Why Dow Chemical Is Embracing a Hybrid Cloud Environment Moving to a hybrid cloud environment isn t about abandoning existing on-premises assets it s about figuring out how to optimize for performance and cost.
The Dow Chemical Company, one of the largest chemical producers in the world, has been in business since 1897. During those 124 years, the company has embraced many different forms of technology, among the most recent being the cloud.
Dow Chemical s path to the cloud, however, has not been a straight line because of its large, complicated IT footprint that supports mission-critical operations. That meant Dow had to choose the right partners and the right technology approach to migrate to the cloud where it makes sense.
The tech giant had to make a quick decision. Senior management told us, Drop all live events and look into what it means to do digital. This is an all-hands, and we ll give you a bucket, Bob Bejan, Microsoft s corporate vice president of global events, said.
After the Build event in May, the company reorganized its events team, cutting jobs and retraining staff to focus on virtual events in a shift Bejan called painful and hard for everyone.
The biggest change was spending more time and money producing digital content, from keynote speeches to short videos that would live online for others to access after the initial livestreams, he said.
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Have your say and comment below. Friday, 09 April 2021 10:50 Marketing first, tech second: Microsoft pushes firmware security to sell new hardware
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The BBC has questioned whether Microsoft s publication of a post claiming that firmware attacks are on the rise is a red herring to distract from the issues the company is having with Microsoft Exchange Server.
But on closer examination it looks like Redmond has some new toy to sell and that is the reason why it has started the talk about firmware security.