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Spanish Point feature in Day 4 of Our Customer Cloud Success Advent Calendar

Mary — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 17:15:36 GMT

On Day 4 of Microsoft Irelands Customer Cloud Success Advent Calendar, read how Spanish Point Technologies helped FoodCloud to achieve cost savings and enhance their software performance with the use of Microsoft Azure and their SMART AIM framework.

Read all about the challenge, solution and business impact HERE.

If you would like your customer success story to feature in our Customer Cloud Success Advent Calendar 2023, please submit using THIS SHORT FORM.

Quick and secure

Leandro_Dias_PMA — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 15:03:21 GMT

Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) helps organizations move to a virtual desktop environment quickly and securely—a transition that's never been more critical as remote work and the need for flexibility continue to grow. Check out the AVD Sales Guide to learn how virtualization can address a broad range of your customers’ needs – from security and regulation to building a more flexible workforce. Share the AVD webpage with your customers to get them started, featuring a video and all the features and benefits they need to learn about. Then share a gated social image to stay connected.

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Use AI to enable real business impact

Leandro_Dias_PMA — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 13:54:27 GMT

Enterprises often strive to build differentiated customer experiences—and apps—and the digital debt is showing its effects. But now that AI is here, a unique market opportunity has opened for you to engage your customers to help them achieve new levels of innovation so they can close the efficiency gap and stand out from the competition. Start Week 1 by discovering in the pitch deck the solutions Microsoft delivers for you and your customers, then apply our execution guide to the crafting of a successful campaign. Use our informational graphic to give your customers a sense of AI’s value to their business, share relevant findings from a recent report from Forrester, “The Total Economic Impact™ Of Microsoft Azure AI,” and invite them to download the report. This is an ideal time for you and your customers to start benefiting from the value and growth opportunities Microsoft provides in the era of AI.

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Unify your hybrid and multi-cloud enterprise data estate for analytics

Leandro_Dias_PMA — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 13:52:09 GMT

Start the week by sharing an article from CIO Magazine about how Carhartt is transforming its business and reaching new audiences by unifying its data estate and adopting AI. Follow that up by sharing a detailed white paper about the challenges organizations face when it comes to data integration and the solutions they can use. After showcasing the challenges around data integration, share an infographic about the benefits of unifying data estates to encourage prospective customers to sign up for your mailing list. End the week by downloading and customizing the “Unify your hybrid and multi-cloud enterprise data estate” pitch deck to showcase the value you add on top of Microsoft solutions.

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* EVENT * Microsoft Discovery Day: Building AI-powered Applications, November 14th

Mary — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 15:08:48 GMT

Would you like to learn how to gain competitive differentiation leveraging the combined powered of cloud computing, data, and AI?

Join our free digital event on November 14th to learn about real-life use cases from Microsoft experts and customers and discover how to make applications more intelligent and impactful. With advanced AI capabilities, modern container services, and cloud-scale databases, you’ll be able to build, deploy, and scale applications with speed, flexibility, and enterprise-grade security.

Who should attend:

Technology leaders of software and application development such as CTO, Director of Engineering, Chief Architect, Engineering Manager, Tech Lead
Product leaders such as Chief Product Officer, Director of Product, Product Manager
Data and AI leaders such as Chief Data Officer, Head of Data & AI, Director of AI

REGISTER NOW FOR THIS EVENT

Build and Modernize AI Apps

Leandro_Dias_PMA — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 13:16:42 GMT

With this campaign, Microsoft empowers partners to drive leads for Minimum Viable Products and deployments around building new intelligent apps and modernizing existing apps using Azure app, database, and AI services.

Capitalize on the opportunity presented by the fact that 90% of enterprise apps are expected to have embedded AI (IDC). As the only cloud that brings together modern app development, cloud-scale data, and AI in one place, Azure can help your customers beat their competitors in the innovation race, capture incremental revenue, minimize lost revenue, and increase engagement and retention of key talent.

Leverage ready-to-share assets so you can help customers how to improve productivity, cost efficiencies, and competitive differentiation by building intelligent apps leveraging Azure solutions across apps, data, and AI.

Start your campaign now with DMC

Get to market faster with differentiated products and services

Leandro_Dias_PMA — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 07:56:39 GMT

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Cloud technology can provide numerous benefits to businesses, including increased efficiency and flexibility. However, before making the switch, it is critical to understand how cloud computing can benefit your company. This week’s one-pager is designed for you to customize and includes guidance on the details we recommend you include. After you download and customize, you can then click on "Add new content" and share to your social and blog.

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Microsoft Cloud Partner Program - Leverage trustworthy AI

Leandro_Dias_PMA — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 09:04:05 GMT

We have new content available to share!

Start by sharing an article from CIO Magazine about how Carhartt is transforming its business and reaching new audiences by unifying its data estate and adopting AI.

Follow that up by sharing a detailed white paper about the challenges organizations face when it comes to data integration and the solutions they can use.

After showcasing the challenges around data integration, share an infographic about the benefits of unifying data estates to encourage prospective customers to sign up for your mailing list.

