Wednesday, October 27, 2021
Up-to-date infographic
Azure SQL databases are always up-to-date. When you migrate SQL Server databases to the Azure cloud, you can adopt Azure SQL Database managed instance for evergreen SQL that never needs to be patched or upgraded along. At the same time, you gain end-to-end SQL Server Engine compatibility for migration without code changes.
Common myths (and facts) about open source
For some companies, the idea of adopting open-source software doesn't seem viable. There are many myths about open source, but the truth is that it can facilitate security, be easy to maintain and integrate, and scale to whatever heights you require.
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Why You Need an Open Source Software Strategy
Collaboration helps drive innovation, which is why open-source software is the future of digital technology. In 2020, there were more than 1.9 billion global open-source contributions. When facing a new technological challenge, open source can be the key to unlocking new opportunities—but it's critical to have a
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
Shipping company navigates to the cloud, boosts security, cuts operating costs by 50%
Qatari shipping and maritime company Nakilat has one of the world's largest fleets of liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers, transporting LNG from Qatar to global markets. To increase its competitive advantage, Nakilat wanted to improve employee productivity and mobility, without compromising on data security. It uses Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Cloud App Security to deliver highly secure cloud-first workplaces—shipboard and in the office. Nakilat also adopted the Microsoft Azure platform to optimize its operations and improve business continuity, reducing operating costs by 50 percent. See more in this video.
How blockchain will transform the modern supply chain
Contemporary supply chains have opened up a world of connected commerce far beyond what previous generations imagined possible. Traditional methods for managing shared processes - such as manual inspections, after-the-fact audits, and record reconciliation - are expensive, time-consuming, and error-prone. Modern supply chains demand a better solution. Blockchain is a secure, shared, distributed ledger that allows for supply chain visibility. It is uniquely positioned to help create trust, transparency, and accountability between many parties in supply chain scenarios.
What is digital transformation? A necessary disruption
Digital transformation, accelerated during the pandemic, is redefining the way companies use technology, people, and processes to apply new business models and discover new revenue streams—while striving to meet constant changes in customer expectations surrounding products and services.
The digital transformation consists of five basic steps, starting with the alignment of objectives with business goals.
Emerging technology and revamped processes are important for digital transformation—but nothing is more important than having staff with the right sets of skills. From software engineers to data scientists and UX designers, each plays a key role in the success of digital transformation within a company.
Review the five steps for digital transformation, find real-world examples, and see which pitfalls you'll need to avoid.
Reduce up to 80% in administration costs by offloading server/storage infrastructures
When you offload server/storage infrastructures to Azure, you can reduce up to 80% in administration costs.
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Microsoft Threat Protection stops attack sprawl and auto-heals enterprise assets with built-in intelligence and automation
Attackers will cross multiple domains like email, identity, endpoints, and applications to find the point of least resistance. Today's defense solutions have been designed to protect, detect, and block threats for each domain separately, allowing attackers to exploit the seams and threshold differences between solutions—leaving the business vulnerable to attack. Microsoft Threat Protection stops attack sprawl and auto-heals enterprise assets with built in intelligence and automation. Read on to learn more.
Tustin school district brings advanced, inclusive learning to high schools with Microsoft Surface Pro
After testing four different tablets in their schools, the Tustin Unified School District found Microsoft Surface Pro to be the best choice for its high school teachers and students. In this video, see how Surface was able to increase productivity across the board and empower students with different accessibility needs and learning styles.
Monday, October 25, 2021
Pandora streamlines global operations using Microsoft technology
Pandora is disrupting and transforming the jewelry industry by making beautiful jewelry an affordable luxury. Experiencing explosive growth, the company turned to Microsoft to help it establish global processes, streamline operations, and gain business insights. With Microsoft cloud services—including Microsoft Azure, Office 365, and Microsoft Dynamics solutions—Pandora better connects and serves its retailers, wholesalers, franchisees, and consumers worldwide to further its competitive edge.
Risk management best practices
Part of the natural landscape of every business is risk—some level of uncertainty that comes from not knowing how events will unfold as you and your team innovate. However, understanding risk management best practices can help anticipate potential issues and develop a plan.
From securing cloud-based options to identifying cyber threats and other financial crimes, risk management is crucial in building business agility.
Review our latest infographic to learn what you can do to minimize risks and reduce your exposure across key aspects of your business.
