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GLP Works with Foundry for AI by Rackspace (FAIR) Experts to Integrate Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service to Drive Innovative Asset Management Strategies

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Monday, April 8, 2024

A Generative AI-enabled intelligent system was developed by integrating Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service.

Key Points: 
  • A Generative AI-enabled intelligent system was developed by integrating Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service.
  • The system is capable of deep diving into its data to answer complex business inquiries.
  • GLP is currently rolling out the chatbot to the rest of the organization," said Miao Song, Global Chief Information Officer, GLP.
  • We are committed to supporting organisations such as GLP in their journey to leverage Generative AI solutions responsibly and securely.

ICAS Redefines Accountancy Training in UK First

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Monday, March 25, 2024

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland ( ICAS ) has today announced the biggest shake up in how it trains accountancy students in its 170-year history.

Key Points: 
  • The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland ( ICAS ) has today announced the biggest shake up in how it trains accountancy students in its 170-year history.
  • The new syllabus will make sure that the Chartered Accountant (CA) qualification remains relevant in an evolving global business landscape and from 22 March, ICAS students will learn through a UK first training model.
  • Bruce Cartwright CA, CEO at ICAS said: “Throughout our 170-year history, ICAS has constantly reinvented itself to remain relevant in an ever-changing world.
  • Training with ICAS will also mean that students can study online, but also access in person workshops and tutor time.

EasyVista Launches Platform Updates Including New Discovery Module

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024

EasyVista, a leader in end-to-end IT service management, has launched new product updates – the first in their series of major software enhancements for 2024.

Key Points: 
  • EasyVista, a leader in end-to-end IT service management, has launched new product updates – the first in their series of major software enhancements for 2024.
  • Previous features and updates for 2023 included XLA, AIOps with short-term and threshold predictions, a WhatsApp integration, new PowerBI reports, advanced user forecasting, and much more.
  • EV Discovery V1 brings IT asset discovery and begins introducing dependency mapping, with additional dependency mapping features slated to roll out later in 2024.
  • Additionally, EV Pepper AI, the AI layer of the EasyVista platform, will provide realistic value for specific use cases to customers.

Userful Revolutionizes Healthcare with First-of-its-Kind Data Dashboards for Mission-Critical Operations

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Monday, March 11, 2024

Userful Corporation™, a leading provider of IT solutions for core enterprise operations, unveils its groundbreaking data dashboards solution, modernizing visual information distribution for mission-critical healthcare operations.

Key Points: 
  • Userful Corporation™, a leading provider of IT solutions for core enterprise operations, unveils its groundbreaking data dashboards solution, modernizing visual information distribution for mission-critical healthcare operations.
  • Leveraging the Userful Infinity Platform, this industry-first solution empowers healthcare professionals to dramatically improve service quality and patient outcomes.
  • Userful's data dashboards solution is transforming healthcare operations:
    Reduce wait times: Monitor patient flow and optimize scheduling to minimize patient frustration.
  • Userful will showcase its data dashboards solution through exclusive executive meetings at HIMSS 2024, demonstrating its commitment to innovation in healthcare operations.

Maestro Launches ESG Survey Module for Private Equity Firms Looking to Measure and Track ESG Efforts and Commitments Across Portfolio Company Holdings

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024

NEW YORK, April 2, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Maestro, the value creation platform for the private equity industry, today announced the introduction of a new in-platform ESG survey module that enables private equity sponsors to capture, analyze, and visualize ESG-related metrics, initiatives, and activities within individual portfolio companies. Using the new ESG module, sponsors can design customized surveys, field those surveys to the desired respondents at relevant companies, collect and aggregate responses, generate visually compelling dashboards using embedded Power BI, and immediately convert survey results into actions and initiatives. As all activity lives within the Maestro platform, surveys can easily be repeated or replicated to track performance over time.

Key Points: 
  • As all activity lives within the Maestro platform, surveys can easily be repeated or replicated to track performance over time.
  • Two-thirds of respondents to a Bain study of LP investors confirmed that ESG considerations play a role in their investment policies.
  • By establishing benchmarks and tracking performance with a regular cadence, sponsors can better gauge ESG efforts for individual companies or across their portfolios.
  • In addition to informing ESG actions and initiatives, sponsors can also use the Maestro ESG module and its integration with Microsoft PowerBI to generate reports for boards and limited partners.

Neo4j Announces Collaboration with Microsoft to Advance GenAI and Data Solutions

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024

SAN MATEO, Calif., March 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Neo4j®, a Graph Database and Analytics leader, announced a collaboration with Microsoft to deliver a unified data offering that addresses customers' critical data needs for Generative AI (GenAI). Specifically, the collaboration will see Neo4j's powerful graph capabilities natively integrated into Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service to seamlessly combine structured and unstructured data, and enable customers to uncover hidden patterns and relationships within their data for better insights and decision-making, all as part of a comprehensive solution.

