Episode 455 - Azure ML in the real world

<p>In this episode we chat with Andr&eacute;s Padilla and Meer Alam about practical use of AI and ML systems.&nbsp; Examples of this are discussed around autonomous drone / delivery models and the various components in Azure that make this a seamless, scalable and sustainable experience.</p> <p>&nbsp;<img src="http://azpodcast.azurewebsites.net/image.axd?picture=%2f2023%2f03%2fandres.jpg" alt="" width="60%" height="60%" /><img src="http://azpodcast.azurewebsites.net/image.axd?picture=%2f2023%2f03%2fmeer.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p>Media file:&nbsp;<a href="https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode455.mp3">https://azpodcast.blob.core.windows.net/episodes/Episode455.mp3</a></p> <p>YouTube:&nbsp;<a href="https://youtu.be/0Y_jeCWZn38">https://youtu.be/0Y_jeCWZn38</a></p> <p>Resources:</p> <p><a href="https://customers.microsoft.com/en-us/story/1569428314103514552-drone-express-travel-transportation-azure-en-united-states">https://customers.microsoft.com/en-us/story/1569428314103514552-drone-express-travel-transportation-azure-en-united-states</a></p> <p><a href="https://github.com/Azure/KAN">https://github.com/Azure/KAN</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Other updates:</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-storage-blog/cost-saving-with-standard-ssd-billing-caps/ba-p/3758792">Azure Disks Standard SSD billable transaction cap blog (microsoft.com)</a></p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-login-and-tdeenabled-database-migrations-with-azure-database-migration-service/">Public preview: Login and TDE-enabled database migrations with Azure Database Migration Service | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure</a></p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/general-availability-customer-initiated-storage-account-conversion/">General Availability: Customer Initiated Storage Account Conversion | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure</a></p> <p style="margin: 0in; 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font-size: 11.0pt;" lang="en-GB">Image captioning, customisation, improved learning, smaller datasets, higher quality.</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;" lang="en-GB">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;" lang="en-GB"><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-illumio-for-azure-firewall/">Public preview: Illumio for Azure Firewall | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure</a></p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;" lang="en-GB">Zero Trust segmentation; single holistic view of traffic with real time visibility of interaction and dependencies; test firewall changes before deploying; across all 3 skus of firewall</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;" lang="en-GB">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;" lang="en-GB"><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-azure-monitor-managed-service-for-prometheus-now-supports-querying-promql/">Public Preview: Azure Monitor managed service for Prometheus now supports querying PromQL | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure</a></p> <p style="margin: 0in; 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