Financial tech company gains SQL Server performance and scalability on Linux
The dv01 financial reporting and analytics platform offers institutional investors transparency and insight into consumer lending markets. Based initially on PostgreSQL and Redshift data warehouse, the dv01 applications began to run slower as complexity increased. After exploring multiple solutions, dv01 eventually moved to Microsoft SQL Server 2016 running on Azure Virtual Machines. This move provided the scalability it needed to handle rapid growth, reduce query response time from 30 seconds to 1-2 seconds, and cut management time by 90 percent.
Systems Imagination uses SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters to deliver cutting-edge medical insights
Systems Imagination uses big data to discover new tiers of medical insights unobtainable through conventional means. In order to gain the distributed computing power it needed, the company adopted Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters. Now, it delivers results based on petabytes of data to its customers within hours while simultaneously keeping operating costs low.
Pivoting to an intelligent supply chain
Currently, enterprises suffer from latency in their production process. AI can intelligently predict and simulate scenarios, enabling a responsive system. Pivot from manual and paper-based processes to AI-augmented solutions.
School district levels the playing field with Surface for every student
The Blue Springs School District in Kansas City, Missouri saw that teachers could present unique educational online experiences with better device access for students. This article describes how distributing Microsoft Surface Book 2 provided valuable resources that save time for teachers and empowered students to be more proactive in their learning.
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Secure Infographic
Companies choose Azure for Windows Server and SQL Server because of its unmatched security. Azure delivers multiple layers of security, including the secure foundation of physical datacenters, operational best practices, and engineering processes that follow industry-standard guidelines.
Greater Security
Greater security at lower cost with the expertise and power of Microsoft security solutions. Learn more about simplifying and fortifying with Microsoft security.
The future of supply chain: Taking a new approach
Future supply chains will be intelligent, enabled by a core cloud-based central platform that will integrate, orchestrate, and execute actions by working with each variable of the value chain. This creates a more holistic view of operations for enterprises, providing for new levels of agility, responsiveness, and risk mitigation.
Essential Key Performance Indicators for Small and Mid-Size Business
Industries, customers, and markets change. Even where and how we work is changing rapidly. As are, no doubt, your business strategies, goals, objectives, services, and products. The ability to quickly diversify, scale, and change your business models is a competitive advantage in any market.
Understanding your customers' opinions, attitudes, and emotional connections to your brand is called brand sentiment. This leading indicator can help inform how you're doing in terms of your customer experience, product quality, price competitiveness, and loyalty.
Sign up to stay in touch and download the e-book "Essential Key Performance Indicators for Small and Mid-Size Business." See how easily and accurately you can measure business outcomes from brand sentiment, and let us know when you're ready to make a change.
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Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Windows and SQL Server: The Best of Azure
Windows Server and SQL Server are best on Azure. This flyer highlights Azure's unmatched intelligent security, seamless hybrid capabilities, unparalleled innovation capabilities, and unique cost savings options.
Kennametal embraces Microsoft cloud strategy to drive business innovation
Kennametal has invested heavily in Microsoft cloud technologies as part of its digital transformation journey to reduce costs, increase productivity, and empower workers to deliver superior results for their customers. In this video, see how they utilize Microsoft Azure cloud platform and services to Microsoft Dynamics 365 business applications to Microsoft 365 productivity, security, and mobility tools. Kennametal believes that Microsoft resources will help the company fulfill its business promises.
Top trends that will reshape supply chain and logistics in 2020
Efficient logistics are important for a growing supply chain. It's important to recognize what trends will impact logistics. This article explains several of the main trends in 2020, such as artificial intelligence, real-time visibility in the supply chain, a supply chain digital twin, 3PL collaboration, and green logistics.
Bertrandt's HARRI is a self-driving success, thanks to Microsoft Azure
What drives a self-driving car? A tremendous flood of data. To make Bertrandt's Level 4 self-driving car project HARRI a reality, far too much data was needed than could be stored onboard the vehicle itself. It required Microsoft Azure Services to provide access to volumes of mapping data for an autonomous vehicle. Azure DevOps facilitated the efficient coordination of work between developers and ops —and the QA needed to develop such exacting software.