Key Points: 
  • Microsoft Fabric is an AI-powered analytics platform that enables everything from data movement to data science, real-time analytics, and business intelligence.
  • Developers can implement Azure Data Factory to ingest data from OneLake into Neo4j , extract data from Synapse Data Warehouse using the Neo4j data warehouse connector , run Graph Data Science algorithms from Synapse Data Science Notebooks , and leverage Power BI to build interactive dashboards on Neo4j Knowledge Graphs .
  • For more information about Neo4j's collaboration with Microsoft, read our blog post or visit the Neo4j booth #307 at Microsoft FabCon , March 26-28.
  • "Our collaboration with Neo4j represents a significant step forward in delivering innovative data solutions that will enable businesses to unlock new opportunities and drive digital transformation in the GenAI era."

Neo4j Announces Collaboration with Microsoft to Advance GenAI and Data Solutions

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024

SAN MATEO, Calif., March 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Neo4j®, a Graph Database and Analytics leader, announced a collaboration with Microsoft to deliver a unified data offering that addresses customers' critical data needs for Generative AI (GenAI). Specifically, the collaboration will see Neo4j's powerful graph capabilities natively integrated into Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service to seamlessly combine structured and unstructured data, and enable customers to uncover hidden patterns and relationships within their data for better insights and decision-making, all as part of a comprehensive solution.

Key Points: 
  • Microsoft Fabric is an AI-powered analytics platform that enables everything from data movement to data science, real-time analytics, and business intelligence.
  • Developers can implement Azure Data Factory to ingest data from OneLake into Neo4j , extract data from Synapse Data Warehouse using the Neo4j data warehouse connector , run Graph Data Science algorithms from Synapse Data Science Notebooks , and leverage Power BI to build interactive dashboards on Neo4j Knowledge Graphs .
  • For more information about Neo4j's collaboration with Microsoft, read our blog post or visit the Neo4j booth #307 at Microsoft FabCon , March 26-28.
  • Today's announcement underscores how our partners, Microsoft and Neo4j, enable SaaS businesses like ScribeStar to provide powerful solutions to discover complex relationships within our data.

Bigeye Launches Bigeye Dependency Driven Monitoring to Ensure Reliable Analytics

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Monday, March 25, 2024

SAN FRANCISCO, March 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Bigeye announces the availability of Bigeye Dependency Driven Monitoring .

Key Points: 
  • SAN FRANCISCO, March 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Bigeye announces the availability of Bigeye Dependency Driven Monitoring .
  • When compared with other data observability approaches, Bigeye Dependency Driven Monitoring provides:
    Faster time to value and improved trust for data consumers.
  • For data consumers, Bigeye will display data health updates directly in their analytics dashboard, providing instant insight into whether or not their analytics are reliable.
  • Bigeye Dependency Driven Monitoring is powered by Bigeye Lineage Plus, a complete data lineage technology built to handle the largest, most complex enterprise pipelines.

Kanerika Boosts NorthGate's Business Performance with Data Analytics Transformation

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Thursday, March 21, 2024

With a fragmented data infrastructure, dispersed across multiple systems, including MS Dynamics ERP, SQL Server, Office 365, etc., NorthGate faced hurdles in achieving cohesive reporting and analytics, severely impacting its strategic decision-making.

Key Points: 
  • With a fragmented data infrastructure, dispersed across multiple systems, including MS Dynamics ERP, SQL Server, Office 365, etc., NorthGate faced hurdles in achieving cohesive reporting and analytics, severely impacting its strategic decision-making.
  • Kanerika tackled the fragmented data dilemma by meticulously streamlining disparate data sources into a single, unified platform.
  • Nicole Wellman, Operations & IT Executive at NorthGate, stated, "Our experience with the Kanerika team exceeded our expectations at every turn.
  • Bhupendra Chopra, CRO, Kanerika, reflected on the project's success, "Our work with NorthGate exemplifies how we leverage top tools like Microsoft Power BI to drive amazing business outcomes.

Microsoft and NVIDIA announce major integrations to accelerate generative AI for enterprises everywhere

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Monday, March 18, 2024

New NVIDIA generative AI Microservices for enterprise, developer and healthcare applications coming to Microsoft Azure AI

Key Points: 
  • New NVIDIA generative AI Microservices for enterprise, developer and healthcare applications coming to Microsoft Azure AI
    REDMOND, Wash. and SAN JOSE, Calif., March 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- At GTC on Monday, Microsoft Corp. and NVIDIA expanded their longstanding collaboration with powerful new integrations that leverage the latest NVIDIA generative AI and Omniverse™ technologies across Microsoft Azure, Azure AI services, Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft 365.
  • "AI is transforming our daily lives — opening up a world of new opportunities," said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA.
  • At NVIDIA GTC , Microsoft is demonstrating a preview of what is possible using Omniverse Cloud APIs on Microsoft Azure.
  • NVIDIA GPUs and NVIDIA Triton Inference Server™ help serve AI inference predictions in Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365.