Companies have many reasons for prioritizing digital transformation initiatives. While operational efficiency and streamlining of processes are clear benefits, improving the customer experience is the most outward facing and even…
Processing data sets to identify patterns and trends to draw meaningful conclusions is called data analytics. It helps enterprises use real-time and historical data to derive insights that help in…
Federal digital transformation initiatives have been going on for some time now, and the results have been – well, mixed. IT managers have a difficult row to hoe here, because…
Microsoft SharePoint is a collaboration and file management tool that helps your professional and personal productivity. Here’s what you need to know!
While referred to as “digital” transformation, the human factor involved in this process presents the greatest risk to what is perhaps the priciest investment most organizations will make in the coming decade….
Microsoft’s Power BI helps professionals, including Apple users, better understand their data. Here’s how users with an iPhone, iPad or Mac can take advantage of all Power BI offers.
There is a lot of talk these days about digital transformation in business, and many organizations have projects underway. As is the case with many buzzword-worthy trends, there are valuable…
Microsoft Power BI is a business intelligence tool that is one component of Microsoft’s expanding Power Platform. It functions as a collection of software services, apps, and data connectors that work seamlessly…
The urgency of marketplace competition has long been the driver for making digital transformation a priority for enterprise organizations both large and small, in basically every industry. In recent years,…
The traditional workplace model has been wholly shattered, and it appears as though Microsoft will be one of the biggest beneficiaries. Large businesses adopted Microsoft 365 (M365) en masse to…
What’s the best way to begin any digital transformation journey? Find a project that is achievable within one month, with the resources you have today, and that is of immediate…
Microsoft has unveiled a new ransomware detection feature for its Azure customers that will send alerts to security teams when the system observes actions “potentially associated with ransomware activities.”
After a pedal-to-the-metal year of digital transformation, it may be tempting for leaders to ease up on the gas. However, it is only a matter of time before “life happens” and…
SharePoint Server Subscription Edition, a new product sold by subscription, was released as a preview on Monday. New features in the SharePoint Server Subscription Edition product were briefly described by Bill Baer,…
As businesses reimagine every facet of their operations to become customer-centric digital enterprises, process governance is becoming the strategic “mission control” that enables those businesses to harness the full potential…
The Latest From Microsoft At Microsoft’s Inspire 2021 partner conference this week, the company is unveiling a new industry cloud offering, a virtual Windows desktop solution that is accessible from…
In the enterprise, digital transformation is no longer synonymous with striving toward a structural or radical change by replacing and rebuilding systems and processes. Rather, it now resembles any other…
Microsoft offers a variety of Microsoft 365 subscription plans that include a wide range of software applications and services. For starters, there are home plans and business plans. The two home plans…
The pandemic has pushed organizations in every industry to embrace new, digital solutions. But while much has been written about the impact of the shift to remote work on employees,…
Before organizations can use a Microsoft 365 launch to accelerate their digital transformation, they need to be aware of some of the common pitfalls of implementation and how to overcome…
Online use has been on the rise worldwide since the Corona pandemic. Consumers in Germany, for example, recently even relied more frequently on digital channels and services than on analog…
While it may sound basic, SharePoint offers much more in terms of functionality than simple storage. There are many reasons to contact a SharePoint designer. This includes improved collaboration, a…
Digital transformation today is intertwined with processes and tools that foster speed, agility, flexibility, and experimentation. “The goal of digital transformation is to evolve a business to compete in a digital landscape,”…
Microsoft has announced some important updates for its SharePoint Migration Manager, a tool that helps organizations migrate their on-premises content to Microsoft 365. These new capabilities will enable admins to easily move…
Vietnam’s economy, supported by digital growth, may just give Southeast Asian (SEA) emerging digital darling Indonesia, a run for its money. Whilst ASEAN powerhouses like Singapore and Indonesia tend to garner a…
Microsoft on Thursday announced hardware and software enhancements arriving this year that promise to improve remote meetings and team collaborations for organizations.
Digital transformation is considered to be among the key solutions to removing obstacles facing production and business and creating new development directions, and is being applied by many localities and…
Microsoft has announced some important updates to improve the sharing experience in Microsoft 365 apps, including OneDrive, SharePoint, and more. It is important to note that some of these features are available…
The three-day Microsoft Build 2021 developers conference started virtually today with the No. 2 cloud provider introducing a slew of updates to its Azure cloud computing capabilities. Azure announcements ranged…
It is not an overstatement to say that 2021 will be a make-or-break year for digital transformation. Last year, many companies ramped up their digital transformation investments to combat the…
Keeping track of your files in Microsoft Office 365 is about to get a whole lot easier as the software giant is currently working on a new upgrade for the service which…
Microsoft 365 It offers a suite of feature-rich programs that integrate seamlessly within your organization’s ecosystem. Work from home, hybrid office, and extensive WFA (work from anywhere) Policies, a central program that integrates…
Certain aspects of digital transformation have been constants during the pandemic. For example, people and process trump technology. Forced experimentation moved projects ahead that had been stuck in the “maybe someday” file.
