The Record - Issue 18: Autumn 2020

71 “The perimeter is changing, and organisations need to be ready to adapt. According to Gartner, “the enterprise perimeter is no longer a location; it is a set of dynamic edge capabilities delivered when needed as a service from the cloud”. Many organisations are turning to software-defined networking in a wide area network (SD-WAN) to address this change. According to a recent Barracuda report Secure SD-WAN: The Launch Pad into Cloud, Barracuda found that SD-WAN is being used by more than half of those who have added security to their public cloud. Barracuda’s latest example working with Microsoft technology is the introduction of its Barracuda CloudGen WAN service. It is the first secure SD-WAN solution that runs inside Azure Virtual WAN Hubs, which can be interconnected through the Microsoft Global Network. This network architecture can replace costly, inflexible network connectivity circuits, and the entire network can be dynamically sized to match current traffic workload, which can optimise network performance and minimise cost.” Chris Hill Regional vice president of public cloud for Barracuda Networks Beatriz Oliveira Founder and CEO of BindTuning “While nations struggle with the Covid-19 pandemic, biotech, pharma and life sciences companies are working hard to find a vaccine. AX for Pharma is playing a vital role in helping them to do this by providing a suite of fully integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions that these organisations can use to ensure the uninterrupted supply of medicines for patients around the world. From orchestrating clinical supplies for trials through manufacturing, validation, quality control and distribution, AX for Pharma’s solution enables the entire clinical supply chain to be sustained. AX for Pharma can leverage its worldwide presence and virtual technologies to provide immediate assistance to customers. And with the release of AXP365 Clinical Supplies software, AX for Pharma is well- positioned to increase its collaboration with biotech, pharma and life sciences companies in the fight against Covid-19, producing favourable outcomes for people around the world.” “We saw early on the opportunity to mirror the SharePoint user experience, but in Microsoft Teams. As users spent more and more of their day in Teams, context switching (toggling between SharePoint and Teams) became a problem which affected efficiency and productivity. Crafting Teams Apps from our extensive library of popular web parts, provided our customers with a consistent and engaging interface to content, dramatically improving the digital workplace experience. For our customer Scientific Games, BindTuning web parts shortened the intranet development from nine to three months, which then evolved into migrating from Slack to Teams as a top priority. Employees are empowered to make the virtual space their own – all in just a few clicks and without any coding or IT support. By eliminating different collaboration tool licenses, Scientific Games was able to cut costs by using Teams functionality that comes as part of the Microsoft platform at no additional charge.” Andrea Ruosi CEO of AX for Pharma