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data (“cold data”). queries from Time Series Insights into the upcoming general availability of Azure
Flexible cold storage: Historical data is Power BI to get a unified view in a single Sphere in February 2020. Enabling a future
stored in a customer’s own Azure Storage pane of glass. Through our Express of intelligent and secure computing at
account, giving customers complete Logic acquisition, Azure RTOS continues the edge for organizations, enterprises
control of their IoT data. Data is stored to enable new intelligent capabilities. It and consumers will require advances in
in open source Apache Parquet format, unlocks access to billions of new connected computer architecture all the way down
enabling predictive analytics, machine endpoints and grows the number of to the chip level, with security built in from
learning and other custom computations devices that can seamlessly connect to the beginning. Microsoft Azure Sphere
using familiar technologies including Azure. Renesas is a top microcontroller is taking a holistic approach to securing
Spark, Databricks and Jupyter. unit (MCU) manufacturer that shares the intelligent edge and IoT from the
Rich analytics: Rich query APIs and user our vision of making IoT development as silicon to the cloud in a way that gives
experience support interpolation, new easy and seamless as possible, and we customers flexibility and control. For
scalar and aggregate functions, categorical are excited to announce that Azure RTOS example, Qualcomm recently announced
variables, scatter plots, and time shifting will be broadly available across Renesas’ a partnership with Microsoft to develop
between time series signals for in-depth products, including the Synergy and RA mobile hardware for Microsoft’s Azure
analysis. Enterprise-grade scale: Scale MCU families. It is already integrated into Sphere IoT operating system. Microsoft
and performance improvements at all the Renesas Synergy Software Package enables digital transformation for the era
layers, including ingestion, storage, query and will be integrated out of box with the of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent
and metadata/model. Renesas RA Flexible Software Package. edge. Its mission is to empower every
Extensibility and integration: Making IoT more secure person and every organization on the
New Time Series Insights Power BI We have added support for national planet to achieve more.
connector allows customers to take clouds, and we are excited to announce

Commercial Bank of Dubai Adopts the Microsoft Cloud to Accelerate

Digitization

In a further boost to its digital transformation initiative,
Commercial Bank of Dubai (CBD), one of the leading banks in
the UAE, today announced its partnership with Microsoft for the
deployment of mission critical workloads on Azure Cloud aligned
with the cloud strategy. The announcement comes after the
recent launch of Microsoft’s two new cloud regions in the UAE,
one in Dubai and one in Abu Dhabi that will aim to serve Middle
East organizations by empowering them to avail the Microsoft’s
trusted and intelligent cloud availing high performance, scalability,
security, data residency and the broadest compliance standards.
Dr. Bernd van Linder, Chief Executive Officer of Commercial Bank
of Dubai, said: “As part of our commitment of becoming a ‘default
digital’ bank, we are pleased to partner with Microsoft to leverage
the Microsoft Azure Cloud, which will help us increase our
business efficiencies, support digital culture change and better
meet our customer needs.” “CBD has been focusing on digital Cloud services. “The UAE’s Financial Services Industry, in recent
transformation across all business lines, and this partnership will times, has exponentially prioritized the culture of innovation
further reinforce our position as a digital and innovation leader in across its different line of businesses, and banks like CBD have
the financial industry, underscored by Microsoft’s investment in been at the frontier of this effort to achieve the vision of a truly
security, transparency and regulatory compliance” he added. CBD digital bank,” Said Sayed Hashish, General Manager, Microsoft
has been implementing several initiatives to promote innovation UAE. “The Microsoft Azure cloud will deliver on CBD’s vision to
across the financial services industry and particularly in the area digitally transform itself into a modern banking institution that can
of digitization to deliver engaging customer experiences. The adapt and respond to the ever-changing customer needs.” CBD
adoption of the Microsoft Azure cloud will further enable the bank will be one of the first financial institutions in the UAE to leverage
to modernize its technology landscape, enhance its performance, Microsoft’s new cloud regions in the UAE. The Microsoft Azure
reinvent customer engagement and promote innovation within cloud is home to several digitally innovative organizations across
the entity. The move will also boost CBD’s existing innovative the Middle East, as they seek to better engage their customers,
initiatives such as Fraud prevention, AML, conversational banking empower employees, optimize operations and reinvent products
user experiences, AI and analytics using the Microsoft Azure and services.

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