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The digital transformation of the business world has pushed businesses to address new challenges: remote work, cloud migration, and device security is the new normal. Today's decision makers need to create people connections, address burnout, and work toward consolidating apps. With Microsoft 365, you get a platform boosted with industry-leading apps, intelligent cloud services, and world-class security. You can download and sync devices, detect threats before issues occur, simplify through vendor consolidation, and so much more. This infographic explains the 6 ways Microsoft 365 apps and services can ease your organization's journey to modern work. View: Transition to Cloud: A journey to Modern Work with Microsoft 365

Learn how the Spanish Red Cross is leveraging Microsoft technology to unite data sources, drive insights, and forecast demand for critical humanitarian services. Read More...

This webinar series covers the concepts, strategies, and advantages for the modernization of a nonprofit organization's entire data estate. Subjects include data warehousing, reporting, analytics, Machine Learning/AI, and more. Join  Stephen Green  as he covers some of the most popular subjects for nonprofit organizations' digital transformation. Read More...

Enable remote work, take advantage of cloud innovation, and maximize your existing on-premises investments by relying on an effective hybrid and multicloud approach. Sign up to stay connected so we can help you modernize your .NET apps on Microsoft Azure and stay up to date on the latest cloud computing trends. View: Employ flexible, open hybridcloud solutions—transform customer engagement

Seven of 10 board directors accelerated digital initiatives due to COVID-19, executing two years' worth of digital transformation in two months. Learn how Microsoft is helping customers across every industry prepare for the future.

Businesses rely on cloud transformation for the stability and agility it offers to their operations. Microsoft 365 enables this transformation by realizing modern work environments where users are productive and secure while working from anywhere. Review the infographic and get started today with this 5-step deployment checklist. Learn how you can rapidly deploy Teams, secure access, provide employees with adequate support, and more. View: Transition to Cloud Deployment checklist

Businesses rely on cloud transformation for the stability and agility it offers to their operations. Microsoft 365 enables this transformation by realizing modern work environments where users are productive and secure while working from anywhere. Secure your business with technology you can trust, ensure only the right users have access without affecting productivity, and protect your data through security best practices and easy-to-use policies that prevent accidental data leaks. Sign up to say connected—we'll help you learn more about making the transition to the cloud and into a more secure environment. View: Security and privacy with an integrated portfolio of cloud services

This article highlights the difficulty  in  remaining focused in today's technology-distracted environment.  Explore how Microsoft is using AI to  empower people to focus on the task on hand, despite information overload. Read More...

Microsoft Analytics and AI  provides  endless possibilities for growth, innovation, forecasting, and opportunities to  differentiate and personalize  donor and constituent  engagements.  Find the many values and opportunities for  employing  analytics and AI  in  this  one-page  overview. View: Microsoft Analytics and AI

Digital transformation—the adoption of leading-edge technologies to improve business value and increase customer success—is seen by most organizations as more critical than ever and accelerated by the effects of the pandemic. Application modernization is driven by the need for transformation, privacy, remote work, government regulation, risk assessment, worker productivity, data growth, and the need to stay competitive. Sign up to stay connected so we can help you understand what's driving enterprises to modernize their .NET apps by migrating to the cloud with Microsoft Azure. View: What's driving application modernization?

COVID-19 dramatically changed the way people work. There were severe shifts in the cloud sector caused by changing work patterns, and this forced C-suite executives to fast-track their cloud migration plans. While the cloud was a lifeline for many of these organizations, they now must prepare to continue this transition. Companies must work towards cloud modernization in partnership with their CIOs and IT departments. Read More...

This video is a quick introduction  to  Microsoft Analytics and AI, explaining how to expand the reach of  your data insights and gain increasing levels of efficiency and personalization. By harnessing the power of Microsoft Analytics, you can inform and drive intelligent automation through AI and machine learning.

As a company dedicated to keeping people moving, Goodyear tire company wasn't about to slow down because of global travel restrictions due to COVID-19. When engineers could no longer travel to factories for equipment installation or troubleshooting, Goodyear turned to Microsoft Teams running on RealWear voice controlled, assisted-reality wearable computers to bring the engineering experts into the plants virtually—enabling instantaneous collaboration from remote locations, and saving money on travel costs. Read More...

This eBook discusses how Cisco Webex is leading the way for hybrid work innovation as the first best-of-breed suite for integrated hybrid work experiences that is trusted by 85% of Fortune 500 companies and has been awarded high marks for security by the NSA. Please contact Contoso Tech for more information about Cisco Webex. View: The Future of Work is Hybrid

Low code and no code platforms make app and software development accessible to non-developers. With pre-built templates and boilerplate code, businesses save time and money. Low code or no code platforms can help organizations build and deploy apps without always relying on an engineering team. Read More...

Security is vital to DevOps. Microsoft DevOps with GitHub features a best-in-class Security Lab. The lab's mission to inspire and enable the community to secure the open-source software we all depend on. The lab finds vulnerabilities, empowers others, and fosters collaboration. Subscribe for more. Read More...

This video discusses Cisco Meraki and how it simplifies technology to free up time and resources for other things. Learn more by contacting Cloud First Company today. View: Security Made Simple with Cisco Meraki

This video discusses Cisco Meraki and how it simplifies technology to free up time and resources for other things. Learn more by contacting Cloud First Company today. Read More...