Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Surface for Manufacturing Flyer

This flyer contains 2 customer stories on the value of Surface with links to the details on each one.

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Surface for Manufacturing

This eBook describes the evolving landscape for manufacturing and how the Surface device portfolio is ideal for every employee. The value of the device is presented for each persona in manufacturing, including factory floor operations, mobile sales reps, product engineers, and executives.

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Simplifying network automation with Red Hat Ansible and Cisco

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.

How AI Will Transform The Labor Market: Essential Insights For Leaders

Explore how AI will reshape the labor market and discover key insights every leader must know to stay ahead in this evolving landscape. Read this Forbes article for a detailed analysis of this important issue and hit reply to discuss how you can integrate the right AI solution into your business operations in a way that minimizes harmful impact on employees.

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How we're using 'chaos engineering' to make cloud computing less vulnerable to cyber attacks

Cloud computing powers services from transportation and healthcare to streaming services. With nearly 3 in 4 companies going over their estimated cloud budgets, cloud overspend is a serious problem that undermines the cloud's many transformative benefits. Keeping cloud costs in check requires a mix of human and tech solutions outlined in this compelling article.

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Monday, October 28, 2024

Get started with Microsoft Copilot with Graph-grounded chat in Microsoft Teams

If you're often spending time searching for the right chat message or trying to summarize a chat discussion, you'll want to try out Microsoft Copilot in Chat. Microsoft Copilot can help you be more productive by bringing together data from your documents, presentations and email in Microsoft Teams. Learn how in this Microsoft post.

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CISOs list human error as their top cybersecurity risk

Three in four CISOs label human error as their top cybersecurity risk. Which is why prioritizing both security awareness education and putting up guardrails designed to minimize employee mistakes or oversights is an essential component of any effective cybersecurity strategy.

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Alabama Appellate Courts System transforms and modernizes judicial operations with Azure.

"In the words of Blake T. Lunsford, Director of Information Technology at Alabama Appellate Courts System (AACS) their "technology infrastructure was functional but lagging behind modern standards...and faced limitations in terms of system integration, scalability, and security capabilities." Microsoft empowered Lunsford's AACS IT team to modernize a new case management system while also upgrading to Windows 11 Enterprise and Microsoft 365 Government. Great story. Check it out. Ready to modernize your IT infrastructure? Let Contoso Technical Solutions help you get started.

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Taking Control of Costs: New Tech Makes Business Spend Management Easier

For corporates, the goal, especially in the current inflationary environment, is to squeeze margins higher. Discover how companies leverage AI and data to control costs.

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Generate New Ideas with Microsoft Copilot in Chat

When you're tight on time and need help, fire up Microsoft Copilot in Chat. This quick video illustrates how it works and will show you how productive you can be in Chat, with help from Copilot.

Maximizing Hybrid Work Success: Strategies for leaders to build effective, modern teams

Hybrid work has become the new normal but leading a successful hybrid team comes with its own set of challenges. See how to effectively navigate this shift to build high-performing teams in hybrid environments.

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Wednesday, October 23, 2024

A Helpful Guide To AI's Impact On The Workforce

As AI continues to advance, so will the skills needed for success, driving both employers and employees to adapt.

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Tuesday, October 22, 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.

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Surface Pro 10

This datasheet focuses on the AI-enabled productivity and security of the Surface Pro 10.

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Surface in Higher Education Flyer

This solution brief on Surface for higher education highlights the new AI experiences available with the latest Surface portfolio and how these devices meet many of the challenges of higher education faculty, staff, and students.

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The CISO Top 10: Your guide to navigating the biggest cybersecurity challenges

These guides are more than just a list; they are a strategic tool designed to empower CISOs with the knowledge and direction needed to drive impactful cybersecurity initiatives. Read this article for an overview of the major priorities every business must address to strengthen its security posture, including automation, AI & ML, cloud security, and identity and access management.

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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.

Monday, October 21, 2024

How automation and culture help curb cloud overspend

Business leaders struggling to rein in rising costs can turn to technical solutions, but overruns are also a people problem.

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Three Smart Ways to Exceed Your Customers' Digital Expectations

The survey says: "High-quality CX isn't a nice-to-have—it's a revenue driver." That may be the understatement of the decade. Fully 73% of consumers rank customer experience (CX) as a vital factor in their purchase decisions (coming after only price and product quality). Download this eBook for insights on the innovative new digital tools and strategies business leaders like John Hancock are embracing to rise above customer expectations and stay competitive. Contact Contoso Technical Solutions to start driving your revenue to greater heights with Azure digital tools and services.

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Recall on Surface Pro and Surface Laptop

The Microsoft Surface Pro and Surface Laptop are already known as proven business PCs. Now, they're even better. Take a look at this informative brochure outlining how Copilot+ PC and these outstanding machines work together to create the ideal platform to work with your AI apps. It's time to get a close-up look at this amazing innovation. Your knowledgeable Microsoft partner, Contoso Technical Solutions, is ready to show you what they can do. Reach out today!

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A big cloud hangs over Big Tech earnings: Is all this AI spending worth it?

Investors will be scrutinizing the AI spending levels of tech titans like Microsoft when they report earnings this week.

