Microsoft

The AI Responsibility Gap: A Looming Threat to Business?
Analytics and AI
Project Gecko Focused on Creating Affordable, Customizable AI Systems
Microsoft's Project Gecko aims to create affordable, customizable AI systems for the global majority by utilizing local languages and multimodal content, featuring the MMCTAgent framework that enhances AI interactions.
Analytics and AI
ServiceNow Advances Enterprise AI Through Integrations with Microsoft
ServiceNow announced integrations with Microsoft, including Microsoft Agent 365, to create seamless AI orchestration and governance for businesses, enabling autonomous workflows and visibility across Microsoft 365 and the ServiceNow AI Platform.
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Analytics and AI
IBM Embeds AI Consulting Tools Inside Microsoft Copilot, Cites 250,000 Hours Saved
IBM integrates its Consulting Advantage with Microsoft Copilot to enhance efficiency for consultants, saving over 250,000 hours annually, by optimizing access to proprietary information within familiar Microsoft 365 applications while maintaining governance and oversight.
Analytics and AI
Microsoft Leans on OpenAI’s Custom Chip Designs to Accelerate In-House Silicon Strategy
Microsoft is deepening its collaboration with OpenAI by leveraging the startup's custom chip designs for its own semiconductor strategy, while addressing concerns about AI hardware depreciation, which may influence enterprise decisions on long-term cloud and AI investments.
Analytics and AI
Microsoft Expands MCP into Dynamic, AI-Ready Foundation for Dynamics 365 ERP
Microsoft is transforming its Dynamics 365 ERP by upgrading its Model Context Protocol from a static toolset to a dynamic, real-time gateway, integrating analytics and allowing extensive access to ERP functions for improved AI-enabled operations by December 2025.
Analytics and AI
Microsoft Takes Lead in Global AI and Cloud Transformation Partnership
Microsoft is leading a global partnership to transform enterprise AI and cloud adoption, positioning itself as a strategic enabler of change through integrated infrastructure, AI solutions, and workforce training.
Unlocking Digital Impact and Inetum
ERP Strategy and Planning
Unlocking Digital Impact
Inetum redefines transformation through platform ecosystems and AI innovation.
Lift-and-Shift ERP Strategies NTT DATA and Microsoft
Cloud Platform and Technology
NTT DATA to Accelerate AI-Driven Transformation with Microsoft Cloud Unit
NTT DATA has established a global business unit for Microsoft Cloud to leverage its expertise in accelerating secure, AI-driven digital transformation for enterprises.
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Security
Why Microsoft’s D365 License Enforcement Is Exposing a Deeper ERP Crisis
Microsoft Dynamics 365 users in Finance, Supply Chain, and Commerce must urgently address access governance before stricter licensing rules take effect on November 1, 2025, as many organizations have uncovered significant security vulnerabilities and excessive user permissions amidst new compliance pressures.
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Data and Data Management
Chris Niederman to Lead Snowflake’s Alliances & Channels Business
Snowflake has appointed Chris Niederman as Senior Vice President of its Alliances & Channels business, effective July 21, 2025, to enhance its global partner system and drive growth through Snowflake AI Data Cloud amidst a rapidly expanding partner network.
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ERP Strategy and Planning
The ERP Elephant in the Room: Why Legacy System Decommissioning is Business Critical
Modern enterprises face significant challenges with legacy ERP decommissioning, as maintaining outdated systems poses financial, security, and compliance risks, making it imperative for organizations to strategically sunset these systems to unlock the full potential of their digital transformation efforts.
Analytics and AI
From Nashville with AI: Microsoft Shares Blueprint for ERP Transformation at IFS Connect
At the IFS Connect North America 2025 event in Nashville, Microsoft's Jennifer Martinez presented a strategic framework for enterprise AI transformation focusing on four pillars—enhancing employee experiences, reinventing customer engagement, reshaping business processes, and accelerating innovation—while emphasizing a three-stage implementation roadmap that includes embracing available AI tools, developing customized solutions, and prioritizing security and governance.
Cloud Platform and Technology
How Inetum’s BOS2 Win Signals a New Era for UK Public Sector Tech
The UK's civil service faces a digital skills gap with only 4.5% of its workforce in tech roles, presenting a significant opportunity for private sector innovation, exemplified by Inetum's strategic entry into the BOS2 procurement framework, which allows access to robust SaaS solutions that could transform public sector services amid rising demand for digital transformation.
Analytics and AI
Georg Glantschnig Explains Microsoft’s “Power of One” Stack
Georg Glantschnig of Microsoft emphasizes that future ERP systems must not only support but also run business processes, highlighting a shift towards agentic AI and adaptability over traditional rigidity.
Analytics and AI
SAP Designs for Human Empowerment: Sean Kask
At SAP Sapphire 2025, Chief AI Strategy Officer Sean Kask emphasized SAP's deep, ethically guided AI strategy, highlighting its focus on building competitive advantages through human empowerment and controlled experimentation amidst a landscape filled with AI hype.
