More on Platform for Business Evolution from Thought Leaders

3.23.2012 Bob Violino

A Modern Application Portfolio Makes CIOs Agents of Change

No matter what industry a company is in and whatever the size of its operations, chances are it is looking for ways to enable IT to better address the ever-changing needs of management, end users, customers and partners -- all while continuing to innovate and invest in strategic priorities...
2.3.2012 Bob Anderson

The Journey to Modern IT

Like many of you who lead and work in IT departments, the leadership team within Microsoft IT regularly reflects on what we do and how we do IT. It’s ingrained in us, and our company for that matter, to be self-critical, accountable, willing to take on big challenges and to do so with passion and integrity...
8.10.2011 Enterprise Team

Embracing IT to Help Drive Business Transformation

How is Korea’s largest telecom using IT to integrate internal business operations, address new business opportunities, and improve efficiency? What efforts is the company making to embrace green IT strategie...

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3.23.2012 Roy Sharples

Design Led Business Transformation

We have always identified with the way "outsiders" and maverick designers thought about the world around them and the inhabitants within it...
3.23.2012 Rick Mears

Owens & Minor: IT Modernization Effort Funds Itself

When Owens & Minor, Inc., a Richmond, Va., distributor of medical and surgical supplies and a healthcare supply-chain management company, needed to move its busine...
2.27.2012 Bob Violino

Businesses Change the Game with Technology

The business world is becoming much more mobile, and the workforce more technologically savvy. At the same time, new opportunities are arising in cloud computing, soc...
10.25.2011 Enterprise Team

Sustainability 3.0: How Technology Will Help Companies Win in the Coming Age of Radical Transparency

Since the emergence of the industrial economy, we have not had the mindset to place a dollar value on many of the earth’s ecological resources: clean air, water, land, and a stable climate. As a result...

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9.18.2011 Barry Briggs

Dr. Ian Goldin on Globalization and Building Resilience in Business Against Systemic Risk

Technological and economic growth have the potential to lead the 21st century to being the best period of human existence on the planet, but there are challenges. The scale of issues with which we are faced...

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9.18.2011 Barry Briggs

Barry Briggs on the Impact of Technological Changes on Outsourcing

This blog is an excerpt of a longer interview with Barry Briggs for an upcoming book by QS Advisory titled, “Emerging Models of Infrastructure Outsourcing.” Please contact Oksana Bukiy for more information about the book.
9.18.2011 Barry Briggs

Dr. Hans Rosling Interview: Mindset Upgrade for the G20 World!

Microsoft Chief Technology Officer, Barry Briggs, interviews global health professor Dr. Hans Rosling. Rosling offers, with animated statistics and a provocative view of historical economic and social tren...

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8.12.2011 Enterprise Team

Managing Enterprise Operations in a Global Environment

How does a company like Microsoft facilitate operational business strategies that foster corporate growth while reducing costs? Learn about the 5 strategies that support this mission within Microso...

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8.12.2011 Enterprise Team

Managing Global IT Change at the Speed of Thought

How can CIOs with globally diverse teams deal with the complexity of a rapidly changing technology environment? Meet Walter Puschner, Microsoft VP of Worldwide Field IT, Strategy and Planni...

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8.11.2011 Enterprise Team

Sony and the Role of IT in the Transition from Multi-National to Global Presence

How is the CIO of one of the world’s largest consumer electronics and entertainment corporations addressing collaboration and communication across an organization that is making the transition from a mu...

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8.11.2011 Enterprise Team

Spotlight on Infosys: Managing a Massive Corporation’s Footprint

Have you ever wondered about the top challenges for one of the world’s leaders in consulting and information technology? What are some of the actions and initiatives that can help make IT greener? How can you get inf...

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8.10.2011 Enterprise Team

From Local to Global: The Role of IT in Supporting Worldwide Competition

How is IT helping a once local brand grow to global proportions, make better decisions, and increase its competitive edge? To learn the answers, check out this CIO Network interview with Carlsberg Gr...

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7.27.2011 Jim DuBois

When IT Hits the Fan: the 3 P's of Business Continuity

I’ve been working in IT for 25 years, both inside and outside of Microsoft, at companies of various sizes. While the scale of IT operations changes with each company, there’s a lot that’s common. I was recen...
4.26.2011 Paula Klein

IT Hiring Warms Up

It’s far from a heat wave, but after several years of belt-tightening and IT hiring freezes, some thaw seems to be taking place. Data from research firms and anecdotal reports from recruiters an...
2.28.2011 Enterprise Team

The Business Platform in Action: Three Examples

The following examples illustrate some of the benefits today’s IT leaders are gaining for their organizations by embracing an integrated platform approach powered by the Microsoft Application Platform.
2.28.2011 Enterprise Team

Your IT Platform: Powerful Business Platform or Perilous Menace?

The Greek poet Homer told the now-classic tale of Odysseus. As part of Odysseus’ quest to return to his home and...
2.25.2011 Steven Ramirez

Microsoft Services and the Dynamic Workplace

The bottom line is, it’s about the productivity of the individual employee...