The Record - Issue 21: Summer 2021

45 We asked a selection of Microsoft partners how they are using the internet of things (IoT) to delivery agility, resilience and scalability to corporate and public sector organisations worldwide Partner perspectives Jason Smith Vice President of Alliances and Product Marketing at Liquidware “The driving force for organisations today is digital transformation, propelled by a need for greater innovation and agility across enterprises. The digital lifeblood for this transformation remains computers, although their form factor has changed dramatically over the past decade. The data that organisations rely on increasingly comes from direct sources via smart cards, monitors, implants and embedded processors. IoT, machine learning and artificial intelligence will shape the software that workers use to do their jobs. As these smart applications change and take on scope, they will increasingly be deployed on cloud infrastructures, bringing computing to the edge and enabling swift and efficient processing with real-time data. Liquidware’s Digital Workspace Management (DWM) suite of products supports the build-out of an agile, state-of-the-art workspace infrastructure that quickly delivers the resources workers need, on demand. DWM allows this infrastructure to be constructed from a hybrid mix of the best-of-breed workspace delivery platforms spanning physical, virtual and cloud offerings.” “Digital acceleration is fuelling growth across sectors in a post- pandemic landscape. Organisations are enhancing business productivity, reducing costs and redefining operational excellence using digital and connected technologies. IoT-powered tools enable predictive analytics, real-time and precise decision-making, automation, resource optimisation, and empower connected workers. Industrial IoT allows organisations to modernise and operate in distributed, smart and unified approaches. Seamlessly blending information and artificial intelligence with human insight is vital to enhance engineering and operations. The most prized assets for businesses even in evolving and challenging macro-economic environments are their people and data. Increased customer demands, advanced digitalisation and continuing disruption will dominate the connected future. Industrial connected technologies are important to achieve a resource-efficient value chain and support a circular economy. Microsoft and AVEVA are committed to working with engineering, procurement and construction businesses and owner-operators to ensure efficient and sustainable intelligent operations are a reality through advanced connected solutions.” Ravi Gopinath Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Cloud Officer, AVEVA COV E R S TOR Y