Analytics and AI
From SAP Sapphire 2025: Sean Kask, Chief AI Strategy Officer, Opens SAP’s AI Playbook, Covers Agentic Intelligence, Strategic Differentiation, and the Race to Real Adoption
At SAP Sapphire 2025, Sean Kask, SAP’s Chief AI Strategy Officer, emphasized a customer-focused AI strategy that integrates various models and maintains ethical standards, showcasing the potential of tools like Joule to autonomously execute complex processes while leveraging proprietary knowledge graphs for contextual accuracy, positioning SAP as a leader in AI-powered enterprise solutions.
Unlocking Digital Impact: Inetum Redefines Transformation Through Platform Ecosystems and AI Innovation
ERP Strategy and Planning
Unlocking Digital Impact: Inetum Redefines Transformation Through Platform Ecosystems and AI Innovation
Inetum, under the leadership of Kathy Quashie and Hemant Lamba, positions itself as a trustworthy partner in digital transformation for European clients by leveraging a platform-based strategy, deep client intimacy, industry-specific solutions, and a focus on AI readiness to deliver tangible business outcomes.
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Analytics and AI
Leveling Up with Automation: How Lifetime Products Empowered its Workforce with Microsoft Dynamics 365
Lifetime Products successfully modernized its ERP system by adopting Microsoft Dynamics 365, enabling enhanced operational efficiency and employee development through automation and a collaborative workforce strategy that reallocates resources towards higher-value tasks.
Your Next ERP Will Think for Itself: Microsoft’s Bold Vision for Autonomous ERP
Analytics and AI
Your Next ERP Will Think for Itself: Microsoft’s Bold Vision for Autonomous ERP
Microsoft is transforming ERP systems from traditional user-initiated processes to intelligent, autonomous platforms that execute tasks independently, emphasizing continuous business value and adapting to user needs rather than the other way around.
Finding the Right ERP Systems for Small Businesses in 2025
ERP Strategy and Planning
Finding the Right ERP Systems for Small Businesses in 2025
To thrive in the fast-paced landscape of 2025, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) need an adaptable, cloud-first ERP system that enables rapid implementation, offers intelligent insights, and provides clear pricing, with solutions like GROW with SAP, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, and Oracle NetSuite emerging as top contenders.
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Analytics and AI
IBM Launches Dedicated Microsoft Practice to Accelerate AI and Cloud-driven Business Transformation
IBM is strengthening its partnership with Microsoft by establishing a Microsoft Practice within IBM Consulting aimed at leveraging AI, cloud, and security solutions to deliver measurable business outcomes across various industries undergoing digital transformation.
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Cloud Platform and Technology
Lloyds Banking Group Deepens Strategic Cloud Partnership with Oracle to Drive Innovation and Agility
Lloyds Banking Group has expanded its partnership with Oracle to adopt next-generation multicloud infrastructure solutions, migrating critical databases to Oracle Database@Azure and deploying Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer, enhancing innovation and customer satisfaction in its digital transformation journey within the UK financial services sector.
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Security
Dell Strengthens Cybersecurity for Microsoft Customers
Dell Technologies and Microsoft are enhancing AI adoption to protect data and improve cybersecurity for multicloud environments.
Inetum
Analytics and AI
The Future of Digital Transformation
Insights from Intetum UK CEO Kathy Quashie 
Verisk and Oracle Fusion Cloud
Cloud Platform and Technology
Oracle & Microsoft expand multi-cloud capabilities for government agencies
Oracle has launched Oracle US Gov West and Azure US Gov Arizona regions for its Interconnect with Microsoft Azure, enhancing government agencies' multi-cloud capabilities through cost-effective, high-performance solutions, and seamless integration with Oracle Autonomous Database and Azure services.
Turning Manufacturing Data into Competitive Advantage with CData
Data and Data Management
Turning manufacturing data into competitive advantage with CData
Recordati, a pharmaceutical manufacturer, improved its data integration processes and achieved a 31% annual revenue growth by implementing CData Sync to automate real-time data replication across multiple systems, overcoming challenges of manual data handling and disparate ecosystems.
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Data and Data Management
The Quantum Leap: How Quantum Computing Will Transform Enterprise Software
Enterprise software is poised for a transformation due to quantum computing, which enables faster data analysis and optimization that outpaces traditional computing, with major companies like IBM, Google, and Microsoft spearheading research and pilot programs while addressing challenges such as hardware limitations and talent shortages.
Amazon AWS
Cloud Platform and Technology
AWS Aims to Speed Cloud Adoption with Trust Center
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched the AWS Trust Center, a comprehensive online resource that provides essential security insights, compliance certifications, and real-time updates to enhance transparency and trust for customers transitioning to cloud-based systems, addressing key security concerns that influence cloud adoption.
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CRM and Customer Experience
Microsoft to Deprecate Unified Service Desk (USD), Points Customers to Customer Service Workspace
Microsoft announced it will discontinue the Dynamics 365 Unified Service Desk on April 1, 2026, urging affected customers to transition to the more advanced Customer Service workspace, which offers improved features and enhanced experiences before the support ends on June 30, 2028.
Vonage and SAP expand collaboration for AI-driven enterprise experiences
Analytics and AI
Adobe and Microsoft AI collaborate to enhance ERP functionality
Adobe and Microsoft have partnered to integrate advanced AI tools into Microsoft applications, enhancing workflows for ERP users by allowing seamless data access and project management capabilities to optimize operational efficiency in modern business environments.
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