Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Why a modern IT infrastructure is the cornerstone of data-driven enterprises
A solid IT platform is paramount for data-driven businesses. IT infrastructure, the foundation upon which datasets run, is key to the most basic and even the most sophisticated analytics capabilities. In this article, you'll read how updating networks, analytics tools, and data management resources, can prepare enterprises for the future of IT.
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Technology: How it Benefits Small Business
The role of technology in business has led to tremendous growth in trade and commerce. Business concepts and models have been revolutionized from today's innovative technologies.
What business doesn't want to streamline accounting, manage costs better, and connect with customers in a more immediate and authentic way? In this article, you'll learn about a wide range of new technology solutions that can be key enablers of growth and expansion.
The future of work: Empowering people and organizations to achieve more
Digital technology is changing every industry and economy. If you're not modernizing your workplace, you could be falling behind. One of the easiest changes you can make to facilitate digital transformation is adopting a modern workplace solution like Microsoft Teams. At Aksara United, we have helped dozens of companies like yours to implement modern digital solutions. Contact us today to learn more on how we can help.
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Microsoft Teams, the hub for teamwork in Office 365
Employees today are working with twice the number of teams they were just 5 years ago. Part of that change is the evolution of the modern workplace in which workers can freely collaborate and communicate to achieve more and drive profitability.
At Aksara United, we know that your company's productivity is the key to unlocking higher profitability. By planning and adopting a modern workplace solution like Teams, you could see profitability increase by 21%. Contact us today to learn more.
Cost Savings and Business Benefits Enabled by Windows 10 Security Features
$1.1 million was saved by those using Windows 10 as a result of reduced productivity impact of malware infections. This Forrester Consulting study, commissioned by Microsoft, examines the Total Economic Impact™ of Windows 10 security features. Windows 10 provides a completely integrated solution, which impacts overall security and minimizes use of system resources.
Check out the full study to learn more about Windows 10 features to better understand the benefits, costs, and risks associated with this investment with Aksara United.
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Tuesday, July 28, 2020
Use these 4 keyboard shortcuts in Windows 10!
What teacher doesn't want to save time and simplify their daily routine? Use this insightful customer video to provide time-saving tips with Windows 10 shortcuts. Take quick screenshots, easily access the Windows Ink Workspace, and display student and teacher content—all on the same screen.
This less-than-two minute video seamlessly addresses common pain points and frustrations. Your customers can easily comment, like, and re-share on their social media.
Customer story: TGI Fridays migrates key business processes to Microsoft Dynamics 365
For TGI Fridays to accomplish their ambitious expansion plan, they needed a platform that could provide efficiencies and access to information that would allow for growth. Check out this video to learn how they're using Dynamics 365 to accomplish this at both the corporate and restaurant levels.
Customer story: Chevron's Azure migration journey
Chevron does business in over 30 countries around the world. With a distributed workforce and data coming from all over, they needed a solution to simplify, modernize, and secure their aging IT infrastructure. Chevron used Azure to convert legacy infrastructure to off-premises and automated their disaster recovery efforts. Watch this video to see how they also dropped infrastructure costs and improved security.
Reduce costs with Windows and Office
70% of small and midsize businesses (SMBs) reinvest saved money into their business thanks to the cloud.
Simplify the process of keeping devices up to date while saving time, reducing costs, and gaining control. Check out this infographic--which shows industry trends, pain points, and proof points--to learn why and how.
And to find the right Windows 10 and Microsoft 365 Business solution for your business to reduce costs, contact our team at Aksara United.
Customer Story: NQ Cranes customers come first with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
At NQ Cranes, the implementation of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central was a total success. Not only did the business flow automation immediately reduce time on internal processes, but it also allowed more time for client management.
Stephen Goodson, IT Manager at NQ Cranes touches on Business Central selection, implementation, and results—asserting that they were able to spend less time on internal processes and devote more time to account management.
Monday, July 27, 2020
3 real-life lessons in transforming learning with technology
Student-centered opportunities and experiences help students get in touch with who they want to be and what they want to accomplish in the world. However, these approaches to learning are high in demand, but also low in supply.
What's more, school districts today are challenged with accommodating a wide variety of students with different learning abilities. Fortunately, Windows 10 devices help students, of all skill levels, collaborate, communicate, and express their creativity.
Use this gated eBook to demonstrate how Windows 10 devices help enhance students' stake in the learning process. Customers will learn about successful, district-wide implementations where schools took a data-driven approach to drive greater learning outcomes.
