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Users own data in Office 365 as our AI empowers them: Microsoft
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SME Times News Bureau | 27 Mar, 2018
Amid increasing data breaches, tech giants are today busy deliberating
on how to ensure privacy and security for the users. Where Microsoft is
concerned, however, data ownership clearly remains with its customers -
protected by enterprise-grade security solutions.
Microsoft's
Cloud-powered Office 365 - which according to the CEO Satya Nadella is
the biggest growth opportunity for the company in its history -- makes
up the bulk of what it calls its "Commercial Cloud" services. According
to Rajesh Jha, Executive Vice President, Office Product Group at
Microsoft, there are nearly 120 million "Commercial Cloud" users
globally and over 29 million of them are Office 365 enterprise
subscribers -- and the onus is on the company to keep its data safe and
secure. "The data ownership belongs to the customers. We are
just the custodians. Our Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms run on
massive data sets in Office 365 and show the insights back in the
application to the customers - allowing them to enhance their
businesses. We have hundred of capabilities today running in our Cloud,"
Jha told IANS in an interview here. According to Jha, who is
part of the senior core team that reports directly to Nadella, data
should always follow the users and remain in their control. "We
take the data from the users, run AI and give the inputs back to them.
This is what Office 365 does -- working across platforms and giving
customers evergreen capabilities to keep them up-to-date, helping them
innovate in a secure and safe atmosphere," Jha explained. Redmond-headquartered
Microsoft has three local data centres in India to serve the increasing
demand coming from big enterprises, small and medium businesses (SMBs)
and governments. "India is an interesting market with hundreds
of millions of connected devices and a robust mobile-first workforce.
Microsoft Office in earlier days catered to knowledge or information
workforce but now modern workplaces with first-line, mobile-only workers
are our focus in the country," Jha emphasised. It has been a multi-year journey for Microsoft when it comes to its Office product. "Its
roots were in the desktop, which we used to deliver as on-premise
software to the customers. With Office 365, we made it cloud-enabled
that can be delivered on any platform. We are very happy with its quick
adoption globally, including in India," Jha noted. Riding on its
growing Cloud business, Microsoft reported revenue of $28.9 billion for
the fourth quarter that ended December 31. Office commercial products
and Cloud services revenue increased 10 per cent, driven by Office 365
commercial revenue growth of 41 per cent. The State Bank of
India (SBI) has deployed Office 365 to improve communication and
collaboration among its workforce -- one of the largest deployments of
Office 365 in the country. "SBI was looking for a new platform
for a modern workplace -- a solution that would empower their employees
to work in a collaborative way on the go, bring the culture change and
tap individual talent. They have moved entirely to Office 365," Jha
said. Now this is a customer, said Jha, which sets a high bar
when it comes to enterprise-grade security and privacy, and Microsoft is
successfully able to give SBI that. Not just SBI, "Office 365
is across the board, be it healthcare, transportation, government,
education or small businesses. It has broad-based appeal," the Microsoft
executive added. When it comes to AI, Nadella is betting big on
it and the outcome could potentially have a huge impact on the software
giant's future. "We get billions of signals from Cloud. We take
those signals and, after using AI insights, we give the results back in
the customers' core products -- be it government, small businesses or
enterprises," Jha told IANS. In December 2016, Microsoft completed the acquisition of LinkedIn, for which it paid more than $26 billion. "You
will soon hear about Office 365-LinkedIn integration. It is already
there internally at Microsoft, allowing us a unified experience.
LinkedIn will also come in Dynamics 365 soon," he added. Dynamics 365 is a product line of enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) applications. The
next big thing is Microsoft 365 - an intelligent solution including
Office 365, Windows 10 and enterprise mobility and security that the
company has recently announced.
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