H&R Block’s blockbuster data strategy

By Dustin Ward

If you think your company isn’t making the most of its data, you’re probably right. Just ask H&R Block. In 2019, before most people began sheltering in place due to COVID, the company rolled out a new data platform that would allow it to digitally serve the 13 million people who usually get their taxes…

Azure high-performance computing powers energy industry innovation

By Dustin Ward

Azure high-performance computing provides a platform for energy industry innovation at scale. The rising demand for energy Global energy demand has rapidly increased over the last few years and looks set to continue accelerating at such a pace. With a booming middle class, economic growth, digitization, urbanization, and increased mobility of populations, energy suppliers are…

RoQC and Microsoft simplify cloud migration with Microsoft Energy Data Services

By Dustin Ward

This post was co-authored by Ian Barron, Chief Technology Officer, RoQC. The vast amount of data in energy companies slows down their digital transformation. Together with RoQC solutions, Microsoft Energy Data Services will accelerate your journey in democratizing access to data by providing an easy-to-deploy managed service fully supported by Microsoft. Managing large data sets…

Elevate your visualizations with Azure Managed Grafana—now generally available

By Dustin Ward

As part of our continued commitment to open source solutions, we are announcing the general availability of Azure Managed Grafana, a managed service that enables you to run Grafana natively within the Azure cloud platform. With Azure Managed Grafana, you can seamlessly and securely connect with and scale to businesses’ existing Azure services, enhancing observability…