"There has been a major evolution over the past few years in how we support big computing at Towers Watson, and Microsoft plays a growing role in that support."
"Roche Diagnostics was glad to partner with Microsoft and Cleidon to transform the healthcare product and service for the in vitro diagnostics industry and to provide the public with better healthcare solutions, based on Microsoft Azure IoT platform."
"By using Azure ExpressRoute, NetApp customers realize 36 percent faster performance compared to accessing Azure over a virtual private network."
“But that’s just one piece. We wanted to be able to protect our custom apps that we created with our airline partners. Security is a big deal—we’re putting our stuff on airplanes. We certify ourselves with ISO (International Organization for Standardization) as well, and we pass our SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley Act) audits every year.”
“Deloitte was reviewing us, and we could point to all these really good Microsoft things certifying that Azure AD and Microsoft 365 are very secure.”
"We paved the way for seamless, secure biometric access by connecting our software as a service and on-premises applications with Windows Hello for Business and Azure Active Directory, satisfying our employees’ request for optimal usability."
"We have a lot of workers carrying mobile devices, including wearables such as smart watches. It’s the factor that they always have with them, and it’s easy for them to authenticate on those platforms. And because we have the certificates on their mobile devices, we can ensure that the right person is authenticating with a given device."
"Because of Azure and the services that we can bring closer to the dismounted soldier, there will be more information available at the forward operating base. The person in charge is able to make decisions faster and has a lot more facts to base those decisions on."
“We chose Azure because Microsoft understands what we’re trying to achieve as a company. From the very start of our partnership, they saw the potential of our GuardStack portfolio and the impact it can have.”
"Azure-native tools such as Azure Cost Management and Billing and Azure Advisor allowed us to monitor costs and put an operating model in place so that we could deliver our strategy and get everybody to control their costs. We’ve been able to remain customer-focused and grow our Azure footprint strategically."
"There’s a feeling of relief that automating onboarding with Azure Active Directory was quite easy and that we unburdened HR and IT people. In some ways, that’s a wow moment. Are HR and IT now friendlier? Yes."
"We perform a lot of SAP SuccessFactors implementations in a year, and the question to tie it in with Azure Active Directory is always there. Implementing the solution was technically quite easy because Azure AD delivers the complete framework."
“It was important for us to develop a cost-conscious culture, bringing cost into our decision making and design processes. We put an emphasis on FinOps to begin educating our teams on the costs of our application platforms. We defined a roadmap with features that increase the efficiency of how we use the cloud, including rearchitecting our platforms to platform as a service, adopting serverless, rightsizing environments, and purchasing reserved capacity. By making costs visible and transparent, we were able to begin optimizing our spend to maximize the business value of Azure.”
“I was surprised how easy it was to build, and it was beyond my expectation. It was a great opportunity to understand the structure of Azure Blockchain Service, its advantages, and limitations.”
“This project is proceeding the partnership with Nikken Lease Kogyo, but in the next step, partnerships with affiliates are essential. Then finally, the approach should involve the whole construction industry to maximize the value of the blockchain. The Obayashi Corporation will launch various projects including this one to show the value of blockchain, so we hope for relevant companies to become interested in it.”