So be on the lookout for us dialing back up and being more social on LinkedIn and our Twitter accounts. So with that, let's stop the introductions and get on with the first show in the new format.
Thank you so much to our listeners who have stuck with us over the years, and welcome hopefully to new listeners. It's great to have you here. We're delighted you're all joining us, too, for the Azure for Executives Podcast. And with that, on with the show.
DAVID: Thank you for joining us for this episode of the Azure for Executives Podcast. We love hearing from you. And if you have suggestions for topics, questions about issues discussed on the show, or other feedback, contact the show host, David Starr or Paul Maher, through the social media links included in the show notes for each episode. We look forward to hearing from you.
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Are you still considering a move to the Azure cloud? If so, this episode is for you.
In this episode of the Azure for Executives podcast we discuss Azure Landing Zones, tools for helping organizations move their workloads into Azure. Beyond prescriptive guidance, Azure Landing Zones provide reference architectures for solutions of all sizes to help with moving to Azure.
Guests
Dom Allen on LinkedInJeff Mitchell on LinkedInMore on Azure Landing Zones
Join the upcoming Azure Landing Zone community call – Jan. 31st, 2023What is an Azure Landing Zone?Journey to the target architectureHosts
Paul Maher is General Manager of the Commercial Marketplace Service Team at Microsoft. Follow him on LinkedIn and Twitter.
David Starr is a Principal Software Development Engineer in the Commercial Marketplace Services Team at Microsoft. Follow him on LinkedIn and Mastodon.
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Today's episode focuses on the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure (CAF) with our guest, Global Engineering Lead for the CAF, Brian Blanchard. The CAF framework provides guidance for creating and implementing business and technology strategies for the cloud.
We discuss moving your technology and business to Microsoft Azure and talk about some best practices for business decision-makers, cloud architects, and other technology leaders. We also talk about mistakes people can make along the way.
Episode Links:
Episode TranscriptThe Cloud Adoption FrameworkCloud Adoption Strategy EvaluatorCloud Adoption Framework Discover WorkshopsMicrosoft Learn ModulesAzure Migration and Modernization ProgramGuest:
Brian Blanchard is the Global Engineering Lead for the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure (CAF).
Follow him on LinkedIn or Twitter.
Hosts:
Paul Maher is General Manager of the Industry Experiences Team at Microsoft. Follow him on LinkedIn and Twitter.
David Starr is a Principal Software Engineer in the Commercial Marketplace Services team at Microsoft.
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In this episode, we’re talking about how Microsoft engages with the developer community.
Growing and maintaining a strong community of developers has always been important to Microsoft. Our developer relations team, led by Corporate Vice President of Developer Relations at Microsoft Jeff Sandquist, makes the world better for developers and enables them to apply the latest technologies to create software that changes the world.Episode Links:
Episode TranscriptAzure Developer Community BlogDeveloper CommunitiesMicrosoft ReactorGuest:
Jeff Sandquist is the Corporate Vice President of Developer Relations at Microsoft.
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Hosts:
Paul Maher is General Manager of the Industry Experiences Team at Microsoft. Follow him on LinkedIn and Twitter.
David Starr is a Principal Software Engineer in the Commercial Marketplace Services team at Microsoft.
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Microsoft believes security and information privacy are fundamental rights. And Microsoft has taken this to heart with a Confidential Computing initiative as part of the overall Azure promise on trust and security.
In this episode, Graham Bury, Eden Cohen, and Anna Montalat Campamar talk about what Confidential Computing is, what is Microsoft’s vision for Confidential Computing in the Azure space is, pros and cons to computing confidentially on the cloud rather than a private data center, and a few stories about how partners and customers are working with Microsoft to move forward their own Confidential Computing initiatives.
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Episode TranscriptAzure Confidential ComputingKey foundations for protecting your data with Azure confidential computingCustomer stories:
Accelerating healthcare AI innovation with Zero Trust technologyScaling secure enclave environments with Signal and Azure confidential computingRBC creates relevant personalized offers while protecting data privacy with Azure confidential computingMobileCoin creates fast, trusted cryptocurrency transfers with Azure confidential computingGuests:
Graham Bury joined Azure’s Compute organization two years ago to lead the commercialization and developer platform for confidential computing. He brings over 15 years of experience at Microsoft across client and service products from Windows to Surface Hub and HoloLens.
