How to get the best from your move to Microsoft Office 365

Ed Woodrick from Dell EMC says that adopting Office 365 requires careful planning. Understanding the optimal migration and integration scenarios is absolutely key to success

Dell EMC's Ed Woodrick says understanding optimal migration and integration is key to successful adoption 

How luxury retail brands are winning with Microsoft technology

L’Oréal, YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP and EON are undergoing digital transformation

Supporting the support workers of St John Ambulance

UK charity is using a Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM solution from eBECS to transform how it manages interactions with customers and volunteers

UK charity uses Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM solution from eBECS to transform interaction management 

The power of Microsoft 365 in building a digital workplace

George Ferguson from DXC Technology outlines how building a digital workplace on Microsoft 365 brings employee engagement, productivity and security benefits for enterprises

DXC Technology's George Ferguson outlines engagement, productivity and security benefits

Boosting digital training for end-users with ClickLearn

The firm provides companies with a single learning platform for all their digital adoption projects, says Joachim Schiermacher

Firm provides companies with a learning platform for digital adoption projects, says Joachim Schiermacher

How to unleash the potential of the public cloud

Firms are looking to third-party vendors to leverage the cloud and mitigate risks, finds Barracuda

Sustainability and technology – the future of fashion retail

Saverio Romeo explains how technology can optimise processes with the aim of making the shopping experience sustainable for all

Saverio Romeo explains how technology can optimise processes with the aim of making the shopping experience sustainable for all

The importance of industrial design in product development

Manufacturers can leave customers with a positive experience each time they use a product through the process of industrial design, says Jan Larsson

Manufacturers can leave customers with a positive experience each time they use a product through the process of industrial design

Microsoft and SAP to help enterprises transform human resources

SAP to make cloud-based human capital management solutions available on Microsoft Azure

Introducing Smart Banking: the future of banking

Accenture, Avanade and Microsoft have pioneered an initiative that demonstrates how banks can implement modern technology for a more innovative experience for their customers. Amber Stokes reports

Accenture, Avanade and Microsoft have pioneered an initiative that can help banks improve the customer experience. Amber Stokes reports

Managing projects with enterprise social technologies

Karen McCandless speaks to Yammer's James Evans to find out more about how Microsoft’s enterprise social network enables better project management

Smart thinking: improving collaboration in manufacturing

Jacqui Griffiths finds out how the latest technologies are enabling design teams to work together, wherever they are, and design smarter than ever before

The latest technologies are enabling design teams to work together, wherever they are, and design smarter than ever before

HM16: Liebherr and Microsoft launch smart refrigerator

New levels of monitoring and maintenance possible with new solution

Dassault Systèmes rebrands RTT as 3DXCITE after acquisition

Aim of acquisition of German-based company is to enable digital marketing expertise across entire customer journey

Intelligent communication is transforming factory operations

Intelligent devices are driving revolutionary change within the manufacturing industry. Karen McCandless finds out more

Intelligent devices are driving revolutionary change within the manufacturing industry. Karen McCandless finds out more

Floatel deploys Kongsberg Maritime’s K-IMS communications platform

Kongsberg’s system was implemented with Attunity and Microsoft to improve onshore teams' insight into maintenance on offshore platforms

Realising the value of data analytics: bringing big data and IoT together

Intel explains why retailers need to use analytics tools to gain actionable insights from their data

Intel explains why retailers need to use analytics tools to gain actionable insights from their data

mcaConnect acquires Dynamics CRM specialist SalesMetrix

Acquisition by Dynamics AX specialist will create one of North America's largest Microsoft solution providers for energy and manufacturing

How to achieve best practice in data analytics

Paul Timmins from DXC Technology explains how Cloud solutions provide the scalable, near real-time analytical platform organisations need to gain easy access to turn data into actionable insights

Paul Timmins from DXC Technology explains how Cloud solutions provide an analytical platform 

Role-based work environments help to boost manufacturing productivity

Unifying communication, collaboration, social and mobile technology are set to bring massive efficiency and output gains across the sector. Karen McCandless finds out more

Unifying communication, collaboration, social and mobile technology is improving output

Ircem underwrites the future with virtual IT from Dell

French insurance firm Ircem has enhanced employee productivity and job satisfaction while improving security and lowering costs by moving to virtualised desktops

The French insurance firm has enhanced employee productivity while improving security

Survey finds growing urgency among companies to adopt big data analytics

Report indicates increasing focus on advancing organisations’ industrial internet strategies

Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit: tackling cyber threats head on

Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit is poised to ensure justice and to ensure solutions are inherently secure

How to implement an industrial internet of things automation plan

Melissa Topp from ICONICS explains that manufacturing companies need to prioritise their protocols

