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Unlock the potential of your students with Microsoft’s new Learning Accelerators

Personalized learning is a goal that educators everywhere have been trying to achieve for years. But the pandemic shone a light on the complexity of that challenge for teachers, who face a more diverse set of student needs than ever before.  Because delivering a truly personalized learning experience for every student has traditionally required lots […]

Leinster Rugby: building lasting relationships with fans 

Leinster Rugby, a powerhouse of professional rugby in Ireland, is constantly trying to improve how they manage fan engagement and the match day experience for their fans.   That’s why, Leinster Rugby engaged Microsoft Partner BearingPoint as their official Innovation Partner. A key objective of that partnership would be to explore technology that could help Leinster […]

Bringing auto-scaling to online retail

Underpinning the growth of the next generation of e-commerce unicorns, IRP trusts Azure as a secure, scalable platform on which to build.    Belfast-based IRP offers a cloud-based eCommerce platform to growth-focused businesses, covering every stage of the customer journey from awareness through to conversion. It harnesses the power of Azure to enable data-driven growth […]

Game-changer AI tool will save mothers and babies

A new prototype AI diagnostic test for pre-eclampsia developed by a multi-disciplinary Irish team will hopefully save thousands of lives around the world. Preeclampsia affects 1 in 10 pregnancies and causes the deaths of at least 50,000 mothers and 500,000 babies worldwide every year. It is a serious pregnancy complication and diagnosis remains a significant […]

Creating a ‘treasure trove’ of trusted data for AI developers in Ireland

Every day, developers and researchers across Ireland are finding creative ways to leverage AI to solve tough societal challenges and unlock business innovation. Whether they’re training a computer vision model to identify washed up waste  on our beaches or developing a machine learning algorithm to process business expenses through scanned pictures of receipts, they need […]

Microsoft Ireland Alliance for Good Launches to Find Technological Solutions to Societal Issues

Collaborating with Industry Partners to Innovate for Social Good After six months of learning, researching, working and fun together, I am delighted to share the outcomes of some great work that Microsoft has been involved with here in Ireland. I am incredibly proud of what’s been achieved by this community and I’m excited about the […]

How Microsoft became an Intelligence Driven Organization – and how your business could do the same

Microsoft has learned how to make digital transformation work, not just from projects undertaken with customers, but also by committing to its own transformation journey. Digital transformation may be a buzzword, but that doesn’t make it meaningless. Far from it – a journey of transformation can open up infinite possibilities for organizations of any size […]

Ireland Has a Bright AI Future

I’m looking forward to participating on a panel discussion at this year’s AI Summit to discuss how Ireland can be more successful with AI. The first thing to note here is that industry research places Ireland’s pace at adopting AI as a little slower than other Europe regions. This is based on a number of factors from regulatory issues […]

Climate-conscious utility companies are becoming data-smarter. Here’s why.

Ever been hit by a pang of guilt after realising someone accidentally left the lights on all day at home, wasting energy? Well, what if you were responsible for allocating power to 1.5 million homes instead? That’s a lot of lights and a lot of energy that needs to be optimised to be there when […]

Overcoming a sea of data with Microsoft Azure

With 12,000 ships certified, DNV GL’s job of ensuring they’re built safely and remain safe should be overwhelming, especially with the more than 50,000 inspections it must carry out each year. However, by making use of machine learning algorithms in Microsoft Azure, the company is not only increasing efficiency and satisfying its customers, but it’s […]