Microsoft announces 2020 Partner of the Year Awards winners and finalists
Microsoft Corp. on Monday announced the winners and finalists of the 2020 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards. The annual awards recognize Microsoft partners demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology. Award winners and finalists from around the world will be recognized at the first-ever digital Microsoft Inspire, July […]
How Mazik’s Back-to-Work Solution addresses top business concerns for any industry
Cubicles and production lines. Conference rooms. Elevators. Shared kitchens, bathrooms, and common–use areas. Rush hour on trains, buses, and shared rides. Who would have thought that a year ago, this list would be one that makes us shudder? As we learn how to better deal with COVID-19, we’re starting to return to the workplace. But is it that simple? We […]
Allscripts and Microsoft extend strategic alliance to transform cloud-based health IT solutions
Today Allscripts (MDRX: NASDAQ) and Microsoft Corp. announced the extension of their long-standing strategic alliance to enable the expanded development and delivery of cloud-based health IT solutions. The five-year extension will support Allscripts’ cloud-based Sunrise™ electronic health record, making Microsoft the cloud provider for the solution and opening up co-innovation opportunities to help transform healthcare […]
How T-Mobile used Power Apps to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic — and define a new path forward
As the novel coronavirus swept the United States this past spring, a frantic new reality took hold — one where phrases like “shelter in place” and “6 feet away” became commonplace. Many companies – even those deemed “essential” — were suddenly scrambling for a game plan to respond to the pandemic. But T-Mobile — the […]
Walgreens Boots Alliance creates personalized, omnichannel healthcare and shopping experiences powered by new customer experience management technology and data platform
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA), today announced an expansion of its strategic partnership with Microsoft and Adobe to launch a world-class digital experience and customer insights platform to deliver personalized healthcare and shopping offerings. It will provide Walgreens and Boots customers with products and services from its global pharmacy and retail businesses wherever, whenever […]
Microsoft and the city of Atlanta lead coalition of partners to close the digital skills gap and build a more inclusive workforce
Microsoft Corp. announced “Accelerate,” a new program designed to address economic recovery through both skilling underserved communities and re-skilling the many Americans impacted by COVID-19. Accelerate: Atlanta is the first of many city-focused digital skills and employment partnerships designed to upskill and increase employability. Accelerate: Atlanta is the first U.S. implementation of Microsoft’s global skills […]
ONE Championship and Microsoft partner to further accelerate and reinvent the digital fan experience
The largest global sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE) and Microsoft Corp. (Microsoft) today announced a strategic partnership to harness the Microsoft cloud, including Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365, to transform digital fan experiences and enhance collaboration for employees. Microsoft is now ONE’s preferred cloud and data services provider, powering its digital […]
Microsoft’s undersea datacenter helps the hunt for a COVID-19 vaccine
An experimental Microsoft datacenter submerged beneath the sea in Scotland’s Orkney Islands is processing workloads for a global, distributed computing project to understand the viral proteins that cause COVID-19 and design therapeutics to stop them. Distributed computing projects harness otherwise idle computer processing power to perform specific tasks for big science research. Ongoing projects include […]
The Salvation Army’s help never wavered, thanks to a quick pivot to remote tools
For the staff at the Salvation Army’s international headquarters in London, COVID-19 became personal when pneumonia likely caused by the virus took away one of its own. Almost 150 of his past and present co-workers and friends honored him with a memorial service in April that included scripture readings, prayers and musical performances. Due to […]
Microsoft Is About To Shake Up Low-Code Platforms
Key Takeaways The Hot Low-Code Market Is Ripe For Consolidation Strong adoption of low-code development platforms by AD&D is fueling high growth. But the market is fragmented, big governance challenges remain, and mostly smaller vendors dominate. The conditions for a market consolidation are ripe. Microsoft Is Poised To Dominate Microsoft has weaknesses in low code. […]