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Empowering accessibility in manufacturing with AI

September 13, 2019

By Hemant PathakAssociate General Counsel - Lead Attorney North America Sales, Marketing & Operations

At this juncture in the early stages of the AI-powered Fourth Industrial Revolution, a lot of attention has been paid to the possibility that millions of workers will be displaced by automation and robots, raising fears of rising unemployment in the years ahead. However, in the manufacturing industry today, the problem is not one of...

Strategic Storytelling: Make heroes happen 

September 12, 2019

By Carrie HolmesDirector, Strategic Account Marketing

There’s a reason Hollywood keeps making superhero movies. The good ones not only provide 190-minutes of action-packed adrenaline, they take us through the hero’s transformational journey, a quest everyone can relate to, made larger than life. It’s thrilling. A good story inspires us, and we are left rooting for the hero and wanting to hear...

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“Disrupt or be disrupted,” says KPMG finance industry COO, Learning from Leaders, Episode 6

September 4, 2019

By Microsoft in Business

You might be surprised to hear an auditor embrace the advice, “Disrupt or be disrupted.” The auditing business is highly regulated worldwide and an auditor’s role in the business ecosystem is to provide stability and transparency. Disruption isn’t an idea the industry takes lightly. But for Tom Duffy, COO of KPMG’s Global Audit Practice, getting...

How DeVry adopted Azure Lab Services to unify learning environments

August 27, 2019

By Microsoft in Business

DeVry University wanted to create a streamlined learning environment for their students who took classes both onsite and online. Azure Lab Services allows faculty the flexibility they want for course design and provides students the creativity they need to reach their goals....

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Matt Renner joins Microsoft as President of US Enterprise Commercial Sales.

August 23, 2019

By Microsoft in Business

Matt Renner, a sales and technology industry veteran of more than 25 years, has joined Microsoft as President of US Enterprise Commercial Sales. US Enterprise Commercial Sales serves the largest US commercial customers by helping them deliver their digital transformation using Microsoft’s full suite of enterprise cloud offerings. Renner was most recently the Executive Vice...

Learn how adaptive learning is closing the skills gap at ADP, Learning from Leaders, Episode 5

August 20, 2019

By Microsoft in Business

Our latest guest on Learning From Leaders, ADP’s VP of Enterprise Learning, Andrea Elkin, got her start as a financial analyst on Wall Street. “Part of what I was doing in the early part of my career was presenting the data, the numbers, and the analytics to help executives run their business. In very short...

Powering your finance modernization with citizen data scientists and digital upskilling

August 14, 2019

By Microsoft in Business

Bob Woods | Finance Transformation Leader and Seattle Office Managing Partner, PwC Digital transformation is bringing both rapid innovation and drastic changes to the core functions of chief financial officers. When CFOs don’t adapt to these new technologies, they can’t proactively manage new opportunities including evolving workforce expectations and growing data capabilities. Forward-thinking CFOs leverage...

Realizing AI strategy with a problem-first approach

August 9, 2019

By Microsoft in Business

Jomit Vaghela | Cloud Solution Architect, US EC Industry, Microsoft In collaboration with the National Association of Manufacturers In my earlier post, I discussed basics of machine learning (ML) and techniques that can drive powerful outcomes for manufacturers. Now, let’s discuss the approach for realizing those outcomes. I start every ML discussion with two questions:...