The partner community has been an important part of NetSuite’s success and the Partners of the Year announcement is always a special day. Without an in-person partner kickoff event, the announcement has also moved online. This year’s winners reflect just … Continued
When workers for Lockheed Martin began assembling the crew seats for a spacecraft designed to return astronauts to the moon and pave the way for human exploration to Mars, they had no need for paper instructions or tablet screens to … Continued
What’s the weather like outside?” It’s a simple question, that we don’t think twice about. Our smart assistants, phones or a simple internet search can answer it. But it actually takes a global sensor network of weather stations, advanced data … Continued
Employees are more engaged when they receive regular feedback on their performance, with an eye toward growing their career. A new SuitePeople solution, Performance Management, helps employees stay engaged with active, real-time goal monitoring, reflections on past performance and recognition … Continued
Earlier this summer, marine specialists reeled up a shipping-container-size datacenter coated in algae, barnacles and sea anemones from the seafloor off Scotland’s Orkney Islands. The retrieval launched the final phase of a years-long effort that proved the concept of underwater … Continued
Water is essential to life. We depend on it for our survival. The basic need has shaped how human societies have advanced over time. Explorers from pre-Columbian times and the age of antiquity to NASA have lived by the motto … Continued
Just because there’s a pandemic, doesn’t mean companies can’t raise equity. But for those companies looking to fight through a challenging time to tap into private equity (PE) investment dollars or pursue an IPO, a little creativity, a bit of … Continued
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 … Continued
Early on a Saturday morning in January, Juan Lavista-Ferres, who leads Microsoft’s AI for Good research lab, penned an urgent email to his team. Although there were fewer than 2,000 cases worldwide of a yet-unnamed disease with little data available, … Continued
Managing and retaining talent has always been a tricky business, but the COVID-19 pandemic has raised the stakes substantially. Almost overnight, employees at many companies started working from home, some were laid off or furloughed and people started worrying more … Continued