Wednesday, 28 April 2021
Increasing Agility in the Enterprise with Digital Technologies
Businesses all over are adopting the cloud with multiple combinations of IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS services. It's a trend that will only ramp up as more companies move to reduce the data center footprint. Read this article to discover how a more agile work environment and faster transformation can lead to increased operational efficiencies.
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Tuesday, 27 April 2021
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One of the main challenges that modern researchers encounter centers on the size of their datasets. As research projects become increasingly more digital, the vast volumes of data that research generates demands enormous raw computing power, for both storage and computational capacity, which most organizations simply didn't have access to. Cloud technology and artificial intelligence (AI) address this need, allowing researchers to free themselves from the constraints of their physical hardware. Cloud-based approaches can also boost the speed and efficiency of publishing, increasing the impact of research publications.
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Digital collaboration is key to success in the modern workplace
What is Microsoft Teams? It's a collaboration hub—a place to conduct 1:1 and group chat and to engage in powerful online meetings. It has Enterprise calling and voice with built-in Office 365 apps. Teams' versatility is stronger than ever, while maintaining enterprise-grade security and compliance that customers rely on. App integration is also built in—and there's a steady increase in organizations utilizing apps with the tool. There's a reason it's the fastest growing business application in Microsoft history.
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Seattle Seahawks play to win with smart data and intelligent insights
This video is the real world story of how Seattle Seahawks player, DeShawn Shead, used Microsoft technology as part of his recovery from a torn ACL. Coach Carroll and John Schneider of the Seahawks felt there was an untapped opportunity: using data-driven technology to helping players both in training and rehabilitation. Power BI provided suggestions as Shead worked toward recovery, building goals and monitoring progress based on real health data. With the help of Microsoft technology, he was able to return to the field stronger than ever.
Customer story: Renault Sport Formula One
From aerodynamics to the engine to the driver, there are so many things that can affect car performance. One car generates 35 million data points over the course of a race -- data the Formula One engineering team uses to make cars go faster. In this video, discover how this world-class racing team uses Microsoft technology including Dynamics 365, desktop operating systems and machine learning tool to optimize operations and drive winning results, faster.
NSW: Large-scale education
Teams was built to work closely with Office 365—so the fact one in five corporate employees use an Office 365 cloud service means that they are prime for a smooth deployment of Teams.
About two-thirds of Teams users are interacting with files inside the app—the number of organizations integrating apps with Teams is also rising. Again, with remote work increasing, users are finding the integration features of Microsoft Teams increasingly helpful.
In this video, you'll see how the second largest educational organization in the world deployed Microsoft Teams seamlessly—without restrictions by some of the scale issues it faces.
Monday, 26 April 2021
ANU: Storing the human genome
Thanks to cloud technology, researchers can take advantage of faster, more advanced and more scalable resources that enable them to perform tasks that they can't manage using in-house resources. The cloud also enables scientists to quickly run tests across a variety of platforms and virtual machines with different specifications, which can aid rapid prototyping, interoperability testing, and performance testing. A cloud solution can also provide researchers with ways to augment their existing resources by handling peaks in demand and reducing competition for local resources, when multiple teams are working toward an upcoming deadline. By reducing dependence on on-site computing, research projects can increase efficiency and scalability, and deliver greater results faster.
Watch this video to learn how Australian National University (ANU) is using Microsoft Azure to help decode more than 7 billion base pairs of DNA in the human genome and take its research further than ever before.
Wednesday, 21 April 2021
AEP Energy lights up personalized experiences with Dynamics 365 Customer Insights
AEP Energy wanted to generate useful insights to better serve their customers from decades of data spread across multiple systems. Microsoft was able to help them migrate data from more than 460,000 residential, small business, commercial and industrial customers. into the Dynamics 365 platform, making them more competitive against larger suppliers with less customer focus.
Tuesday, 20 April 2021
Transforming facilities management with Dynamics 365 at Microsoft
How mobile is your business? Microsoft Real Estate and Facilities (RE&F) was facing a lack of mobility. The issue slowed productivity and operations and it needed to change. That's when RE&F moved to the cloud to join disparate management tools to optimize operations. At Liquid Telecom, we have the resources and know-how to help you find the solution to your mobility issues. With our dedicated team of professionals, we can help you develop a winning strategy. Contact us to find out more.