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How to Become a Leadership Influencer
Blending the concepts of "social influencers" with "thought leaders," Tom Popomaronis states that a new breed is emerging. A "leadership influencer" still shares knowledge and philosophy through various channels but also demonstrates a rare skill—the power to inspire. Popomaronis shows you where to begin if you haven't published anything yet. He suggests, for example, you could start by writing about favorite quotes and the lessons you associate with them. Eventually, you'll focus more on your industry expertise. The point is, you need to start somewhere. It doesn't matter what you call yourself—but if you can inspire others with your content, you're one step closer to "leadership influencer." Read "How to Become a Leadership Influencer" by Tom Popomaronis.
Thursday, July 23, 2020
Quantifying the value of collaboration with Microsoft Teams
Employees save four hours each week with improved collaboration and information sharing, according to Forrester's Total Economic Impact™ Of Microsoft Teams.
Microsoft Teams puts everything organizations need into one place. Everything from chats, meetings, calling, and Microsoft 365 Business apps are brought together to make faster, more informed decisions in a single, intelligent hub. With Teams, every type of worker can be empowered to contribute their voice and take shared accountability for business outcomes.
Read this blog to learn more and contact us at Aksara United to get started today.
How to Turn Your Business Goals into a Strong Social Media Strategy
Social media plays an important role in marketing. Not only does it cost very little, but it's a quick way to get valuable content to large audiences with a personal touch. Social media platforms are non-negotiable, but are you effectively utilizing them to meet your business's goals?
In her article, "How to Turn Your Business Goals into a Strong Social Media Strategy," writer Elissa Liu states that too many businesses fail to connect their goals with a complementary strategy—instead, they shoot from the hip and post or share what is convenient or what they think their targeted audience may like. There's little follow-up and return on investment is unknown.
Instead, Liu suggests you create a strategy to meet a clearly defined goal. For example, if one of your business goals is to improve customer service, look at how you process complaints and questions. Some people are okay making a phone call, but others might prefer sending a comment through Facebook messenger. Liu points out that customers need several avenues to complain or question—and they expect timely responses. Do you know your response time on social media? Is it clearly defined within your company and is it tracked? It's obvious reading this that social media response time affects customer service—but it's amazing how many businesses do not utilize social media platforms with this understanding. Use Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and LinkedIn to improve your customer service, if that is one of your business goals. Read Liu's entire article for great tips on translating your business goals into social media goals!
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
The value of moving to Azure
Considering modernizing and moving your business to the cloud? You're not alone. You're also not the one thinking about security and compliance.
Microsoft Azure has advanced security features and more compliance certifications than any other public cloud provider. Full back up and recovery to the cloud and built-in security features across on-premises and cloud deployments. Single sign on (SSO) for each employee, extending local user identities and permissions to the cloud.
For the best in security and compliance, Microsoft Azure sits alone.
How collaboration can work for business
Whether you are a small-business owner or the CEO of a global enterprise, fostering a community of collaboration within your organization is important. Empowering employees through collaboration gives them the permission they need to go forth and do great things for the company. But collaboration doesn't come without the right tools. At Aksara United, we want you to have the tools to foster the teamwork you need. Contact us today to learn more.
Why Microsoft Services for Modernization
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The Modernization Solution from Microsoft Services provides a thorough approach to move applications, data and infrastructure to an enterprise-ready cloud.
While migration requires commitment, Microsoft Services provides unparalleled guidance and support during the entire process.
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Migration to Microsoft Azure: A technical overview
As part of its digital transformation, Canada's Capstone Mining needed a hybrid environment. It started shifting workloads to Azure for better scalability and resilience. But they didn't do it alone; they had help along the way.
At Aksara United, we are industry experts ready to help you transform the way your company does business. If you're in the market for a cloud solution to upgrade your IT infrastructure, contact us today to learn how we can help.
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
Get Help Putting Technology in Your School
Seeking the right technology for teachers and students can be daunting. This infographic provides tips and tricks on selecting, deploying, and learning how to use Microsoft technology. Learn how and where to access resources and online tools such as education experts, onboarding assistance, IT discussion boards, on-demand training, technical support, and more.
At the bottom of the infographic there is space to include your company logo, a brief description of how you can support onboarding new technology, and provide a link to your website.
Customer story: Federation Internationale de Volleyball uses Dynamics 365 to digitally transform consumer marketing
When the Federation Internationale de Volleyball was looking to transform fans' interaction with the sport, they knew they needed to go beyond a simple social media or website overhaul. They decided to embrace a full platform shift with Dynamics 365 to transform and optimize user experience, both with their organization and the sport overall.
