Robotics Business Review

APRIL 23, 2024

Source: Business Wire Rockwell Automation yesterday announced that it is working with Microsoft “to enable intelligent factories by simplifying complexity and helping empower customers to achieve sustainability goals and operational excellence.”

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Gary Mintchell

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

He chatted with Judson Althoff of Microsoft about their partnership over the years. They worried me talking about industrial metaverse, which is so 2022, but then moved the conversation to the Microsoft Co-Pilot and how the companies are working together to exploit generative AI for industrial usage. Vintage (pun) Microsoft.

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Gary Mintchell

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

I have made a little use of that technology for research. However, I have two pieces of news about Microsoft partnering with its Generative AI with industrial software companies. Microsoft and Siemens are deepening their partnership by bringing the benefits of generative AI to industries worldwide. This one is with Siemens.

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Design World

MAY 3, 2023

At the recent Hannover Fair industrial trade show in Hannover, Germany, more than 130,000 attendees from across the globe came together to experience the latest technology and products over the five day event.

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Manufacturing & Logistics IT

MAY 21, 0220

ConsenSys, in partnership with LVMH and Microsoft, has announced AURA, a platform that aims to serve the entire luxury industry with powerful product tracking and tracing services, based on Ethereum blockchain technology and utilising Microsoft Azure.

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Gary Mintchell

JULY 20, 2022

layan Arkan, Vice President, Global Strategy and Sales Lead, Manufacturing and Supply Chain at Microsoft, a few years ago. Checking through Microsoft press information recently, I came across his blog reporting from Hannover in May. Microsoft continually releases products designed to empower workers at all levels.

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Gary Mintchell

MAY 1, 2023

This news highlights further enhancement of Siemens’ long-standing relationship with Microsoft. Siemens and Microsoft are integrating Siemens’ Teamcenter software for product lifecycle management (PLM) with Microsoft’s collaboration platform Teams and the language models in Azure OpenAI Service as well as other Azure AI capabilities.

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E&T

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Microsoft is following in the footsteps of its rivals and jumping into the production of homegrown artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductors for its cloud infrastructure. The two models are expected to debut in some Microsoft data centres at the start of 2024. The two new chips are named Azure Maia 100 and Cobalt 100.

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Automation World

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

An update on two of the more high-profile integrations between Microsoft's artificial intelligence and operations technology software from Aveva and Siemens.

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Gary Mintchell

MARCH 10, 2023

Microsoft is the first cloud provider to integrate the new set of network APIs into their cloud platform through the Microsoft Azure Programmable Connectivity Software Development Kit (SDK). The CAMARA initiative consists of network operators, cloud providers, application developers and technology and operating system vendors.

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Manufacturing Tomorrow

AUGUST 17, 2023

Orbbec and Microsoft's collaboration marks a new era of accessibility for AI developers to tap the power of 3D vision for their applications.

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Gary Mintchell

JANUARY 4, 2023

I actually thought that the whole DCOM technology situation was over. That is an old Microsoft Windows technology long since passed by in usefulness. As we often say, technologies change slowly in industrial and manufacturing applications. I first wrote about Velta Technology last September.

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Gary Mintchell

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Now it’s available on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace on a pay-as-you-go plan. Adding this listing to Azure’s marketplace provides an additional avenue for access, bringing additional flexibility to architectures and opening up even more possibilities for innovation,” says Kevin McClusky, Chief Technology Architect, Inductive Automation.

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Canadian Manufacturing

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

TORONTO — Ontario Power Generation and Microsoft have announced a partnership aimed at tackling climate change and driving sustainable growth across Ontario. Microsoft will procure Clean Energy Credits (CECs) sourced from OPG’s carbon-free hydro and nuclear assets in Ontario on an hourly basis.

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Robotics Automation News

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Rockwell Automation has extended its longstanding relationship with Microsoft to accelerate industrial automation design and development through generative artificial intelligence. The companies are combining technologies to empower the workforce and accelerate time-to-market for customers building industrial automation systems.

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Canadian Manufacturing

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Seneca Polytechnic is among the first Canadian postsecondary institutions to bring Microsoft Azure AI technologies to its students. “Seneca shares a student-first approach, and that’s the foundation of our collaboration with Microsoft to harness the power of AI to enrich our polytechnic education for students.”

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AU Manufacturing

AUGUST 3, 2022

Microsoft has been announced as the first ‘Constellation Partner’ at the National Space Industry Hub (NSIH) delivered by Cicada Innovations, in a significant demonstration of growing industry support for Australia’s emerging space industry. Microsoft will be the exclusive Constellation Partner in the ‘cloud technology’ category.

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Gary Mintchell

MAY 7, 2024

Interoperability forms a key feature for useful technology. Or much of our industrial technology—much, but far from all. The drive of technology application suppliers for proprietary lock in is strong. Think of train rail gauges. Or shipping cargo containers. Many will open up only as much as customers demand immediately.

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Gary Mintchell

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Regardless, the use cases still abound for the technology. The results demonstrate that industries are embracing IIoT technologies and moving towards full implementation and deployment of IIoT solutions. Microsoft Azure (18%) is the leading cloud provider for IIoT systems, followed by Amazon Web Services (17%), and multi-cloud (14%).