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How AI will change the way we work in 2020
Thanks to AI, business applications will soon be able to answer complex questions, help users navigate interfaces, and enable cloud vendors to reduce support from personnel to manage their loads. AI is also being used in various software applications to help decision-makers identify and automate repetitive tasks, improving employee productivity. Increased understanding of how to better implement AI in business applications likely will lead to the emergence of new features, such as natural-language processing (NLP), that can help managers interact in more-intuitive ways with AI-powered apps.
In this article, you'll learn about the innovative features powered by AI and machine learning (ML) that you can expect to see in business applications in the next five years.
Chatbots
Virtual assistants fill an essential role in your keeping your customers engaged 24/7. This infographic highlights the how chatbots fit into enabling Always On services and how acquirable they are today.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations
You need to optimize your operations. The potential savings and increased sales are well worth the time and energy. But transforming how you do business isn't always easy. Dynamics 365 allows you to simplify processes and inform your team so you can maximize operations. At Liquid Telecom, we have years of industry experience and a knowledgeable team ready to help you plan and implement intelligent business applications. Contact us to learn more.
NSW: Investing in education technology
For educators, digital transformation isn't just students having access to computers and googling information. It's introducing young people to the increasingly advanced technological capabilities that surround them—and will be a part of their working future.
To kick off our video series, we go to New South Wales, Australia, where technology is shaping the ways students learn and teachers teach. With Microsoft support, over 400,000 devices can be supported within one organization. It's geographically encompassing and developed for anytime-anywhere teaching and learning. It saves users time and money. Have a look!
Monday, 19 April 2021
Cloud migration essentials
In recent years, the global business landscape has witnessed a significant increase in cloud adoption. This has created significant value over traditional datacenters via greater scalability, cost-efficiency, and other performance improvements. Yet cloud migration requires careful planning. For a migration to be successful, it's important for the business to come up with a strategy that also covers the end cloud environment, training, and—most importantly—the readiness of workloads and applications.
In this eBook, you'll discover the key preliminary steps to consider in evaluating a cloud migration, as well as the various approaches for rehosting, refactoring, rearchitecting, and rebuilding your workloads for the cloud. You'll also learn about some useful tools that you can use to accelerate your migration project and get tips to help you ensure post-migration success by using Microsoft Azure.
Wednesday, 14 April 2021
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To increase access to their services, governments can now literally place them in the hands of their citizens via intuitive, mobile-first applications and websites that provide greater visibility and efficiency. This approach greatly reduces citizens' efforts toward solving simple administrative tasks. This in turn allows public employees to focus more time on responsibilities with higher impacts, such as delivering services to those who most need them.
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Tuesday, 13 April 2021
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For modern organizations to truly take advantage of digital transformation, they need to be able to obtain, process, and extract insights from as much data as possible. This often puts a strain on businesses' IT departments as they struggle to update legacy software and equipment to better handle the massive amounts of information available. Fortunately, the cloud has allowed businesses to move away from outdated technology and opened new opportunities for innovation.
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Build a Bot in Minutes with QnA Maker #TWiCognitive
In this episode of This Week in Cognitive, host Noelle LaCharite explores how quick and easy it is to create a chatbot that can answer top-of-mind questions for employees or customers. Leveraging QnA Maker, she builds a bot in minutes from a FAQ website and even gives it some personality.
Customer story: Lay Bare
The team at specialized hair company Lay Bare believes every company needs to be a tech company to deliver reliable, excellent service across the whole customer experience. In this video, discover what Lay Bare gained when it transformed IT with Microsoft Azure to improve branch efficiencies, empower its workforce and implement time-saving services for customers and employees across multiple franchises.
City of Houston: transportation transformation
As cities become more densely populated, local governments must find ways to provide more-accessible services to all their citizens. One way they can do this is by investing in digital solutions that allow for the creation of new services while increasing the scope and efficiency of existing services. A shift to digitized operations enables public employees to do more with less and empowers them via digital tools that broaden the impact of their actions.
