Enabling government to advance ‘tech intensity’ with newest cloud product innovations
In a world where every company is transforming to be digital, we see examples of organizations across public and private sectors embracing the concept of ‘tech intensity’ to maximize their impact. From our perspective, there are three aspects to the leadership principle of tech intensity: First, every leader will need to tune their organization to […]
Feed the world: How the USDA is using data and AI to address a critical need
Farmers around the world are facing the urgent question of how to sustainably feed a global population expected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050 — and the answer, in part, might be found nestled among the cornstalks and soybeans on a farm a short distance from Washington, D.C. The fields are outfitted with a network […]
Sanimax Selects Infor to Help Manage Complex Business Processes
Infor, a global leader in business cloud software specialized by industry, today announced that Sanimax, a leading environmental solution provider in the agri-food industry, has selected Infor CloudSuite Food & Beverage. Sanimax has 17 locations throughout Canada, the U.S., Brazil and Colombia, and serves customers around the globe. Company leaders knew they needed an agile […]
Model Companies Redirect Digital Strategies Toward Real, Buildable Change
Very few digital transformation projects achieve radical, far-reaching outcomes on their own. From creating new business models to re-imagining the customer experience, most companies embark on a more extensive and incremental journey, where each step is a foundation for the next one. This mindset demands something different from providers that build and maintain the systems […]
Magic Happens When Companies Close the Customer Experience Gap
Gartner researchers predict that by 2022, more than 50 percent of major new business systems will incorporate continuous intelligence that uses real-time contextual data to improve decisions. In this video interview at the recent SAP TechEd event in Las Vegas, I saw how organizations are already closing the gap between a company’s promise and the […]
$60 million Microsoft investment boosts King County’s efforts to preserve affordable housing in greater Seattle region
Microsoft Corp., King County Housing Authority (KCHA) and King County on Thursday announced a combined $245 million investment to protect 1,029 units of affordable rental housing throughout King County. The partnership comes in the form of a 15-year, $60 million loan from Microsoft to KCHA at below-market interest rates, combined with $20 million in low-interest […]
Novartis and Microsoft announce collaboration to transform medicine with artificial intelligence
Novartis today announced an important step in reimagining medicine by founding the Novartis AI innovation lab and by selecting Microsoft Corp. as its strategic AI and data-science partner for this effort. The new lab aims to significantly bolster Novartis AI capabilities from research through commercialization and help accelerate the discovery and development of transformative medicines […]
Microsoft and ENGIE announce innovative renewable initiatives
Microsoft Corp. and ENGIE today announced both an innovative, long-term solar and wind energy power purchase agreement (PPA) that provides 24/7 supply in the United States and implementation of Darwin, an energy software developed by ENGIE using the intelligent cloud services of Microsoft Azure to optimize performance of ENGIE’s wind, solar, and hybrid (wind + […]
How AI and Teams are benefitting the littlest of patients
Last December in Germany, beautiful twins Amelia and Bianca were born. The two share the same lively eyes and sweet smiles. But, unlike her sister, Bianca’s health is perilous. She was born with heart problems, is missing ribs and vertebrae and has only one kidney. She cannot breathe without the help of special medical equipment. […]
Leaders who revealed their disabilities found unexpected rewards — and so did their teams
Dona Sarkar leads the global Windows Insider Program. Craig Cincotta oversees communications for Microsoft Azure and Business Applications. Angela Mills manages a team working on an innovative cloud-gaming platform. All three are respected, successful senior leaders at Microsoft, but they also have something else in common: a non-apparent disability they’ve chosen to talk about. They’re […]