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Allison Nachtigal articles
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Allison Nachtigal
Vice President, Microsoft Industry Clouds
Allison Nachtigal, leads Industry Scale and Customer Engagement team focused on scaling and driving deeper customer relationships for Microsoft Industry Clouds solutions across industries, including Financial Services, Sustainability, Retail, Manufacturing, Energy, and Sovereignty.
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Well-Architected for Industry: Optimize Microsoft Industry Clouds implementation
As part of our efforts to empower implementers to create reliable, scalable, secure, and cost-efficient solutions, we have introduced Well-Architected for Industry. The framework consists of five pillars of architectural excellence including reliability, cost optimization, operational excellence, performance efficiency, and security.![Collage of images representing several industries: sustainability, retail, sovereignty, healthcare, and non-profit.](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Hero-image_CrossIndustry2023wave2-300x169.webp)