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 Orbital Ground Station as Service extends life and reduces costs for satellite operators

By Dustin Ward

How can Microsoft empower satellite operators to focus on their mission and enable them to continue the operation of their satellites, without making capital investments in their ground infrastructure? To answer that question, Microsoft worked alongside the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and our partner Xplore, to demonstrate how the commercial cloud can provide…

Genomic analysis on Galaxy using Azure CycleCloud

By Dustin Ward

Cloud computing and digital transformation have been powerful enablers for genomics. Genomics is expected to be an exabase-scale big data domain by 2025, posing data acquisition and storage challenges on par with other major generators of big data. Embracing digital transformation offers a practically limitless ability to meet the genomic science demands in both research…