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Ballard Chalmers’ Managing Director taking part in The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride

19/09/2018

On 30 September 2018, Ballard Chalmers’ Managing Director, Andrew Chalmers will be taking part in The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride to raise awareness for prostate cancer and men’s health. Together with 49 other riders, Andrew will be riding his Triumph Bonneville Bobber motorcycle in the local Sevenoaks Ride, as part of an international motorcycle riding event that is aiming to raise US$6 million worldwide for its official charity partner, The Movember Foundation.

Andrew has set himself the goal of raising £1,000. If you would like to support Andrew and help him reach his fundraising goal for this worthwhile cause, you can do so by visiting his page on The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride website here.

Microsoft acquires AI tool Lobe

17/09/2018

Microsoft has announced its acquisition of Lobe, a drag and drop AI tool. Easy to use, Lobe gives users the ability to build custom deep learning models, quickly train them, and ship them directly in an app without writing any code.

To learn more about this acquistion, read the Microsoft blog, Microsoft acquires Lobe to help bring AI development capability to everyone. To learn more about Lobe visit lobe.ai.

Watch the live stream of .NET Conf 2018 here on ballardchalmers.com

12/09/2018

Starting this afternoon at 16:00 BST, Ballard Chalmers will be hosting a live stream of .NET Conf 2018.

A free, online conference hosted annually by Microsoft, .NET Conf is for everyone in the .NET community and this year is happening 12-14 September. Ballard Chalmers has been given the go ahead from Microsoft to broadcast the live stream here on our website and we welcome you to watch it with us here.

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Microsoft Ignite, 24 – 28 September 2018

10/09/2018

Microsoft Ignite is an annual conference for developers and IT professionals. The event this year is happening in Orlando, USA from 24 – 28 September and will begin as always with a keynote from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Sessions will include topics about data center modernisation, cloud modern app development, Azure AI and running Azure at scale.

For those not attending in person you can watch the keynotes and sessions live by visiting the Microsoft Ignite website (registration required).

Azure Stack: Place it where you need it

03/09/2018

Microsoft Azure Stack is a hybrid cloud platform that enables you to deliver Azure services in your datacentre.

In an Azure Friday episode titled “Azure Stack – An extension of Azure,” Scott Hanselman (Principal Program Manager at Microsoft) and guest Ultan Kinahan (Azure Architect on the Global Black Belt team at Microsoft) discuss how Azure Stack is a consistent cloud platform that you can place where you need it, regardless of connectivity. This episode offers a great overview for those who would like to learn more about the capabilities of this technology and how it could help your organisation. Watch the episode here on Microsoft Channel 9.