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Arena is a digital media and entertainment startup based in Los Angeles. The Arena platform allows fans to interact with one another during live events. Working with sports like UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship), Arena gives fans a place to connect that’s not as cluttered as Twitter or Facebook, and that focuses just on the live event. Arena boasts some impressive audience numbers, saying they have more than 700,000 monthly active users and had over 100,000 uniques for a single UFC event. The startup is building widgets to allow websites and blogs to host Arena chats directly on their sites. And Arena hopes to be at 10 million monthly active users in the next 12 months.Join Jerry Nixon as he welcomes Arena’s CTO, Rodrigo Reis and Sr. Technical Evangelist from Microsoft, Martin Schray to the show as they discuss how Microsoft and Arena worked together to help streamline and accelerate Arena’s deployment process – from staging to production - using Azure App Service and GitHub. [2:44] What does Arena do?[4:40] Can you describe the project that Microsoft and Arena worked on together to solve?[6:56] How did the migration from AWS to Azure work out?[12:08] How would you rate the entire process?[14:54] How automated is the new process and how will this impact Arena?[17:30] How did being a TechStars graduate impact Arena?[19:19] What's next for Arena?If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Websites & Blogs: Jerry Nixon's BlogMartin Schray on TwitterArena

SureSpot brings parking into the future. From stadiums, airports, amusement parks, and malls to public parking garages, there are millions of parking spots around the country – however, the current model for the parking industry is antiquated and highly inefficient. With the new SureSpot Terminal and Online Booking System, drivers will be able to reserve parking spots in multiple ways like booking online directly from their home PC, tablet, or smartphone. Join Jerry Nixon as he welcomes Diego Rodriguez, Chief of Technology at SureSpot and Sr. Tech Evangelist from Microsoft, Paul DeCarlo to the show as they discuss how SureSpot adopted Power BI Embedded reports and Microsoft Azure to help their online parking reservation service. [2:50] What does SureSpot do?[6:51] How does SureSpot work? What technology is involved?[7:43] Can you describe how Microsoft helped improve some of the day-to-day operations?[10:01] What were some of things you were hoping you'd discover with this huge amount of data you were collecting?[11:10] In general what are some barriers that most companies encounter when trying to utilize their data?[13:10] How flexible and useable was Power BI in this project? And how much more likely will SureSpot be using it in the future?If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Websites & Blogs: Jerry Nixon's BlogPaul DeCarlo’s BlogSureSpot

You’ve written the perfect app, and now you feel trapped to whatever platform it was written on. Developers, does this nightmare scenario sound all too familiar? Welcome AppScale to save the day! Join Jerry Nixon and Bruno Terkaly as they welcome Chandra Krintz from AppScale to the show as they discuss how AppScale provides the portability to move applications from cloud to cloud such as Microsoft Azure. [2:42] Who is AppScale? What do you do?[4:08] What does AppScale mean for developers?[5:19] How does this work? What's the technology behind this?[6:48] What's the impact of having the ability and freedom to move my apps around?[7:26] How does this work on Azure?[8:52] What advice would you give developers today who are just starting out with the development of their app?[10:24] What kind of apps can AppScale support?[11:20] What's the process look like? How does one get started with AppScale?[17:45] How are apps bound by data governance in places like China and Germany?[19:20] What resources are available to developers who are interested in getting started with AppScale?[20:39] What's next for AppScale?If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Websites & Blogs: Jerry Nixon's BlogBruno Terkaly’s BlogAppScale

It’s time consuming, costly, and difficult for farmers to measure and regulate pH levels in their plants throughout the day and across the lifecycle of a plant. Indeed, pH levels are one of the key factors in plant health. Join Jerry Nixon as he welcomes the team from Costa Farms and Microsoft as they describe how they developed an Azure IoT Hub solution with pH sensor devices that incorporates Stream Analytics, Twilio and SQL Azure, where the end result will help Costa Farms increase revenue and profitability by using modern technology in agriculture & farming. [1:31] What does Costa Farms do?[3:40] What problem were we trying to solve here with this project?[5:31] What kind of solution did you develop?[9:01] How did you handle the amount of data that was being collected from the plants?[11:20] How was the collaboration experience between Costa Farms and Microsoft?[13:18] From a Business Intelligence perspective, how do you envision using this influx of data?[14:15] How does this data get relayed back to the plant growers?[16:15] Why didn't you use a Rasberry Pi for this project?[17:40] How long did it take to complete and what tools did you use to handle the management of the project?[25:47] What's next for Costa Farms?If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Websites & Blogs: Jerry Nixon's BlogBlain Barton @blainbarDavid Crook @Data4BotsJoe Raio ‎@joescarsCosta Farms

