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University of the Aegean developed Fire App to help fight wildfires with data
When wildfires strike, all eyes turn to the clouds, hoping for a downpour that will quench the flames. Now, wildfire
University Transforms Life Sciences Research with Big Data Solution
DNA sequencing analysis can lead to medical and pharmaceutical breakthroughs, but it requires supercomputing resources and Big Data storage that
Preventing flood disasters with Cortana Intelligence Suite
Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) are collaborating with other researchers, federal agencies, commercial partners, and
Coventry University Hits £1 Million Savings Goal with Virtualised Network
When the Coventry University IT team was asked to cut £1 million from its budget, it turned to virtualisation technologies.
University Gains Cost-Effective Disaster Recovery Solution
Marquette University didn’t have an effective disaster recovery process in place because of the high cost and IT time required
University of Washington is predicting ocean chemistry using Microsoft Azure
Ocean acidification is an emerging global problem, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Scientists are just starting
Microsoft and the Federal University of Minas Gerais help predict traffic jams
More than half of the world’s population now lives in cities and suburbs, and as just about any of these
Major Jordanian University Uses Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure For Flexible IT
BAU (Al Balqa’ Applied University) believes it is the first University in Jordan to harness Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform to
University of Stirling and Microsoft Azure helping to untangle airports
Nobody likes a delay at the airport.  Many of us have spent time buckled up, ready for takeoff, wondering why
Brazilian scientist use Azure Cloud Computing to Understand Cloud Forests
The Brazilian Cloud Forest Sensing Project is studying how cloud forests function in response to climatic variability. The project deployed