All articles by date
IoT (and more) with Azure Digital Twins
As the Industry 4.0 concepts mature, we will look at the Azure edition of Digital Twins. The definition of Digital Twins assumes the digital representation of real-world things’ (or people’s) properties, either in real time (for control and predictive maintenance) or in simulations to acquire and test behaviors before actual deployment. As such, Azure Digital Twins are closely related to Azure IoT services; however, they could do a bit more, as we will see in this blog article.
A New AI Approach to Modelling Uncertain Knowledge in Medicine
How can AI-based systems compensate for the deficiencies of human reasoning when dealing with statistical or incomplete data is of interest? This is particularly relevant in areas where wrong decisions have far-reaching consequences, such as medicine.
Patient care of the future – Digital Health Solutions with Azure Health Data Services
Not only since the beginning of the Covid pandemic has the healthcare sector been facing a various challenges. Here, digitalisation and the use of modern technologies such as artificial intelligence or machine learning offer numerous opportunities and potentials for increasing efficiency, reducing errors and thus improving patient treatment.
Evaluate with matrices – The perfect decision matrix
A not inconsiderable part of the work of a software architect consists of comparing different solution alternatives with each other. Decision tables or evaluation matrices are often used for this purpose, whereby both terms are usually used synonymously. This article aims to provide an insight into two basic approaches and to evaluate them according to their suitability.
Tester Teatime (Part 1): The myth of “historical software growth” put to the test
“Historical software growth” is often used as an argument when a deviation is found in a piece of software that cannot or should not be corrected immediately. This article shows what this saying actually means and how it can be dealt with professionally and effectively in a project.
Generate test data with Oracle SQL
Many projects work with databases, and of course the performance of the system has to be tested. Usually, smaller amounts of data are entered by means of manual tests, but how do you get bulk data?
Distributed Work – An Experience Report on the Practical Application of Remote Mob-Testing
In this article we take a look at our latest ZDI online campus event for internal training, where our colleagues held a Remote Mob-Testing Workshop. We present our experiences on that and give some best practices.
UI-Dev Session (Part 2) – Experience report from everyday project life
The UI dev session has become a tried and tested tool in our projects. In this blog post, I report on our experiences with it – away from theory, towards practice.
UI-Dev-Session (Part 1) – Efficiently Solve UI Errors in the Team
This article shows how you can solve UI errors quickly and efficiently in a UI Dev session while promoting the collaboration in the team.
MAUI – More than an island
Microsoft is expected to release a new, unified UI platform for all systems in November 2021 under the resounding name MAUI, or in full “.NET Multi-Platform App UI”. In this article, we will look at the features of the tool known so far.