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Eden Cohen joined Azure's Compute organization earlier this year and leads the infrastructure product team within Confidential Computing. He is responsible for virtual machine and hardware-based products.
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Anna Montalat Campamar leads the product marketing efforts for Azure Security platform and Confidential Computing. She has experience in a wide array of technologies – from infancy such as quantum to growing ones, including confidential computing.
Follow her on LinkedIn or Twitter.
Host:
David Starr is a Principal Software Engineer in the Commercial Marketplace Services team at Microsoft.
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We are discussing what it means for technology executives to lead their companies through true digital transformations, both from technology and cultural change perspectives. We’ve mentioned digital transformation several times over various episodes.
Today, we’ll be making digital transformation very tangible and providing guidance for leaders looking to revamp their organizations with technically driven initiatives with our guest Merrie Williamson, the Corporate Vice President of Azure Infrastructure, Digital and App Innovation, and Azure IoT at Microsoft.Episode Links:
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Digital Transformation with Microsoft
Microsoft Learn course - Enabling Digital Transformation
Microsoft Industry digital transformation blog
Satya Nadella on Digital Transformation for Microsoft (Video)Guest:
Merrie Williamson is the Corporate Vice President of Azure Infrastructure, Digital and App Innovation, and Azure IoT at Microsoft.
She is responsible for global commercial sales, strategy, and execution for the core multi-billion-dollar Azure business. She has a strong background in leading engineering and product teams and in marrying sales to engineering.
Follow her on LinkedIn.Hosts:
Paul Maher is General Manager of the Industry Experiences Team at Microsoft. He was formerly CTO at Milliman.
Follow him on LinkedIn and Twitter.David Starr is a Principal Azure Solutions Architect in the Marketplace Onboarding, Enablement, and Growth team at Microsoft.
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Today we’re talking about opportunities partners have in marketing and selling their solutions through Microsoft’s commercial marketplace. Through our commercial marketplace, partners have an opportunity to unlock access to millions of customers at a worldwide scale.
Here, you’ll learn how the commercial marketplace works and steps you can take to take advantage of this in your business strategy.
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Episode Transcript
ISVs and Partners: Publish Your App
Customers: Buy an app
Marketplace Business Office Hours
Marketplace Developer Office Hours
Join the Microsoft Partner Network
EventsGuest:
Tanuj Bansal is the General Manager of Azure Product Marketing. He has been in various leadership roles in product marketing for the Azure business from its very early days, always championing customer and partner success.
Follow him on LinkedIn.Hosts:
Paul Maher is General Manager of the Industry Experiences Team at Microsoft. He was formerly CTO at Milliman.
Follow him on LinkedIn and Twitter.David Starr is a Principal Azure Solutions Architect in the Marketplace Onboarding, Enablement, and Growth team at Microsoft.
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On this episode, we are talk about the Azure Marketplace in the retail space: how the Azure Marketplace can help retailers, and how the it may be important for your business, both as a customer or as a solution publisher with our guest, Orlando Fernandes of XNFY Labs.
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XNFY
Microsoft Cloud For Retail
Azure For RetailGuests:
Orlando Fernandes works in Innovation & AI for the retail segment. He has the goal to create solutions that could change paradigms and create unique value.
Follow him on Twitter or LinkedIn. Or visit his blog: https://medium.com/@orlando.ribas.
Sahir Anand is the Principal Category Lead for the Microsoft Azure Cloud for Retail and Data & AI.Follow him on Twitter or LinkedIn.
Hosts:
Paul Maher is General Manager of the Industry Experiences Team at Microsoft. He was formerly CTO at Milliman.
Follow him on LinkedIn and Twitter.David Starr is a Principal Azure Solutions Architect in the Marketplace Onboarding, Enablement, and Growth team at Microsoft.
Follow him on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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Low Code solution creation is all the rage. A Gartner report even forecasts, “By 2024, 75% of large enterprises will be using low-code development tools.” In this episode we’re discussing Microsoft’s Low Code platform. We’ll hear why it can matter for you at a strategic level in your organization and we’ll also be digging down into the capabilities of the platform.
