IN April 2020, Microsoft chairman and chief govt officer Satya Nadella stated, “We have seen two years’ value of digital transformation in two months.
From distant teamwork and studying to gross sales and customer support, to important cloud infrastructure and safety – we’re working alongside clients daily to assist them adapt and keep open for enterprise in a world of distant every little thing.”
Quick ahead to in the present day, after virtually two years, this assertion nonetheless stands and is reaffirmed amongst companies and communities worldwide, and this doesn’t solely cease at Microsoft.
Whereas the expansion of expertise had been progressive even earlier than the pandemic, a survey by McKinsey & Firm discovered that responses to the pandemic have accelerated the adoption of digital applied sciences by a number of years – shoppers have moved dramatically in the direction of on-line channels.
On the native entrance, we have now seen how transformation has taken place throughout most, if not all aspects of our lives.
Extra importantly, we have now skilled first-hand how accessible and essential digital applied sciences are.
The brand new regular has modified the way in which we work and collaborate, however with the correct expertise options, companies no matter its measurement can construct resilience and long-term enterprise continuity.
At Microsoft, we try to help the digital transformation journeys of all organisations, from small native companies to multinational firms.
In reality, we have now curated a variety of options that cater to the particular wants of the organizations together with the dimensions of its operations, nature of enterprise, and foreseeable development within the close to future.
Whereas adoption of digital applied sciences isn’t absolute for enterprise sustainability, it’s plain that these options assist to uphold productiveness regardless of altering work environments and creates alternatives for even the smallest of companies to thrive on this new period.
As a place to begin for our smaller native gamers to hop onto their digital transformation journeys, Microsoft developed an all-in-one providing, tailored for small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) with Microsoft 365 (M365).
Along with Workplace functions similar to Phrase, PowerPoint and Excel, customers are additionally aware of Cloud storage capabilities like OneDrive and SharePoint, enabling knowledge storage on a safe and personal on-line server with out having to put money into constructing a bodily infrastructure.
The workforce throughout the SME also can talk and work collaboratively by way of Groups.
Realizing that the principle precedence for SMEs is to have entry to an easy-to-use and cost-effective answer, we have now designed this built-in portfolio for a level-playing area to empower SMEs to faucet into the huge alternatives that the digital realm has in retailer.
As well as, we additionally work with companions from various industries to increase additional personalized options to a wider vary of customers. Collectively, they kind the two,000 members Microsoft Accomplice Community in Malaysia.
Certainly, extra might be accomplished to boost consciousness on the numerous platforms and choices obtainable for SMEs to leverage digital applied sciences.
To share extra insights on this, Microsoft in partnership with Star Media Group is internet hosting the Microsoft Malaysia SME Discussion board: Leveraging Fashionable Expertise to Drive Enterprise Development on March 30 and 31, that includes a line-up of audio system from SME Corp Malaysia, Leaderonomics Digital, MyEG, Lalamove, Infront Consulting Group, Softline Malaysia and Microsoft Malaysia.
For extra info or to join free, go to bit.ly/starmicrosoft-forumDatin Lim Bee Wah is the final supervisor of small, medium and company group at Microsoft Malaysia.