Microsoft, during an online Microsoft Business Applications Summit, has unveiled a preview of Goals in Power BI. A new feature in Microsoft Power BI, the preview showcased the ability for users…
Microsoft Office 365 is a collection of services offered by Microsoft and includes the same core applications as the traditional version of Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, among others.
Marketing has become so synonymous with technology that it’s hard to see where one begins and the other ends. According to the “godfather of martech,” Scott Brinker, there were a…
Microsoft Viva is a new “employee experience platform” in Microsoft Teams that was unveiled by Microsoft in February. It currently has four applications — Viva Connections, Viva Insights, Viva Learning and…
Orchestras rehearse so that every musician plays in sync. For business teams, however, using data in sync necessitates a number of steps be taken to make the data useful. One…
The COVID-19 pandemic has sped up the process of digital transformation in businesses, experts said, and has urged companies to consider their own resources and conditions to ensure and increase efficiency.
The global coronavirus pandemic has validated Microsoft’s hybrid go-to-market strategy that recognises the cloud is not a one-size-fits-all solution and providers must meet customers where they are on their digital…
Clearly, digital transformation is essential for business survival in a connected world. According to 2020 statistics from Gartner, 91 percent of businesses are engaged in some form of digital initiative, while 87 percent of senior…
With the adoption of digital innovation, enterprises move at such an accelerated rate. Attackers have also stepped up their game, with ransomware and nation-state actors gaining ground. There has also…
A terrific digital transformation leader showed me his LinkedIn profile the other day. It was super low-key – so low-key, in fact, that you’d never guess this guy has done some really…
Microsoft 365 (Office 365) is a widely used cloud-based package with over a million companies worldwide using its production capabilities. By 2020, over 700,000 companies in the United States alone…
Digital transformation is a hard and long endeavor, especially for companies with legacy technology stacks, processes or cultures. However, it is no longer a discretionary initiative. Digitization is a secular…
Microsoft has launched its first Azure Orbital “ground station as a service” units, the company announced this week, starting with its own datacenter in Quincy, Wash.
In the early days of Covid-19, companies were preoccupied with enabling remote work, maintaining the digital infrastructure to support taxed supply chains and keeping business systems humming along. Yet, as…
If your organization is busier than ever “digitizing,” you’re not alone. Digital efforts have been proliferating for years as companies strive to catch up with technological innovation. Covid-19 massively accelerated…
Microsoft announced on Thursday that it has started delivery of its Windows Release Health service component within the Microsoft 365 Admin Center portal.
When we were all dispatched to work from home in March 2020, many leaders didn’t perceive that their organizations would be relying on them to sustain their level of productivity…
Formerly Office 365, Microsoft 365 is a comprehensive tool with multiple applications to aid your business. Office 365 for small businesses has been, and continues as Microsoft 365 to be,…
As data flows between enterprise applications, cloud-connected or SaaS software, and IoT devices, business risk is also growing exponentially. The Verizon 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) revealed that 43% of…
Microsoft is continuing to pour billions into building and equipping new data centers across the U.S as demand for Microsoft Azure solutions and its cloud services soars. Microsoft has unveiled…
Digital transformation is more than just a buzzword. For many government agencies, it’s a long-overdue necessity that can be broken down into three main improvement areas: better data insights, better…
2020 was a year of amazing challenge and opportunity for public organizations. The COVID-19 pandemic led to global shutdowns that made many government services more important than ever, while challenging…
You’ve likely heard of Microsoft Office, which consists of workplace applications, including the widely used Microsoft Word program. What you may not realize is that Word and other Office programs —…
New potential projects likely cross your desk every day. Each project may promise a solid return on investment, but taking them on typically involves resolving other initiatives that haven’t been started, that have…
Clearing Three Hurdles to Digital Transformation Being a midsize business has its benefits. Your business has more power to invest than lean startups do and more freedom to innovate than…
The past year has confirmed that a digital-first strategy is not just a trend, but the new standard for business moving forward. What business calls “digital life” is just life…
A bunch of Microsoft 365 news bits were announced this week. Of interest to IT pros, Microsoft is converging its OneDrive and SharePoint Admin Center management portals, with a consolidated…
The world has quickly entered the digital era and Vietnam is now striving to catch up. To that end, the Party Central Committee issued Resolution No 52 on proactively joining…
Leading digital transformation during a pandemic has not been optional. Tap into some upsides, such as receptivity to new ideas, while avoiding traps, such as sticking to old schedules or…
Microsoft’s Azure cloud for hosting web sites and applications will replace the Office productivity software as the company’s largest source of revenue at some point in 2022, Piper Sandler analyst…
A seminar took place in Ho Chi Minh City on January 21 to discuss opportunities, challenges faced by small and medium-sized enterprises in digital transformation.
