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Empowering Teams How Microsoft’S Office 365 Collaboration Suite Is Enabling Workers to Better Share and Access Information ISSUE 5: SUMMER 2017 £9.00 Empowering teams How Microsoft’s Office 365 collaboration suite is enabling workers to better share and access information PLUS: GCI’s Mike Constantine on the need for more effective enterprise mobility and security The Microsoft technology behind some of today’s most innovative cities Microsoft’s manufacturing team We look at how AI could improve banks’ How better pricing and promotion shares what’s next in the industry ability to enhance the customer experience capabilities can empower retailers CHANGE IS DEPARTING ANDARRIVING. CSC AND HPE ENTERPRISE SERVICES ARE NOW DXC TECHNOLOGY. DXC.technology/GetItDone © 2017 DXC Technology Company. All rights reserved. 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It is a stance we are taking at Microsoft around democ- ratising technology and ensuring the benefits of this technology – and the digital economy – can be more broadly shared. Digital leadership is a mindset that sees the interconnection of digital transformation with technology that is also responsible and inclusive. Throughout the pages of The Record, we routinely showcase stories about how our customers are using digital technology, like artificial intelligence and machine learn- ing for example, to better engage customers, empower workers, optimise a business process, or transform a business model. Moving forward, we will also focus on values around digital responsibility and digital inclusion. Digital responsibility comes down to one simple idea: the companies, organisations and governments that provide digital products and services have a responsibility to protect the people who use them. 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