This document contains the slides and script for a presentation on Windows Azure by John Weston from Microsoft. The presentation introduces cloud computing and defines it as running applications using shared computing resources that can scale on demand. It outlines the components of the Windows Azure platform including compute, storage, databases and services. It discusses how to get started with Windows Azure and pricing models. It also previews upcoming features like pre-configured virtual machines and enhanced storage capabilities. The goal is to answer questions about cloud computing, Microsoft's commitment to it, what Windows Azure is, cost savings potential, and its future direction.
Cloud computing: how will it affect my everday work life?Kosie Eloff
A presentation prepared for the 2012 Southern African Online Information Meeting, entitled "Innovation in an Age of Limits".
In this presentation, I explain how cloud computing has affected my everyday life. I also provide definitions of cloud computing, compare it to the industrial revolution, and highlight some dangers associated with this computing paradigm.
Ten Things Every Tech Savvy Exec Should KnowDeltinaU
A guide for COOs, CEOs, CFOs, or any exec looking to become tech savvy. Ten Things Every Tech Savvy Exec Should Know features information on Social Media, Cloud Computing, Mobile Apps, Advanced Analytics, Customer Relations Managers, Collaborative Technologies, Tablet Computers, E-Readers, Smart Phones, and more.
Introduction: Watson Services on IBM Bluemix Webcast IBM
Interested in building cognitive apps with IBM Watson on IBM Bluemix? Check out the replay of our Watson webcast available now on IBM Bluemix. Learn how to create a cognitive ecosystem and more.
IBM Connections and Office 365 are often considered as direct competitors. In this presentation I will describe the social capabilities of both platforms and explain why IBM Connections is much better :-)
Cloud computing: how will it affect my everday work life?Kosie Eloff
A presentation prepared for the 2012 Southern African Online Information Meeting, entitled "Innovation in an Age of Limits".
In this presentation, I explain how cloud computing has affected my everyday life. I also provide definitions of cloud computing, compare it to the industrial revolution, and highlight some dangers associated with this computing paradigm.
Ten Things Every Tech Savvy Exec Should KnowDeltinaU
A guide for COOs, CEOs, CFOs, or any exec looking to become tech savvy. Ten Things Every Tech Savvy Exec Should Know features information on Social Media, Cloud Computing, Mobile Apps, Advanced Analytics, Customer Relations Managers, Collaborative Technologies, Tablet Computers, E-Readers, Smart Phones, and more.
Introduction: Watson Services on IBM Bluemix Webcast IBM
Interested in building cognitive apps with IBM Watson on IBM Bluemix? Check out the replay of our Watson webcast available now on IBM Bluemix. Learn how to create a cognitive ecosystem and more.
IBM Connections and Office 365 are often considered as direct competitors. In this presentation I will describe the social capabilities of both platforms and explain why IBM Connections is much better :-)
Join us for a deep dive into Windows Azure. We’ll start with a developer-focused overview of this brave new platform and the cloud computing services that can be used either together or independently to build amazing applications. As the day unfolds, we’ll explore data storage, SQL Azure™, and the basics of deployment with Windows Azure. Register today for these free, live sessions in your local area.
The Windows Azure Platform is an internet-scale cloud services platform hosted in Microsoft data centers that provides an operating system and a set of developer services that can be used individually or together. The Azure platform can be used to build new applications to run from the cloud or enhance existing applications with cloud-based capabilities. The open and extensible nature of Azure’s architecture gives developers the choice to build web applications, applications running on connected devices, PCs, servers, or hybrid solutions offering the best of online and on-premises.
In this session, Wade Wegner will focus on two scenarios – new application development and the migration of existing applications. While walking through demos, Wade will discuss concepts such as application authentication and authorization, data synchronization between the cloud and on-premises databases, application integration, delegation of identity, and operations and management. Particular emphasis will be placed on the migration of existing internal applications to Windows Azure, securing applications through claims-based authentication and passive federation with Geneva Server, using relational databases in the cloud with SQL Azure, and the migration of data to the cloud through tools like SSIS.
Leverage the highly scalable Windows Azure platform and deploy your existing ASP.NET application to a new home in the clouds. This demo filled session will guide you in how to make successful use of Windows Azure’s hosting and storage platform as well as SQL Azure, the relational database in the cloud, by moving an existing ASP.NET application to a higher level.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
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All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
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This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
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What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
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Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
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https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
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From Daily Decisions to Bottom Line: Connecting Product Work to Revenue by VP...
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2. The Next Wave: Presented by John Weston IT Pro Evangelist - Microsoft Corporation http://blogs.technet.com/jweston
3. Required Setup Prior to delivery, you’ll need: A Windows Azure account Read the e-mail message found in the Demo Setup folder for instructions. The “MyTODO” application loaded See the Demo Setup document For the event, you’ll need: Internet Access* *I will be adding hidden screenshot slides to this deck, in case there are any connectivity issues.
4. Today we’ll help you answer the following questions… What is “Cloud Computing”? …and is Microsoft serious about it? What is Windows Azure? How much money will it save me? What will the Windows Azure Platform look like a year from now?
