EdTech Insight – Extend Copilot for Sales with custom data and insights from your own apps

by EdTechMate | May 31, 2024 | Harvard Business Review, News & Insights

Executive Summary and Main Points Copilot for Sales utilizes AI to synthesize internal and external data, offering a transformative approach to enhancing customer interactions within the sales process. Important features include enriched email summaries, prepared...

EdTech Insight – Azure AI Search Database Selection: Optimizing Performance and Scalability for Your Business

by EdTechMate | May 31, 2024 | Harvard Business Review, News & Insights

Executive Summary and Main Points Emerging technologies such as Azure AI Search, Azure OpenAI, and the Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) pattern provide a robust framework for generative AI applications across various industries. Key innovations in database...

EdTech Insight – Introducing Personal Data Encryption for developers

by EdTechMate | May 30, 2024 | Harvard Business Review, News & Insights

Executive Summary and Main Points In the evolving landscape of international education and its digitalization, Personal Data Encryption (PDE) APIs using Windows security features like BitLocker offer a new tier of data protection. These innovations are part of a suite...

EdTech Insight – Hibernation support now available for Azure Virtual Desktop

by EdTechMate | May 30, 2024 | Harvard Business Review, News & Insights

“`html Executive Summary and Main Points The general availability of hibernation support for Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) heralds a significant advancement in virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), enabling the persistence of a virtual machine’s (VM’s)...

EdTech Insight – AI Will Increase the Quantity — and Quality — of Phishing Scams

by EdTechMate | May 30, 2024 | Harvard Business Review, News & Insights

Executive Summary and Main Points The landscape of cybersecurity within global higher education is reaching a critical turning point due to advancements in artificial intelligence (AI). The latest developments in AI, specifically large language models (LLMs) such as...

EdTech Insight – The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: What U.S. Employers Need to Know

by EdTechMate | May 30, 2024 | Harvard Business Review, News & Insights

Executive Summary and Main Points The recent enactment of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) and subsequent regulations through the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) marks a significant shift in the accommodation of pregnancy-related conditions...