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Digital Transformation…the 4^th industrial revolution…the cloud…machine learning…artificial intelligence…change, change, change and more change!

We (nearly) all recognise that we live in a phenomenally fast-moving world both professionally and socially. From Gap Consulting’s perspective, it’s really interesting to speculate how our life as a Microsoft partner will evolve over the next few years.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 specialist Gap Consulting today announced it has been selected as a G-Cloud 9 supplier for 2017. The G-Cloud 9 Framework supports the Government’s policy to centrally manage the procurement of common goods and services through an integrated commercial function.

Microsoft has expanded its cloud offering in the UK with the launch of Dynamics 365, helping customers digitally transform their business securely and efficiently.

Joining Microsoft Azure and Office 365, Dynamics 365 enables companies and organisations to work seamlessly to become more productive, gain new insights into their operations and create greater personalised experiences for customers.

With the service now generally available from multiple UK sites, customers can benefit from Microsoft’s Trusted Cloud principles of security, privacy, compliance and transparency, while meeting the unique data and regulatory needs in this region.

The move ensures Microsoft is the first global cloud provider to offer a complete cloud from data centres in the UK.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been coming up in customer conversations for some time. There’s an awful lot been written about it, so much so that I’m not going to replicate it all here in yet another GDPR blog, but I did think it would be useful to outline the basics.

The Microsoft Business Forward live web event on Wednesday 3^rd May led by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Corporate Vice President James Phillips and Executive Vice President Judson Althoff was a great opportunity to hear about new Dynamics 365 solutions and also hear from leaders in a variety of industries about the steps they’re taking to reimagine how they operate, innovate and compete.

“Every company is a software company. You have to start thinking and operating like a digital company. It’s no longer just about procuring one solution and deploying one. It’s not about one simple software solution. It’s really you yourself thinking of your own future as a digital company.”

Satya Nadella CEO, Microsoft

The wait’s over to see what Microsoft does after its $26 billion deal in 2016 of professional-networking site LinkedIn, which was Microsoft’s largest ever acquisition.

Recently, I sat in an audience of CRM customers who were being presented to by their peers at a user group. AS a CRM Partner, it’s always fascinating to find out what customers think, especially in a competitor’s deployment.