End the week by downloading and customizing the “Unify your hybrid and multi-cloud enterprise data estate” pitch deck to showcase the value you add on top of Microsoft solutions.

Plan your week with DMC

Era of AI marketing resources to fuel partner growth and profitability

Leandro_Dias_PMA — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 14:52:49 GMT

Customers' cloud adoption needs are rapidly evolving. AI is here now, and our partners are already driving innovation and transformation with customers across industries to help them realize the benefits of integrating AI capabilities into every level of their organizations.

We're excited to announce new Era of AI marketing resources to help you drive customer demand for AI transformation. Choose from a ready-to-share demand-gen marketing campaign or a highly customizable campaign in a box, including co-branded assets and a joint-value proposition with Microsoft.

Run a ready-to-share demand-generation campaign in Digital Marketing Content OnDemand (DMC).

Launch a customizable campaign in a box in Partner Marketing Center (PMC).

* NEW * Secure Cloud Migration & Modernization Marketing Campaigns

Leandro_Dias_PMA — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 14:43:46 GMT

Digital transformation is here to stay. And as part of that, moving infrastructure and apps securely to the cloud has become imperative. From cost savings and efficiency to keeping pace with customer demands, the Microsoft Cloud can help organizations reap enormous benefits.

Capitalizing on the rapid acceleration of cloud migration presents a massive opportunity for growth and profitability. With an expected compound annual growth rate of 26 percent for cloud migration services in the coming years, investing in expanding your Azure practice can yield impressive returns on investment. It can often be hard to know where to start, however.

In this light, we're excited to announce a new Secure Cloud Migration and Modernization digital marketing campaign. This campaign is designed to help you grow your pipeline and take advantage of the huge opportunity that the rapid acceleration of cloud migration represents. With it, you'll show your customers that migration and modernization yield tangible benefits while also being approachable with your expertise and services.

Digital Marketing Content OnDemand (DMC) 

The six-week automated digital campaign comes with everything you need, including infographics, pitch decks, thought leadership articles, customer stories, and other assets. These can be shared directly with customers from your social accounts, email lists, blogs, and landing pages.

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Partner Marketing Center (PMC) campaign in a box

Available for download, the PMC assets are meant to be co-branded and are highly customizable to facilitate end-to-end campaign execution, from gated content for interest generation to event delivery content and lead follow-through.

Download your campaign in a box.

Embrace this opportunity to elevate your business and tap into the future of technology-driven growth. Here's to your success!

SAS Health Analytics in Action - Improve Insights & Accelerate Research

NeetiSoota — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 12:21:25 GMT

Learn How Leading Health Institutions Use AI and Analytics - June 27 2023 | 11:00-11:45 a.m. CET . In cooperation with:

Hear from Prof. Patricia Maguire from University College Dublin, Robert Winkel from Gelre Hospitals, and Nienke van Zoggel from PW Consulting how they accelerate health care research in a trusted environment, inform care decisions, monitor their KPIs, optimize costs and capacity management via cloud-based analytics, and AI.

Why attend

This webinar is relevant for healthcare clinicians, researchers, hospital management, and IT:

Learn more about real AI use cases presented by physicians and researchers.
Discover how you can use analytic insights to optimize medical resources and costs.
Hear how you can integrate health and non-health data to inform decisions.
Learn how you can accelerate research in a trusted environment.

Click to Register : Webinar: Health Analytics in Action | SAS

Microsoft European Cloud Provider - SQL Server 2022 Review event on June 15

Mary — Tue, 30 May 2023 09:21:27 GMT

Join us to learn about the SQL Server 2022 Review and how you can integrate this information into your business strategy to grow alongside Microsoft and deliver excellent customer value in Europe.

Topics include:
• Market Opportunity
• SQL Server 2022
• Azure Arc-enabled SQL Server
• Questions and Answers

When: June 15th, 3PM in Ireland
Duration: 60 minutes

Register HERE today!

AI For Good Lab

octalita — Thu, 25 May 2023 15:13:20 GMT

As people and organizations increasingly look to digital technology to help address the complex challenges facing the world, technology leaders have never been better positioned to positively influence the lives of millions. Innovating and acting responsibly is more imperative than ever. Microsoft is committed to creating a more equitable, sustainable, resilient and secure future, and seeks to incorporate these pillars into everything it does.

Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab is an applied research and data visualization lab that harnesses the power of big data, and Microsoft’s cloud technology. Our team of data scientists works across groups and with strategic partners and experts from academia, global non-profits and all levels of government to address critical global concerns. We combine AI, machine learning, applied analytics and data visualization with highly specialized data sets from our partners, such as geospatial and acoustic data, as well as data only available to Microsoft. Our focus areas include digital literacy and equity, sustainability and climate change, disaster response and resilience, natural resource conservation, health disparities, food insecurity, cybersecurity, and many others.

Below is an overview of the Lab’s current and past work, our near-term direction, and how the Lab’s work maps to Microsoft’s larger initiatives and goals. To learn more about these key initiatives and the work being done with the Lab and across Microsoft visit Microsoft Corporate Social Responsibility.

