My top blog picks from March 2018
Your shortcut to my favorite blogs and articles of the month
“I Am AI”
Th GPU Technology Conference 2018 keynote kicked off last week, showing the interesting ways AI is changing our lives. This awesome video shows many developments and real world applications of artificial intelligence. A must watch!
Azure Strategy and Implementation Guide — free download
This free e-book is great for those of you who are new to Azure or may be thinking about migrating to the cloud. The Azure Strategy and Implementation Guide for IT Organizations answers most of the questions that cloud solution architects hear on a regular basis. Enjoy this powerful tool for the cloud implementation process.
Tailor made for the Public Sector: Frame is Now Generally Available in Microsoft Azure Government
Frame has become the world’s first Desktop-as-a-Service solution to run workloads exclusively in an isolated government-only cloud. The launch of Frame on Microsoft Azure Government reflects our commitment to building a secure, next-generation end-user computing platform for government agencies.
As the only fully cloud-hosted virtual desktop solution in Azure Government, we are thrilled by the opportunity to further support public sector customers in modernizing their approach to Enterprise IT and migrating to the cloud. Check out the rest of the article by clicking on the link below.
WhatMatrix use-cases for application virtualization
Recently, the AppVirt Guru team collaborated with WhatMatrix to transform the popular feature matrix from the annual Application Virtualization Smackdown white paper into a web-based product comparison tool. In this article, you’ll get a chance to walk through some use-cases (with videos) to experiment with on WhatMatrix.
Introducing the Microsoft Windows Server 2019 preview— what‘s new?
In the article below, Microsoft discusses some new features and improvements they’ve built into Windows Server 2019. They’ve been gathering customer feedback and product telemetry since the launch of Server 2016 to make the release of Server 2019 even better.
How The Cloud Will Improve The Health Of The Animation Industry
It’s no secret that the animation industry is going through big changes. What once was an industry centered around brick and mortar studios, is now becoming more fluid and decentralized. The problem is that the fluidness of the industry isn’t in lockstep with the adoption of the technology needed to support it. Animation houses pop up and shut down, but are still anchored to hardware under desks.Ultimately, the artists themselves are feeling these growing pains. When a big studio like PDI gets shut down, whole families have to be uprooted from the Bay Area to wherever the next locality is offering subsidies to studios. The good news is that cloud technology is gaining momentum and wide adoption will greatly improve the health of the industry overall. Read more about how Nimble collective is transforming the animation industry:
NVIDIA GRID v6 — what’s new
NVIDIA brings live GPU migration and ultra-high-end workstation performance to on-premises GPU virtualization solution. NVIDIA has announced:
- Availability of new virtualization software capabilities with the NVIDIA virtual GPU March 2018 Release, including improved data center management with support for live migration of GPU-accelerated virtual machines.
- Enhanced NVIDIA GRID Virtual PC (GRID vPC) with support for multiple 4K monitors and Linux. Read more:
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