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IT Spending Growth Will Take a Hit in 2023. Here’s why.

Gartner is reducing its projected global IT spending growth in 2023 from 5.1% to 2.4% due to inflation, devices.

January 19, 2023 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Despite strong enterprise IT spending, inflation is harshly impacting technology budgets and has led analyst firm Gartner to reduce its global IT spending forecast for 2023 from 5.1% growth to just 2.4% growth. Consumer purchasing power is taking the biggest hit, but overall IT spending is expected to remain strong as those two groups face […]

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Microsoft to Make ChatGPT Available on Azure Soon

Microsoft is expanding access to OpenAI services with the general availability of Azure OpenAI Service that will soon include ChatGPT.

January 18, 2023 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft is expanding access to OpenAI services with the general availability of Azure OpenAI Service as part of an ongoing partnership with the startup software firm that has made waves recently with its conversational chatbot ChatGPT. According to Microsoft, the general availability of Azure OpenAI Service means that more businesses can apply for access to […]

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How To Improve Deskless Employee Engagement With The Power of Behavioral Science & Digital Signage

In order to increase productivity and retention, it's important to understand how messaging can be used to engage deskless employees.

January 17, 2023 Jonny Kirk Leave a Comment

The pandemic completely changed the world of work, and while traditional office jobs will never be the same again – what has become of the working lives for employees not bound by a desk? Deskless workers – including frontline or ‘essential’ employees critical to keeping the economy and society ticking along – now comprise 2.8 […]

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Microsoft Adds New Autopatch Features, Teases More in 2023

Microsoft has big plans for Autopatch this year and has started 2023 by releasing features to help IT professionals do more with less.

January 13, 2023 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft appears to have big plans for Windows Autopatch this year, and has started 2023 by releasing more features designed to help IT professionals get the most out of the automated patching system, starting with FastTrack support. According to Microsoft, FastTrack is a set of resources designed to help organizations onboard Microsoft 365 services. It […]

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Google: AI, Cloud and Time-to-Value Are the Key Contact Center Trends in 2023

Cloud and conversational AI technologies will be key to contact centers as end users demand more seamless and engaging experiences.

January 13, 2023 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Cloud and artificial intelligence technologies will be key to contact center operations as organizations realize that end users are demanding user-centric technologies from conversational, mobile and web apps that consumers have become familiar, Google says in a new blog. Penned by Yariv Adan, director of product management for Google Cloud AI and Industry solutions, the […]

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This Week in IT: Microsoft 365, PC Market, FAA Outage, AI

New Microsoft 365 plans, a declining PC market, FAA IT issues and new AI tools from Microsoft and Google highlight this week's IT news.

January 12, 2023 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Editor’s note: There is a lot going on in the world of IT, from emerging technologies to digital transformation and new cybersecurity threats. However, we can’t possibly cover it all, so we’ll bring you This Week in IT, a curated summary of IT and enterprise technology news stories each week. Microsoft launches Microsoft 365 Basic for […]

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Zero Trust, Leostream, AWS

Cloudflare, Microsoft Expand Integrations for Zero Trust

The partnership includes new integrations designed to help hybrid organizations seamlessly deploy Zero Trust security tools.

January 12, 2023 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Cloudflare and Microsoft are expanding their existing partnership to help customers deploy, automate and enhance their organization’s Zero Trust security with new integrations between Cloudflare One and Azure Active Directory (Azure AD). The companies hope to help organizations embrace hybrid work by helping them deploy Zero Trust security tools seamlessly via a new set of […]

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Microsoft Retail

Microsoft Announces New Smart Store Tech, Retail Communication Tools

Microsoft's new retail solutions include smart store technologies, management tools and more retail-specific Microsoft Teams features.

January 12, 2023 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Microsoft is releasing several new capabilities through Microsoft Cloud for Retail designed to help retail organizations communicate while digitizing the physical store and the front-line worker experience, including new computer-vision powered autonomous store offerings and management tools. The new offerings, detailed in a blog, as part of Microsoft’s retail industry cloud offering, come in advance […]

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Marshall Furniture

Marshall Furniture’s Mission to Create Long, Trusted Partnerships With Customers Exemplified During COVID-19 Pandemic 

After a 15-year relationship, Marshall Furniture continues to impress one higher education customer with its ability to meet every demand.  

January 12, 2023 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

For more than 15 years, Marshall Furniture has provided the University of South Carolina with its highly customized technology-enabled furniture, and that relationship has included several large projects that the Antioch, Ill.-based manufacturer has been able to accommodate every step of the way.   That has included a standardized design from Marshall Furniture’s custom product line […]

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