Security with Azure SQL Database in Azure Government
This video highlights the types of security features customers have been asking for and how Azure SQL Database wraps these features into a unified package of intelligent security capabilities. You'll also learn about the three major pillars of this advanced data security: data classification, vulnerability assessments, and threat detection.
eBook: The ultimate guide to Windows Server 2019
Take full advantage of your on-premises investments with Windows Server 2019. Learn how to extend your on-premises environments to the cloud with the Windows Server 2019 advanced hybrid capabilities. Additionally, learn how to add additional security layers and update your applications and infrastructure when you connect to the cloud.
Microsoft customer story for Sport Clips
Sport Clips delivers innovation to its customers with Microsoft Surface devices. See how users interact with Sport Clips in new, seamless ways to deliver efficiency and satisfaction.
Monday, October 18, 2021
Security Solution Play Sales Guidance
Digital security has become infinitely complex, as data grows increasingly more valuable every day and is harder to protect. This value prop deck outlines how Microsoft security solutions provides comprehensive protections against attacks for your customers, and how it keeps their information safe with a layered approach to secure corporate and customer data.
Finding magic in the mix of innovation, technology, and flavor
Consumer goods manufacturer Majans views technology as a key ingredient to create a new movement in snacking while simultaneously unlocking employee potential and scaling for growth. With Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management and IoT Intelligence, Majans provides its frontline workers, management, and C-level decision makers with near-real-time data offering meaningful signals and insights to create a quality product in a competitive market.
Automate code-to-cloud workflows with a seamlessly integrated DevOps platform
With the ability to commit changes and quickly deploy them to the cloud using tools such as GitHub Actions and Microsoft Azure Pipelines for CI/CD, developer teams gain agility in deploying and maintaining their apps.
Cloud adoption has transformed the way teams are building, deploying, and operating applications. Together with the use of DevOps ideals and tools, they now have a greater opportunity to improve their practices and better serve their customers.
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Solution overview video
Learn about the features and benefits of migrating to Windows Server and SQL Server on Azure. This video discusses key aspects such as preventing the loss of valuable data and getting the lowest cost of ownership.
Kenyan company improves food quality from farm to fork with Microsoft cloud solutions
Farmer's Choice has been delivering quality meat products to Kenyan tables for the last 40 years. The customer-oriented company uses advanced technologies with the existing agriculture ecosystem to enhance productivity, ensure food safety and quality, and reduce waste. Its commitment to sustainable farming practices began with the adoption of collaborative Microsoft 365 solutions. Next, the organization extended its cloud portfolio to include Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Dynamics 365 and is now stepping up its services with Microsoft Power Apps.
Surface Hub 2S: Teamwork without boundaries
More than 50% of work done today is accomplished through collaboration but 70% of professionals work somewhere other than the office at least one day week. This article shares how Microsoft Surface and partner devices are keeping modern professionals connected no matter where they are.
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
Cloud lessons learned: four companies that migrated their Windows Server and SQL Server workloads to Azure
Read the success stories of companies that increased workload performance and cut costs by moving Windows Server and SQL Server to Azure. Download this eBook to learn about the different cloud migration paths that Allscripts, Carlsberg Group, Epos Now, and TraXall France used. See how Azure helps to smoothly migrate legacy data and keep pace with innovation, among other features.
Connect your business to drive productivity and profits
Many businesses fall into common traps:
• siloed data
• poor pricing decisions
• unsecured data
• inability to pivot or keep up with faster-moving competitors
With Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, you can connect operations across your business and supercharge your growth.
Legacy systems can't always manage the complexity of a growing business. Incomplete data and tedious reporting can create blind spots that lead to faulty decision-making. With Dynamics 365, you can create a single source of truth by seamlessly sharing data across every line of business, helping your employees work faster and smarter.
See some of the reasons 92% of ERP adopters report success, and some of the risks for lagging behind, in this detailed infographic.
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Why your business should be based on the recurring revenue model
It's possible to build a successful business on one-off sales, but it's difficult and not always sustainable. If you're thinking about starting your own business or taking the one you currently have to a new level, then you really need to consider the recurring revenue model.
Whether you're in the business of software, content creation, physical products, or productized services, the recurring revenue model is based on predictable revenues occurring at regular intervals—and that might just be the secret to success.
