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Bridging the gap between AI and medicine: Claude in Microsoft Foundry advances capabilities for healthcare and life sciences customers
These enhancements offer advanced reasoning, agentic workflows, and model intelligence purpose built for some of the industry’s most demanding real-world use cases.
New ways to experience the worlds of sports, music, and entertainment
The global pandemic has highlighted amazing displays of human flexibility, creativity, and technical ingenuity. Unfortunately, many treasured group experiences like going to a sporting event, a concert, or a museum remain beyond reach for safety’s sake.
Medical imaging, AI, and the cloud: what’s next?
Today marks the start of RSNA 2020, the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America. I participated in my first RSNA 35 years ago and I am super excited—as I am every year—to reconnect with my radiology colleagues and friends and learn about the latest medical and scientific advances in our field.
Secure, safe, and equitable vaccine distribution
How technology can help meet the challenge of our lifetime.
Cloud exit strategies for financial services institutions
As financial services use the public cloud for security and compliance, cloud exit and risk mitigation strategies are needed. Find out more with Microsoft.
Responding at the pace to meet new needs
When the pandemic began earlier this year, public servants working in governments around the world faced challenges they never had before. The public sector had to adapt quickly to work almost 100 percent remotely and to collaborate across teams to deliver new benefits and services to communities.
Reshaping our cities: Microsoft at the Smart City Live Expo
Today more than half the world’s population lives in urban areas (75 percent in Europe), and according to the United Nations, that figure will increase to 70 percent by 2030.
Why defense and intelligence organizations are embracing the commercial cloud
People and organizations must often make decisions quickly, with incomplete information, and in military situations, this can be particularly true. The mission of the military has not changed since the time of antiquity: if you can observe, orient, decide, and act faster than your opponent, you gain an advantage.
Holiday 2020: Five consumer habits that are transforming retail
2020 has already triggered unprecedented agility and innovation from retailers, but the year’s greatest test comes as the holidays approach. Even the most reliable shopping patterns have transformed as consumers keep safety and convenience top of mind. Their holiday plans won’t look the same, but they’re still searching for ways to spread cheer.
Top use cases for IoT-enabled by 5G
5G opens the doors for new enterprise IoT cases. The fifth-generation cellular standard offers increased security, support for large numbers of connected, low-power devices, and both low-latency and higher-speed performance. However, building an end-to-end IoT solution with cellular connectivity is complex.
Walgreens: transforming customer experience in the COVID-19 era
For Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), it’s always been about serving people and communities. Even before the pandemic, this global pharmacy retailer took great pains to be close to the people it serves.
The pandemic has dramatically accelerated digital transformation in public sector
If we’ve learned anything from this global pandemic, it’s that digital technology and data are truly critical infrastructure to enable business resiliency and continuity for all governments as they adapt sudden and unexpected changes to “normal” ways of delivering services.