Urban refugees make up 80 percent of the 650,000 registered Syrian refugees living in Jordan, and two-thirds of refugees worldwide. Yet their access to aid is far below the level of camp-based refugees. A group of university students in Boston, Massachusetts decided to band together and leverage innovative technologies to develop a mobile, cross-platform app that will be used by non-camp, urban Syrian refugees living in Amman, Jordan, to locate non-governmental organizations and service providers. Join Jerry Nixon as he welcomes the team from Urban Refuge as they describe how they worked with a team of Microsoft Technical Evangelists to help create this cross-platform app using Xamarin. [6:48] Tell us about Urban Refuge. What do you do?[10:20] How has smart phones impacted refuges?[12:25] Let's talk about what's powering this app. How did you go about building an app that could run on any device?[17:42] How can you service this type of world-wide app?[22:30] What part of this app do you think will make the biggest difference?[28:26] What's the future for Urban Refuge?If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Websites & Blogs: Jerry Nixon's BlogJames Sturtevant’s BlogUrban Refuge

Brain Tunnelgenix Technologies Corp (BTT Corp) is a med-tech company with offices in the US and Brazil. They have a biological discovery patent on the Brain Thermal Tunnel and are developing several solutions around this to help improve your health through continuous monitoring of your brain temperature. BTT treats brain temperature like a multichannel signal and uses this to perform analysis and pattern recognition to further insights into customers’ health on a personalized basis. Join Jerry Nixon as he welcomes Robert Ortega, CTO of BTT Corp, and the team from Microsoft – David Crook and Yun Chou - as they discuss how by working together they developed an Azure IoT solution to help with brain thermal tunnel pattern recognition. [1:50] Tell us a little bit about the project?[3:30] What kind of device are you using to capture this information from the brain?[5:20] How does Azure Machine Learning play into this?[6:29] While you were working on the data models, did anything jump out at you as surprising?[9:50] What is your hope for the future with this data model? Is it living up to your expectations now?[15:50] How long did this project take?[18:37] If someone wanted to get started with their own version of this project, where should they go?If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Websites & Blogs: Jerry Nixon's BlogDavid Crook @Data4BotsYung Chou, @yungchouBrain Tunnelgenix Technologies Corp (BTT Corp)

Lab4U is an award winning, Chilean startup on a mission to improve science education with their new mobile apps which are designed to make it easy and inexpensive to bring lab experiences into the classroom by leveraging the built-in sensors found in smartphones and tablets. Join David Giard as he welcomes CEO and Co-Founder Komal Dadlani – as they discuss how they leverage and array of Microsoft Azure’s powerful tools and resources to help deliver their solution to classrooms across the globe. [1:04] What does Lab4U do?[2:51] What tools are you using to build these applications?[4:24] How has your experience been with the Microsoft BizSpark program?[5:40] Why is this so important for teachers and students?[7:26] What’s next for Lab4U? Follow the conversation @bizspark Become a Fan @ facebook.com/bizspark Join our LinkedIn Group Subscribe to our YouTube videos Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Websites & Blogs: David Giard's BlogLearn more about Lab4UVideos: (Part 1) Women Building the Future – An Interview with Tereza Nemessanyi(Part 2) Women Building the Future – An Interview with Bernadine Brocker, CEO of Vastari(Part 3) Women Building the Future – An Interview with Diana Paredes, CEO of Suade(Part 4) Women Building the Future – An Interview with Jennifer Whaley, CEO of Pose a Pet(Part 5) Women Building the Future – An Interview with Luan Cox, CEO of Crowdnetic(Part 6) Women Building the Future – See how UAE's startup Nabbesh gives opportunities to women freelancers.

