2018 Editorial Highlights

Digital transformation continues to be at the very heart of Microsoft’s strategy, and therefore will be the foundation of our editorial calendar for the year ahead. Across the next four issues we will discover enterprises can reimagine how they bring together people, data and processes to create value for customers and maintain a competitive advantage in a digital-first world.

SPRING (March) / SUMMER (June) / AUTUMN (September) / WINTER (December)
Cover story / Putting power in the hands of employees (productivity, mobile, collaboration) / Enabling tomorrow’s products and services (cloud, IoT, big data, SaaS) / A new vision for operations (IoT, big data, collaboration) / Creating new experiences for customers and citizens (cloud, big data, AI)
Regulars / Marketwatch: A roundup of key updates from Microsoft and its partners
Interviews: We speak to some of the biggest names in the industry about how technology is shaping their world
Commentaries: Thought-leaders share valuable insight about the biggest issues facing industry players today
Case studies: In practise examples of how Microsoft and its partners’ technology is helping leading organisations to stay ahead
Communications & Media / Modernising data centres in a telco world / How AI is transforming media and telco industries / Roundtable: Media in the cloud / The power of audience analytics
Financial Services / Open banking: towards a new banking ecosystem / Insurance powered by the cloud / A new payments landscape (Sibos issue) / Tackling security challenges across the finserv industry
Manufacturing & Resources / A mobile workforce / A new PLM landscape / The future of process manufacturing / Supply chain management
Public Sector / The technology enabling government agencies / The cities of tomorrow / Empowering educators / Transforming healthcare with technology
Retail & Hospitality / How AI is enabling retailers / Achieving omnichannel success / New innovations in POS / Providing an exceptional customer experience
Featured Partners / Profiles of a selection of Microsoft partners covering how they’re meeting enterprise technology needs.
The Last Word / IoT / Improving worker productivity / Only the cloud can do it / Big data