Microsoft Innovation Center opens in Atlanta as part of CityNext alliance
The MIC will support Atlanta’s growing high-tech community by providing a comprehensive set of technology, tools and services to startups, governments, students and faculty.
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Bridging the gap between AI and medicine: Claude in Microsoft Foundry advances capabilities for healthcare and life sciences customers
We’re excited to announce that Anthropic has added new tools, connectors, and skills that allow Claude in Microsoft Foundry to bring advanced reasoning, agentic workflows, and model intelligence purpose built for healthcare and life sciences industries.
Helping governments manage user identity
Last year, when the Internal Revenue Service began enabling taxpayers to download their tax transcripts, 17 million people took advantage of the service, reducing phone, email, and in-person requests by 40 percent. The new IRS service is a great example of the kinds of government initiatives that can improve citizen services while reducing costs.
Azure Blockchain as a Service update
Since the announcement of Azure Blockchain as a Service with our first offering of the Ethereum Platform with ConsenSys, the response from customers and partners has been overwhelming.
How can we close the gaps in mental healthcare with technology? Part 1
We have an abundance of technologies available to help people manage their physical health outside the four walls of a clinic or hospital—tools like health apps, wearable fitness devices, blood pressure monitors, and more. We have far fewer consumer digital tools available to help people manage their mental health.
Security at the center of mobile-first, cloud-first world
Recently I had the privilege of introducing our Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella as he spoke to nearly a thousand government decision makers about a new approach to security for enterprise organizations of today. Satya shared how Microsoft’s built-in security technologies work in tandem with each other and those of the security ecosystem to deliver a holistic, agile, security platform for the enterprise.
Empowering connected communities of care for medically complex children
Children’s Specialized Hospital makes healthcare silos disappear and empowers patients’ families with award-winning app.
Creating safer communities with Windows 10
Microsoft has been working to design a complete set of solutions that help public safety organizations fulfill their missions of protecting citizens, and Windows 10 takes this ability to the next level by delivering the best Windows ever.
How a doctor improved clinical efficiency and patient satisfaction with a Surface Pro 3
Dr. Brian A. Levine is not only an ob/gyn and infertility specialist, but also the technology editor for Contemporary Ob/Gyn magazine. I recently caught up with him to learn how his Microsoft Surface tablet is helping him be more productive and improve patient satisfaction.
How to advance quality practices in the automotive industry: standards and data formats
How capabilities of technology standards and data formats, specifically 3D printing, 3D visualization, and digital rights management, can help to advance automotive quality practices.
The future of agriculture: How technology can help revolutionize how we feed the world
There are tremendous opportunities to use today’s advancements in digital technology to help transform the agriculture industry.
The path to smarter cities
In order to help understand how utilities can aid in shaping cities of the future, Itron commissioned a global study of the utility industry.
Protecting law enforcement agencies from cyberattacks
Law enforcement agencies around the globe are increasingly falling victim to a diverse range of cyberattacks. Attackers with differing motives have defaced police department websites, used denial of service attacks to disrupt policing operations, stolen personal information about police officers and staff, and even encrypted police records, successfully demanding a ransom in bitcoins to decrypt the files.