Technology Record - Issue 22: Autumn 2021

52 www. t e c h n o l o g y r e c o r d . c om COV E R S TOR Y “To say it simply, Microsoft’s Industry Clouds are a game changer! With this highly focused industry approach, we at Maureen Data Systems can accelerate time to value, speed up innovation and drive benefits for our customers, giving them more of what they need and cutting out the stuff they don’t. These Industry Clouds, coupled with our seven advanced specialisations and various Microsoft competencies, have given us the competitive edge to give our customers the highest level of service and expertise.” John Oppel Chief Technology Officer at Maureen Data Systems “For an independent software vendor like VeriPark, dedicated exclusively to financial services (FSI), the new Microsoft Cloud for Financial Services that will be launched in late 2021 is a big opportunity, both for us and for our customers. The combination of the state-of-the-art platform offered by Microsoft with VeriPark’s market- leading intelligent customer experience suite for FSI is already giving our customers a competitive advantage. The launch of the new cloud will increase that advantage. Because Microsoft is building the platform, we can focus more on business innovation and surf the wave from Microsoft to bring future-ready solutions to market much faster. It is going to make it much easier to add value and accelerate innovation with disruptive solutions using artificial intelligence and machine learning, supporting advanced use cases like working from home and remote banking.” Wim Geukens General Manager of VeriPark Europe “Our manufacturing customers have been focused on implementing sustainability initiatives for several years. By embracing technologies like Teams to reduce travel requirements and virtual desktop solutions like Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365 to enable work from anywhere scenarios, these customers are reducing their environmental impact and power needs while improving their employee productivity and data security. Data shows that using public cloud services significantly reduces overall global power needs for computing, as organisations like Microsoft are actively reducing and eliminating emissions at their data centres. Our manufacturing customers are all using a cloud-first strategy when selecting their technology solution stack with a strong focus on sustainability initiatives as a driver to technology strategy.” Clay Westbay Vice President of Delivery at Synergy Technical