Customer story: Razer plays to win, gains advantage in global gaming industry with Microsoft 365
Having a singular platform for collaboration and teamwork means that the IT department at gaming-laptop company, Razer, can empower their people. Razer wants their employees to do their very best work at a very high standard, and that means they need to communicate and share files easily.
At Aksara United, we know how to help you plan and adopt the collaboration tools you need to modernize your workplace and achieve more with teamwork. Contact us today to learn more.
Top 5 benefits of moving to the cloud now
Migrating your IT infrastructure to the cloud has a ton of benefits. Whether you're looking to improve security and become GDPR compliant, cut your total cost of ownership by 10.25%, or promote teamwork and innovation by integrating AI capabilities, the cloud provides a solution to your IT problems.
Customer Story: Think Up Consulting | Reduce Costs
Brand strategy and change management firm, Think Up Consulting, has saved nearly $14,000, with more savings on the horizon, with Microsoft Teams. They've replaced several applications with Windows 10 and Microsoft 365 Business, which feature a wide range of productivity tools. With modern technologies, Think Up has significantly improved efficiency and reduced costs.
Want to have cost savings like Think Up? Contact us at Aksara United to learn more.
Monday, July 20, 2020
Customer story: See how Microsoft Dynamics 365 enabled NQ Cranes to bridge the gap between departments
NQ Cranes has been growing steadily as a family business for over 40 years but saw room for improvement.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central helps NQ Cranes push the boundaries of technology by bringing visibility to administration, technicians, and management. As a result, this thriving manufacturer became increasingly mobile and efficient.
A 3-Step Guide for Choosing the Right Technology for Your School
This insightful eBook provides three steps (assess, plan, and act) to help school decision makers determine the right technology for students and teachers. It includes an actionable template, criteria for decision making, and information on how to implement new technology.
Gain news leads and share this eBook with prospects and your customers to provide them with important considerations in determining the best technology for their school.
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Customer Story: SitePro Part 2
SitePro is a software company with a mission to enable the digital oil field. In this video, discover how Microsoft Azure helps SitePro harness the power of data to drive transformation for its oil and gas company customers.
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Sales Engagement - The Definitive Guide
More and more organizations are discovering the value of an all-in-one system for sales engagement. As a result, these new platforms are taking over the industry and revolutionizing the way sales are being conducted. Find out everything from the current status of sales engagement technologies to what to expect in the future in this article.
Cloud Migration Concerns Persist for Provider Organizations
This article explores the caution and hesitation in the healthcare industry to shift data and infrastructure off-premises. In a recent survey of hospital CIOs, close to 40% don't see a clear business value in migrating. Yet overhead accounts for 50% of hospital costs--costs that could be reduced through cloud migration.
Chances are you could also benefit from lower overhead costs. At Aksara United, we have trained professionals with years of experience helping businesses just like yours. Contact us today to learn more.
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
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When you combine teamwork and collaboration, great things can happen. With the freedom to connect and work together, your employees' outlook and productivity increase, and you'll see them drive your business forward.
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The future computed: Artificial Intelligence and its role in society
AI technology will likely transform nearly every aspect of our lives over the next few decades. To ensure this change is positive, it's important to start having conversations now about how to keep the application of AI inclusive, secure, and positive. This e-book takes an in-depth look at where we are and where we are going with AI, hopefully sparking that conversation today.
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4 Reasons Businesses Should Make the Move
Are you considering moving to the cloud?
As global competition heats up and customers demand more innovative solutions, businesses are adopting cloud services at an increasing pace. What if you could lower your costs, increase productivity and enhance security?
Explore this eBook to discover four reasons small businesses should make the move.
Customer Story: Park Place Technologies builds personal relationships to drive global sales
Their customers look to Park Place Technologies to show them what's on the cutting edge of technology. Park Place does this in part by employing workers who have an innovative and entrepreneurial spirit then providing them with leading-edge tools like Dynamics 365. Check out this video to learn more about their strategy and their journey.
Customer story: City of Westminster College | What is voice?
For a student who is hard of hearing, it can be difficult to communicate in class. That's why Esam Baboukhan, the e-learning manager at the City of Westminster College (CWC), introduced Teams to facilitate the learning experience for every student, regardless of their ability to hear. Since then, Esam has seen improved student teamwork, especially with students that previously had to communicate through an interpreter. It's one way that the modern workplace has enabled students to collaborate at CWC.
Monday, July 13, 2020
Customer story: Medical Teams International (MTI) transforms health care for more than 1 million refugees in Uganda
Medical Teams International, a nonprofit provider of health care and humanitarian aid, partnered with Microsoft to transform medical care for more than 1 million South Sudanese refugees and Ugandan citizens. To streamline the process, they used apps and infrastructure in the cloud. MTI can now access data anywhere and get real-time analysis to help identify life-saving trends.
