How SMBs can benefit from better analytics and AI with a trusted data foundation

Small- and medium-sized businesses need better analytics and AI too. But before you can maximize the value of your data, you need a trusted data foundation. #microsoftfabric

Small- and medium-sized businesses need better analytics and AI too. But before you can maximize the value of your data, you need a trusted data foundation. #microsoftfabric

Small- and medium-sized businesses need better analytics and AI too. But before you can maximize the value of your data, you need a trusted data foundation. #microsoftfabric

Small- and medium-sized businesses need better analytics and AI too. But before you can maximize the value of your data, you need a trusted data foundation. #microsoftfabric

Big news from FabCon Vienna: Yesterday, Microsoft announced that CluedIn is about to enter General Availability (GA) on Microsoft Fabric. So what does this mean? - CluedIn is to be one of just a small number of workloads natively visible inside Fabric - Anyone opening Fabric can now access CluedIn, right there on the page - Every Fabric user can instantly spin up a free CluedIn account Why is this important? This marks a huge step in our journey with Microsoft and our mission to make automated data cleansing available in Microsoft Fabric, using our AI to detect and resolve quality issues. We’re proud to be building alongside the Microsoft ecosystem and even prouder of the impact this will have for customers. Are you ready to ground your enterprise in clean, connected, governed data that's delivered faster than ever before? #CluedIn #MicrosoftFabric #AI #DataManagement #Azure #Fabcon

Daily AI Business Update — quick hits Microsoft × SentinelOne: Deeper AI-security partnership toward real-time detection and autonomous response at scale by 2026. (Source: SentinelOne–Microsoft integrations) Amazon: “Amazon Q Business for Retail Intelligence” gives merchants a gen-AI analytics suite to speed insights and lift conversions. (Source: AWS) Google × Mayo Clinic: Teaming up on AI-driven cancer-detection models with real-world deployment targets; research momentum building. (Source: Mayo/coverage) Cognizant: Deploying 1,000 “Context Engineers” with Workfabric AI to capture workflows and industrialize agentic AI. (Source: Cognizant) Subscribe for the daily update Sources Sources Microsoft × SentinelOne integrations: SentinelOne on Azure AD & Zero Trust (press/blog) and Microsoft Entra partner note. https://lnkd.in/gMKgqF2x https://lnkd.in/gk5t42Hh Amazon Q Business for Retail Intelligence (AWS blog): https://lnkd.in/gC27JXQR Google × Mayo Clinic background & recent coverage: https://lnkd.in/gJ36RUdr https://lnkd.in/gDDJ7pqr Cognizant 1,000 Context Engineers (press): https://lnkd.in/gzP4hbAF

We’re living through the fastest technology adoption in business history. But speed has created the biggest measurement crisis enterprises have ever faced. The next 18 months will separate the leaders who can prove impact from those left behind. The $644 Billion Blind Spot: Enterprise AI Reaches Its Measurement Moment https://lnkd.in/eQAQ2Csw

Microsoft to tap Anthropic. Model Layer is coming in tech stack and enterprises will prefer multiple model options and so hyperscalers will also work with all AI models. My PoV included in Computer World news today. https://lnkd.in/ge-ASHs7

Blueprint #59 for any ITDM and developer looking to use AI while managing strict data residency requirements Blueprint: An instance of Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) is deployed within the local country's data center. ➝ A user makes a call that requires real-time translation. ➝ The audio stream is processed entirely within the GDC environment. ➝ Speech-to-Text and Text-to-Speech services, along with Vertex AI translation models running on GDC, handle the translation. ➝ The translated audio is sent back to the user with super-low latency, delivering the AI service while guaranteeing all data remains in-country to comply with sovereignty regulations. CC Brian Kracik Rohan Grover Angelo Libertucci Muninder Singh Sambi

Agent Factory: Top 5 agent observability best practices for reliable AI Ensuring the reliability, safety, and performance of AI agents is critical. That’s where agent observability comes in. The post Agent Factory: Top 5 agent observability best practices for reliable AI appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.