Going virtual in the village
How Paramjeet Kaur Dhillon, the principal of a rural school in Punjab, is encouraging both teachers and students to dream big with technology. At the Kamla Nehru Public School (KNPS) in Punjab’s Chak Hakim village, the teachers all tend to wear sports shoes. “Forget about fancy footwear,” says Charu Chhabra, the vice principal, with a […]
Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Microsoft Azure announce partnership to accelerate live-action and animation productions
Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Microsoft Corp. on Friday announced a strategic partnership to cloud-optimize live-action and animation productions. The partnership aims to empower the creative community with cloud-based production workflows that enable frictionless remote collaboration and content creation. Working together, the teams will extend DreamWorks Animation’s cutting-edge production platform to include live-action production. They […]
Mayor Turner and Microsoft expand digital alliance with the city of Houston
Mayor Sylvester Turner announced on Monday that the city of Houston has expanded its groundbreaking digital alliance with Microsoft to innovate in big data, artificial intelligence and the digital economy. Microsoft brings to Houston “Accelerate,” a new program designed to address economic recovery through skilling both underserved communities and re-skilling the many Americans impacted by […]
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service Update – 2020 Release Wave 1 New Features
In April, Microsoft released their first wave of updates to the Dynamics platform. In a previous post, I discussed some of the robust updates to the Sales module and simplified experience now available. In this post, we will look at some of the long critical updates applied to the Customer Service module of Dynamics 365. […]
VELOSIO Achieves the 2020/2021 Inner Circle for Microsoft Business Applications
Velosio is honored by Microsoft for achieving outstanding sales achievement and innovation. Velosio, a technology partner specializing in business management solutions for small and medium-sized companies and larger enterprises, has achieved the prestigious 2020/2021 Inner Circle for Microsoft Business Applications. This makes the 25th consecutive year Velosio has achieved Inner Circle. Membership in this elite […]
PepsiCo partners with Microsoft for new era of operational agility and product innovation amid rising consumer demand
PepsiCo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. on Monday announced a five-year partnership that establishes Microsoft as a preferred cloud provider to accelerate PepsiCo’s infrastructure, ERP, and data estate consolidation and modernization. As part of the agreement, PepsiCo will roll out Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams to all of its 270,000 employees worldwide. In addition, Microsoft Azure […]
Mastercard collaborates with Microsoft to accelerate innovation across digital commerce and startup ecosystems
Mastercard and Microsoft Corp. announced a collaboration to shape the future of digital commerce, drive startup innovation and enable financial inclusion. The collaboration will accelerate Mastercard Labs’ cloud native research and development activities, enabled by Azure and AI, to advance Mastercard Labs’ mission to de-risk and commercialize emerging technologies and platforms for digital commerce. Through […]
Standard Chartered Bank partners with Microsoft to become a cloud-first bank
Standard Chartered Bank and Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday announced a three-year strategic partnership to accelerate the bank’s digital transformation through a cloud-first strategy. This partnership marks a significant milestone for Standard Chartered in making its vision for virtual banking, next-generation payments, open banking and banking-as-a-service a reality. Leveraging Azure as a preferred cloud platform, the […]
HSO Acquires US-based AKA Enterprise Solutions.
Acquisition Further Expands HSO’s North American Operations and Strengthens its Global Service Delivery Capabilities. HSO, a global Microsoft cloud business applications partner, today announces the acquisition of AKA Enterprise Solutions (AKA), a leading Microsoft Dynamics 365 Partner based in New York City, United States. AKA Enterprise Solutions is a Gold certified Dynamics 365 consulting partner […]
Microsoft tests hydrogen fuel cells for backup power at datacenters
In a worldwide first that could jumpstart a long-forecast clean energy economy built around the most abundant element in the universe, hydrogen fuel cells have powered a row of datacenter servers for 48 consecutive hours, Microsoft announced Monday. The feat is the latest milestone in the company’s commitment to be carbon negative by 2030. To […]