5. Agenda Windows Azure: The Introduction The Moving Parts How To Get Started The Future
6. Agenda Windows Azure: The Introduction The Moving Parts How To Get Started The Future
28. Using the Cloud for Scale Lost Business Datacenter peak load Idle time Usage Jan Apr Jul Oct
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31. Maintenance OS 1 Guest Partition Host Partition Guest Partition Guest Partition Service 1 Bits Service 2 Bits Service 3 Bits 6 Web VHD Worker VHD Worker VHD 5 Host Differencing VHD Guest Differencing VHD Guest Differencing VHD Guest Differencing VHD 4 Enterprise base VHD Server Core VHD Server Core base VHD 2 7 3 Hypervisor Physical Server Hardware CPU, memory, disk, and network
32. Agenda Windows Azure: The Introduction The Moving Parts How To Get Started The Future
33. Windows Azure Platform Compute:Virtualized environment based on Windows Server Storage: Durable, scalable, & available storage Management: Automated, model-driven service management Database:Relational processing for structured/unstructured data Service Bus: General purpose application bus Access Control: Rules-driven, claims-based access control
34. Flexible application hosting Lights-out service management Provide code & service model, hit ENTER Storage at massive scale Compute Storage Management
35. Relational database as a service Highly available, automatically maintained Extension of the SQL Server Data Platform Business Analytics Reporting Data Sync Database
36. Secure connections between services Across organizational boundaries Claims-based access control ServiceBus AccessControl
38. Service Service Service Model Your Service DNS LB Web Portal (API) LB DNS config Service Deployment Fabric Controller
39. Your Service Service DNS Service Service Service Service LB Service Service Service Web Portal (API) LB Service Scaling Model Fabric Controller
40. Your Service DNS Service Service LB Service Service Web Portal (API) ! LB Service Monitoring & Recovery Model Fabric Controller
41. Agenda Windows Azure: The Introduction The Moving Parts How To Get Started The Future
42. Windows Azure: Getting Started Introductory Special Development Accelerator Core Development Accelerator Extended Consumption (pay as you go)
43. Windows Azure Pricing Meters Elastic, scalable, secure, & highly available automated service platform Storage Per GB stored & transactions Blob & table $0.15 / GB Storage Access = $0.01 / 10K Transactions Compute Per Service Hour Starting at $0.12/service hour + Variable instance sizes Bandwidth Per GB transfer in or out of a datacenter US/EU Bandwidth = $0.10 in / $0.15 out / GB Asia Pacific = $0.30 in / $0.45 out / GB
44. Windows Azure Instance Sizes Variable instance sizes to handle complex workloads of any size Small Medium Large X Large $0.96 per service hour $0.24 per service hour $0.48 per service hour $0.12 per service hour Unit of Compute Defined Equivalent compute capacity of a 1.6Ghz processor (on 64bit platform) Small Medium Large X Large 1.6 GHz (moderate IO) 1.75 GB Memory 250 GB Instance Storage 4 x 1.6 GHz (high IO) 7 GB Memory 1000 GB Instance Storage 8 x 1.6 GHz (high IO) 14 GB Memory 2000 GB Instance Storage 2 x 1.6 GHz (high IO) 3.50 GB Memory 500 GB Instance Storage
45. SQL Azure Pricing Highly available, scalable, and self managed distributed relational database service Web Edition Per DB per Month Up to 1GB DB $9.99 + BW charges Business EditionPer DB per Month Up to 10GB DB$99.99 + BW charges Data Transfers: Windows Azure and SQL Azure data transfers within a sub-region are not subject to BW charges
46. Windows Azure Platform AppFabric Access Control & Service Bus Pricing Scalable, automated, highly available services for secure connectivity Service BusPer connection/month $3.99 connection/month (multi connection packs avail) Access ControlPer AC transactions/month $1.99/100K AC transactions(pay per use basis) 1 Prices are shown are in USD; international prices are available 2 Service Bus billing to begin April 2010
58. TCO comparison of Windows Azure platform vs. on-premises and hosting environments
59. Conversion to and estimation of on-premises solution to Windows Azure Platform services
60. Windows Azure Platform cost & price estimator”TCO tool available today: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/tco/
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63. Windows Azure: The Road Ahead Available Now Beta 1 2010 Ship in 2010 v4 “Cloud” Beta in 2010
64. Windows Azure: The Road Ahead Pre-Configured VMs Option Deployment of pre-configured VM images Maintain benefits of the Windows Azure service model Storage User-selectable geo-locations for replicas Secondary indices on tables Blobs, Tables, Queues… and now DRIVES Service management Remote terminal server access to VMs
65. Windows Azure: The Road Ahead Programming model Administrator privileges in the VM Deployment of pre-configured VM images Still obtain the benefits of the WA service model Storage User-selectable geo-locations for replicas Secondary indices on tables Blobs, Tables, Queues… and now DRIVES Service management Remote terminal server access to VMs
66. Today we’ll help you answer the following questions… What is “Cloud Computing”? …and is Microsoft serious about it? What is Windows Azure? How much money will it save me? What will Windows Azure look like a year from now?
67. Today we’ll help you answer the following questions… What is “Cloud Computing”? It’s the ability to host part or all of our application or infrastructure in “the cloud”, for the sake of dynamic scalability, lower TCO, automatic resiliency, operational vs. capital expense, etc. …and is Microsoft serious about it? We’re betting a big portion of our business on it! So… YES! What is Windows Azure? Windows Azure is Microsoft’s implementation of a solid cloud computing foundation. How much money will it save me? Consider OpEx vs. CapEx. ..and use the TCO Calculator! What will Windows Azure look like a year from now? Even more options for application, data, and virtualization deployment, plus integrated tools to monitor and dynamically scale your applications.
73. For more information… Learn more about Windows Azure: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazurehttp://windows.azure.com/ Quantify the ROI of the Windows Azure Platform with the TCO Tool: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/tco/ Search for and view the Windows Azure Platform Case Studies:http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/
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