Microsoft Azure For Industry : Podcast

In this final episode of a 2-part series on Azure Storage and DataLake, Vamshi Kommineni shares some things with us of interest to any technology decision maker. We discuss what backup, recovery, disaster planning, failover, governance, and other factors look like regarding storage solutions. Further we dive deep into customer use cases and stories that illustrate the value and flexibility of the storage solutions, and even touch upon the role of storage in high-performance computing scenarios.Show LinksAzure Storage SolutionsAzure FilesAzure Blob StorageAzure Data LakeAzure Disk StorageAzure Archive StorageContact the product team at azurestoragefeedback@microsoft.comGuestVamshidhar KommineniPrincipal PM Manager for Azure Storage at MicrosoftVamshi and his team is focus on Azure Storage, Data Lake, as well as some other technologies. He is responsible for business strategy and growth along with industry relationships like Media and Entertainment, Automotive, Healthcare, and more.Find Vamshi on LinkedIn

In this first of a 2-part series, Vamshi Kommineni takes us through Azure Storage and Data Lake from the perspective of industry use cases and relevant capabilities. Not only do we learn about the different capabilities of these services, but we also cover discuss their use at hyper-scale and what that can mean for customers. Vamshi shares several customer stories that highlight the technology’s evolution and usage as well as highlighting some common usage patterns.TranscriptShow LinksAzure Storage SolutionsAzure FilesAzure Blob StorageAzure Data LakeAzure Disk StorageAzure Archive StorageGuestVamshidhar KommineniPrincipal PM Manager for Azure Storage at MicrosoftVamshi and his team is focus on Azure Storage, Data Lake, as well as some other technologies. He is responsible for business strategy and growth along with industry relationships like Media and Entertainment, Automotive, Healthcare, and more.Find Vamshi on LinkedIn

In this episode we hear how Microsoft and its partners are focused on helping financial services organizations meet the demands of today. Specifically, the guests discuss how Microsoft is helping with the COVID-19 situation, including things like fraud detection and enabling employees.Additional topics include how Microsoft is empowering customers with high performance computing and large data volumes to help update legacy risk models to factor in today’s new risks. Further, we hear about the power of Microsoft’s three clouds that underlies the ecosystem of Microsoft and partner solutions.Show Links[Transcript]Blog Post: Agility, continuity, and risk management for financial services Blog Post: Business continuity in financial servicesMicrosoft Financial Services Industry BlogMicrosoft in Banking and Capital MarketsMicrosoft in InsuranceAzure for Financial ServicesM365 for Financial ServicesGuestsBill BordenCorporate Vice President for Worldwide Financial Services at MicrosoftBill leads development and execut

Çağlayan Arkan, Microsoft’s Vice President and Global Sales Lead for the Manufacturing Industry at Microsoft, joins in this episode to talk about how Microsoft is engaging manufacturing and the supply chain. The discussion covers the current situation for manufacturers during in the current COVID-19 pandemic and how Microsoft is reaching out to customers and partners. Further, Diego Tamburini, Principal Industry Lead in Azure for Manufacturing joins in to dive deeper on Microsoft’s partner ecosystem and how companies can join in that conversation.Other topics covered include current and emerging trends and technology for the following pillars:Workforce transformationEngaging customers in new waysBuilding more agile factoriesCreating more resilient Supply chainsUnlocking innovation and delivering new servicesShow Links[Transcript]The Future Computed: AI in manufacturingManufacturing Industry site: COVID Webinar series linksMicrosoft Industry Digital Forum: Exploring the current manufacturing environment in lig

Retail has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. Shelley Bransten, Karen Garrette, and Sahir Anand join David and Paul to discuss how retailers are responding to the current crisis along with what to expect during and after recovery.We introduce the Microsoft for Retail team and how it works with partners and customers to solve the biggest retail problems and move the state of the industry forward with digital technologies. In addition we hear how Microsoft is helping the largest employment segment in the world navigate the COVID-19 crisis.Finally, we hear where Microsoft is investing in the technologies serving the future of the industry.Show Links[Transcript]Microsoft for RetailProject Zap, Retail Matchmaking ToolMcKinsey Covid Resource CenterThe Kroger BlueprintWalgreens’s Boot AllianceGuestsShelley BranstenCorporate Vice President, WW Retail & Consumer Goods Industries, MicrosoftShelley grew up in retail. She is a passionate advocate for customers and works tirelessly to ensure retailers are set up

