Change across organizations, markets and industries is usually steady and predictable, with occasional jump starts that can spark innovation—typically fueled by the intersection of new technology with market demand.
Few retailers have stood the test of time like Hickory Farms. For generations of families in the U.S. and Canada, including mine, Hickory Farms invokes memories of holiday gift baskets brimming with specialty meats, gourmet cheeses, and festive treats.
Next week we look forward to hosting more than 16,000 partners, customers and business leaders at Microsoft Inspire, our largest annual partner event. Presentations from our CEO and leadership will have a common thread – the critical role our partners play in enabling customers to transform their businesses across industries.
Microsoft is thrilled to host Build this week in Seattle. Build is the ultimate Microsoft developer event, where the most innovative minds connect to get inspired and code the future.
Today we’re in Melbourne, Australia for our Microsoft Business Forward event where we’re sharing how leading Australian organizations are accelerating their digital transformation together with Microsoft.
In the era of digital transformation, change is the new normal and a dramatic evolution is underway across industries. The most successful businesses are already reaping the rewards by expanding on flexible cloud platforms and meeting customer demands in real-time by collecting comprehensive data, intelligently analyzing results and responding with sophisticated automation software.
Over the past several weeks, I’ve had an opportunity to spend quality time with several customers, partners, and industry analysts. It’s been incredibly insightful to learn more about their experiences and perspectives on our business and to share with them my optimism and excitement about Microsoft Business Applications.
As with other industries today, we believe that business data is at the center of a retail transformation. Organizations that leverage their data to delight consumers, empower employees and optimize operations will be at an advantage in today’s competitive environment.
As 2017 comes to a close, it’s a great time to reflect on the past several months. This year has been tremendously exciting and rewarding for all of us on the Dynamics 365 team.
Ever since the mainframe, customers have been dealing with business apps that were little more than forms, over siloed data, tied to monolithic CRM and ERP suites that were hard to customize. We believe we can do better.
Today at Microsoft Inspire, our largest annual partner event, we are introducing a host of new offerings designed to expand opportunity for our global partner community.