In this video, you'll see how the city of Houston is using Microsoft technology to enable new services, reduce traffic congestion, and help create a better future for all its citizens.
Australian National University: The DNA of data and AI
Data is vital to scientific research. Without the ability to quickly process and analyze large amounts of data, breakthroughs and publications take longer. This increases administrative tasks and can even lead to projects going over budget. To avoid these pitfalls, modern researchers have begun turning to artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud-based technology, which enable the researchers to avoid the time and expense of setting up and configuring servers, leaving them to focus on their scientific goals.
In this video, you'll see how researchers at Australian National University (ANU) conduct cutting-edge genome research by using Microsoft Azure to commission a data science virtual machine that allows them to instantly process large amounts of data. You'll also learn how, thanks to the data management capabilities of Azure, ANU is now able to use unprecedented volumes of data and new analytical frameworks to decrease admin time and maximize the university's research capabilities.
Monday, 12 April 2021
The Salvation Army Switzerland deepens relationships with supporters through a CRM-based loyalty program
When the Salvation Army Switzerland needed a way to better understand and connect with donors and patrons, they worked with a Microsoft partner to create a loyalty program app with Microsoft Power Apps. The organization uses Dynamics 365 to glean insights from their data to inform where to open new stores, how to better manage secondhand shops, and to strengthen relationships with patrons.
Tuesday, 6 April 2021
24 Hour Fitness uncovers data insights to create personalized customer experiences
24 Hour Fitness stands out in a crowded wellness industry not just for its innovative approach to fitness but for its personalized approach to member services. The company is applying data analytics to member marketing by connecting Microsoft Dynamics 365 with Adobe Experience Cloud hosted on Microsoft Azure to personalize messages to millions of members at its 400-plus US health clubs.
How a cloud-native approach enables frictionless, scalable security
The cloud has profoundly transformed the way organizations operate by simplifying delivery, scale, and management to drive innovation. Cloud technology also greatly empowers development teams by allowing them to shorten development cycles and re-envision the nature of business operations.
No technology is without its unique challenges, though. Security and IT teams sometimes struggle with the adoption of a cloud-native approach because of the friction it can generate with existing applications, some of which lack the requirements for scalable cloud integration capabilities.
Read this article to learn about the three main characteristics that network detection and response (NDR) solutions must have to ensure scalable, frictionless security and native integration with industry-leading solutions such as Microsoft Azure.
Customer story: Team Rubicon
Hurricane Harvey was the most devastating natural disaster to ever hit Houston, Texas. With thousands displaced and homes ruined, Team Rubicon stepped in to render aid and help rebuild the afflicted city and its population. With so many volunteers, Team Rubicon needed a way to track and manage their dispersed network of workers. They adopted Dynamics 365 to help optimize operations and give their volunteers a great experience. You can leverage these same tools, but don't do it alone. Contact Liquid Telecom today to find out how we can help your organization integrate the IT tools you need to succeed.
The intelligent, connected cloud introduces both opportunity and risk
As organizations embrace the opportunities presented by cloud and mobile computing to connect with customers, build remote workforces, and optimize operations, they also expose themselves to new risks. No technology is a completely foolproof, and as businesses become more and more digitized, they increase the risk of someone stealing their data or compromising their credibility.
In this infographic, you'll get a glimpse of both sides of cloud technology. On one hand, it provides immense opportunities for innovation and mobility; on the other, it comes with risks that businesses must consider to safeguard the continuity of their operations in the digital world.
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Monday, 5 April 2021
Australian National University (ANU) addresses the computing demands of genome research
As scientific research becomes more and more complex, scientists need new, scalable ways to store and analyze ever-larger troves of data. They also need unprecedented amounts of raw computing power to process the data they obtain and deliver timely results that enable projects to stay on track and within budget. To ensure that their research adheres to these restraints, modern-day scientists need to increase efficiency via automation and other approaches whenever they can, wherever they can. Artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud technology give scientists the tools they need to advance research faster than ever before, get results quicker, and achieve scientific breakthroughs like never before.
In this video, you'll learn how researchers at Australian National University (ANU) are using Microsoft Azure to dramatically shorten the amount of time they spend on data analysis, enabling faster publication of their cutting-edge genome research.
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