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Infinite Reality announced our strategic partnership with Google! This 5-year partnership will help accelerate iR's offerings through Google Cloud's world-class cloud infrastructure and AI offerings. This partnership has far-reaching benefits for all of Infinite Reality's business operations and it's significance is exemplified through iR Studio. iR Studio is a revolutionary product where immersive content is authored and published for direct delivery through a web browser. It is the single place where the most amazing technologies converge to provide experiences unachievable with the web technologies of the past. Powered by Google Cloud, we are building out product offerings to transform the way people interact with such as how SMBs approach #eCommerce through immersive shopping using #iREngine and generative #AI agents to increase the efficiency and personalization of their customers' shopping experiences. This is just the beginning and the possibilities for our general purpose platform extend beyond shopping into #DigitalTwins, #CustomerService, #Education through our unique ability to recreate and augment digital media in a way reserved only for the most well-funded businesses in the past. Our #Sports and #Entertainment use cases allow every event to turn into a global experience with limitless attendance, audience engagement, and exclusive content. Stay tuned and get ready to see how we harness the power of these technologies to empower our customers to build experiences they never thought possible. Infinite Reality's leadership team has been working tirelessly to make this deal happen to enable this future. Thank you in particular to Rachel Jacobson (Rosen), Melanie Wallner, our new partners at Google Cloud, and our CEO, John A. for the leadership to make this happen. Full release: https://lnkd.in/gUyeEYcP

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IBM THINK is happening now in Boston…. Enterprise Customers are firmly supporting a number of key priories regarding AI. 1). TRUST is critical. Both the data used to train models and the governance used to ensure they act consistently in accordance with policies, intent and regulatory environments. 2) OPEN provides critical flexability to use the right model - for the right use-cases. 3) ECONOMICS matter - to go from pilot to production requires both a compelling aggregate business case and efficient inferencing unit-costs.

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🎯We’ve been counting down the days to introduce Copilot agents, an innovation that redefines the way we automate and execute business process. Copilot is the new UI for AI, breaking down silos between work artifacts, communications and business process 🎯    🔗https://lnkd.in/gV5SzduT   #copilot #businesstransformation #AI 

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At Microsoft, with each emerging technology, with each new opportunity, we ask ourselves an important question: how can we advance sustainability? Today, I am excited to share our 2024 Environmental Sustainability Report. Since setting our ambitious targets in 2020, we have shared an annual snapshot of our progress and learnings in hopes that we might also help others on their sustainability journey. Over the last four years since setting our commitments, we have worked together to overcome bottlenecks and have accelerated progress in meaningful ways. The innovation and collaboration driven by our employees, partners, customers, Climate Innovation Fund portfolio companies, and so many more are what make progress possible. Ambitious sustainability targets require ambitious action. I invite you to read the report to learn more about our journey and continue this path with us to help create a more sustainable future. Our 2024 Environmental Sustainability Report: https://lnkd.in/ewD7M8As #MSSustainability

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Many customers are wondering where they should build their LLMs and if that is going to be able to retain business context of the data and the underlying business logic. With the integration of generative AI models from Amazon Bedrock, SAP customers will be able to access high-performing LLMs and other foundation models to build applications customized with their own data - Making it even more easier for our customers to embed GenAI in the context of their business processes.

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Super excited about this talk! I'm going to dive into some of the work we've done under the covers in AWS, in services like Lambda, Aurora, and DynamoDB, to make them even more resilient, and how to apply those same techniques in your own systems.

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Thrilled to have completed and received my certification for the MIT Professional Education - Applied Generative AI for Digital Transformation course! 🎉 Learning how AI is transforming industries has been incredibly inspiring. In today's fast-paced industry, staying ahead of the curve is a must. Continuous learning is not just a buzzword, it's a necessity. #GenerativeAI #MIT #NeverStopLearning #FutureOfWork

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Microsoft’s annual Work Trend Index report released today, with this edition offering a broad view of how AI is not only reshaping work, but the labor market overall. There’s so much in here but a big headline is we now see 75% of knowledge workers using AI at work, doubling in just six months! People are finding AI saves them time, boosts creativity, and allows them to focus on their most important tasks. If you are interested in how AI is changing the workforce, there is so much in this WTI report – check it out. #microsoft365

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Adobe's AI is insanely cool! Check out this great conversation between Adobe's President, Anil Chakravarthy, and Bloomberg on the topic. #Adobe #AI #Firefly #Bloomberg

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I had a great time speaking at Silicon Valley Leadership Group's Tech & Innovation Summit at the Amazon offices in Palo Alto earlier this month. I shared some of the highlights from Microsoft and LinkedIn’s 2024 Work Trends Index report, which showed how AI is influencing the future of work. My call-to-action slide was a reminder that inaction on the part of leadership isn’t an option. Leaders need to lean into AI to help their organizations best leverage the benefits of AI. This really comes down to three things: identify a business problem and apply AI to solve it; encourage top-down, bottoms-up conversations about AI; and prioritize AI training.  #AI #SVLG #Microsoft #FutureOfWork #WTI

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Learn about the #OCI Supercluster, which combines tens of thousands of processors with high-speed networks and remote direct memory access and storage—all in a single system. https://lnkd.in/gRjZ_paF

