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Microsoft Catalyst

Microsoft Catalyst is an envisioning and planning program that uses Microsoft Dynamics 365, the Microsoft Power Platform and the Microsoft Cloud to support organizations in business transformation. Through a series of activities, organizations can build, plan, and execute business strategies with a proven, innovative approach. In this video, you’ll learn that Microsoft Catalyst is based on the IDEA framework, which encapsulates services across four key areas: INSPIRE, DESIGN, EMPOWER and ACHIEVE.


Source: https://dynamics.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-catalyst/

De ‘low-code’ ‘no-code’ development markt groeit (hard)

Dit overzicht kwam ik deze week tegen in een LinkedIn post van Mubarac Shaikh. 

De vraag is helemaal niet meer of dit een relevante / snelle ontwikkeling is, maar wanneer jij ermee aan de slag gaat. Kijk alleen al eens naar de snelle ontwikkelingen die Microsoft doormaakt met het Power platform. Reden dat die ontwikkeling zeer interessant is, is vanwege de verwevenheid met het Microsoft365 en Azure platform.

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Gartner : Enterprises Must Shift to Agile Infrastructure Approaches

Gartner has a valid point. At Breinwave we certainly think so :

By 2022, more than 90% of infrastructure managed services deals will be based on agile workshop engagements rather than traditional RFPs, up from 35% in 2019.

While supporting their digital business initiatives, buyers in enterprises are changing their engagement approaches with infrastructure managed service providers (MSPs) toward transformational outsourcing, and agile workshop deals rather than traditional RFPs. Major outsourcers report that at this point in time more than one-third of deals globally are not based on RFPs anymore. This is based on data we have collected throughout the 2019 Magic Quadrant for data of data center outsourcing and hybrid infrastructure managed services (DCO/HIMS).

Continuous Engagements Through Innovation

Source : https://blogs.gartner.com/rene-buest/2019/07/17/infrastructure-managed-service-providers-must-lead-innovation-co-creation-convince-enterprises-shift-agile-infrastructure-deals/

NOS op 3 | Zo saai is de Formule 1 echt …

Reportage van de NOS met veel leuke statistieken over de Formule 1 (ja het is echt zo saai en voorspelbaar) en de komst van de Formule 1 naar Zandvoort in 2020

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Zo’n beetje elke coureur heeft het dit seizoen al gezegd: de Formule 1 is saai. Mercedes wint bijna alles, en dat is al vijfenhalf seizoen zo. Van de laatste 109 races won de Duits-Britse renstal er 82.

Toch zijn er een paar circuits waar Mercedes het lastig heeft. De Red Bull Ring, bijvoorbeeld. Waar Max Verstappen vorig raceweekend de hegemonie van Mercedes doorbrak. En dat is geen toeval.

Drie factoren bepalen hoe spannend een race worden. Welk circuit scoort het beste? En wordt de GP van Zandvoort een leuke race? Dat laten we je zien in deze video.

Microsoft PowerApps: Introducing PowerApps portal for external users

Microsoft announced PowerApps Portals, the ability to build low-code, responsive websites which allow external users to interact with the data stored in the Common Data Service.

Starting in next month, you’ll be able to create a new App type called “Portal” directly from PowerApps. Using a simple, dedicated designer experience, makers can create pixel-perfect websites which are custom branded and allow users to interact with data stored in the Common Data Service.

With the introduction of PowerApps Portals, we are also merging the capabilities offered by Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement portals to ensure that all the Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement application portals gets the benefit of our simplified low code offering.

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Introducing PowerApps Portals: powerful low-code websites for external users

Learn how PowerApps customers can create websites over data stored in Common Data Service that can be accessed by external users with a wide variety of identities including personal accounts, LinkedIn, and other Azure Active Directory organizations as well as allow anonymous browsing of content.

Forrester names Microsoft PowerApps a leader in low-code development platforms

Why Read This Report

Our 28-criterion evaluation of low-code development platforms for application development and delivery (AD&D) professionals assesses the 13 most significant suppliers — Clear Software, GeneXus, Kony, MatsSoft, Mendix, Microsoft, OutSystems, Progress Software, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Skuid, Thinkwise, and WaveMaker. This report shows how each provider measures up and helps AD&D pros select the right one for their needs.

Key Takeaways

Microsoft, OutSystems, Mendix, Kony, And Salesforce Are Leaders

Forrester’s research reveals a market in which Microsoft, longtime rivals OutSystems and Mendix, Kony, and Salesforce are Leaders; ServiceNow, GeneXus, and Progress Software are Strong Performers; MatsSoft, WaveMaker, and Thinkwise are Contenders; and Skuid and Clear Software are Challengers.

Features For Digital-Business Use Cases Set Apart The Leaders

Development services for basic web and mobile applications, including standards for integration, basic data management and mapping, workflow, development process support, and application and identity administration, are table stakes. The leading vendors have also moved into business process automation, real-time applications, and AI services, as well as large, mission-critical apps.

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Most companies are still not data-driven, and won’t be anytime soon

New Vantage Partners heeft een Interessant onderzoek gepubliceerd : Data and Innovation  – How Big Data and AI are Accelerating Business Transformation

Het rapport bevat een onverwachte trend; het aantal ‘data driven’ organsiaties daalt in plaats van te stijgen.

Most companies are still not data-driven, and won’t be anytime soon
Business adoption of Big Data and AI initiatives must be viewed through a long-term lens – as a process and a journey.  Only 31.0% of companies say they are data-driven.  This number has declined from 37.1% in 2017 and 32.4% in 2018.  We are headed the wrong direction.  Firms need to adopt a long-term approach, focusing on the complex cultural challenges as a starting point.

Lees wel het gehele rapport voor een goed totaalbeeld.

The 2019 edition of the New Vantage Partners Big Data and AI Executive Survey includes many results that are reasons for celebration. They include:

  • There was a higher participation rate in the survey than ever before, suggesting that more executives believe the topic is important.
  • 90% of those who completed the survey are “C-level” executives—chief data, analytics, or information officers. A decade ago, only one of these jobs even existed.
  • 92% of the respondents are increasing their pace of investment in big data and AI.
  • 62% have already seen measurable results from their investments in big data and AI (a bit less than in 2018, but still pretty good).
  • 48% say their organization competes on data and analytics. When Tom introduced this concept in 2006, perhaps 5% of large organizations would have said they did so.
  • 31% have a “data-driven organization,” and 28% a “data culture.” Granted that these are minorities, but perhaps it’s impressive that nearly a third of organizations have brought about these transformations.

The motivation for further change is also quite high, suggesting more movement in the future. 75% fear disruption from new entrants, and 88% feel greater urgency to invest in big data and AI. 92% are driven by positive objectives—transformation, agility, or competition—and only 5% are driven by cost reduction.