ATADATA is a U.S. based startup that developed automation software which helps organizations discover and migrate live server workloads – regardless of the OS or database type - across a wide variety of different infrastructure architectures. Join David Giard as he welcomes the team from ATADATA – Charles Wright and Ian Easton – as they discuss how they leverage Microsoft Azure as well as Microsoft’s BizSpark program for their fast growing startup. [1:19] What does ATADATA do?[4:50] What technology do you use for ATAData?[8:08] How's your experience been with the Microsoft BizSpark program? Follow the conversation @bizspark Become a Fan @ facebook.com/bizspark Join our LinkedIn Group Subscribe to our YouTube videos Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Websites & Blogs: David Giard's BlogLearn more about ATADATA Videos: (Part 1) Women Building the Future – An Interview with Tereza Nemessanyi(Part 2) Women Building the Future – An Interview with Bernadine Brocker, CEO of Vastari(Part 3) Women Building the Future – An Interview with Diana Paredes, CEO of Suade(Part 4) Women Building the Future – An Interview with Jennifer Whaley, CEO of Pose a Pet(Part 5) Women Building the Future – An Interview with Luan Cox, CEO of Crowdnetic(Part 6) Women Building the Future – See how UAE's startup Nabbesh gives opportunities to women freelancers.

Fanband lets you customize the theme of your Microsoft Band with your favorite sports team, video game, tv show, and more and is the Top Downloaded and Rated app for the the Microsoft Band for Windows, iOS and Android users. Join Jerry Nixon as he welcomes Scott Peterson, Founder and Lead Developer of Liquid Daffodil and Sr. Tech Evangelist from Microsoft, Paul DeCarlo to the show as they discuss the inner workings of how fanband became a cross-platform application with the help of Xamarin Tools as well as how the team utilized the HockeyApp SDK to build crash and custom analytics reporting. [1:18] What is Liquid Daffodil?[4:09] So let's talk about fanband. What does it do and how does this work?[6:57] What was the challenge you were trying to solve?[8:40] So how did you get started creating a cross-platform app?[17:32] One of the biggest challenges for app developers is communicating with their users. How do you tackle this problem?[27:55] With the information that comes out of HockeyApp --- who does it help more? The end-user or the developer?If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Websites & Blogs: Jerry Nixon's BlogPaul DeCarlo’s BlogLiquid Daffodil

A cloud-based SaaS platform that people can interact with by email, an iOS device or the web, Tribe is a cross-platform task manager application that works across desktops, mobile devices, and directly inside your email. Tribe makes collaboration easy by allowing people to share deliverables across a wide range of interfaces with a dashboard-like project management tool which synchronizes interfaces allowing for simple and fast problem solving. Join David Giard as he welcomes the team from Tribe – Henry Vasquez, Sam Harris and Oliver Stahl – to the show as they discuss their startup beginnings, challenges and early success stories all while leveraging Microsoft’s BizSpark program. [0:37] What does Tribe do?[7:02] What's your experience with TechStars?[8:02] How has Microsoft helped you and your company?[10:35] Tell us about the tech you're using to power Tribe?[13:10] What's next for Tribe?[16:30] David, here's a question for you :) What have you seen is the most valuable assistance given to startups? Follow the conversation @bizspark Become a Fan @ facebook.com/bizspark Join our LinkedIn Group Subscribe to our YouTube videos Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes, Windows Phone Marketplace or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Websites & Blogs: David Giard's BlogLearn more about TribeVideos: (Part 1) Women Building the Future – An Interview with Tereza Nemessanyi(Part 2) Women Building the Future – An Interview with Bernadine Brocker, CEO of Vastari(Part 3) Women Building the Future – An Interview with Diana Paredes, CEO of Suade(Part 4) Women Building the Future – An Interview with Jennifer Whaley, CEO of Pose a Pet(Part 5) Women Building the Future – An Interview with Luan Cox, CEO of Crowdnetic(Part 6) Women Building the Future – See how UAE's startup Nabbesh gives opportunities to women freelancers.