Our Microsoft for Health panel looks forward to the future of healthcare. As healthcare responds to the current COVID-19 crisis, it is accelerating its adoption of technologies that would have taken years to implement before the current need for change.The panel discusses how Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning is impacting healthcare today and in the future. Hear how Microsoft's AI/ML technologies and the Azure cloud are being brought to bear to empower people to work differently.Not only are these technologies helping the current situation, but partners are providing the next generation of medicine today. Learn how Healthcare will be forever changed by the technology solutions currently being introduced today.TranscriptShow NotesMicrosoft for HealthcareMicrosoft Industry Health BlogMicrosoft 365 and healthcareMicrosoft for Healthcare on LinkedInMicrosoft’s Covid-19 ResponsePatient outreach & triage (Healthcare bot, PlasmaBot)Track allocation of resources & supplies - Protecting People Every

Microsoft for Healthcare is working hard to help healthcare throughout the COVID-19 crisis and to plan for what comes after the pandemic. Our guests discuss how Microsoft is responding to the current COVID-19 crisis as well as their mission in healthcare and the future of the industry.Our guests describe how they work with partners to find the right capabilities enabled by Microsoft solutions. Additionally, we discuss several Microsoft healthcare-focused products in use today. Learn how Microsoft technologies are being used to solve real world problems related not only to the current pandemic, but other important healthcare problems.The panel discusses the partnerships occurring between competitors to combat COVID-19. Learn about Microsoft partner solutions available to help "flatten the curve" during this crisis.TranscriptShow NotesMicrosoft for HealthcareMicrosoft Industry Health BlogMicrosoft 365 and healthcareMicrosoft for Healthcare on LinkedIn Microsoft’s Covid-19 ResponsePatient outreach & triage (

Join us in this episode about the Microsoft Commercial Marketplace, the way to buy and sell software from Microsoft partners. Publishers and buyers of Azure-based cloud software will be interested in this show, whether learning how to sell your solution or how to buy an offered solution.The Microsoft Commercial Marketplace consists of two storefronts, the Azure Marketplace and AppSource. Join us on this episode to learn the differences and who will be interested in each.Microsoft AppSourceMicrosoft Azure MarketplaceTranscriptJeana JorgensenAs a leader in the Cloud Commercial Community organization at Microsoft, Jeana Jorgensen is an expert in the Microsoft Commercial Marketplace and the value Microsoft Azure customers and partners derive from it. She joins us on the podcast to discuss the use of the Microsoft Commercial Marketplace, who should be interested, and how to get the greatest value from it as sellers or buyers of commercial software running on Microsoft Azure.LinkedIn

TranscriptUncrowd’s Friction/Reward Index, or FRi, platform answers retail's most fundamental question, “Why do customers choose retailer x over retailer y?” It then shows exactly how to win in more shopper missions, identify safe cost reductions, and optimize operations.The Friction/Reward index is fundamentally about showing when and why a customer will prefer you to a rival. In the era of total and easy access to competing choices, knowing where you stand among those choices is your number one priority.Uncrowd onlineUncrowd's offer on the Azure MarketplaceGuestsRichard HammondRichard is the Uncrowd’s CEO and the leading global expert on friction versus reward. He is the author of both Friction/Reward and Smart Retail.Richard on LinkedInUncrowd on LinkedIn

TranscriptSolix Technologies, Inc., is a leading big data application provider that empowers data-driven enterprises with optimized infrastructure, data security, and advanced analytics.We discuss sources of our data explosion and how companies can benefit from this data by connecting silos of data together. And, the cultural change that comes with data-informed decisions.SHOW LINKSSOLIXCloud.comFollow us on TwitterJoin us on FacebookFollow us on LinkedInGUESTSSai Gundavelli : Chief Executive Officer at Solix Technologies, Inc.John Ottman: Executive Chairman at Solix Technologies, Inc.Jim Lee: VP of Data ServicesKalyan Manyam: Director of Cloud ProductsPaul Maher: General Manager of Microsoft's Industry Experiences Team

