It’s easy to wonder if the challenges the insurance industry faces in 2023 outweigh the opportunities. Economic headwinds, new competitors, regulatory demands, and the lingering effects of COVID-19it all adds up to one of the most difficult environments in recent memory. Nonetheless, I encourage insurers to see this[…]
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Energy organizations continue to face the complex challenge of meeting the world’s growing demand for energy while reducing emissions. But they’re not facing these challenges alone. Innovators across industry, government, and technology are joining forces and collaborating to find answers. Today, the energy industry has unprecedented opportunities to[…]
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Manufacturing is going through interesting times. It has been roiled by pandemics and wars, seen its supply chains slow down if not completely buckle, and confronted a labor shortage as one generation of workers retires (or quits) and another generation has not yet filled the gap. Finding a[…]
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Governments seek to serve and protect their communities through the delivery of essential public services. It’s peoplethe government’s own workforcethat make these services possible. From elected officials and tax administrators to social workers, police officers, and firefighters, the government is comprised of qualified individuals who have eagerly answered[…]
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Developing strategies and technologies to quickly respond to shifts in the marketsuch as changes in customer behavior, new competition, and the impact of global eventsis what sets resilient retailers apart from the competition. With unprecedented global changes to how we live, work, and play, digital technology is the[…]
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Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare provides trusted, integrated capabilities that make it easier for health organizations to improve the patient’s experience. The series of experiences and interactions that a patient has with a healthcare organization, from initial contact to post-treatment follow-up, can be described as patient journeys. For health[…]
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As organizations around the world, including Microsoft, prepare to tackle planet-sized challenges like net zero and water sustainability while meeting new reporting requirements, we’re following the wisdom of an age-old saying: “If you want to go further, work together.” We’ve found that using technology to drive sustainability progress[…]
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It was great to be back in Hannover in 2022 meeting with close to 75,000 of our manufacturing peers (well as many of them as we could!) for the first time in three years. That number looks set to grow to more than 200,000 manufacturing industry business decision-makers,[…]
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Nothing fuels optimism like group problem-solving, and that’s what the annual GreenBiz conference is all about. This year, sustainability decision-makers came together to find new approaches and solutions to perennial topics including net zero, circular economy, social justice, biodiversity, and resilient supply chains. In the conversations, side meetings,[…]
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The telecommunications industry is at an inflection point where connectivity has become a commodity and business-to-consumer (B2C) revenue has flattened. The new breed of customer demands enhanced digital experiences while returns on massive capex spending have stagnated. Technology brings an opportunity to fuel transformation and unlock differentiated revenue[…]
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