24th February 2023
Microsoft Azure is Microsoft's public cloud computing platform offering many cloud services. This includes computing, analytics, storage, and networking. A major advantage for end users is the ability to use any service to develop new applications or run existing applications in the public cloud. With migration and networking tools, single sign on, and identity management, [...]
10th January 2023
Key cloud adoption trends
Organisations are increasingly having to adapt to changing technological, economic and industry challenges. Modern businesses focus on reducing business costs and complexity, as well as increased agility and innovation. Modernising workloads by moving them to the cloud is a significant digital transformation and one that provides security and flexibility. In addition, cloud infrastructure and capabilities [...]
24th May 2022
How To Boost Your Cloud ROI
As the use case for on-prem servers gets increasingly smaller, it's clear that businesses realise the potential of cloud storage. Most organisations are aware of the benefits moving to the cloud can bring their business, from increased efficiency to improved run times and significant cost reductions. Like most business decisions, the ROI behind the move [...]
24th January 2022
How to become a Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect
Demand for Microsoft Azure Solutions professionals is steadily increasing for companies as a key requirement to get the most out of their cloud-based systems and services. This article on starting the journey to becoming a certified Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect will benefit businesses looking to train their existing workforce to implement Azure solutions in-house as [...]
29th November 2021
Our new training clients in Q3 2021
We’ve provided top-quality training both remotely and at our London IT training centre to several clients in a range of sectors, all of which had different requirements and goals to hit. As a trusted training provider, we are able to help companies and individuals to build upon their professional skill set to bring value to [...]
23rd November 2021
Achieve your cloud sustainability goals with the Microsoft Emissions Impact Dashboard
As cloud services become more widely adopted by companies around the world, the scale of impact that cloud usage has on the environment has also been increasingly important. With the announcement of the general availability of the Microsoft Emissions Impact Dashboard, Microsoft customers using Azure are able to view, track, report, and analyse their carbon [...]
19th November 2021
Azure Integration Services – The 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant™ Leader
For the fourth year in a row, Microsoft's Azure Integration has officially been named a leader in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Integration Platform as a service. Flexibility and a seamless user experience are more crucial to business operations than ever before. Over the past 18 months, millions of employees had to adjust [...]
18th November 2021
“Nothing to see here” as the largest Microsoft DDoS attack is averted
Early August saw the Microsoft DDoS cyberattack trends report for Q1 and Q2 of this year. The report showed a 25% spike in attacks compared to the final quarter of 2020. A few weeks after the report was published, Microsoft observed a 2.4 Tbps DDoS attack targeting one Azure customer in Europe. The attack was [...]
21st January 2021
Why an Azure ecommerce platform is dynamite for selling online
The percentage of UK shoppers using ecommerce reached 87 percent in 2020, up 25 percent since 2010. But with great opportunity comes high competition. So how can you stand out from the ecommerce crowd? In this article we'll explain how an Azure ecommerce platform will make the difference. In a nutshell, Microsoft Azure is a [...]
20th January 2021
Influential achieves Microsoft Gold Partner certification
With more and more business moving online, it’s safe to say that effective IT will be vital in 2021. And on that note, we're excited to say that Influential Software has now gained Microsoft Gold Partner certification. As well as overall Microsoft Gold Partner status, our team has also achieved the following Microsoft competencies: Microsoft [...]