TranscriptInsurance is changing quickly these days and undergoing a digital transformation is not easy. Adding blockchain to the mix can change an entire architecture. When used appropriately, however, blockchain can become an indispensable tool for your ledger technology.In this episode, we discuss the use of blockchain in insurance as well as how it applies to other industries such as banking and capital markets, healthcare and manufacturing.Specifically, you will learn how companies are using Corda's smart contracts feature to create complex, logic-based, on-block content and events. Listen to how R3, with the open source Corda blockchain, is helping companies get started with blockchain today.Show LinksR3 on Azure: Launch of Corda Enterprise v3.1R3 websiteR3 on Azure: Strengthening our partnershipCorda Enterprise Scale Deployment on Microsoft AzureRyan RuggRyan is the Global Head of Insurance for R3 and leads the company's Insurance strategy to drive business growth. She is responsible for the strategic d

TranscriptIn this episode, we speak with Marcy Larsen, Microsoft Industry Solutions Executive focused for Retail in Australia. She helps us understand how hyper-personalization is the future for successful retailers.She shares how retailers balance the line of how personal can offers really be, without being off-putting to the customer. Marcy tells us about working with Microsoft to garner feedback and build services retailers want.Also, Marcy offers insights into how retailers can take advantage of the data they already have.Show LinksRead the use case that underlies this podcast episode and learn more from these other resources.See how Microsoft is helping grow intelligent retailMicrosoft retail and consumer goodsPower BIAzure Data FactoryAzure HDInsightAzure Machine Learning ServiceAzure Machine Learning StudioMarcy LarsenMarcella Larsen leads Microsoft's Retail Industry focus to inspire digital transformation in consumer-facing industries for Australia. Marcella is responsible for managing platform agnost

TranscriptBehavioral biometrics is an emerging topic in the security sector. Users are profiled in how they use specific applications. These patterns of usage establish something like a behavioral fingerprint, which can keep your assets secure.Banks use biometrics to prevent fraud from websites and mobile applications. What if someone found your unlocked phone, went to your banking app and was able to transfer money? If the application is trained to your personal biometric behavioral print, this transaction can be flagged.There are many other uses for behavioral biometrics we will discuss and continue to pay attention to its use across industries as the field grows.Show LinksThe BioCatch storyFrances ZelaznyFrances Zelanzy works closely with BioCatch's CEO to conceptualize and formulate strategic initiatives while on the marketing side, she establishes comprehensive marketing strategy, including brand positioning, messaging and execution.Follow Frances on LinkedIn.Dekel ShavitBioCatch VP of Operations & C

TranscriptFIS is an international company with offices all over the world. Generating new ideas from around the globe could be a logistical problem—not to mention differences in languages and cultures. But FIS has a hands-on way to get innovation to the forefront: a hackfest called InnovateIN48. Contestants get 48 hours to start and finish their solutions before having them judged.This event has helped FIS innovate in key areas. And this year, FIS challenged contestants to solve a social, humanitarian, scientific or philanthropic challenge. The theme was “Innovation Empowering Hope.” Hear how they did it in the podcast.67 finalists. 14 teams. 48 hours. That's the InnovateIN48 hackathon.Show LinksInnovateIN48 home pageFISMike SilvermanMike Silverman is the Global Head of Enterprise Technology Strategy for FIS, a global leader in financial services technology. FIS focuses on retail and institutional banking, payments, asset and wealth management, risk and compliance, and outsourcing solutions.Through the depth

Transcript Rubikloud is an artificial intelligence (AI) company and has created a cloud-native, machine learning platform especially for retail. RubiKloud was founded in 2013 and is based in Toronto. In this episode, Waleed Ayoub, Rubikloud's Chief Technical Officer takes us through their thinking on the addition of AI to retail, along with other insights into up and coming technology in retail. Further, this episode looks at the benefit Rubikloud has received by being a valued Microsoft partner. Whether you are in the retail space or not, this is a great episode to just hear the possibilities of what AI might do to change the whole supply chain. Show Links Rubikloud Microsoft Retail and Industry Goods Home Waleed Ayoub Waleed Ayoub is Chief Technology Officer at Rubikloud Technologies. He is a product and technology leader with over a decade of hands-on experience empowering talented teams and building impactful enterprise SaaS products. His experience spans a broad enterprise landscape, including banking,