Tuesday, October 12, 2021
RapidDeploy helps first responders defend public safety with Azure Sentinel
RapidDeploy creates its Cloud Aided Dispatch systems to help first responders act quickly to protect the public. There's a lot at stake, and the company's cloud-native platform must be secure against an array of serious cybersecurity threats. So, when RapidDeploy implemented a Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) system, it chose Microsoft Azure Sentinel, one of the world's first cloud-native SIEMs. See the full story in the video below.
6 ways to win back your post-pandemic customers
This post outlines six best practices for winning back your customers lost during the pandemic. Tips include sending out your safety "playbook," being the ambassador of encouragement, and organizing calls with your top customers.
Microsoft Aims To Simplify Cloud Native Development With The Dapr Project
Distributed Application Runtime (Dapr) enables developers to build portable microservices applications, whether writing new code or migrating existing code. It's an open-source project that simplifies building cloud-native applications using all programming languages and developer frameworks. Dapr is based on containers, integrates well with Kubernetes, and does the plumbing and heavy lifting involved in developing a modern, highly distributed-application— so developers can focus on what they really want to: business logic and migrating legacy code. They can lean on Dapr to provide their applications with the required scale, resiliency, and elasticity of cloud-native architectures.
Innovate Infographic
Moving Windows Server and SQL workloads to Azure provides flexible, scalable and highly available cloud infrastructure. It also supports rapid innovation and digital transformation, freeing you to innovate. This infographic presents the benefits of running Windows Server and SQL Server on Azure.
Carlsberg Group follows a recipe for success with Microsoft Azure, SAP, and a cloud-first strategy
Discover how the Carlsberg Group has successfully migrated SAP to Microsoft Azure. Migrating their environment to the cloud has helped them drive business performance and achieve digital transformation by streamlining their IT infrastructure.
Surface and Devices one-slide
Microsoft Surface and partner devices create unparalleled remote work experiences that keep people better connected, more productive and more satisfied. Use this one-slide to learn more about the features and benefits of Surface and partner devices to share with customers.
Securing the hybrid cloud with Azure Security Center and Azure Sentinel
Infrastructure security is top-of-mind for organizations managing workloads on-premises, in the cloud, or hybrid. Azure Security Center provides unified security management by identifying and fixing misconfigurations and providing visibility into threats to quickly remediate them. Azure Sentinel collects data from Azure Security Center. Learn more about this integrated and efficient solution in this article.
Solution overview video
Surface and partner devices allow your workforce to connect in the office, from the classroom, or on the go. This video highlights the features and benefits your organisation can enjoy when you equip your team with Microsoft.
Dispensing with the old ways of working brings huge savings
Innserve is an established and independent outsource service provider that specialises in the supply, installation and maintenance of beer and soft drinks dispense systems.
Innserve currently services over 80,000 licensed and non licensed premises across all parts of England, Scotland and Wales employing over 300 maintenance and installation technicians and is the major provider of a nationwide service in the drinks dispense field. They found that they were spending a lot of money on management of IT, running two data centres. They've switched to the cloud & saved a lot of money.
Itaú Unibanco boosts service availability and data processing with SQL Server 2019
As a banking leader in Latin America and one of the largest banks in the world, Itaú Unibanco handles thousands of transactions every second. Operating on an aging data infrastructure, the bank found it difficult to expand its digital services without breaking SLAs or putting its guarantee of continuous service availability at risk. Since it migrated database services to Microsoft SQL Server 2019 based on Intel data centre technologies, Itaú Unibanco can confidently scale data collection and infrastructure maintenance while it delivers the high level of service its private and commercial banking customers rely on.
Monday, October 11, 2021
GitHub Actions for Azure
With GitHub you can deliver software faster and more securely by combining the practices and tools that support the largest developer community in the world with seamlessly integrated Microsoft Azure products and services.
From automating code-to-cloud workflows to accelerating developer velocity, GitHub and Azure combine the best tools to create your next great solution.
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Microsoft Sentinel
Azure Sentinel is intelligent security analytics for your entire enterprise. Collect data, detect threats, investigate incidents, and rapidly respond with Sentinel.
Deliver intelligent supply chain | NRF 2020
At the NRF 2020 event, hear from Microsoft and partners to learn more about closing the gap between demand and fulfillment to delight your customers.
Welcome to Microsoft 365 and Surface Ebook
This eBook discusses the ways in which the modern workplace is evolving and how Microsoft Surface equips you to respond.