Common Data Service, the sophisticated and secure backbone that powers Dynamics 365 and Power Platform, has been renamed to Microsoft Dataverse. This low-code data platform is rapidly changing the way organizations…
Today’s pandemic is a wake-up call for organizations. They must recognize that the world has changed, understand the implications these changes have on their business, and identify opportunities to build…
If 2020 taught us anything, it was that no business is resilient to everything. But those that had laid their digital tracks early were better positioned to recover, and in some cases, even speed ahead. In fact, one retail…
One of the biggest lessons Australia and New Zealand business leaders can take from the past 12 months is that a climate of uncertainty is now the new normal. The…
The month of December is coming to a close, and it is now time to look back at the new features introduced in Microsoft 365 this year. In 2020, Microsoft…
A number of digital transformation trends have become established as we enter the new year. It is clear, for example, that many people will continue to work from home for…
Cloud Computing services have grown to become a necessity for businesses quicker than anybody had expected. Microsoft’s Azure is a popular cloud-based service which offers hybrid compatibility that has become…
My end-of-year column back in 2019 outlined how advancements in the use of new technologies — such as robotic process automation (RPA), artificial intelligence (AI) the Internet of Things (IoT) and machine…
As the clock ticks down on 2020, here are a few ways to keep the momentum going on your digital transformation. In 2020, businesses of all kinds were forced to…
When the pandemic’s initial shock hit businesses across the globe, companies had to make moves to meet their customers online — and fast. This shift online has largely been dubbed…
In this atypical year, many of us have discovered a new sense of appreciation for our computers as critical tools to get work done. Now more than ever, we are…
We live in a hyperconnected ecosystem, where every interaction results in massive datasets being generated. This consumption and usage of data has significantly changed over the years, helping shape new…
With the achievements that Microsoft has achieved in recent years, our company – Opus Solution – a business consultant in Vietnam, also proud to be a partner of Microsoft, specializes…
Defining your organization’s digital transformation team for 2021 will be especially important as companies speed up work amid the pandemic. Data, cloud, and security expertise are hot – but don’t shortchange UX.
Microsoft is readying a bunch of Microsoft 365 and SharePoint Online improvements, including a new “My Feed” Web Part and more Microsoft Graph connectors.
Everyone has digital transformation on their radar, but its meaning has been lost in the midst of the many different contexts in which it’s used. Digital transformation originally meant an…
At Microsoft’s annual Ignite conference in October, the company previewed a slick new tool called Productivity Score. During the virtual presentation, a senior product manager said the feature provides “insights that transform…
Digital transformation and enterprise modernization initiatives advanced by leaps and bounds in the last decade and especially so in the last five years. Economic sectors across the board have adopted…
The Microsoft Dataverse for Teams data platform for use with Power Platform tools has reached the “general availability” commercial-release stage, Microsoft announced on Monday.
The tech world has transformed within a very short span of time, and most of this transformation took place over the last few years. We’ve seen transportation evolve to include…
The Microsoft Endpoint Data Loss Prevention service, used to protect data accessed on devices, reached “general availability” commercial-release status, Microsoft announced this week.
For every business, data plays a critical role when it comes to developing strategies and making decisions. Similarly, businesses providing financial services are using business intelligence (BI) and analytics to…
Customer expectations have changed substantially in the last five years. They now expect real-time and personalized responses, greater ease of use, and accessible digital and mobile channels. As customer expectations…
Big data ensures successful digital transformation in organizations. Data is an important factor for the success of any organization. Undoubtedly, organizations are playing high on big data. The huge amount…
Microsoft Teams usage keeps surging to new highs as COVID-19-related remote work has moved the conferencing, chat and collaboration platform to center stage.
As IT leaders learn more about what does – and does not work – when it comes to furthering digital transformation, they’re getting a better picture of the ideal makeup of…
Microsoft no longer provides support or bug fixes for Office 2010. What should you do if you’re stuck on the ten-year-old version of Office?
Today, we know that digital transformation is no longer a nice-to-have but a requirement in terms of long-term business success. Throughout this year alone, industries have had to completely change how they…
Microsoft announced on Tuesday that its new “All Tenants” feature in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center portal is starting to arrive for partners that work with cloud service providers and multiple customers.
For every business, whether it is small or big, team collaboration is the driving factor that excels innovation and cooperation for better productivity. You would also want to enhance your…
The world has gone through a massive overhaul, with Covid-19 taking the reins of how things work. The current market has forced several industries to transform for good. The remnants…
When the pandemic hit, some companies reacted fast and came out on top. Sure, a few happened to offer the right products or services at a challenging time. (A year…
The increasing demand for always-on connectivity, immersive experiences, secure collaboration, and remote human relationships is pushing networks to their limits, while the market is driving down price. The network infrastructure…
Digital technology is at the center of today’s economic development debate due to its wide use during the Covid-19 outbreak. While there is no doubt that the pandemic is amplifying…
Microsoft described a couple of developments along SharePoint product lines during a Tuesday Ignite online keynote talk. The new developments include a new Project Cortex product called “Syntex,” plus a…
No one could have predicted where 2020 would take us: The last six months alone have produced more digital transformation than the last decade, with every transformation effort already underway…
