Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Achieve generative AI operational excellence with the LLMOps maturity model | Microsoft Azure Blog

The Azure LLMOps maturity model is more than just a roadmap from foundational LLM utilization to mastery in deployment and operational management, it is a strategic guide that is essential for navigating the ever-evolving AI landscape of AI. Ready to achieve AI operational excellence? Contact Inner-City Cubes to put Microsoft's Azure LLMOps maturity model to work in your transformation.

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Grupo Bimbo bakes in end-to-end data security and compliance with Microsoft Purview

This customer story video shows how Grupo Bimbo, a major player in the consumer goods industry, rigorously protects its trove of recipes and R&D assets. Its vast store of sensitive data calls for greater visibility and safeguards to ensure compliance with regulations in the many countries where Grupo Bimbo operates. The company has addressed that need by implanting solutions from the Microsoft Purview family of data security, governance, risk, and compliance applications. Watch it now!

4 Strategies to Address the Biggest Challenges in Data Security

The rapidly growing volume of data, structured and unstructured, stored in diverse places makes data security more challenging than ever. In this eBook, you'll get a quick but advanced view of the top challenges in data security today and advice for overcoming them. Download your complimentary copy of the eBook to dissect the how and why of understanding and protecting data and defending against identity-based threats.

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What are your biggest roadblocks to making fast, data-driven decisions? Is it talent shortage, lacking the right tools, budget constraints or something else? 🤔 #Analytics

What are your biggest roadblocks to making fast, data-driven decisions? Is it talent shortage, lacking the right tools, budget constraints or something else? 🤔 #Analytics

Microsoft named a Leader in 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Strategic Cloud Platform Services

In today's rapidly changing tech environment, being recognized by an organization as prestigious as Gartner® calls for a celebration. Read this inspiring blog about how Microsoft was named a Leader in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Strategic Cloud Platform Services. The report showed that Microsoft had gone furthest in Completeness of Vision.

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Monday, April 29, 2024

Domino's Pizza: Ensuring customer satisfaction with data-driven demand planning in Microsoft Dynamics 365

Read the case study to discover how Domino's pizza created exceptional customer experiences by delivering the right product to the right store at the right time with Dynamics 365's demand planning, AI, automation, and analytics capabilities. Contact us to discuss achieving similar results for your organization.

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Canopius enables data & AI innovation by building a strong foundation with Azure

What happens when a worldwide leader in insurance finds that its technology infrastructure is slowing down and preventing future innovation? Find out in this perceptive customer story about how Canopius migrated from dual data centers to the more agile, cost-effective environment of Microsoft Azure.

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Announcing new Copilot in Microsoft Teams enhancements

Customers around the world are already unlocking Microsoft Copilot to more value and learning the power of generative AI at work with Microsoft Teams. In this blog you will discover the exciting new Copilot in Teams enhancements that will supercharge collaboration, save time and make your company's hybrid meetings better. You'll also learn about MS's ongoing and future efforts to improve Teams performance, reliability, and ease of use. Contact Copilot AI tech specialist Inner-City Cubes for assistance integrating AI-powered collaboration with Microsoft Teams into your organization.

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Siemens Teamcenter and Microsoft Azure solve the tough challenges with a modern PLM

Deployed on Azure, Siemens offers customers full visibility up and down the product lifecycle from planning to manufacturing to purchasing. Read their story for an in-depth discussion of how Siemens Teamcenter and Microsoft Azure AI are giving customers an edge over the competition, and enabling new, better products to roll out around the world. Contact Inner-City Cubes to future proof your PLM with Microsoft AI technology.

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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

What is Microsoft Copilot for Azure

Gain new insights, discover more benefits of the cloud, and orchestrate across both cloud and edge with the new Microsoft Copilot for Azure. Read this informational blog outlining what this innovative solution can do for your organization and it includes a link to give you a free preview.

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Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Crash Course in Microsoft Purview

With ChatGPT and other AI-powered productivity applications in use in corporate America, companies need to pay attention to the data that is flowing through those AI applications. Safeguarding sensitive data requires a data management and governance plan. In this e-book, you'll learn how the Microsoft Purview data management platform delivers. Download and read the eBook and learn about Purview's platform-based approach that enables information protection, data governance, risk management, and compliance across multicloud, multiplatform data estates.

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What's new in Azure Data, AI, and Digital Applications: Are you ready to go from GenAI experimentation to solutions at scale?

The AI era is here — and moving at warp speed rerouting technology roadmaps and dramatically accelerating transformation and value realization timelines. Microsoft is once again at the forefront of development and deployment of responsible AI. In this blog article, you'll take a deep dive into what's new in Azure Data, AI and digital applications. What's more, you will learn how by deploying Azure you can go from GenAI experimentation to solutions deployed at scale - and realize a substantial ROI in the process. Ready to make your move from AI experimentation to innovative AI solutions with Azure? Inner-City Cubescan help you get started.