Wednesday, October 6, 2021
Reduce Costs Infographic
While innovation has supplanted cost savings as the primary driver of cloud migration for many businesses, moving to the cloud needs to make sense for your bottom line. Learn about the unbeatable costs offers and benefits of migration to Azure cloud.
Deliver software faster and more securely with the world's leading developer platform
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
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The best way to add value to your growing business? Invest in supply chain leadership
This article from Forbes discusses the importance of removing silos and focusing on cross-functional leadership. Key practices include thinking long-term, encouraging workforce development, and investing in technology.
Adapt faster—gain flexibility to create adjustable financial and operating models
The world today moves fast, and you need the flexibility to adapt quickly to disruption, the competition, and daily challenges. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central connects teams across finance, sales, service, and operations so you can monitor insights and pivot when needed.
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Social asset C: Employ flexible, open hybrid cloud solutions and transform customer engagement
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10 reasons to use Azure SQL in your next project
There are many new features that developers don't know exist with Microsoft Azure SQL. Learn why Azure SQL is a post-relational, cloud-native database with these ten simple points, including complete storage control, complete monitorability, and full insights.
COVID shortages: Supply chains must become less efficient
The efficient leanness of supply chains before COVID-19 caused damage during the disruption. To counter this risk, Forbes advises adapting your supply chain to become flexibly risk-free. Efficiency does not always equal resiliency.
St. Luke's University Health Network secures digital health transformation with Microsoft 365
St. Luke's University Health Network (SLUHN) looks to the cloud to define a new way of providing health services of its ten hospitals and 300 sites across ten counties in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. This video outlines how the health network embarked on a digital health transformation journey using the Microsoft 365 productivity cloud to empower more than 15,000 employees. The intuitive tools protect sensitive information in cloud applications, simplifying security with interoperable solutions to save time while enhancing the hospital network's security posture. In turn, this optimizes health team collaboration and improves patient experience.
ESNEFT Customer Success Story
See how East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) has transformed the way they engage with staff and patients using Microsoft Teams and Surface devices to deliver on their #TimeMatters digital programme.
Solution overview video
This video highlights the benefits and features of using the Modernise .NET Microsoft solution to find lightning fast innovation, elastic scalability, cost savings, and better performance.
Transforming the way we work
This infographic highlights the benefits that make Surface the top choice for today's organisations and employees.
Monday, October 4, 2021
Modernize your supply chain with Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management
Automate and streamline your supply chain with advanced warehouse and inventory management to improve fulfillment, material sourcing, and logistics. Discover how Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management can modernize business logistics, deliver proactive customer responses, and unify processes from sales to fulfillment.
Navigate data protection and risk in the cloud era
Microsoft invests in compliance and risk management to help your customers more easily protect and govern their data, address regulations and standards, and mitigate insider risks. The how-to guidance article announces new capabilities in Microsoft 365 that use machine learning and intelligence to help your customers address compliance and risk management in their organizations.
How Microsoft helped HB Concepts automate and streamline its operations
HB Concepts is a female-led distribution company based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that has sole distribution rights of LPG endermologie, the global brand fighting for natural beauty. The company supplies more than 200 clients with a full range of equipment, offering popular European treatments and cosmetics for spas, hospitals, hotels, and wellness centers. To manage inventory and deliver quality customer service, the company implemented an ERP solution using Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.
Copper State Bolt & Nut Co. lays a foundation for simple, seamless growth with Microsoft Dynamics 365
Discover the benefits of migrating from Microsoft Dynamics 365 applications that are housed on-premises to Dynamics 365 in the cloud. Copper State Bolt and Nut Co. sells over 125,000 fasteners, bolts, and nuts every month. By moving to the cloud-based application, Copper State Bolt and Nut Co. can keep up with the complexity and rapid growth of their data. Learn how migrating has helped them run their business more efficiently today and how it can help them to continue to scale in the future.
thyssenkrupp Steel Europe forges a modern way of working with Microsoft 365
GitHub can be a great resource for quickly building a templated solution. Case in point: thyssenkrupp Steel Europe developed their Company Communicator app for Microsoft Teams using an open-source Teams app template from GitHub.
Now executives can share company information and other news with employees and even host virtual town hall events—which proved invaluable in keeping hundreds of workers connected during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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