Our guests today, Charles Lamanna and Ryan Cunningham, talk about what types of solutions people are building using the platform, who uses the platform and who the most common type of “Low Code” users are, Microsoft’s Dataverse as a key part of the Power Platform and what it is, and how someone new to these technologies gets up and running to try it out and get started.
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Low Code Application Development on Azure
Microsoft Power Apps on Azure
Power Automate
Power Automate Robotic Process AutomationGuests:
Charles Lamanna is the Corporate Vice President of the Business Applications & Platform (BAP) at Microsoft. He leads the engineering teams in the business applications & platform across both Product Management and Development.
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Ryan Cunningham is the GM for Power Apps at Microsoft. Power Apps is the Low Code platform used by millions of people around the world to build apps that make their working lives better.
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Hosts:
Paul Maher is General Manager of the Industry Experiences Team at Microsoft. He was formerly CTO at Milliman.
Follow him on LinkedIn and Twitter.David Starr is a Principal Azure Solutions Architect in the Marketplace Onboarding, Enablement, and Growth team at Microsoft.
Follow him on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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COVID-19 has presented major challenges to healthcare, and lately that’s included accelerating the development and delivery of vaccines and therapeutics at scale. Luckily, in recent months we’ve seen an acceleration in the supply lines of delivering vaccines from manufacturers to recipients.
Today we are talking with Microsoft partner Schrocken’s Sunil Ghogre and Yogendra Chordia, and Microsoft’s David Houlding about empowering life sciences organizations to meet supply chain challenges.
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Schrocken
Shrocken on LinkedIn
Azure Marketplace Offer
Microsoft Health
Azure Marketplace
AppSource
How to get started partnering with Microsoft
Microsoft for StartupsIgnite Sessions:
What’s new in Microsoft Cloud for HealthcareLearn how Microsoft & Intel unlock the potential of edge & AI in healthcare to collect data & turn it into actionable insightsIntro to Mixed Reality Business Apps + Real-Life Use Cases in HealthcareGet started on your HealthTech JourneyGuests:
Sunil Ghogre has over 30 years of diverse, global experience delivering exceptional manufacturing operations management and supply/sourcing expertise in the Pharmaceutical and Consumer industries.
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Yogendra Chordia is a technologist with 25+ years of enterprise software experience. At Schrocken he is focusing on applying his hi-tech supply chain experience in digitizing biopharma contract manufacturing supply chain.
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David Houlding is the Director of Strategic & Healthcare Engagements for Microsoft Azure. He served as Chair of the HIMSS Blockchain task force for over 2 years, and currently serves as an Advisor to the British Blockchain Association. He has technology interests and specialties in cloud, privacy, security, compliance, blockchain and AI.
Follow him on LinkedIn or Twitter.
Hosts:
Paul Maher is General Manager of the Industry Experiences Team at Microsoft. He was formerly CTO at Milliman.
Follow him on LinkedIn and Twitter.David Starr is a Principal Azure Solutions Architect in the Marketplace Onboarding, Enablement, and Growth team at Microsoft.
Follow him on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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In this episode, we’re talking about the IoT (Internet of Things) space and the related data that drives the industry with two industry leaders from Crate.io who specialize in IoT data management: Christian Lutz, founder, and president, and Eva Schönleitner, CEO. Data in the IoT space is unique in many ways, most notably in shape and scale.
Also discussed are some of the many announcements made by Microsoft at the annual Ignite conference, which was held recently. As always, there was a lot of big news that came out of Ignite. Microsoft’s Diego Tamburini, Principal Industry Lead for Cloud for Manufacturing gives the scoop.
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Crate.io
.NET Core on GitHub
Percept
Azure Percept: Edge intelligence from silicon to serviceGuests:
Christian Lutz is the founder and president of Crate.io. He has over 20 years of experience as a startup entrepreneur with strong experience in enterprise software.
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Eva Schönleitner is CEO of Crate.io. She has extensive worldwide experience in the technology and industrial segments and has a track record of developing high-performing organizations.
