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Monday, September 30, 2024
Simplifying cloud migration and modernization with Microsoft Azure
Migrating to the cloud and modernizing resources in today's rapidly changing and complex internet landscape can be a major challenge for organizations like yours. Fortunately, a solution is at hand.
Download this eBook for an in-depth exploration of cloud migration best practices, strategies, and use cases. Use it to equip your employees and IT team with actionable insights they need to navigate complexities, mitigate risks, and maximize the benefits of Azure for your customers.
Contact Contoso Technical Solutions to discuss simplifying and modernizing your migration to the cloud with Azure.
Migrate to Azure with Confidence
Migrating to the cloud can be a daunting task, fraught with complexities that can leave even the most seasoned IT professionals feeling overwhelmed. From navigating the intricate process of cloud adoption to optimizing investments and mitigating risks, the road to the cloud is often paved with obstacles. However, you don't have to go it alone. Read this infographic for a detailed look at how you can unlock the full potential of your Windows Server investments. Understand the benefits of partnering with MS Azure migration experts who can guide you through the complexities of cloud processes, optimizing your investments and minimizing implementation risks.
Ready to unlock the full potential of your Windows Server investments? Contact an Azure migration expert at Contoso Technical Solutions to get started.
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Manage your Cisco devices with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform
This video walks the viewer through the process of setting up the automation and building the workflow. It also provides the code to viewers to try on their own.
Surface Pro 10
This datasheet focuses on the AI-enabled productivity and security of the Surface Pro 10.
Surface in Legal
This solution brief on Surface for legal highlights the new AI experiences available with the latest Surface portfolio and which devices fit the needs of which personas in a law firm.
Reply if you'd like a demo from one of our experts on managing Cisco devices with Red Hat Ansible
Reply if you'd like a demo from one of our experts on managing Cisco devices with Red Hat Ansible
'Tiny' AI, big world: New models show smaller can be smarter
IBM Research has developed a compact time-series forecasting model with fewer than 1 million parametersThis small model enables fast predictions and requires | Think bigger means better in AI? Think again.
Monday, September 23, 2024
Fuel Application Innovation with AI Cloud Services
In a rapidly evolving digital landscape, leveraging AI is crucial for organizations to stay competitive. The Microsoft-commissioned Forrester report, "Fuel Application Innovation With Cloud AI Services," explores five use cases for implementing AI in the cloud and enabling businesses to quickly realize value and drive innovation. Discover how knowledge mining, document process automation, speech transcription and analytics, machine translation and conversational AI can reshape your applications and create a competitive edge. Discover 4 key findings based on an online survey of over 500 technical decision makers responsible for AI implementation at their companies. Gain insights into implementing AI without the need for a large data science team. Download the report now to fuel your application innovation.
Architecting cloud data resilience
A modern data resilience strategy starts with a cloud-native backup architecture.
Frequently asked questions about Copilot in Microsoft Teams
Copilot for Microsoft Teams can help organize your work in a wide variety of ways. Enabled by AI, Copilot can summarize meeting discussion points, generate answers based on chat histories, and other useful functions. It's like your private meetings assistant.
Get the inside scoop on Copilot for Teams in this FAQ.
SMEs can turn cybersecurity risk into opportunity
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are increasingly at risk of cyber threats, often serving as gateways to larger targets due to weaker security measures. While cybersecurity presents challenges, especially for smaller companies with limited budgets and expertise, it also offers growth opportunities by building customer trust and driving responsible technology use.
EDP: powering the global energy transition using Microsoft Intelligent Data Platform, AI and IoT technology
Portuguese energy provider EDP is on a mission to drive sustainability in the sector and become net zero by 2040. That begins with data. Over the past few years, the company has been migrating its IT system to the cloud and embracing a data-driven vision that's allowing it to implement insights-based initiatives across its markets. Fast forward to present day, the organization has now moved on to deploy machine learning, artificial intelligence and IoT technology to make even more of the data and insights it generates. And ultimately get one step closer to making the world less polluted and decarbonized.
3 Ways Small Business IT Leaders Can Rightsize Their Tech Investments
SMBs must take a strategic approach to technology investments to remain competitive, efficient and secure in an increasingly complex business landscape.
Get caught up on meetings in a fraction of the time
Do you struggle with an unending flood of emails, texts and meetings? Keeping track of the discussions, decisions and action plans can be difficult. You can stay on top of it all with Copilot in Teams.
7 Ways Employers Can Enhance Their Competitive Edge for Drawing Talent
New research examines employers' workforce management priorities, business practices and benefit offerings.
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
How to establish a cybersecurity baseline, and why you should
Cybersecurity requires regular assessments of the environment, identifying the top risks, patching those and then retesting to confirm those issues have been resolved.
Council Post: The Evolution Of Modern Enterprise IT
A new breed of IT companies has emerged with an innovative approach. The focus became on scale, efficiency and automation.
