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Introducing Modern Workplace on Demand, where the business experts come to you!
If you like to watch experts speak at business conferences and similar events, but lack the time to do so, this post is for you!
10 compelling reasons to embrace accessibility and inclusivity in your organization
Make no mistake: Accessibility and inclusivity is good for business. Very good. So good that when decision-makers first get the facts about hiring people with disabilities, an “aha” moment always follows.
Missing out on a massive business opportunity
Often overlooked, people with disabilities represent untapped business growth.
Startup Story: Encircle speeds up insurance
Encircle works with customers primarily in the insurance industry to reinvent processes and improve productivity. This Kitchener, Ontario-based software company provides an alternative to traditional, cumbersome, paper-based systems. Their simple, but powerful cloud-based, mobile tools allow organizations to deliver a more fair, transparent, and rapid claim experience.
MIMs: The artificial intelligence startup taking on cancer and heart disease
Born in the Microsoft Cloud in 2016, My Intelligent Machines (MIMs) is a Canadian software startup on the most impressive mission imaginable: speeding up the fight against breast cancer, heart disease, and leukemia. How? By radically accelerating post-genomic research using artificial intelligence and bioinformatics.
Quartic.ai, manufacturing agility with IoT & AI
Born in the Microsoft Cloud in 2016, Quartic.ai is a Canadian AI and Industrial IoT startup on a mission to make manufacturing more productive and flexible through digital transformation. How? Through an innovative application of IoT (Internet of Things), artificial intelligence (AI), industrial domain knowledge, and technical expertise.
Take the lead with artificial intelligence
Ready to take the lead with artificial intelligence? Good for you! In this post, we focus on what real-world small and medium-sized business owners and managers need to do to make their operations “smarter, stronger, and faster” using AI. Included are links to AI business resources from Microsoft and some inspirational reads. Artificial intelligence.
Go the distance with modern technology – Learn the new language of business
Ready to go the distance with modern technology? As the pace of technological innovation speeds up, you might think that tomorrow arrives earlier every year. By leaps and bounds, the global marketplace evolves. Change disrupts traditional ways of operating a business, managing supply chains, and attracting new customers.
Spring into action! Five simple steps to pick up your productivity
Ready to spring into action and increase productivity across your organization? Great! This post for small businesses offers five simple steps that can help teams get more work done. “It’s the small things that will make you successful.
March forward with modern security!
Does your organization’s security, or lack thereof, keep you up at night? You’re certainly not alone. Microsoft recently commissioned national research from IDC to uncover how Canadian small and medium-sized businesses think and feel about technology today.