The outcomes of cloud adoption are formed dramatically by the individuals and cultures that function and innovate with expertise. The speedy tempo of technological developments we’re seeing on a worldwide scale is thrilling, but when there may be one factor that I like greater than expertise, it’s the individuals, the tales, and the life experiences that affect the way it’s used. To discover this additional, I lately hung out visiting a few of our most inspirational prospects and leaders in our fast-growing cloud markets throughout Europe. In the brand new video collection, Cloud Cultures, I’m excited to share these experiences and tales to offer a glimpse of how individuals world wide are utilizing expertise to enhance the world round them—together with how innovation converges with native customs, values, and methods of dwelling. These tales present firsthand how expertise and custom mix to kind cloud cultures.
Watch Episode 1: Cloud Cultures Poland out now.
Poland: An rising hub for innovation
Microsoft lately launched a brand new cloud area in Poland Central, on April 25, 2023, to help Poland’s rising standing as a hub for innovation in Central and Eastern Europe. Poland is nothing wanting inspirational—Poland is a dynamic nation with so much to show us concerning the transformative potential for embracing change, reinvention, and creating alternative.
Conversations with our prospects and neighborhood leaders in Poland gave me a firsthand view of how a lot of an impression the historical past of Poland has on the current and future markets.
Resiliency is embedded into the DNA of Polish individuals. Geopolitical tensions, social upheaval, and adversity have impacted Poland considerably through the years—but Polish individuals have tailored and rebuilt repeatedly by way of all of it. This resiliency and talent to bounce again has given the Polish market a aggressive benefit. Polish prospects tackle daring initiatives and strategy every thing with a nimble and entrepreneurial mentality. Businesses in Poland develop and innovate shortly and courageously. There’s a way of fearlessness in Poland. When it comes time to behave, Poles bounce proper in—courageously taking up new challenges, figuring out alternatives, constructing quick, and dealing with threat head-on.
How are Polish prospects utilizing the cloud?
Below are just some of the Polish prospects who’re on the forefront of digital transformation and have responded to the disruption brought on by COVID-19, the Ukraine battle, and financial uncertainty as a must innovate:
- CCC Group: One of Poland’s hottest shoe retailers went all in throughout COVID-19 through the use of the lockdown and the cloud to reinvent themselves. They have totally reworked from brick-and-mortar to completely omni-channel over the past 4 years. Learn extra about how CCC is utilizing Azure Databricks and Data Lake to drive extra insightful advertising campaigns right here.
- Nest Bank: A neighborhood financial institution that embraces a tradition of empowerment, by embracing errors, democratizing ideation, and disrupting an age-old monetary trade. Their focus is on constructing easy and safe digital companies and fee strategies on the cloud for small and micro-enterprise companies. One methodology being cell onboarding in beneath 10 minutes or much less with a selfie.
Bringing empathy and innovation collectively by way of neighborhood applications
On my journey to Poland, I had the chance to take a seat down with Tanya Tkachenko, a girl who moved to Poland to flee the battle in her residence nation of Ukraine to construct a greater life and new neighborhood for herself and her son. Upon arriving in Poland, Tanya shortly sought a brand new profession path and located the Cyber Trainees program, organized by the Kosciuszko Institute, a number one Polish non-governmental group (NGO) that equips college students with specialist IT expertise, certifications, and internships to permit them to seek out careers in cybersecurity—a dream trade for Tanya and a subject that solely has round 14 p.c illustration by girls in Poland.
“The knowledge that I received during that project makes me more confident about the future. I lost my job in Ukraine and now I have a chance to take my career in a different direction. We are very happy there was this opportunity for us, for Ukrainian women to take part in this program because it gave us a chance to move on.”—Tanya Tkachenko
Our dialog left me feeling moved, humbled, and reminded of how important it’s to make expertise and the alternatives that come up from it inclusive and accessible for all.
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Technology is a strong software, not by itself however due to the individuals and cultures that form it. As we transfer into this subsequent period of digital transformation, with AI on the forefront, our mission has by no means been extra essential—to empower each particular person on the planet to realize extra. Everyone has a job to play in creating a greater world and at Microsoft we merely need to present the instruments and sources to take action.
Watch the Cloud Cultures: Poland episode right this moment.