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Joseph Starwood articles
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Joseph Starwood
Worldwide Mining Industry Leader, Microsoft
Mr. Starwood serves as Worldwide Mining Industry Leader at Microsoft. He works with mining clients to align enterprise capabilities with business strategies to transform business models and operational processes and to realize value from technology investments and assets. He is a thought-leader on the Digital Sustainable Mine of the Future and his work utilizes digital twins, AI, industrial metaverse, edge computing, and more.
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Microsoft solutions are transforming the mining industry with data and AI
To accelerate transformation and achieve rapid benefits from new advances in technology, miners can adopt solutions like the Microsoft Intelligent Data Platform. With a single, flexible platform for databases, analytics, AI, and data governance, mining organizations can quickly improve agility and maximize the value of their data while minimizing cost and complexity.![Rear view of female architect in protective workwear photographing quarry through digital tablet](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/GettyImages-551349487-1-300x200.jpg)
Microsoft at World Mining Congress 2023: Accelerate innovation in mining with AI
I’m looking forward to sharing how companies can enable AI in the digital sustainable mine of the future at the upcoming World Mining Congress 2023 in Brisbane, Australia.![Close up view on a CPU with circuitry and binary numbers displayed on top of it. The scene is positioned on a blueprint surface.](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/iStock-901627692-300x169.jpg)