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E&T

JANUARY 19, 2023

Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella confirmed the company's plans to reduce its workforce during the global economic slowdown, following similar action taken by Meta and Amazon. Microsoft , which employs more than 220,000 people worldwide, including 6,000 in the UK, will lay off 10,000 employees by the end of September 2023.

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Canadian Manufacturing

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

SAN ANTONIO — Frost & Sullivan has recognized Microsoft with the 2023 Global Company of the Year Award. To maximize the value it delivers, Microsoft recently launched Teams Premium which makes meeting, calling, webinar, and virtual appointment experiences more intelligent, personalized, and secure.

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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

San Antonio, TX — September 7, 2023 — Frost & Sullivan continually monitors connected work trends and, based on its research, has recognized Microsoft with the 2023 Global Company of the Year Award. Microsoft is at the leading edge of innovation and has profoundly impacted the business communications and collaboration space.

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E&T

APRIL 26, 2023

The decision was taken after Microsoft "failed to address" the concerns expressed by the CMA in February, following an investigation over the deal that would have seen Xbox-maker Microsoft acquire hit titles such as Call of Duty and Candy Crush in the “biggest takeover in tech history”.

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Automation Mag

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Rockwell Automation and Microsoft are collaborating to enhance industrial automation design and development through generative artificial intelligence (AI). It will also empower seasoned engineers to accelerate development and mentor newcomers on a learning path more efficiently and effectively.

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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

APRIL 3, 2024

Major players like Microsoft, Google Cloud, and Amazon continued to focus on their cloud platforms, while vendors such as Cloudera, Snowflake, and Talend emphasized on data integration and ingestion. Oracle Health, ServiceNow, Microsoft, and NTT emphasized integrated cloud-based offerings for payer and provider collaboration.

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AU Manufacturing

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Tim Shaw, a cloud architect at Microsoft , highlighted the capabilities of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central to generate a 360-degree view of a business’ overall data that can be shared throughout the organisation in real-time.

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E&T

JANUARY 26, 2023

ChatGPT's owners OpenAI recently received a huge cash boost from Microsoft, who said it was making a "multi-year, multi-billion dollar investment" in the artificial intelligence startup. Microsoft described its new agreement as the third stage of a growing partnership with San Francisco-based OpenAI that began with a $1bn investment in 2019.

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Robotics Business Review

MAY 7, 2024

SoftBank Group led the round, which also included new investor NVIDIA and existing investor Microsoft. “AI “The potential of this type of technology is transformative; it could eliminate 99% of traffic accidents. “The potential of this type of technology is transformative; it could eliminate 99% of traffic accidents.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Microsoft, OpenAI Startup Fund, NVIDIA, Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund, Jeff Bezos (through Bezos Expeditions), Parkway Venture Capital, Intel Capital, Align Ventures, and ARK Invest were among the investors. “Our Pratt brings more than 20 years of experience in humanoid development to Figure as chief technology officer.

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AU Manufacturing

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Media Release by SOCO SOCO will be hosting the event “Charging into the Future: Modern ERP for Manufacturers” on Wednesday, 8 March 2023 at the Microsoft Melbourne office. This event is supported by Microsoft and Ingram Micro, the world’s largest distributor of information technology products.

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Automation Mag

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

OPC UA shared in a press statement that its board of directors established a working group to ensure it is well-suited for Metaverse use cases after Dr. Holger Kenn of Microsoft discussed the need for a standardized Metaverse solution in October 2022.

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Canadian Manufacturing

AUGUST 23, 2023

TORONTO — Meeranda, a privately held Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions provider, serving both Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) and Global Multinational Corporations (MNCs), announced its acceptance into the Microsoft for Startups program. ” Meeranda will commence its Seed Funding round by the end of August.

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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

MAY 10, 2024

UCC encompasses a wide array of technologies, including email, voice, video conferencing, presence management, team messaging, group chat, and mobility, all seamlessly integrated together and with horizontal and vertical industry business platforms.

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Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

MARCH 28, 2024

The medium and heavy commercial vehicles industry is being transformed by advanced telematics and connectivity technologies. HERE Technologies HERE showcased its Advanced Traffic Patterns system that utilizes extensive data collected from onboard sensors, telematics systems, and mobile devices, amounting to trillions of data points.

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Gary Mintchell

JANUARY 30, 2024

With a total investment of a low double-digit million EUR amount, the company is strengthening its commitment to the digital transformation of industrial working environments and the convergence of Information and Operation Technology (IT & OT).

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E&T

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Microsoft has announced it will leverage the success of OpenAI's ChatGPT technology, incorporating it into a new version of its search engine Bing. The move has been seen as a threat to Google, which currently has dominance in web search, and has also recently announced the development of its own AI-powered chatbot technology, Bard.

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Robotics Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

This episode offers an intriguing look into how technology and agriculture are influencing the future of food production, from overcoming design limits to investigating creative alternatives. Figure said it will use Microsoft Azure for AI training, storage, and servers. based company is now valued at $2.6

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