Transform your business with collaborative technology

Collaboration and shared vision are critical to productivity and business success, yet 39% of employees surveyed in a worldwide study complained that workers don’t collaborate enough. What do you think? Does your business have the best tools in place for seamless, efficient collaboration? Learn how collaborative technology, such as #Office 365, can take your business to the next level.

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The Connected Enterprise

Collaboration can boost productivity, even as it improves work quality. Quay Focus knows that with the right tools, teams can share their notes and ideas to create a win-win situation for employees and customers.

Office 365 is key to a connected enterprise, geared toward maximizing productivity and cooperation to get your brand and products to market as efficiently as possible. Connectivity applications such as Skype, OneNote, Exchange, and SharePoint keep your team in constant contact.

Quay Focus can help your business achieve the advantages of collaboration, too. Contact us to find out how.

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Bionic kids: Office 365 and Limbitless are building mechanical limbs through collaboration

To achieve something great you need to collaborate with the right people. At Quay Focus, we understand that achievement isn’t a solo venture. That’s why we provide our customers with solutions that will help them collaborate.

Office 365 allows you to access your work from anywhere–and lets others to do the same when you need to collaborate or share. Store, sync, and share your files online so they’re always up to date. Plus, you can edit documents with others in real time.

With Office 365 collaboration is better. Let Quay Focus help you integrate Office 365. Contact us to find out more.

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Microsoft 365 Holistic Security

Ask yourself: what is the point of the efficiency and mobility advantages technology has provided us if they can be canceled out by burdensome security battling the constant threat of attack?

At Quay Focus, we know we can do better. That’s why we believe in Microsoft 365 E5. The versatile, holistic security it provides is the key to making technology work for us, not cybercriminals.

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Vanquish the struggle between mobility and security

These days, many businesses view mobility as a necessity for its ability to increase productivity and efficiency while keeping employees happy by allowing them to access their work on a variety of devices and in a variety of locations.

Many businesses rightfully fear that this puts their valuable data at risk, causing them to limit mobility for the sake of security.

Luckily, with Microsoft 365 E5 in your corner, there are no tradeoffs. The security system is integrated with the software you are already running so no matter what device and no matter where you are, you are protected.

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Personalized Learning, Teachers Unleashed, and a Learning Analytics Partnership: The Story of Fresno Unified

When the first 400 teachers applied to participate in the Fresno Unified School District Personalized Learning Initiative (PLI) back in 2016, they did so to improve learning for their students. Along the way, they discovered improvements to support their teaching practices.

One key success of PLI is the professional education and digital collaboration opportunities it provides to teachers. Fellow PLI teachers were able to communicate on Microsoft Teams, the same program they would bring into their classrooms. This support meant more successful implementation in those classrooms.

Check out this article to discover more insights from Fresno’s PLI.

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Enabling Analytics for Improvement ‒ Lessons from Year 2 of Fresno’s Personalized Learning Initiative

How to do you keep the momentum rolling for initiatives? First, you need to understand your current success: what’s working and where can we improve? Second, you need to communicate that success to parents, teachers, principals, and anyone one else with a stake in student progress.

Fresno Unified’s Personalized Learning Initiative, in partnership with #Microsoft, Digital Promise, and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, integrated learning analytics to do just that.

In this year 2 report, the results speak for themselves: The initiative is accomplishing its goals of closing achievement gaps and preparing students for “as yet imagined futures.” Let’s keep this momentum going to improve the lives of all students!

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