Adrian Alleyne, Author at Microsoft Industry Blogs - United Kingdom

Retail

Published 22/02/2016

How great presentations help you engage with your audience

In Part 2 of our four-part webinar series, Microsoft and Eyeful Presentations provide a guide that can be used to help anyone create great presentations.

Manufacturing

Published 18/02/2016

Delight your fans with connected technology

On game day, what do you do for the other 99.9% of fans who aren’t cheering on your team from the stands?

Financial services

Published 18/02/2016

The Surface Book Has Launched – But is it cool?

For Microsoft Surface device users, cool wasn’t about how you looked. It’s about what you do. Not some adolescent outward show, but that inner voice that’s come into its own, driving you to achieve more. In short, it was cool grown up. So what does cool look like to a Surface user?

Financial services

Published 14/02/2016

Fifty Shades of Data

Maybe you’re a bit curious. Or a bit scared. Maybe it’s a bit of both, and that’s what makes it exciting. Dig a little deeper beneath their spreadsheets, and you find yourself stumbling into the strange and scintillating world of data.

Cross-industry

Published 12/02/2016

Reach your sales targets by avoiding these presentation fails

Microsoft has teamed up with the presentation experts Eyeful Presentations and developed a series of short webinars designed to help you take your presentations to a whole new level of quality and impact.

Financial services

Published 25/01/2016

How well do CXOs Know the Cloud?

In our Cloud Confidence Survey of 250 business leaders, we found that CFOs and CMOs gave themselves a “D” grade when it came to their knowledge of the cloud.

Financial services

Published 19/01/2016

Benefits of the Cloud Explained in 90 Seconds

More likely than not, you’re interacting with the cloud right now. Maybe you’re reading this blog post on your tablet or receiving emails on your phone.

Government

Published 08/01/2016

Government as a Platform: Taking the £1.8B Plunge

It’s the gap between the two scenarios – how government services should work and how many still do work – that the Government Digital Service (GDS) is looking to close by transforming dozens of siloed offices with separate systems and processes into Government as a Platform (GaaP).

Cross-industry

Published 08/01/2016

Upgrade to IE 11 or Windows 10 with Edge

Starting on 12 January, only the current version of Internet Explorer available for a supported operating system will receive technical support and security updates. Has your organisation upgraded to Internet Explorer 11?

Cross-industry

Published 04/12/2015

Every business has its own Black Friday

You probably have your own version of Black Friday, a critical time of the year when volumes, opportunities and stress spike. We’ve got 3 tips to help!