Making a Difference

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IT Sligo: levelling the playing field in education with cloud technology

“When it comes to learning new technologies, having the space to explore and play around is very important. With the solution we’ve put in place, our students now have that possibility. They can learn in their own time, from anywhere.” Shaun McBrearty, Assistant Lecturer in Computer Science at IT Sligo is explaining how teaching and […]

Shilpa  France-Miller

Shilpa France-Miller

Microsoft Education, Western Europe

Accelerating Cloud Adoption in European Research and Education: The OCRE 2024 Framework and Microsoft Azure

Accelerating Cloud Adoption in European Research and Education: The OCRE 2024 Framework and Microsoft Azure

Streamlining Cloud Procurement and Empowering Innovation Across Europe European research and education institutions are increasingly turning to cloud-based solutions to enhance their capabilities, drive innovation, and foster collaboration. At the heart of this transformation is the OCRE (Open Clouds for Research and Education) initiative, an EU-compliant framework managed by GÉANT and designed to make cloud […]

Shilpa  France-Miller

Shilpa France-Miller

Microsoft Education, Western Europe

Microsoft and Quantum Computing

How to build a quantum computer

Professor Leo Kouwenhoven is a key member of Microsoft’s quantum team – and leads a team of researchers and engineers at the Microsoft Quantum Lab in Delft, in the Netherlands. We asked Professor Leo why it’s so difficult to build a quantum computer. Why is it so hard to build a quantum computer? We don’t […]

Leentje Chavatte

Leentje Chavatte

Microsoft, Data & AI and Digital Transformation

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