"Use of analytics and Machine Learning has directly boosted average successful taxi bookings by 18% at peak times."
"We saw an opportunity to use technology at Kumba Iron Ore, who were overwhelmed by manual processes and multiple isolated systems while having to manage their compliance requirements for contractors and their workforce across their projects."
"Almost all of the open source software that we set up using Azure Cloud Services has worked well. We are getting fantastic performance. We haven’t had to buy more licenses than we normally would."
"We transform our cities into real smart cities. With modern sensors and the right cloud, we can make multipurpose service stations out of simple street lamps."
"We provide data to municipalities so they can, for example, mitigate the environmental impact of traffic or improve security during large events. To accomplish this, we need a powerful and secure cloud platform, which enables us to develop new usage scenarios quickly and take them to market. This was one reason for our choice of Microsoft Azure."
"I’m very impressed with Azure’s integration with Open Source technologies, and I have to say the technical help, as well as the resources, you get from BizSpark is amazing."
"The data warehouse provided by Azure SQL enables us to run our complex traceability system with large amounts of data constantly updated in real-time from anywhere in the world at a fraction of the cost."
“When a farmer like Adrien sells some of his cocoa to an export distributor, our traceability system tracks the exact amount of cocoa sold in kilograms, and validates this amount against the volume balance in his account based on the auditors’ estimated cocoa yield for his farm size. This measuring and tracking continues along the entire supply chain as the cocoa beans change hands and are ultimately purchased by a chocolate manufacturer.”
“In these biodiversity-rich regions, farms are responsible for much of the soil erosion, water pollution and wildlife habitat destruction. The Rainforest Alliance certification system encourages farmers instead to grow their crops sustainably and then links them to green consumers in global markets.”
"It saves us a lot of time and cost internally as we are able to exploit the flexibility and scalability of open source software on the Azure platform."
"Azure has proven to be a rock-solid basis for content delivery."
"The Microsoft Azure platform makes it a lot easier for us to deliver on our vision without getting stuck on the individual IT components. We can focus on our end solution and delivering real value to customers rather than on managing the infrastructure."
"There’s no lack of data in our market today and many existing systems struggle to filter the signal from the noise. Our goal is not data for the sake of data, but to embrace the cloud and analytical technologies to deliver more expert insights to the right stakeholders at the right time."
“By looking at wider sets of operating data and using machine learning and analytics to spot subtle correlations, we can optimize our models and provide insight that might improve a flight schedule or a maintenance plan and help reduce disruption for our customers.”
"The Azure platform … allowed us to do rapid development and rapid deployment…. That translated into a much faster time-to-market and more efficient use of our engineers."