June 20186 "Forty-three years after our formation, one of the things that we have realized is whatever novel new concept you've come up with ultimately will stop being novel. You will need to come up with the next thing." - Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft.For Microsoft, growth has grown across the board. The firm is mainly leveraging its success from the legacy ventures into new areas such as cloud and IoT. New initiatives security, collaboration, and machine learning have also gained popularity among customers. Moreover, Azure stack has procured strong customer demand across industries and its unlocking new scenarios across hybrid clouds. The juggernaut has also added services such as artificial intelligence-based scheduling, real-time transcriptions and integration with its Cortana virtual assistant with ease--illustrating how the company is mustering technologies from across its product line to drive into new markets.It is clear; the firm aims at creating a software and hardware ecosystem, one that covers the spectrum of the distributed computing infrastructure. This includes edge devices and sensors to the services in the Azure public cloud.As Microsoft continues to weave more offerings for its evolving strategy, stakeholders in the ecosystem need to play catch up. In the last few months, we have analyzed many Microsoft technology companies and have shortlisted the firms that are at the forefront of tackling challenges in the Microsoft ecosystem. A distinguished panel comprising of CEOs, CIOs and analysts including APAC CIO Outlook's editorial board have selected the final list of Top 25 Microsoft Solution Providers 2018.The listing provides a look into how solutions for Microsoft's ecosystem are put into use, so that you can gain a comprehensive understanding of solutions which are right for you and how they can help you optimize the business. Annie JohnsonEditorialDouble Down On Areas of DifferentiationAnnie JohnsonManaging Editoreditor@apacciooutlook.com Copyright © 2018 ValleyMedia Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.JUNE - 2018, Volume 04 SE 11 Published by ValleyMedia Inc.*Some of the Insights are based on the interviews with respective CIOs and CXOs to our editorial staffEmailsales@apacciooutlook.comeditor@apacciooutlook.commarketing@apacciooutlook.comTo subscribe to APACCIOOutlookVisit www.apacciooutlook.comArt & GraphicsAmelia StewartFlynn SmythToby LangtonAnil Kumar VManaging EditorAnnie JohnsonAsst. Managing EditorLalrindiki SailoSenior WritersLane Adams Clara MathewRoyce D'SouzaEditorialAlfred MardinKrishna GaneshLouis BeckerRachael ClarkRoy ChowContact usPhone: 1 510.996.5168Fax: 510-894-8405
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