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As agile, software-based over-the-top (OTT) companies increasingly enter the media industry, they are changing the game for incumbent broadcasters who face enormous pressure to evolve in order to avoid getting left behind. Cloud solutions are enabling this evolution, thanks to scalability and affordability benefits.

This is the central theme of this issue’s roundtable article. In the pages that follow, industry experts debate the unique needs of the sector and outline strategies for success in the years ahead.

Within the financial services community, organisations are adopting innovative payments, blockchain and artificial intelligence tools that leverage Microsoft Azure as a platform to do more for less – at a time when the demand for open banking facilities, flexible real-time transactions and cross-border activities has never been higher.

Just in time for this year’s Sibos gathering in Sydney, we take a look at the ways in which Microsoft is helping financial services organisations around the globe to reimagine their customer experiences in the digital economy.

Download a PDF of the Financial services section of the Autumn 2018 issue of The Record magazine.

Process manufacturers face some of the most complex business goals: sustainably improving health; feeding the world; the provision of safe energy and water; and fuelling economic prosperity. To accomplish these goals, these organisations need to be at the forefront of technology advances to engage customers, empower employees, optimise operations, and transform products.

This is the focus of this issue’s manufacturing and resources section. In a world of finite resources and growing pressure to effectively deliver products and services and with a higher degree of social and ecological awareness, we find out how organisations can depend upon technology to offer up innovation and economies of scale that ensure profitability and sustainability for the long term.

Download a PDF of the manufacturing section of the Autumn 2018 issue of The Record magazine.

The promise of high-quality education for all is a prerequisite for any society, and yet at a time of unprecedented pressure being put upon public finances and with greater integration of cultures and movement of peoples over broader geographies, the job of teaching has never been more challenging.

So, what are the key issues that educators are looking to address with new technology, and where are the tools that will connect classrooms and drive student/teacher collaboration in a budget-friendly way? The Record investigates in the pages that follow.

Download a PDF of the Public Sector services section of the Autumn 2018 issue of The Record magazine.