Frontline workers are the foundation of every industry—from retail and healthcare to hospitality and field services. Yet for years, they’ve been asked to increase productivity and deliver more value, faster, often with tools that weren’t designed for the specific realities of frontline work. Today, that dynamic is shifting. When AI is applied in practical, governed
It’s a great time to be a customer. Often, companies are finding that they are at product parity with their competitors and thus look to service to be the differentiator. When Allstate introduced accident forgiveness for their auto insurance products, it wasn’t too long before competitors followed suit.
Change is no easy task. As with most new technologies, AI adoption brings its share of cost and risk as enterprise leaders and department leads work together to build out their experience. Merely identifying an entry point has brought plenty of AI projects to a halt.
For over twenty years, Alluma has used technology to help connect vulnerable families and individuals with the public services they need, including Medicaid, SNAP, EITC, and more. Now powered by Microsoft Azure, the organization’s new One-X-Connection solution and Quick Screener module merge data, technology, and policy to help applicants qualify quickly and anonymously while simplifying the administrative process for their agency partners.
Consumers spent over $601B in online purchases in 2019. To increase agility and visibility, supply chain logistics operations are trending towards transparent relationships between warehouses, delivery operations, and online locations. The truth is that modern consumers expect that when they shop for a product, they want to have options for how they buy and receive them.
With the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirming the first U.S. reported case of coronavirus in Washington on Jan. 21, it’s not surprising that the Evergreen State was proactive in battling the fast-spreading illness.
Even before our current season, wealth management firms have relied more and more on the flexibility, localized knowledge, and self-motivated efforts of registered investment advisors (RIAs). These independent financial professionals bring a unique book of clients to larger houses in exchange for better marketing assets, technological capabilities, and even trade execution.
Leading insurers gather at Insurance AI and Innovative Virtual Tech Event The insurance industry continues to evolve at a breakneck pace. What were once long-term development strategies have become more immediate action plans as carriers bring new digital solutions to more demanding policyholders. Insurers who need to stay competitive are seeking out thought leadership and technical innovation to help them keep pace with a change-driven market.
Attention all makers, students, tinkerers, hardware hackers, and professional IoT developers! The month of #JulyOT is here! To celebrate, we have curated a collection of blog posts, hands-on-labs, and videos designed to demonstrate and teach developers how to build projects with Azure Internet of things (IoT) services.
The State of Washington had the unique distinction of reporting the first active COVID-19 infection in the United States. Accordingly, it was up to officials in the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) to respond quickly and decisively with containment efforts.
Disasters strike suddenly, and emergency management needs rapid, scalable access to data and collaborative tools that will empower their response. That’s when they turn to Juvare, one of the most experienced and established emergency response tech providers in the world. To manage the scalability and speed that emergency responders need to face the challenges of their jobs, Juvare turned to the cloud for their WebEOC and eICS platforms. With cloud infrastructure, they were able to navigate geographical data restrictions and disruptive deployment to bring comprehensive solutions to the communities they served.
Last Hallowe’en, it was my pleasure to help launch the Azure Mystery Mansion, a text-based game built using Twine. Users explore the various rooms of an old house, picking up keys that allow final access to the attic where they claim the deeds to the house.
Most developers know that in the rapidly innovating world of enterprise technology, acquiring new skills is not optional. This is no truer than for the cloud developers of EY, a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services with clients in nearly every major industry around the globe.