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🚀 Microsoft FY25 Q1: The Pulse of Progress! 🚀 Microsoft Teams usage is at all-time highs—showing that the way we work, connect, and communicate is evolving, and Teams is leading that charge. 💼✨ What stands out this quarter? Nearly 75% of our Teams Enterprise customers now invest in Teams Premium, Phone, or Rooms to elevate their experience even further! From AI-powered meeting recaps to seamless cross-company collaborations, Teams is becoming the backbone of enterprise communication, driving efficiency and empowering teams like never before. 🌐📲💡 At Microsoft, we’re thrilled to see the impact Teams has in transforming workplaces globally. This is more than a tool—it’s a platform that scales with your business needs, adapts to your workflows, and ultimately makes work work better. 🔥 Here’s to even more milestones as we continue to innovate and push boundaries. Let’s keep raising the bar! #MicrosoftTeams #MSFTResults #FY25Q1 #FutureOfWork

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We are seeing incremental improvements and quantum leaps in performance and productivity since Gen AI took us by surprise. The accessibility of AI tools has raised consumer expectations to higher standards. They now demand hyper-personalised experiences that also feel highly conversational. While this creates incredible opportunities for innovation, it also puts immense pressure on enterprises to deliver increasingly sophisticated experiences. But the human element in AI will always remain crucial. The most effective technologies will understand each person’s needs, context, and behaviours, then deliver personalised, accurate, and trusted experiences, while also optimising for business outcomes. This is the moment of achieving coherency. This is something that is not humanly possible without AI, or the other way around. #artificialintelligence #customerexperiences #generativeai

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Our ambitious 2030 sustainability targets require continued innovation across every aspect of our operations with leaders like Mark Russinovich leaning in from across the company and sharing what we learn along the way.    Learn more about how we’re advancing the sustainability of AI by redesigning our infrastructure systems, from datacenters to servers to silicon, with efficiency and sustainability at the forefront. In part 1 of this two-part series Mark shares how we are innovating to reduce energy intensity and power requirements of cloud and AI workloads. https://lnkd.in/ghgcSdF2

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It's AANHPI Heritage Month but we create our history daily individually, as a community, and through allyship. A few reminders on how everyone can become active contributors to inclusion and growth: 👉Educate ourselves and others to be active mythbusters regarding the different stereotypes the AANHPI community faces > from yellow peril, perpetual foreigner, model minority, to crazy rich asians. 👉Recognize the diversity across AANHPI > are there hierarchies of centering and diminishing within this wide affinity group? 👉Practice calling-IN versus calling-out challenges (it takes all of us). 👉Note the shared wins and struggles with other recovering/silenced communities. 👉Our AspirASIAN ERG is focused on coalition building and solidarity across all ERG’s and affinity groups within Dataiku.

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I am starting the week inspired after two incredible days in New York at the Google Cloud ISV Forum. The event featured a select audience and highly curated content. Here are some key takeaways from the speakers: ➡ Dai Vu shared insights on the newly released Marketplace Channel Private Offer (MCPO), calling it a game changer. By allowing customers to pay channel partners directly outside of the marketplace, the channel can account for the entire deal amount, not just their margin. I'm excited to see the multiplier effect of MCPO, especially once service bundling becomes possible. ➡ Scott Barneson emphasized that the Google Cloud Marketplace is the preferred go-to-market route for ISVs, highlighting two key levers: PULL: Customer commitments and drawdowns + Marketplace Customer Credit Program (MCCP) Resellers/SIs: enabling customers to purchase through their channels and access end-to-end solutions PUSH: ISV partners: 42% faster deal closure, 35% higher win rate, +32% deal size Google Cloud Sellers: quota attainment and acceleration of first-party service adoption ➡ Stephen Orban underscored the significant opportunity that commit drawdowns represent for ISVs, noting Google Cloud's $72.5B revenue backlog. Additionally, the co-sell Total Addressable Market (TAM) of $176B for cloud-running B2B enterprise software is a substantial opportunity for ISVs to tap into. ➡ Doruk Aytulu shared that despite the challenging macro environment, with two wars on their borders, Europe remains a fertile ground for global ISVs to expand and that his EMEA team prioritizes Marketplace expansion and are closely aligned to support ISVs and boost marketplace adoption. ➡ Michale Clark and Jim Anderson reaffirmed the North America GTM team's unwavering commitment to supporting partners aiming to succeed and differentiate their business with Google Cloud. Lastly, it was great to connect with all the Googlers there including Chelsea Berlucchi (who has been an awesome MC), Pete Henderson, Brian Kane, Jason Lenk, Alex Penn, Jennifer Carbone and spend time with our partners such as the awesome the DoiT team (Steve Mills, Shirley Zhou, Holly Klein) Finally the view from the Google office is gorgeous. What a gem! Erin Figer John Jahnke Sanjay Mehta Brian Denker

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Check out Fast Company's feature to learn how Microsoft's partnership with Khan Acadamy will empower teachers with a free AI assistant called Khanmigo, as announced at #MSBuild! Educators, whether you need lesson ideas or test questions, Khanmigo’s got your back. #MSBuild #MSFTadvocate #ai

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🔍 🤖 We just improved our AI by introducing "Ground with Google Search" in Vertex AI, empowering businesses to enhance their Gemini models with robust search grounding capabilities. This feature ensures that AI outputs are accurate and deeply integrated with enterprise-specific data through advanced retrieval augmented generation (RAG) techniques. The integration extends to major databases such as AlloyDB and BigQuery and enterprise applications like Workday and Salesforce, ensuring that AI models are deeply connected to various data sources. https://ow.ly/UEv150REev0 #GenerativeAI #AIIntegration #DataDrivenDecisionMaking

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