Find out more: AI For Good Lab - Microsoft Research

Become a Solutions Partners for Data and AI!

Mary — Thu, 18 May 2023 13:06:47 GMT

Deliver even more value to your customers by becoming a Solutions Partner for Data & AI (Azure).

Attain this designation to highlight your skills managing customers’ data across multiple systems to build analytics and AI solutions.

Learn more details HERE

How AI is transforming industries

Mary — Thu, 18 May 2023 13:04:38 GMT

Artificial Intelligence is fueling the next wave of innovation for partners across all industries.

Organisations of all sizes, and across industries, are leveraging the power of AI and the cloud to accelerate performance.

Learn from your peers and discover the best ways to integrate AI into your business.

Explore how AI is transforming industries HERE

Microsoft Tech Briefings: SAP + Power Platform: A Match Made in Efficiency

Mary — Mon, 22 May 2023 10:55:16 GMT

Join this 60-minute webinar to discover how Microsoft Power Platform integration can transform your SAP processes and drive efficiencies.

When: 28th June 2023, 9am-10am Ireland

Why: Learn how to:

Empower your business users to build custom solutions
Build SAP Apps with Power Apps
Connect SAP and other data sources with Power Automate
Use Power Agents to create chatbots and harness the power of AI

Register HERE today to secure your seat!

Azure AI Bootcamp | Now On-Demand

octalita — Fri, 29 Dec 2023 11:44:58 GMT

Azure AI Bootcamp
Day 1 & 3 Now On-Demand | Day 2 Coming Soon

Register now: Azure Depth Portal (on24.com)

View this on-demand content to learn about Azure artificial intelligence (AI) services designed for developers and data scientists to do more with less. Take advantage of responsible AI practices, decades of breakthrough research, and flexibility that Azure AI offers to build and deploy your own AI solutions. Engage with Microsoft leaders and product experts to acquire the knowledge to access and integrate high-quality vision, speech, language, and decision-making AI models through simple API (application programming interfaces) calls in your apps and services and create your own machine learning models with tools like Jupyter Notebooks, Visual Studio Code, and open-source frameworks like TensorFlow and PyTorch.

Don’t miss the opportunity to learn about Azure OpenAI Service

Take a deep dive into Azure Machine Learning, Azure cognitive services and applied AI services

You will gain insight into:

Azure Machine learning: an end-to-end platform for building, training, and deploying machine learning models. Apply principles and practices for responsible AI.
Cognitive services: a comprehensive family of customizable cognitive APIs for vision, speech, language, and decision making including Azure OpenAI Service including ChatGPT, with the most comprehensive portfolio of AI capabilities. Learn how to build apps to achieve human parity in computer vision, speech, and language.
GTM Guidance: learn how to modernize business processes with task-specific AI to solve common scenarios. Run responsibly anywhere with security that extends from the cloud to intelligent edge.

Bootcamp prerequisites

This is an intermediate to advanced level training event. Participants should be familiar with and have some work experience with Azure, ability to navigate the Azure portal and foundational knowledge of Azure services. In addition, having knowledge of the relevant role-based certification content (passing the exam-AI Fundamentals is not required) is suggested.

Participants can prepare using the following options:

Study the relevant role-based content available on Microsoft Learn
- Introduction to AI technology - Training | Microsoft Learn
- Get started with AI on Azure - Training | Microsoft Learn
Attend a Cloud Week for Partners event and select the appropriate role-based track
If your organization is part of the Microsoft Learn Enterprise Skills Initiative (ESI), attend a formal Microsoft Official Course (MOC) through the ESI Learning Portal LXP
Find free self-paced learning content and technical documentation related to the workshop topics at Microsoft Learn

Octalita Stankovic
Partner Channel Marketing Manager

Microsoft Ireland

Migrate & Modernise Windows Server/SQL to Azure with AMMP Campaign

Mary — Mon, 15 May 2023 14:07:02 GMT

Want to help your customers learn why Windows Server and SQL Server run better on Microsoft Azure?

The new Migrate and Modernize Windows Server & SQL Server Campaign comes ready with infographics, pitch decks, thought leadership articles, and customer stories!

Launch THIS CAMPAIGN to generate leads and acquire new customers.

Microsoft Build online: May 23–24, 2023

Mary — Thu, 11 May 2023 10:04:46 GMT

Get ready to connect with product experts, industry disruptors, and cutting-edge partners to share ideas to build the future.

Join us digitally on May 23-24, 2023.

Register HERE and build your agenda with Session Scheduler.

CRN Women of the Channel list 2023 recognises Martina Naughton, GPS Director Microsoft Ireland

Mary — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 11:47:53 GMT

We're very proud to share that Martina Naughton, Global Partner Sales Director Microsoft Ireland, is featured on the CRN^®Women of the Channel list for 2023, which recognises women leaders for their dedication and commitment to furthering channel excellence.

Read more about this honour HERE