4 essential cloud project questions

Cloud-based environments and technologies have become more common to IT strategies. But because the cloud abstracts so many of the basic infrastructure considerations, many organizations approach these projects individually without having a clear strategy or guidance on what the operating environment should be. Read this document for four areas IT leaders should look at when defining a comprehensive IT policy.

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Deliver a seamless retail experience by customizing technology for your unique environment and business processes. New cloud-first strategies, services, and products exist to support sustained retail profitability and growth. 

Learn how connecting data can help you:  

• Get more customer insights and value  
• Transform the shopping experience through analytics  
• Create an agile, resilient, and sustainable supply chain 
• Equip your workforce with collaborative solutions 

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The Intersection Of Cloud And The Retail (R)evolution

The retail industry has seen major changes over the last three years as the pandemic forced leaders to rethink traditional models. And while e-commerce sales skyrocketed, not every retailer saw their sales soar. It may not come as a surprise that when the McKinsey research firm studied the recent e-commerce boom, they discovered that organizations with more mature digital transformation strategies vastly outperformed “digital dawdlers.” 

According to experts, adopting a cloud-first strategy is the path toward achieving a complimentary blend of positive online and in-store customer experiences.  

Read the recent Forbes thought leadership article and learn how migrating databases and applications to the cloud can provide globally available capabilities for heavy dataflows, elegant workflow support, full edge access, and easy load balancing.

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Framing the future of retail means providing integrated solutions that extend core cloud capabilities and identify new opportunities for innovation.  

Organizations can move from uncertainty to resiliency by addressing outdated technology and mindsets to become a cloud-first retail enterprise.  

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Achieving customer agility through e-commerce in the cloud

A growing number of retailers are migrating their e-commerce workloads to the cloud to provide the agility required to meet today's dynamic customer demands.  

The cloud provides a solid foundation for unified commerce operations, personalized experiences across channels, and rapidly growing supply chains.  

Read the thought leadership produced by business directors and strategists writing the Microsoft Industry blogs for a better understanding of the challenges retailers are facing, and the solutions modern technology can provide.

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How are organizations reimagining retail in today’s competitive landscape? New technology exists to help confront challenges in maximizing the value of your data to gain consumer insights. Address topics like how to elevate the consumer shopping experience, build a real-time sustainable supply chain, and empower your store associates with modernized cloud applications   

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Data intelligence drives sustainable business

Addressing the scale and breadth of sustainability challenges requires a data-first approach and it is only with data-driven solutions and digital technologies that organizations can efficiently and reliably report their sustainability impact and drive meaningful progress. ​Our brochure explains how Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability helps by managing stakeholder reporting​ and by providing regulatory and voluntary agency reporting templates.
 

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