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From helping personalize customer engagement to building a real-time retail supply chain, improving productivity & proactively mitigating disruptions, @MSFTDynamics365 delivers truly transformative capabilities. ✨ Details: #AIpower

From helping personalize customer engagement to building a real-time retail supply chain, improving productivity & proactively mitigating disruptions, @MSFTDynamics365 delivers truly transformative capabilities. ✨ Details: #AIpower

Our commitments to advance safe, secure, and trustworthy AI

Microsoft announced its support for the Biden administration's program of voluntary vendor commitments to safer AI applications. The standards aim to ensure that AI systems are secure, and trustworthy. Read about the AI commitments in this article by Microsoft.

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What is the Right Way to AI?

Wondering how to get the most effective AI for your organization? You'll need a unique strategy to deploy and drive adoption. Check out this solution brief for the guidance you need to do AI the right way. Contact Inner-City Cubes for assistance rolling out your AI adoption with Copilot.

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Monday, April 22, 2024

Build your own copilot with Azure AI Studio

Copilots are quickly becoming known as a unique AI category that gives businesses the opportunity to get products and services quickly to market. Watch this informative video about how your organization can build custom copilots using Azure AI Studio, the platform where you can confidently apply the latest state- of-the-art and open-source models.

AI Data Drop: The 11 by 11 Tipping Point

Recently, Microsoft conducted a study of more than 1,300 early Copilot adopters across multiple industries to discover what their early behaviors could teach them about the good and bad effects of adopting and rolling out AI. Read this blog post for an analysis of what "the 11-by-11 tipping point" means for your Copilot users in terms of improved productivity, work enjoyment, work-life balance and the ability to attend fewer meetings. Ready to adopt and roll out AI? Microsoft Copilot expert Inner-City Cubes can help get you started.

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Shaping the future of retail with AI and Dynamics 365

From helping personalize customer engagement to building a real-time retail supply chain, improving productivity and proactively mitigating disruptions, Dynamics 365 can do wonders for your company. Read the blog for a deep dive into how the new AI-powered solution is transforming retail and contact us to discuss how you can put AI to work for your business.

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INSPIRE Environmental uses Azure AI to improve efficiency and streamline data analysis to meet the pace of offshore wind development

NSPIRE Environmental (INSPIRE), is a Venterra Group company dedicated to monitoring seafloor health. Labor-intensive data collection and analysis was impacting the quality of their data and jeopardizing their long-standing reputation for delivering timely and reliable results. Read their story for details on how INSPIRE used Microsoft Azure AI solutions to analyze complex ocean data more quickly and efficiently, lower costs and reduce turnaround times for clients. Contact Inner-City Cubes for more information on how Azure AI can streamline your transformation to the cloud.

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Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Copilot for Microsoft 365: Work On

Yo! Copilot for Microsoft 365 is a highly capable, always-available, dot-connecting data chaser that empowers you to co-create, co-author, co-produce, co-analyze, co-visualize, and just work on. Check out the video for the down low. Copilot techspert Inner-City Cubes is ready to help you get started with Copilot for Microsoft 365.

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Cyber Signals Feb 2024

Read this eBook from Microsoft Security revealing how threat actors weaponize AI and how your security team can harness the power of AI to prevent and mitigate cyberattacks.

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Has your organization considered a low-code approach to building a chatbot to improve efficiency and streamline customer service ops? We'd love to hear about your experience! #NextGenAI

Has your organization considered a low-code approach to building a chatbot to improve efficiency and streamline customer service ops? We'd love to hear about your experience! #NextGenAI

Three Smart Ways to Exceed Your Customers' Digital Expectations

The survey says: "High-quality CX isn't a nice-to-have—it's a revenue driver." That may be the understatement of the decade. Fully 73% of consumers rank customer experience (CX) as a vital factor in their purchase decisions (coming after only price and product quality). Download this eBook for insights on the innovative new digital tools and strategies business leaders like John Hancock are embracing to rise above customer expectations and stay competitive. Contact Inner-City Cubes to start driving your revenue to greater heights with Azure digital tools and services.

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Build and deploy an enterprise chat application with Azure AI Studio

Imagine a sleeker, easier method of creating and deploying enterprise chat. It's here with the help of Azure AI Studio. Watch this eye-opening video showing how to deploy generative AI solutions with preconfigured capabilities like a handy toolkit for building your critical enterprise chat applications.

Staying ahead of threat actors in the age of AI

In this article, you'll learn how Microsoft Security and OpenAI are collaborating to ensure that new threats are identified and stopped quickly, as well as information on the top threats and threat actors identified by the Microsoft Security Intelligence Team. The article also shares the five principles that Microsoft follows to ensure its AI technologies can't be hacked and used by cybercriminals. These principles include transparency and collaboration with other AI providers.

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Monday, April 15, 2024

Azure AI Studio Demo

The new era of generative AI development is here. And it's empowering developers to explore, build, test and deploy AI innovations at scale. Watch this informative video looking at the advantages of Azure AI Studio, the solution that helps your developers move projects from ideas to impact faster and more efficiently.

B.TECH scales retail operations and slashes time-to-market 30 percent with Microsoft Azure

B-Tech is an Egyptian retail giant specializing in household appliances and consumer electronics. Read how B-Tech used its digital transformation arm b_labs to build a competitive advantage with Microsoft Azure, boosted service availability to 99.9 percent, cut time to market by 30%. Bye-Bye Black Friday back-office blues. Ready to build your competitive advantage with Microsoft Azure? Inner-City Cubes is ready too.