Follow her on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Diego Tamburini is Principal Industry Lead for Cloud for Manufacturing at Microsoft. He helps build the best ecosystem for software partners developing manufacturing solutions on Azure and helps them be successful.
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Host:
David Starr is a Principal Azure Solutions Architect in the Marketplace Onboarding, Enablement, and Growth team at Microsoft.
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Insurance has some problems. It’s too complex, too expensive, and it doesn’t cover everyone.
Our guest today, Rob Galbraith, the most interesting man in insurance and author of the book The End of Insurance as We Know It, says that tech can help though, but it must be relevant to the consumer’s needs. To support this hypothesis, he has coined the acronym S.C.A.L.E.D. to focus on the technologies he believes are transforming the insurance industry. He tells us what it means and explains each part in detail.
Additionally, usual host Paul Maher takes on a guest role this week as a former CTO at Milliman and talks about what some of Microsoft’s big investments in insurance are and how Microsoft AI technologies are impacting insurers and financial services as a whole.
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Episode Transcript
The End Of Insurance As We Know It (Rob’s book)
Azure for Financial Services
Azure for InsuranceGuest:
Rob Galbraith is the most interesting man in insurance. He is a keynote speaker, media contributor, and bestselling author of The End of Insurance as We Know It. He is the Insuretech Business Series man of the year for 2020.
Follow him on LinkedIn and Twitter.
Special Guest:
Paul Maher is General Manager of the Industry Experiences Team at Microsoft. He was formerly CTO at Milliman.
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David Starr is a Principal Azure Solutions Architect in the Marketplace Onboarding, Enablement, and Growth team at Microsoft.
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In this episode, we talk about looking at various technologies and their impact on business and society. Our guest and digital speaker, Dr. Mark van Rijmenam, talks about cutting-edge tech like augmented reality and describes how wearables can be used by insurers to promote good health, which benefits both insurers and their clients.
Microsoft Mesh enables presence and shared experiences from anywhere – on any device – through mixed reality applications.
Additionally, he talks about the democratization of AI and what is happening there, both good and bad.
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Datafloq
Datafloq on Twitter
Quantum computing at Microsoft
Azure Quatum
Q# and the Quantum Development KitGuests:
Dr. Mark van Rijmenam is the Digital Speaker.
He focuses on the Future of Work and how to build the organization of tomorrow using emerging technologies that include big data analytics, blockchain, the Internet of Things, tokenomics, and Artificial Intelligence.
Follow him on LinkedIn and Twitter. Visit his website at thedigitalspeaker.com.
Dr. van Rijmenam has also authored and co-authored several books. Check them out!
Think Bigger - Developing a Successful Big Data Strategy for Your BusinessCo-author of the book Blockchain: Transforming Your Business and Our WorldThe Organisation of Tomorrow (discusses how AI, blockchain, and big data turn every business into a data organization.)Host:
David Starr is a Principal Azure Solutions Architect in the Marketplace Onboarding, Enablement, and Growth team at Microsoft.
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In this episode, we talk about high-performance computing (HPC). HPC is important in many industries and lets us work with data at scale, operate on large media files, work with large AI and ML workloads, and run big batches of worker jobs.
Tim Carroll, Director for HPC & AI for Research at Microsoft, and Evan Burness, Principal Program Manager for HPC & Big Compute in Microsoft Azure tell us what high-performance computing is and why it’s unique, how it is being used in the industry today, benefits of the new HPC VM over what people have used in the past on Azure, and for people who are not using HPC today, how they can get it up and running!
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Episode Transcript
Microsoft Azure HPC
Azure HPC by industry
More performance and choice with new Azure HBv3 virtual machines for HPCGuests:
Evan Burness is the Principal Program Manager for HPC & Big Compute in Microsoft Azure.
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Tim Carroll is the Director for HPC & AI for Research. He is also a HPC Global Black Belt at Microsoft.
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Hosts:
Paul Maher is General Manager of the Marketplace Onboarding, Enablement, and Growth team at Microsoft. Follow him on LinkedIn and Twitter.
David Starr is a Principal Azure Solutions Architect in the Marketplace Onboarding, Enablement, and Growth team at Microsoft.
Follow him on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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