HR is just 'scratching the surface' of what AI can do, leaders say
From automating tasks to analyzing data and answering internal questions, AI is transforming HR departments by freeing up HR managers to tackle strategic initiatives like diving deeper into trend analysis to predict attrition and success rates of workers.
Make-a-Wish® Customer Story
This article describes the value that Surface devices have delivered to help this world- renown nonprofit meet its global mission objectives.
Copilot in Word | Enhance Your Writing and Design
Copilot in Word transforms every part of the creative process, from developing and editing copy to reworking it for different purposes. Copilot helps you draft briefs speeches, sales letters and marketing copy. Now integrated with Microsoft Designer, Copilot helps you to effortlessly incorporate custom graphics into your document.
Watch this video for a demonstration of the ways that Copilot helps you be more creative.
Harnessing The Power Of AI In Telecommunications
As we navigate the complexities of this digital transformation, it's important to understand the role AI is likely to play in shaping the future of telcos.
Monday, September 16, 2024
Pangaea Data builds novel AI with Azure to foster collaboration and improve patient outcomes while saving UK NHS £1 billion
UK-based Pangaea Data's product platform combines artificial intelligence (AI) and medical guidelines to characterize patients across 7,000 hard-to-diagnose conditions.
When the Pangaea Data team determined they needed a cloud-based platform that could meet the rigorous security and privacy requirements of the healthcare industry, they turned to Azure AI Technology and Services for a solution.
Read this customer success story for details on how Pangaea and Microsoft worked together to improve outcomes, save billions, and expand patient reach.
Contact Contoso Technical Solutions to discuss deploying Azure's AI cloud-based platform in your healthcare system.
The Private Cloud Revolution: How Artificial Intelligence Is Transforming IT Infrastructure
The world of technology is rapidly evolving, and one of the most significant changes is the combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and private cloud systems. This isn't just an update. It fundamentally changes IT operations, dramatically improving efficiency, scalability, and security.
is here when you're ready to get serious about implementing AI in your organization.
The Business Opportunity of AI.
Get details from a global IDC study on how leading organizations use Azure AI to reimagine business models, increase efficiency and maximize ROI. View the infographic.
ContactContoso Technical Solutions to get started impacting your business bottom line for the better with Microsoft Azure AI.
Modern Devices for Nonprofits
This solution brief on Surface for nonprofits highlights the new AI experiences available with Surface with Windows 11 and Copilot as well as the productive, safe workplace available with deploying Microsoft 365.
Copilot can help employees use Word more creatively!
The importance of automating the hybrid cloud
Automation gives you the agility, flexibility, and consistency you need to keep infrastructure running at peal performance. See how Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and Cisco ACI can free network professionals from mundane tasks to focus on projects that give your business a competitive advantage.
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Modernize your IT on hybrid cloud with Cisco UCS
Modernize your apps and data services while embracing the hybrid cloud with Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation on Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS) X-Series Modular System. This solution brief goes into more detail.
Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Surface for Financial Services Flyer
This flyer contains 3 customer stories on the value of Surface with links to the details on each one.
Council Post: The Evolution Of Modern Enterprise IT
A new breed of IT companies has emerged with an innovative approach. The focus became on scale, efficiency and automation.
Surface for Retail
This eBook describes the evolving financial services industry and how the Surface device portfolio is ideal for every employee. The value of the device is presented for each persona in banking, including those serving customers within a branch and those working in the field.
Workers Think AI Will Increase Burnout
As AI gets increasingly integrated into the workplace, a new employee survey reveals workers' conflicted feelings about the disruptive new tech
Deep automation: A CIO weapon for turning disruption into opportunity
In an era of constant disruption, CIOs and technology leaders are seeking new ways to not just weather the storm but thrive. Deep automation emerges as a powerful weapon in the CIO's arsenal. This article helps CIOs turn disruption into opportunity with deep automation's adaptable nature.
Monday, September 9, 2024
Achieve generative AI operational excellence with the LLMOps maturity model | Microsoft Azure Blog
The Azure LLMOps maturity model is more than just a roadmap from foundational LLM utilization to mastery in deployment and operational management, it is a strategic guide that is essential for navigating the ever-evolving AI landscape of AI.
Ready to achieve AI operational excellence? Contact Contoso Technical Solutions to put Microsoft's Azure LLMOps maturity model to work in your transformation.
Cybersecurity Lessons Companies Can Learn After Massive Global Windows Outage
By Kelsey Kendall Earlier this month, CrowdStrike's buggy software update crashed many Windows computer systems, causing massive global disruptions to air travel, healthcare and businesses. Airlines are still trying to get back on track, and the outage hit companies with losses that could be in the billions of dollars, according to The Washington Post.
Accomplish more in less time
Start creating and get results quickly with Microsoft 365 and Copilot, your AI work assistant.
Watch this video to learn what Copilot can do to help you land more sales, create innovative content and gain insights faster.
Leveraging AI For Better Cloud Runtime Security
The cloud is a massive attack surface and runtime security is complex. AI plays an essential role for managing the scale and sifting through the noise.
