Office 365 Customer Story: GE powers its culture of curiosity with the Microsoft cloud

Transforming your business to a digital enterprise is never easy. At Quay Focus, we are here to help you along that journey, so you can simplify your collaboration.

GE is transforming from an industrial leader to a digital industrial leader, using software and sensors to make its machines connected and predictive. With Microsoft Office 365, GE is digitally enabling its 300,000-person workforce to make sense of machine data, realize productivity gains, and collaborate securely, at a velocity never before experienced.

We want to help your business make the transition to the digital age. Contact us to find out more and check out this video.

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Dakine gears up for productivity with Office 365

You don’t have to be tied to your desk or to a device to be productive anymore. Thankfully. Office 365 offers the freedom of mobility to stay connected to colleagues and customers with best-in-class apps at your fingertips. Whatever you’re wearing, wherever you are, you can live your life and get more done with #Office365.  

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Day in the life–Financial services

As a financial services professional, your day is likely packed with many tasks; checking your email probably consumes a lot of your day. At Quay Focus, we know that you could be saving valuable time in your day by maximizing the potential of your email provider.

Microsoft business-class email and calendaring products help you stay on top of what matters with a clear, unified view of your email, calendar, and contacts.

With Microsoft, stay connected wherever you are. Let us help you integrate this amazing solution, so you can free up time in your day. Contact us for more information.

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Emotion and cognition in the age of AI

80% of educators say emotional well-being is crucial for developing foundational literacies.

Over time, our understanding of the importance of emotional well-being has grown. Now it is time to put that knowledge into practice in the classroom, to benefit our students.

Technology can help teachers more seamlessly integrate social and emotional skill development into their curriculum, and provide the personalized tools to support emotional well-being as students tackle learning challenges. Contact us to learn more about how you can accomplish this in your own school.

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Customer Story: Garfield Prep Academy provides engaging, personalized education with powerful classroom tools

Picture the ideal learning environment.

When Garfield Prep teacher Marlyne Graves pictures this, she sees each of her students tackling the same task while being uniquely challenged and supported.

This is exactly the type of classroom she was able to create through the use of technology like OneNote Classroom Notebook. This offered efficiency and access to learning tools that opened doors for each of her students to maximize their engagement and learning.

At Quay Focus, we want to celebrate and support individuality, and this includes providing the resources to personalize learning.

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Customer Story: Technology in harmony – the story of Port Alberni School District

How can a three-person IT team keep an entire district outfitted with devices that are both usable for all students, and yet provide a customized experience for every one of them?

For Port Alberni School District, their secret tool was Intune for Education. In combination with Azure Active Directory, Intune allowed them to have a single sign-on for each of their students and to assign apps to follow that student no matter what device they were using. The result? An easily manageable landscape of devices, all customized to meet individual student needs.

Small IT teams don’t have to mean restricting the technology available to students. Contact us to learn more.

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Why Cloud (By Default) Gives You Security You Couldn’t Afford Otherwise

Without dedicated 24/7 professionals and support, fast backup tools and easy-to-use collaboration solutions, your IT infrastructure could probably benefit by moving to the cloud. Quay Focus knows that journey can be tough, that’s why we’re here to help.

With a complete, intelligent solution, including Office 365, Windows 10, Enterprise Mobility + Security, and Azure, everyone in your organization is empowered to be creative and work together, securely.

The future of your digital business depends on getting your IT right. Contact us today for our plan to help you along your journey to the cloud.

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Data Governance for GDPR Compliance: Principles, Processes, and Practices

As the amount of data you use increases, so do the demands on your business to be compliant with regulations. At Quay Focus, we know finding, keeping, and protecting data is a time-consuming endeavor, and we want to help you minimize it.

GDPR, and security and privacy concerns are changing the business landscape. Microsoft products and services can help you to address these challenges. Microsoft cloud services empower you to find relevant information quickly and make informed decisions with AI and automation.

Quay Focus wants to help you secure the data that needs protecting. Contact us for more information.

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