Futurum analysts Michael Diamond and Shelly Kramer discuss Microsoft’s The Future of Hybrid Work on Microsoft Windows 11 which introduced and showcased some features and functionality that are easy to get excited about. Helping organizations build more secure, inclusive, and highly productive workplace environments and support employees wherever and whenever they work is obviously the goal, and Microsoft delivers on many fronts in that regard. Here are some of the new features that particularly piqued their interest.
Microsoft’s Expanded NEC Relationship Showcases Azure’s Global Appeal
Microsoft and NEC have established a new multi-year strategic alliance, that synthesizes Azure, Microsoft 365, NEC’s IT and network portfolio resources, including 5G assets, and both companies AI and IoT capabilities to power customer digital transformation missions across the public and private realms. Futurum’s Ron Westfall assesses why the expanded partnership enhances Microsoft Azure’s competitive prospects across the operator and enterprise realms, coming on the heels of winning AT&T’s 5G mobile business, and how both companies are better positioned to drive organization-wide digital transformation on a vertical-specific basis.
How Innovation Is Driving Productivity During And Beyond The COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced companies to rapidly evolve, but without past, present and future innovation, many of these changes would have been impossible. Let’s explore how innovation has made it possible for businesses to sustain a sense of normal during the pandemic.
Microsoft Unified Office Application Provides A Glimpse Into Mobile Future
Microsoft has revealed its new unified Office application that can be used on iOS and Android to unify all of the productivity apps into a single app.
Microsoft Teams Evolves — Collaboration Tech Moving Digital Transformation Beyond the Desk
The latest upgrades to Microsoft Teams’ collaboration platform is moving collaboration beyond the desk, and they are not alone on that front. Cisco is innovating in exciting ways, with myriad integrations and cognitive collaboration. Slack is fine-tuning and working to woo the enterprise customer. Dropbox is getting in the game—and those are just a handful of the many players in the $30 billion dollar market for workplace collaboration services.
Digital Transformation and the Everyday Employee Experience
This post is sponsored by Microsoft Office, but all views and opinions are my own. No matter how much technology is likely to grow and change in the next few years, there is one thing that will surely stick around: the importance of user experience (UX). I talk a lot about UX and customer experience (CX) as drivers of the digital …