David Starr's Blog

26 Jun

2018

Microsoft Azure Industry Experiences

By: David Starr Category:Azure

I am fortunate enough to have recently been hired at Microsoft as a Solutions Architect in the Industry Experiences team within the Cloud and AI organization. Our team is responsible for helping companies adopt and thrive on Azure by focusing on solving problems for specific industries like Health and Life Science (my focus), Insurance, Banking […]

23 Jun

2018

Using or Abusing Technology

By: David Starr Category:General Post

There has been a lot of attention lately about what companies are doing with their technology and products. Specifically, there have been several instances of hi-tech employees revolting against their own companies selling systems that are used by ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) because ICE has been separating families in detention centers. And this isn’t […]

16 May

2018

Microsoft’s New Direction on Display at //build/ 2018

By: David Starr Category:Microsoft

Microsoft’s @Satya Nadella has made it clear Microsoft is transforming itself into a cloud, Machine Learning, and AI company. This change was on full display at Microsoft’s annual recent //build/ 2018 event, held for developers and technology leaders. The 3 days were packed with sessions on Microsoft’s cloud offering, Azure, and the services it offers. […]

9 May

2018

Data, data, data. //build/ Day 3

By: David Starr Category:Azure

So many of us think of Azure as a great storage platform, and it is. With many offerings tailored to meet your specific needs. Even so, there are also many offerings that go beyond storage and can completely revamp your ELT/ETL scenarios. There are several technologies mentioned here that aim to help developers do what Microsoft […]

8 May

2018

//build/ 2018 – Day 2

By: David Starr Category:Azure

Today I am attending Day 2 of //build/ 2018 and plan to just give a quick summary of each session I attend today. Let’s see if I can keep it manageable . I’ve designed my day around Azure, where amazing things are happening enabling scenarios I could never have imagined I’d be working with until […]

7 May

2018

Build 2018 Keynote

By: David Starr Category:Azure

One of the great things about working at Microsoft is getting a chance to attend Build 2018 over the next 3 days. Thanks to my team, Industry Experiences, for the opportunity. I’m the new guy still learning about AI, Machine Learning, after all. With all the announcements on the Azure blog today, there is little […]

7 May

2018

Build Conference Report – AI and Cognitive Services

By: David Starr Category:Azure1 Comment

I am at build 2018. On the stage right now, I am watching a deaf man speak in English with a man who is speaking Chinese. They are using the same app and that is just cool I don’t care who you are. 1 million developers are using cognitive services. Why? Because it isn’t just […]

26 Apr

2018

Architecting Azure

By: David Starr Category:Azure

I recently rejoined Microsoft, this time as an architect on the Industry Experiences team. Our charter is to help companies implement solutions on Azure. We work with specific industry verticals like manufacturing (IoT), healthcare, insurance, financial services, etc. We provide several services including writing very specific industry use cases of Azure within the industries and […]