At Aksara United, we can work with you to get the right infrastructure in place to help your business succeed. Contact us today to learn more.
What is AI?
AI has the potential to shorten--or even eliminate--the gap between data generation and decision making. In fact, 69% of companies improved performance with AI beyond what existing analytic techniques were able to deliver. Companies have begun to see the value AI can bring to their customer interactions. Check out this infographic to learn more about how and why companies are turning to AI to reimagine business and customer management.
Enhance Security with Windows and Office
According to the World Trade Report, it takes hackers 4 minutes to get into servers through email attacks. And that it takes an average of 286 days to detect a security breach and an additional 80 days to repair the damage.
Enhance your security and go modern with Windows 10 and Microsoft 365 Business. Check out this infographic for more industry trends and see how you can protect your company against external threats and leaks with Windows 10 and Microsoft 365 Business security and compliance tools built into your devices.
Don't let hackers access your data. Contact us at Aksara United to #GetModern today!
Thursday, July 9, 2020
Helping Small Businesses Protect Their Greatest Asset--Their Data
Knowing your customer data is secure can free you up to do what you do best--and put your focus on customers and employees. That's where the right tools and tech come in.
Support for Windows 7 and Office 2010 is ending, and it's critical to ensure you not only have the most productive experience, but also the most secure. Work from anywhere, whenever, on a protected modern device.
Read the blog and learn more about three small businesses that use Windows 10 and Microsoft 365 Business to help grow their businesses and remain secure.
The chief data officer's guide to an AI strategy
AI technology is still a budding industry. Every day, we hear a variety of fantastic application success stories. But with so many applications, and this sense of limitless untapped potential, many businesses are not yet sure what AI means for them. This article will help decision makers, such as Chief Data Officers, with their evaluation of how best to capitalize on the capabilities of AI to benefit their businesses.
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Modernize Your Sales Productivity in Hours, Not Days
Dynamics 365 for Sales Professional was built to tackle the biggest challenges faced by sales professionals, especially unclear expectations and sales tools and data overload. Cut through the clutter and ambiguity with Dynamics 365 for Sales Professional.
Windows 10: Built for Education
This customizable flyer can be used in social media to spread the word that Windows 10 devices are affordable, rugged and have a battery life that extends through the school day.
Unlocking Future Potential with Dynamics 365 and Power BI
Celestica assists their customers at every stage of product development, so they needed a comprehensive system that could do the same. That's why they use Dynamics 365 and Power BI to track and visualize everything from their own internal metrics to customer success.
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With the advances in digital business applications, isn't it time to rethink how you integrate your applications into your IT infrastructure? From scale and agility to all-new capabilities, the cloud can help you move and grow quickly. We can help you take advantage of the cloud opportunity. To receive updates from Aksara United and to learn more about Apps and Infrastructure, subscribe now!
What's The Future Of Your Technology Capabilities?
Though the coronavirus situation forced a remote work model for many businesses, some have realized that it might be more ideal than returning to the traditional go-to-work model. Why? Cloud technology.
In his article, "What's the Future of Your Technology Capabilities?" Gilles Muys writes that the cloud has proven it's here to stay, due to withstanding various vulnerabilities. He adds that another reason the cloud is long-term is "its ability to stand alone from being infrastructure-dependent makes it cost-effective." He points out that now is the time to transition to cost-saving technology because all signs point to increase cloud use and associated benefits.
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Tuesday, July 7, 2020
Map to your customers' sales expectations
Customers mention the desire for faster interactions with sales twice as often as lower price. This is probably because 60% of companies lack a well-designed sales process, instead patching together multiple time-consuming sales tools.
Dynamics 365 for Sales Professional has the potential to transform this process, by integrating tools seamlessly into sales reps' routines to save time through efficiencies.
Customer story: How migrating to Azure is modernizing JB Hunt
With more than 2,100 applications, trucking company JB Hunt needed to simplify their data operations onto one platform. They didn't want to restructure all their applications, so they found a platform that could seamlessly integrate with their existing apps. Azure made moving their on-premises infrastructure to the cloud easy. It gave them the ability to lift and shift to a modern platform. With the right help, you can do the same. Contact Aksara United to learn how we can help.
Customer story: With Microsoft AI, Comics go head to head at the Laugh Battle
At the National Comedy Center, the only way to crown one comedian the undisputed winner of the Laugh Battle is to use Microsoft's Face API technology to see who cracks up first--cracks up laughing, that is. Check out this video to learn more about a surprising application of AI technology you might not have considered before.
