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15 Big Azure Announcements Made at Microsoft Build 2021 (CRN)
‘It is our mission to empower this next generation of developers with world-class tools and cloud services that allow them to build the applications of the future,’ says Gabe M... More
The Serbian Gaming Industry is on the Cusp of a Global Breakthrough (EE)
In Poland, gaming has become a national brand. Is Serbia about to follow suit?... More
Italy Introduces Tax Credit for Game Studios (Games Industry)
The Italian government has announced the introduction of a tax credit for video games developers. Companies that are making games will get a 25% tax credit towards their developmen... More
Microsoft Enables More Azure Services to Run Anywhere Via Azure Arc (ZDNet)
Microsoft is filling out and repositioning some of its key Azure services, including its Azure Application Services, Azure Applied AI Services and Azure Communication Services.... More
AppTek’s Workbench Delivers 85% More Efficiency in Computer Vision, Speech Recognition Data Labeling Tasks
The addition of next-generation pre-trained computer vision and automatic speech recognition engines to the AppTek Workbench Data Labelling and Annotation Platform significantly ac... More
New Azure Tool Makes it Easier to Manage Virtual Machines in the Cloud (TechRepublic)
Microsoft's automated system management tools help businesses keep their Azure virtual infrastructures secure. Currently in public preview, Azure Automanage builds on existing Azur... More
LaLiga, Microsoft Expand Partnership for Digital Transformation (The Record)
LaLiga will use Microsoft Azure’s AI and machine learning capabilities for its LaLigaSportsTV OTT platform and Mediacoach platform, as well as developing a range of new technolog... More
Microsoft Delivers New Guidance to Secure Hybrid Work Environments (The Record)
To help small and medium-sized businesses, Microsoft has launched a range of new verification features, which include Azure AD Conditional Access to give admins more granular acces... More
How to Reduce Zero Trust Frustration by Capturing Context (Security Intelligence)
Zero trust remains one of the best ways for companies to reduce total risk. By knowing the potential risk of any request — both inside and outside the enterprise network — rath... More
Azure Helps ACAS Cope With Increased Citizen Needs During COVID-19 (The Record)
ACAS staff have been providing the latest information by logging into Azure-managed systems while working from home. Microsoft says that those systems “can be updated remotely by... More
Microsoft Rolls Out Dolby Vision Gaming Test on Xbox Series X and S (The Verge)
Dolby Vision gaming is arriving on the Xbox Series X and S for testers who are a part of the Xbox Insider’s “alpha ring” group. This HDR format offers an upgraded set of feat... More
DPP Selects Red Bee to Deliver Live Captioning for Online Events
In addition to producing live captions in real-time, Red Bee will also provide as-live file delivery for post-event videos. (more…)... More
Going Global in e-Commerce With International Marketplaces (A TransPerfect World)
For all retailers, international marketplaces are a great way of entering a new market. In 2020, the top 100 online marketplaces worldwide sold $2.6 trillion worth of products. Wit... More
How Video Games Could be the Next Frontier in the WFH Revolution (City A.M.)
By this time last year, most of us were already experiencing Zoom fatigue. A month of working remotely had taken its toll and the endless queue of video meetings seemed to exemplif... More
Estonia’s E-residency Programme Makes Global Push (EE)
The Estonian government’s hugely successful e-residency programme, the world’s first digital residency initiative, has announced the launch of four new international pick-up po... More
Transcripts, Reality TV and AI (Take 1 Blog)
Mark Raudonis, former svp of post-production at Bunim-Murray and a long-time client of Take 1, discusses AI tools, transcripts, predictions and opinions around AI in media workflow... More
IBM Helps Customers Adopt a Zero Trust Approach to Security
IBM Security introduced a new Software as a Service (SaaS) version of IBM Cloud Pak for Security, designed to simplify how organisations deploy a zero trust architecture across the... More
Playlists and Podcasts? Netflix is Exploring Developing ‘N-Plus’ (Protocol)
In a survey sent to users, Netflix queried people about a wide range of features and content, including podcasts, user-generated playlists, how-tos and more. "N-Plus is a future on... More
London on Cusp of ‘Mobilepreneur’ Boom With 11,900 New Startups Over the Next 3 Years (LLB)
Britain is set for a small business boom over the next three years with 31,900 new ‘mobilepreneur’ start-ups set to emerge, according to a new report. The report defines a ‘m... More
Microsoft, WPP Drive Content Production With New Cloud Studio (The Record)
Microsoft and advertising and communications firm WPP have expanded their longstanding partnership to launch the new Cloud Studio, which Microsoft says will “transform creative c... More