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Finance in the fast lane

With over MYR81 billion in assets under administration, Malaysia-based AHAM Capital serves a diverse client base that includes corporates, institutions, pension funds, and high net-worth individuals. Read this customer story for details about how AHAM, with the help of Azure API Management boldly embraced digitization by shifting its operations to the Microsoft Azure cloud, transformed its total operation and digitized 75% of all transactions in just eight months. Ready to make the move to MS Azure Cloud? MS Cloud techspert Contoso Technical Solutions can get you started.

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Introducing Copilot+ PCs

Get ready for the next level of experience with Copilot+ PCs, the unique machines designed specifically to enhance your AI. Watch this video introducing the key features of Copilot-equipped computers, powered by a unique neural processing unit capable of 40 trillion operations per second to ensure you receive optimal AI performance. Want to see it IRL? Reach out to Contoso Technical Solutions for a demo of Copilot+ PCs and other Microsoft solutions built just for your needs.

The post-Covid workplace is dominated by the hybrid model. Here's how to make it work.

The new hybrid work era presents scores of opportunities and risks that leaders must tactfully navigate to ensure their businesses thrive and their employees are productive and content. Check out the article for an excellent analysis of the key elements that go into a successful hybrid work model.

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Tuesday, October 15, 2024

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.

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Reed innovates with Microsoft Surface & Teams Phone to improve working life

This customer story is about the largest family-owned recruitment business in the world and how they improved flexibility, agility, and convenience for staff by upgrading its end-user devices to 4,000 new Microsoft Surface devices for co-members.

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Surface for Business Resilience eBook

This eBook describes how business is always changing and how AI PCs like Surface devices enable resilience.

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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.

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Monday, October 14, 2024

The rise of the data platform for hybrid cloud

A move from siloed storage to data platforms unleashesthe potential of AI-driven business.

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Microsoft Named a Leader in the 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Container Management.

Read this news release to learn why Microsoft believes that their recognition as a Leader in the 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Container Management validates their end-to-end approach for developing and deploying enterprise-grade, cloud-native apps that run on Azure, in datacenters, or at the edge. And why MS Cloud-native technologies like containers and Kubernetes are the future of application development and highlights the broad and deep integration of Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) with other Azure services.

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Invite Engagement with Partner

Breakthrough the confusion using the innovative #Microsoft Copilot+PCs! These are uniquely designed and optimized in both hardware and software to enhance your AI experience. Reply for an eye-opening demo.

Council Post: Turning The Tables With Technology And Talent

The truth is, if you don't have the tech, you're probably not going to attract the talent.

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Embracing AI Transformation

Read this blog post for a discussion of four areas of opportunity for organizations like yours to empower AI Transformation, and learn what strategies Microsoft customers from Bayer to Walmart are doing to maximize business outcomes. Contact Contoso Technical Solutions for assistance in driving your AI transformation in the Microsoft Azure Cloud.

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Discover what's possible with Copilot+ PC

Get to know the world's fastest, most intelligent Windows computers ever built. Copilot+PCs are specifically designed to keep pace with AI innovations from the chipset level through the operating system. Watch this video highlighting how Copilot+PCs are destined to be an integral part of everyday life. And, when you're ready for the Copilot+PC experience IRL, reach out to Contoso Technical Solutions, your reliable Microsoft partner.

The Future Of Leadership In The Remote Workplace

Leadership in a hybrid world requires a slightly different skillset or, rather, the same skills applied in a different way.

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Monday, October 7, 2024

Achieving sustainable growth with Azure and FinOps best practices

Companies worldwide are seeking to reduce their IT carbon footprint and achieve a more sustainable future by focusing on efficiency and cost optimization. Read this blog post for an in-depth look at two new tools from Microsoft Azure AI that will help your company optimize Azure emissions, align IT sustainability with ESG regulations, measure and reduce your overall emissions.

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A New AI era at work

To take full advantage of the AI revolution, you'll need PCs and devices optimized to use it. For insights into what that looks like, read this informative eBook showing how Copilot + PCs are designed specifically to enhance employee productivity, collaboration and security using AI from the chip level on up. You can learn more about the capabilities of Copilot + PC devices by reaching out to the Microsoft experts at Contoso Technical Solutions for a hands-on demo.

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Project Gutenberg brings free audiobooks to the global community with AI-generated book narration

When Microsoft learned that the oldest digital library and leading distributor of free eBooks wanted to make its collection more accessible to a broader community of members, including the visually impaired, and those without access to traditional libraries, they donated their generative AI driven solutions, enabling Project Gutenberg to create nearly 5,000 new audio books in record time. Ready to open a bright new chapter in your company's transformation to the Cloud? Azure AI techspert Contoso Technical Solutions can help you get started.

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Introducing Copilot+ PCs

Microsoft PCs are meeting the challenge of AI with Copilot + PCs. Watch this intriguing video showing how Copilot-equipped computers are powered by processors capable of 40 trillion ops per second, and are a perfect complement for users looking to incorporate features like all-day battery life, sharper graphics and better multi-tasking. Get a close-up look at Copilot + PCs by reaching out to Contoso Technical Solutions, your knowledgeable Microsoft partner.