Customer Story: Think Up Consulting | Most Secure
With its global client base increasing, Think Up Consulting needed to improve its remote working capabilities and enhance security. The company adopted Microsoft Teams to securely accommodate remote employees. And with Windows 10 and Microsoft 365 Business, Think Up unites its entire team. All employee devices are automatically updated with advanced-level security features, so Think Up can seamlessly deliver the top-notch service their customers expect and trust.
How to 'Spring Clean' Your Website with Content Auditing
You know the importance of periodically cleaning out your closet, your car, your emails, and your file folders. Not only do you create a cleaner, more orderly space, but you inevitably discover items you didn't know you had, perhaps even misplaced valuables. It's the same with your company's website. How often do you invest time to examine the content of your website?
The first step, writes Syed Balkhi in "How to 'Spring Clean' Your Website with Content Auditing," is to set a clear goal: want to increase audience engagement or improve your SEO results or another specific goal? Once you know your goal, you can look at your pages and posts with a lens that supports accomplishing it. For example, if your goal is to increase audience engagement, you need to determine which topics your visitors are most interested in, and then filter your current content accordingly. Balkhi includes tips on how to create a content inventory (and why you need one) and then how to take action to reach your goals. Read this article—and get ready to clean!
Monday, July 6, 2020
Azure Migration Program Customer
The buzz is constant: What are the pros and cons of migrating my business to the cloud? What will it cost? How do I join the Azure Migration Program (AMP)?
It's a big jump to get to the cloud, but once you take it we are confident you will not regret it. We offer step-by-step guidance, including foundational and role-specific courses to help ensure your migration readiness.
Have a look at this informational one-pager that shows how you will benefit from the AMP and answers many of your questions. There's even a "Next steps" link when you're ready for it.
Thursday, July 2, 2020
Experience is everything: Here's how to get it right
Customer experience can make or break a business. It seems like an obvious statement, so why do so many companies struggle to get it right? Check out this E-book to gain insights on how best to utilize technology and other resources to ensure you are nailing this fundamental requirement.
What is a composable infrastructure?
There are a lot of benefits of having a composable infrastructure. Resources can be reconfigured to make up the infrastructure environment each workload needs. A developer can request VMs with any combination of compute, network, and storage capacity.
At Aksara United, we can help you create and optimize the infrastructure you need to achieve more. Contact us today to learn more about your different infrastructure options and how we can help you implement them.
FP&A Trends for 2019: The Year of Digital Finance Transformation
It looks like data management will continue to be critical for businesses. To produce the best results, cloud-based platforms are playing a bigger role to provide more agile and accurate forecasts. At Aksara United, we want you to have the right set of business applications to prepare and analyze your company finances and operations. With our industry experts, we can help you transform business processes with the right tools. Contact us today to learn more.
Wednesday, July 1, 2020
Intelligent environments: Purpose driven, accessible learning spaces
What does a modern learning space look like? And what technologies are needed to make learning spaces more flexible and collaborative? Research shows that creating a healthy physical learning environment for students has a profound positive impact on the way they learn and retain information. Check out this infographic for more information on Quality Design, and how we can help your school provide the optimum learning environment for your students.
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Businesses are amassing enormous amounts of data, more than they know what to do with. Most are just using it to put together dense periodic reports explaining "what" happened too long after the fact to be of much use. Modernizing your digital workplace by moving to Azure and utilizing its AI technology can help you get a handle on your data and graduate from "what" happened to "how" it happened and, finally, to what "will" happen to inform what you should do all within a relevant period of time.
Crash Course in Microsoft 365 Business: How it Can Help You Grow Your Business
This e-book "crash course" will show you how adopting cloud-based Microsoft 365 Business gives you ever-improving versions of apps with new capabilities delivered every month. Learn how Microsoft 365 Business empowers you to access content from any device, coauthor with anyone in real time and use the power of AI to create more impactful content with less effort.
Contact our team at Aksara United to learn more about our Office 365 solutions.
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Customer Story: Compass Group serves up a global solution with Microsoft Dynamics 365
Watch the multinational organization Compass successfully implement the user-friendly, scalable Dynamics 365 platform to maintain consistent customer service across their entire organization.
Customer story: M-Files
M-Files, an enterprise content management vendor, is in the process of shifting their data and workloads to the cloud. To help them achieve their goals and migrate as seamlessly as possible, M-Files chose Azure.
At Aksara United, we want to help you migrate to the cloud quickly and efficiently so you can achieve more. Contact us to learn more.
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