TranscriptIn this episode, we speak with Kelly Goetsch, who is Chief Product Officer at commercetools. We touch on current and emerging trends in retail and hear how data-informed decisions can change a company culture. Further, discuss commercetools and their offering of APIs to retailers who are building their own eCommerce sites that live on commercetool's platform.Our discussion covers how Azure allowed them to spool up their multi-tenant app quickly in containers using Azure Kubernetes Service. Looking forward into the future of retail, we hear about uses for AI and even augmented reality.Show LinksCommercetools websiteAzure Kubernetes ServiceKelly GoetschKelly Goetsch is Chief Product Officer at commercetools. He came to commercetools from Oracle, where he led product management for their microservices initiatives.Kelly is the author of 3 books about commerce.He previously held senior-level product development and go-to-market responsibilities for key Oracle cloud products representing nine+ figures of

Transcript From planning to streaming analytics, this episode looks at all phases of introducing IoT to a company. Just having the data is often not enough to make decisions. Insights must be gleaned from that data. Joe Biron walks us through PTC's approach to full IoT adoption including everything from installation to organizational change. Finally, we talk about the coming technologies that Joe is excited about. Show Links PTC Manufacturing Learn more about PTC's strategic partnership with Microsoft and how together we’ve enabled enterprises to accelerate digital transformation.  Joe Biron Joe Biron is an experienced technology executive with a passion for imagining and implementing technology solutions for the grand challenges that businesses face. In his career he has been a software engineer, technology consultant, chief architect, product strategist, and team leader. For the past decade he had the good fortune to be part of the Internet of Things revolution, particularly the Industrial IoT, and looks

Transcript Nick Leimer shares changes occurring in the insurance industry and how companies are dealing with it. Specifically, we look at computing risk for regulatory compliance and how it might be a good match for Azure services, like Azure Batch or Azure High-Performance Computing. Additionally, Nick explains some of the current and evolving industry regulations. Regulatory compliance is key to insurance companies and the discussion addresses this issue. Show Links Azure Batch Azure CycleCloud for HPC scenarios Nick Leimer Nick Leimer is the Principal Insurance Industry Lead for Azure. Nick brings 20+ years of experience bridging the business and IT gap in application development, operations, and infrastructure. Before joining Microsoft, Mr. Leimer was the Senior Director for Actuarial Compute at Manulife leading the migration of LAN based HPC Farms to the Azure environment for all of Asia; including all desktop Moody’s / GGY Axis users and data feeds. Prior to Manulife, his career progressed through de

Transcript Healthcare IT veteran, David Houlding, chats with us about reducing costs in healthcare as part of an organization’s digital transformation and specifically, outlines the tools and techniques needed for these transformations to succeed. Additionally, we discuss core technologies of Azure and how they can help in the move to the cloud, ensuring regulatory compliance, security, and privacy. David discusses how healthcare organizations are adopting cloud technologies and explore some non-exotic reasons to move to the cloud like data storage and security. Finally, we point to partners for the applications created on top of the Azure infrastructure. Show Links Azure Backup Azure Compliance Manager Azure Key Vault Azure Security Center Azure Site Recovery Azure Stack Industry Certifications and Compliance Simplify your compliance journey David Houlding David is a Principal Healthcare Program Manager at Microsoft. He has 24+ years of experience in healthcare, cloud, privacy, security, compliance, block

Transcript In this episode, we dive into IoT, High Performance Computing (HPC) and even delve into scaling strategies. Diego Tamburini takes us deep into the digital transformation occurring in the manufacturing world. Along the way we discuss IoT, moving systems and data into Azure, and the interesting issues that can come up in time-series data. Additionally, we even go deeply into some 3D printing for manufacturing and rendering jobs from standalone desktop applications. Show Links Big Compute: HPC and Batch Azure Batch Manufacturing home page Azure for Manufacturing Diego Tamburini Diego Tamburini is the Principal Industry Lead for Azure Manufacturing in the Microsoft Industry Experience team, where he focuses on developing technical content to help manufacturing companies and software developers deliver their solutions on Azure, at scale. He also champions partners who deliver manufacturing solutions using Azure. Follow Diego on LinkedIn or Twitter. David Starr In addition to being the host of this po