Amber Hickman |
From releasing new artificial intelligence innovations to showcasing new solutions and customer wins at Microsoft Ignite in Chicago, USA, in November, it’s been an exciting year for Microsoft and the wider technology world. The Technology Record team has worked hard to deliver the latest on these developments across the website, social media and in the magazine, and will now be taking a short break for the holidays. Our normal coverage will resume in the first week of January 2024.
Until then, why not check out some of our highlights from 2024? Here’s a handpicked selection of some of the most popular stories that have been featured online and in our magazines this year.
You can’t spell acceleration without AI
AI is playing a transformative role across the manufacturing and mobility industries, as showcased at Hannover Messe, which took place in Hanover, Germany, in April. In our Spring 2024 issue, Dominik Wee, corporate vice president for manufacturing and mobility at Microsoft, stated that “we are experiencing one of the most exciting and technologically advanced eras in the industry with the explosion of AI,” and shared recent developments and the support available for organisations looking to begin their AI-adoption journey.
Joining forces to break the glass ceiling
According to McKinsey & Company, diverse organisations are more likely to generate increased profit than their less diverse peers, but how can technology companies attract and retain more women? According to Christine Bongard, CEO of the Women in Technology Network, “Company leadership must set the tone in order for other levels of management to ‘buy-in’ and provide additional levels of support to women.”
Bongard is joined by Anna Radulovski, CEO and founder of WomenTech Network and Gavriella Schuster, former Microsoft executive, in our Summer 2024 women in technology roundtable.
Powering business growth
“Generative AI is helping to enhance productivity, giving people the superpower to achieve so much more,” said Satish Thomas, corporate vice president of Microsoft Industry Clouds, when discussing the wealth of benefits the technology is delivering for organisations across every industry.
Thomas covers the new business opportunities that AI brings and how Microsoft is working with its partner ecosystem to help customers solve unique business challenges in our Autumn 2024 cover story.
Partnering for progress
More than 500,000 companies are now part of the global Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program, led by Nicole Dezen, chief partner officer and corporate vice president of global partner solutions at Microsoft.
“Our focus on AI and its transformative potential has been a key driver of our mission to empower every customer and every organisation on the planet to achieve more,” said Dezen in our Winter 2024 executive interview, where she discussed Microsoft’s journey with AI over recent years, success stories from the partner ecosystem and its customers, the significance of events such as Microsoft Ignite and more.
We have barely scratched the surface of some of the incredible insights we received this year from Microsoft executives and industry leaders across all sectors. You can find the four issues of Technology Record that were published this year here:
Spring 2024, Summer 2024, Autumn 2024, Winter 2024.
Many thanks to all our readers and partners who have contributed to and supported Technology Record in 2024, and here’s to another year of innovation and transformation starting with our Spring 2025 issue. Subscribe to receive your copy.
Happy holidays to all, see you next year!