Melissa Topp from ICONICS says manufacturing companies need to prioritise their protocols

Microsoft’s Gavriella Schuster discusses new opportunities for partners

At last year’s Inspire event, Microsoft announced major changes to the way it is working with partners. In an exclusive interview with The Record, Gavriella Schuster, corporate vice president of Microsoft’s One Commercial Partner organisation, tells us more about these changes and explains the opportunities that will be presented in the coming financial year

How the One Commercial Partner organisation is paving the way for a successful future 

Choosing the right approach to enterprise security

DXC Technology highlights the factors organisations must consider to ensure their data and IT systems are protected against cyberattacks

DXC Technology highlights the factors organisations must consider to ensure data is protected 

Avanade's Digital Workplace: boosting employee engagement

Rebecca Gibson explores how Avanade's Digital Workplace approach will help retailers to empower employees with the knowledge they need to enhance the customer experience and become more invested in their role

Avanade explains how retailers can empower employees by giving them intuitive tools

Worldwide IoT market to increase by 19% in 2015

Digital signage, connected cars and manufacturing industry set to boost IoT growth, says IDC

Voice commands come to Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015 with Cortana

Latest release will be out this December and also features new Industry Templates

Microsoft CityNext: driving momentum to build smart, sustainable cities

Now in its second year, the Microsoft CityNext initiative is going from strength to strength. Rebecca Lambert spoke with Joel Cherkis to get his perspective on its impact so far

Now in its second year, the Microsoft CityNext initiative is going from strength to strength. Joel Cherkis provides his perspective on its impact so far

Upstream oil and gas companies to increase digital investment

Microsoft and Accenture find firms are seeking to reduce costs amid low oil and gas prices

Standard Life improves employee productivity and collaboration

Leading UK financial services organisation improves collaboration across worldwide offices with Microsoft productivity solutions

Retail Business Technology Expo 2016

9-10 March 2016; Olympia, London, UK

RBTE, the one-stop shop for all things retail and hospitality, returns to London in March 2016

Dell targets fastest growing data centre market with DSS

Dell DSS will serve the IT needs of web tech, telco, hosting, oil and gas, and research companies

European workers are keen to adopt digital technologies in the workplace

Accenture survey shows that 77% of business leaders expect to become digital within next three years

Hotels reimagine the guest experience through the power of IT

From in-room tablets to touchscreen tables in the lobby, hotels are trying out new technologies to wow their guests and offer them a more convenient, comfortable and personalised stay

Hotels are trying out new technologies to wow their guests and offer them a more comfortable stay

Know thy guest: the value of timely and accurate information dissemination

Hospitality CEOs need the CIO’s help with timely and accurate information dissemination to differentiate their properties from the competition and from other brands within their group, says Tad W. Remington

Tad W. Remington at InterDyn BMI discusses the value of integrated BI solutions for hospitality companies

Webjet and Microsoft build blockchain solution for the travel industry

The first-of-a-kind solution could transform the management of online payments for hotel bookings

Empowering employees to improve guest services

Hotels are enabling employees to complete tasks efficiently, while providing an enhanced guest experience. Rebecca Gibson reports

Hotels are engaging and empowering employees to complete tasks efficiently, while providing an enhanced guest experience. Rebecca Gibson reports

How digital transformation is impacting the media industry

As the digital transformation of the media industry puts greater power in the consumer’s hands, media companies are looking towards scalable, cloud-based solutions to help them adapt

Media companies look towards cloud-based solutions to help them adapt to digital transformation

Keeping track of supplies with SteadyServ iKeg powered by Intel

SteadyServ Technologies and Intel have developed a new solution that not only helps bars and restaurants stay on top of their inventory, but delivers crucial insight into customer trends in near real time

SteadyServ iKeg measures beer amounts, tracks kegs through supply and delivers real-time analytics

Microsoft releases Surface 2 with 4G connectivity in the UK

Device to be sold for £539 and is available from Currys, PC World or Microsoft's online store

BMW implements Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Enterprise

Global premium automaker ensures high availability and improves disaster recovery after implementing database solution

Global premium automaker ensures high availability and improves disaster recovery after implementing database solution

Supporting global growth with Microsoft Dynamics

Loki Systems' Advanced Payroll AX solution helps Melco Crown Entertainment to integrate payroll and HR systems across its business in China and the Phillippines

Loki Systems solution helps MCE to integrate payroll and HR systems across its business

A powerful platform to drive enterprise success

ClickLearn, the provider of e-learning authoring solutions for business applications, is expanding its proposition at breakneck speed – and it’s all thanks to the Microsoft Power Platform

ClickLearn is quickly expanding its proposition thanks to the Microsoft Power Platform