9 ANDY CLAYTON-SMITH: EXECUTIVE EDITOR Maintaining a steady course Welcome to the Spring 2025 issue of Technology Record. Industry leaders continue to guide their businesses through challenging times created by both political and economic unrest. While they are considering the impact of ongoing events upon global markets, for most leaders, the main goal remains unchanged – to drive business forward. Enterprise and public sector organisations are banking on technology to drive innovation and, with rapidly evolving generative AI tools powering a broadening spectrum of task automation, many early adopters are already reaping the rewards. As the global manufacturing community prepares for Hannover Messe in Germany, Microsoft’s EMEA general manager for manufacturing and mobility, Rupert Stuetzle, joins us for the first time to explain how tools like Microsoft Cloud for Manufacturing, Azure AI Agent Service and Copilot are helping to make factories smarter by utilising legacy data. You’ll find that feature beginning on page 86. And on page 106, Dr. David Rhew, global chief medical officer and vice president of healthcare for Microsoft, tells us how cloud and generative AI tools are augmenting human capabilities to enable new ways of improving healthcare. At the heart of this technological evolution is Microsoft, a company that has been driving innovation for decades. On 4 April 1975 Bill Gates and Paul Allen formally established their company ‘Micro-Soft’ in Albuquerque, New Mexico. From humble beginnings the company has grown to become one of the largest organisations on the planet, fundamentally changing the ways in which commercial and public sector organisations operate. On page 18, we look at significant milestones in Microsoft’s journey so far. As always, it’s a packed magazine with a broad range of content for all tastes. I hope you enjoy the read. WELCOME: SPRING 2025
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