Alex Smith

The cloud is transforming the media industry with new solutions and capabilities, but not every organisation is comfortable with fully embracing the technology. Edge technology may offer an...

Microsoft’s Andy Beach and Rick Lievano explain how artificial intelligence, combined with the power of the cloud, is set to reshape the world of content creation

The RSM US executives explain how cloud technology can support organisations’ sustainability efforts

Thai consumer goods organisation Osotspa is using Analytics 365, an analytics solution for Microsoft Teams, to deliver insights and understanding into how it manages its remote and hybrid workers. The firm was established in 1891 and listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand in October 2018. Today, it is a leading Thailand-based consumer products manufacturer and distributor with brand presence in 39 countries. It began working remotely two years ago due to the Covid-19 pandemic and now has...

Home furnishing brand RC Willey has been selling household appliances, consumer electronics and more in western USA for over 85 years. The company maintains millions of dollars in inventory for its distribution and retail centres to meet its commitment to customer delivery and had been using Axis Communications’ surveillance cameras to keep track of this inventory for several years. The company’s management was therefore confident in choosing to deploy additional Axis...

Home furnishing brand RC Willey has been selling household appliances, consumer electronics and more in western USA for over 85 years. The company maintains millions of dollars in inventory for its distribution and retail centres to meet its commitment to customer delivery and had been using Axis Communications’ surveillance cameras to keep track of this inventory for several years. The company’s management was therefore confident in choosing to deploy additional Axis...

Osem-Nestlé, a subsidiary of Swiss multinational Nestlé, is one of the biggest food manufacturers and distributors in Israel. Three years ago, the company decided to extend its operations innovation by moving towards Industry 4.0 solutions. “We realised we needed to enhance our ability to tap into innovation in areas relevant to our production,” says Gofna Liss-Rubin, open innovation manager at Osem-Nestlé. “Coming from an operations background, I was able to look deeply...

For the media industry, the past decade has been a period of significant disruption and change. As new technology has opened new ways of consuming content, media organisations have been challenged to keep up with the pace of innovation and the relentless demand for content. The barrier to entry into the industry has also been significantly lowered for new players, particularly in the movie-making sector. As Leonard Arul, principal program manager at Microsoft, explains, the transition in...

Organisations are struggling to protect operational technology (OT), which is leading to security breaches. In fact, research by security solutions provider Barracuda found that 94 per cent of the organisations surveyed had experienced a security incident during 2021. This is among the findings of the company’s new report, The state of industrial security in 2022, which was carried out by independent market research firm Vanson Bourne. The report captures IT decision...

With public consciousness rising and scientific warnings growing increasingly dire, sustainability has become a concern for companies in all industries, including manufacturers. While campaigns to demonstrate sustainability efforts may once have been led by marketing teams, it is increasingly bec…

During the surge towards remote working at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, cybercriminals saw the movement away from the office environment as an opportunity to target organisations and their employees. Attackers gambled that employees working from home might be more distracted and more likely to use unprotected devices. Security, application delivery and data protection solution provider Barracuda Networks reported a 667 per cent increase in Covid-related phishing attacks targeting...

Traditionally, the relationship between developers and operators has been a fractious one. While a development team is always looking to push forward new capabilities and releases to meet the demands of the market quickly, the operations department is aiming to ensure that solutions remain stable and available. While one side wants to ensure constant change, the other wants to stay the same. This natural conflict is what DevOps, a combination of practices and tools accompanied by...

The pressure is on for today’s media companies and production studios. The proliferation of streaming platforms, each of which is looking to create compelling productions that can grab the attention of potential subscribers, has created an unrelenting demand for more content that can be difficult for even the largest organisations to keep pace with. “So much content is being requested,” says Andy Beach, industry chief technology officer for media and...

Founded in 1997 and based in Gütersloh, Germany, the Hagedorn Group provides services including demolition, remediation of contaminated sites, disposal, and material flow management as well as civil engineering and the creation of industrial outdoor installations, revitalisation, and the development…

Since 2008, global services provider Grazitti Interactive has been helping businesses build digital engines to better engage with their customers and prospects via its consulting, implementation and cloud innovation services, along with products including SearchUnify. The enterprise search solution…

Video optimisation solution provider Cinnafilm is collaborating with professional media services integrator Support Partners to bring a new live video standards conversion solution to Microsoft Azure. Tachyon Live will include standards conversion such as PAL to NTSC frame rate and format conversions, deinterlacing, and rescaling from standard definition through to ultra-high definition (UHD). Tachyon’s frame rate conversion engine can process conversions in UHD from 59.97...

Bethesda Health Care’s new mental health clinic in Cockburn, Australia, will become one of the first medical facilities in the country to install Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare as its patient administration system (PAS), with the support of Microsoft partner Velrada. Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare…

With the demand for constant connectivity, secure collaboration and immersive experience growing at an ever-faster pace, networks and operators are being pushed to their limits. They must make the most of their infrastructure to optimise their operations and drive down costs, while also developing n…

One of the UK’s leading home health providers was looking to leverage technology to build an intimate relationship with their patients to provide them quality service for managing their health. The provider specialises in handling complex logistics of contracting medication vendors and distribution …

Microsoft has entered an agreement to acquire Xandr, a programmatic advertising marketplace, from telecommunications company AT&T. Xandr will provide a data-enabled technology platform that connects marketers and media owners through first-party advertising solutions across its network. By acquiring the company, Microsoft will accelerate the delivery of digital advertising solutions for the open web by combining its own technology, advertising customer base and audience knowledge with...