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Will AI Fix Work?

The intensity of work and always-on communications are outpacing the ability of businesses like yours to keep up. Working faster and smarter has become more challenging than ever. Read this infographic for a visualized account of how AI can overcome obstacles to productivity and create a whole new way of working. Contact Inner-City Cubes for help navigating the complex challenges of integrating AI into your organization.

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Build solutions faster with Microsoft Power Platform and next-generation AI

Microsoft Power Platform empowers developers to solve business problems faster and more cost-effectively, while providing end users with a seamless way to incorporate AI into their projects, thereby boosting productivity. Read the blog for details and contact a Microsoft Power Platform consultant at Inner-City Cubes to discuss our flexible pricing and implementation options.

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Monday, April 8, 2024

Alabama Appellate Courts System transforms and modernizes judicial operations with Azure.

"In the words of Blake T. Lunsford, Director of Information Technology at Alabama Appellate Courts System (AACS) their "technology infrastructure was functional but lagging behind modern standards...and faced limitations in terms of system integration, scalability, and security capabilities." Microsoft empowered Lunsford's AACS IT team to modernize a new case management system while also upgrading to Windows 11 Enterprise and Microsoft 365 Government. Great story. Check it out. Ready to modernize your IT infrastructure? Let Inner-City Cubes help you get started.

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New Technology: The Projected Total Economic Impact™ of Microsoft Intelligent Data Platform

How can organizations minimize infrastructure costs, automate workflows and deliver new or improved services to customers? With the Microsoft Intelligent Data Platform (MIDP), your organization can benefit from a unified approach that delivers a projected ROI of 95% to 232%. The Forrester Report, New Technology: The Projected Total Economic Impact™ of Microsoft Intelligent Data Platform highlights key findings. Download your complimentary copy of the report to review quantified projected benefits to productivity, efficiency, cost savings, uptime and income. Contact Microsoft partner, Inner-City Cubes, to discuss how we can support your migration to MIDP.

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With Copilot, Every Meeting is a 'Digital Artifact'

Since human civilization began, groups of people have met to share information, generate ideas and reach decisions. Now there's a different way to experience a meeting. Read this enlightening blog about how Microsoft Copilot is transforming meetings into "digital artifacts" that can expand human interaction.

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The Microsoft Intelligent Data Platform — Unleash your data and accelerate your transformation

There's a strong need for a cloud solution capable of solving data fragmentation problems of the past and present. Find out why the Microsoft Intelligent Data Platform is the best answer in this informative blog pointing out how it can easily manage spikes in data, new workloads and the challenges of emerging technologies.

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Three Smart Ways to Exceed Your Customers' Digital Expectations

The survey says: "High-quality CX isn't a nice-to-have—it's a revenue driver." That may be the understatement of the decade. Fully 73% of consumers rank customer experience (CX) as a vital factor in their purchase decisions (coming after only price and product quality). Download this eBook for insights on the innovative new digital tools and strategies business leaders like John Hancock are embracing to rise above customer expectations and stay competitive. Contact Inner-City Cubes to start driving your revenue to greater heights with Azure digital tools and services.

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The Total Economic Impact™ Of Microsoft Azure AI

If you're looking to see what an AI solution can do for your organization, download this insightful Forrester analyst report outlining how six decision-makers felt about their experience and their return on investment while deploying Azure AI in their infrastructure. Discover how Azure AI contributes to business growth and improved customer acquisition and retention.

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The new era of AI-powered business

Discover how Microsoft Dynamics 365 empowers organizations to get a complete picture of their entire business by connecting and accessing data from hundreds of sources, while driving efficiency and productivity.

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Monday, April 1, 2024

Embarking on the Microsoft Teams Premium Adoption Journey

Microsoft Teams Premium is the solution many organizations use to help employees benefit from seamless collaboration and security. Look at this thought-provoking blog showing the four-stage process of rolling out Teams Premium to ensure that your workforce adopts its features and advantages.

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Finance in the fast lane

With over MYR81 billion in assets under administration, Malaysia-based AHAM Capital serves a diverse client base that includes corporates, institutions, pension funds, and high net-worth individuals. Read this customer story for details about how AHAM, with the help of Azure API Management boldly embraced digitization by shifting its operations to the Microsoft Azure cloud, transformed its total operation and digitized 75% of all transactions in just eight months. Ready to make the move to MS Azure Cloud? MS Cloud techspert Inner-City Cubes can get you started.

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Are you considering investing in an AI-powered solution that streamlines processes and accelerates content creation? If so, what are your top choices and why?

Are you considering investing in an AI-powered solution that streamlines processes and accelerates content creation? If so, what are your top choices and why?

Microsoft named a Leader in 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Strategic Cloud Platform Service

Everyone knows it's important to work with a winning partner. Read this notable blog about how Microsoft has been recognized by Gartner® as a Leader in the recently published 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Strategic Cloud Platform Services (SCPS). In the report, Gartner placed Microsoft furthest among the competition in Completeness of Vision.

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