Siemens Teamcenter and Microsoft Azure solve the tough challenges with a modern PLM
Deployed on Azure, Siemens offers customers full visibility up and down the product lifecycle from planning to manufacturing to purchasing.
Read their story for an in-depth discussion of how Siemens Teamcenter and Microsoft Azure AI are giving customers an edge over the competition, and enabling new, better products to roll out around the world.
Contact Contoso Technical Solutions to future proof your PLM with Microsoft AI technology.
he Future of Education: How AI is Transforming Learning
Advancements in technology have transformed seemingly every industry over the years, including education. Technology has quickly evolved and increased in relevance in schools, from creating common space computer labs to assigning each student their own laptop at the beginning of the year. As the relevance and opportunity for devices such as laptops increase, the usage of tools such as artificial intelligence (AI) also increases.
Copilot can help employees use Microsoft 365 productivity apps more efficiently!
Modernize apps and infrastructure across the hybrid cloud with Cisco UCS
Are you ready for next-generation cloud deployment that drives business agility, lowers operating costs and avoids vendor lock-in? Check out this video from Red Hat that shows how to modernize apps and infrastructure across the hybrid cloud with Cisco UCS.
Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Is Your Data AI-Ready? | TDWI
The promise of AI to transform business operations and accelerate innovation is being stymied by roadblocks, according to a recent survey that found 95% of businesses encounter obstacles in integrating AI into their organizations.
Read the article for some excellent tips on facilitating your AI implementation journey.
Network automation for everyone
This eBook provides some interesting statistics regarding the state of networking, and why traditional netorks can't keep up with today's pace of business.
Learn what is network automation, why it is so critical and how to deploy production-grade automatically with Red Hat Ansible Automation platform.
Surface for Retail Flyer
This flyer contains 2 customer stories on the value of Surface with links to the details on each one.
Surface for Retail
This eBook describes the changing landscape of retail and how the Surface device portfolio is ideal for the retail store floor, back office, and for Teams meetings as well. The value of the device is presented for each persona in a retail organization, including store floor associates, distribution center workers, store managers, and executives.
The importance of automating the hybrid cloud
Every time a large organization adopts a new technology, it is added to the corporate portfolio and integrated over time with other systems and infrastructure. Learn how Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform enables horizontal interoperability across the enterprise infrastructure.
Monday, September 2, 2024
Global cloud market sees another huge spending spree as AI demand continues
Cloud infrastructure just won't stop growing, with the big three providers towering over the rest.
Read the article for an overview of the state of cloud spending and its implications for businesses. Reach out to the cloud experts at when you're ready to discuss your cloud computing goals and challenges.
There's No Secret Ingredient To Good Cybersecurity
There is no secret ingredient to successful cybersecurity—it's just your workforce, their skills and unwavering resolve. Read the article for insight into security imperatives, including: these simple but important steps: regular patching, employee awareness training, and fostering open communication about potential threats.
Then connect with a cybersecurity expert at .
What's new in Azure Data, AI, and Digital Applications: Are you ready to go from GenAI experimentation to solutions at scale?
The AI era is here — and moving at warp speed rerouting technology roadmaps and dramatically accelerating transformation and value realization timelines. Microsoft is once again at the forefront of development and deployment of responsible AI.
In this blog article, you'll take a deep dive into what's new in Azure Data, AI and digital applications. What's more, you will learn how by deploying Azure you can go from GenAI experimentation to solutions deployed at scale - and realize a substantial ROI in the process.
Ready to make your move from AI experimentation to innovative AI solutions with Azure?
Contoso Technical Solutionscan help you get started.
Navigating 3 Areas of Enterprise Tech Disruption
Enterprise IT has grown so much in complexity and scale that it's wreaking havoc across organizations' technology, operations, and connectivity.
Fortunately, you can turn this chaos into opportunity for productivity and growth by gaining full control over your infrastructure and architecture.
Read the article for details and reach out to to schedule a free IT architecture consultation.
INSPIRE Environmental uses Azure AI to improve efficiency and streamline data analysis to meet the pace of offshore wind development
NSPIRE Environmental (INSPIRE), is a Venterra Group company dedicated to monitoring seafloor health. Labor-intensive data collection and analysis was impacting the quality of their data and jeopardizing their long-standing reputation for delivering timely and reliable results.
Read their story for details on how INSPIRE used Microsoft Azure AI solutions to analyze complex ocean data more quickly and efficiently, lower costs and reduce turnaround times for clients.
Contact Contoso Technical Solutions for more information on how Azure AI can streamline your transformation to the cloud.
Remote Work Well-Being: How CEOs Can Best Support Remote Workers
Remote work is here to stay in some capacity. However, remote work well-being is often overlooked. Here are three solutions to support remote workers. Read this article to learn how employers can incorporate remote well-being into the workplace wellness strategy, ensuring a productive, happy and thriving workforce.
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