Interesting perspective from Stephen Elop on how Microsoft can get stronger during the downturn, as reduced resources can breed focus, creativity, and lean operations.   http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/27/tech/cnettechnews/main4834091.shtml...

Kevin O'Marah from AMR Research has penned a new article that estimates that information / content has overtaken agriculture as a component of global production, and is on track to outpace manufacturing in the future. He posits that this brings the issue...

Infosys and Microsoft just launched a new online community site that will grow into an online center of excellence for supply chain practitioners. The announcement hit the press during the Global High Tech summit, and the website is http://www.nextgenerationsupplychains...

Microsoft just released the Environmental Sustainability Dashboard for Dynamics AX. This tool allows business users to capture data needed to measure key indicators related to energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions as part of everyday business...

With the majority of plant floor systems deployed on the Microsoft platform, virtualization promises to be a hot topic as manufacturers look to save money using existing infrastructure in the current economic climate. This case study tells a story that...

I recently read the book "Brand Digital" by Allen Adamson as part of a research project I was doing on digital marketing and social networking in the business world. The interesting thing is that I also attended our own Global High Tech Summit last week...

Here's an interesting article by Kevin O'Marah of AMR with Angel Mendez , the supply chain leader at Cisco. Key points are that they are building a "social computing" app for the supply chain as part of their ERP infrastructure, and using telepresence...

Great new video case study on Royal Dutch Shell's use of Unified Communications and Office Communications Server for about 150,000 users worldwide. Video case study is at: ShellCaseStudy 300k.wmv Written case study is at: http://www.microsoft.com...