China was one of the largest markets for public cloud services in 2020. Recently in March 2021 AWS China announced the (Ningxia) region operated by Xiyun Data will be expanded in phase two, with an expected additional plant facility area and 1.3 times the computing capacity to support phase one.…
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Modernising healthcare provider in Queensland
Australian healthcare provider transforms the its organisation. Queensland-based not-for-profit organisation, Mater has gone on a sweeping modernisation program that is transforming the way the organisation provides care to almost 600,000 patients annually across its healthcare network. With a network of hospitals across Queensland and a Mater atHome service that provides…
Read MoreBank of New Zealand plans large technical migration
Part of its parent company’s five-year strategic partnership to develop a multi-cloud ecosystem underpinned by Azure. Bank of New Zealand has signed up as the latest customer to Microsoft’s flagship New Zealand-based data centre. The agreement will see a large number of BNZ applications migrated to Microsoft’s Azure cloud, assisting…
Read MoreAlinta Energy powers ahead
Cloud-based data warehouse and AI infused analytics. Alinta Energy is one of the first companies in Australia to use Azure Synapse Analytics, the recently released next phase of Azure SQL Data Warehouse which promises a limitless analytics service bringing together enterprise data warehousing and big data analytics. The Alinta Data…
Read MoreDoctors help build smartphone app to monitor COVID-19 patients
Leverages Cloud for a Django application. One of the most pressing problems for countries all around the world has been finding a way to avoid health services being totally swamped by COVID-19. The most valuable resource in every hospital is the human factor in delivering patient care, in terms of doctors, nurses, and allied health staff encompassed with the…
Read MoreBlueScope forges enhanced analytics capability
Analytical data models which were previously managed in an on-premises Hadoop environment. Steel materials, products, systems and technologies, BlueScope plans to undergo a major data and analytics transformation, leveraging the Cloud based Azure Synapse Analytics to ensure limitless analysis capability. About 800 BlueScope analytical data models which were previously managed…
Read MoreAI chat bot to be designed for Chinese diabetes patients
AI chatbot to help Chinese paitents improve knowledge for better self-management. Healthcare company, Novo Nordisk plan to develop a Chinese-speaking, AI chatbot for diabetic patients. Combining Novo Nordisk’s expertise and experience in diabetes care, and Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform and AI services, the companies will collaborate to deliver an AI…
Read MoreBHP increases the pace of innovation with mixed reality and IoT
The Pilbara is a remote and ancient landscape in the north of Western Australia. Despite COVID-19 restrictions, Australia mining company BHP was still able to innovate during lockdown. For example, Andrew Wood a BHP mechanical fitter with 30 years’ experience under his belt and he works for BHPs iron ore…
Read MoreWestern Australia Government agencies and WA Police boost Cloud security initiatives
Ongoing digital transformation in WA requires security. When Andrew Cann was stationed as a policeman in Moora in the 1990s, Friday nights could get a little lively in the country town 180Km north of Perth in Western Australia’s wheatbelt. If he and his partner were called to a pub brawl…
Read MoreChina National Petroleum’s support team deploys Microsoft HoloLens
New capabilities to overcome space constraints needed for training within oil and gas companies with a large number of employees. CNPC Richfit, one of the fastest growing and largest information support team of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), has deployed Microsoft HoloLens to transform training programs for technicians and frontline…
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