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Staying competitive in today’s turbulent environment requires a solid digital transformation strategy. Consider these tips to bring increased urgency.
The year 2020 has become a turning point for enterprises all over the world. The global shift to remote work has prompted businesses to rethink their approaches to managing daily…
Questions around digital transformation in the heavy process industries no longer begin with “if,” but instead with “when” and “how.” By now it’s universally acknowledged that the digital technologies of…
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The pace of digital change in business shows no sign of slowing in 2022. The latest research from MuleSoft identifies 7 key digital transformation trends that will shape the future…
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If there is one key business lesson to be learned from the past eighteen months, it’s the need for organisations to embrace digital transformation.
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As companies increasingly embrace technology, they’re frequently adding new systems and processes on top of existing ones. Attempting to better use the latest technology available is a move in the…
Microsoft is launching its next perpetual version of Microsoft Office for commercial customers today, and promising an Office 2021 consumer release on October 5th. Microsoft Office Long Term Servicing Channel…
Last week, Opus Solution officially go live the Online Approval & Contract Management System for Ajinomoto Vietnam Corporation. Working with a large corporation like Ajinomoto Vietnam is not only a…
In the past decade, CFOs have overseen transformations across every business department. They continue to drive digital transformational projects to provide ongoing cost reduction and efficiency improvement. While these transformations…
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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….
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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…
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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,…
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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.”
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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…
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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,…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
