Microsoft Industry Fair showcases industry solutions backed by Microsoft Cloud to support organizations to do more with less
November 30, 2022, Hong Kong – Digital transformation is no longer just a competitive edge, but critical for business resilience, and digital transformation is imperative in facilitating industry innovation. Microsoft Hong Kong today unveiled the Microsoft Industry Fair, offering a series of industry digital solutions across four areas – Consumer Goods & Retail, Smart Cities, Financial Services, and Sustainability, to showcase the latest innovation of 36 partners, supported by Microsoft Cloud combining industry expertise, to achieve the goal of doing more with less.
- Consumer Goods & Retail
Retail and omnichannel businesses are evolving. Retailers desire a clear and intuitive end-to-end overview of consumers to better understand their shopping behaviors. At the event, Microsoft partners showcase a series of digital solutions that enables the delivery of seamless retail and e-commerce experience while enhancing competitiveness with strategic planning. - Smart Cities
An array of technologies to improve quality of life, drive economic growth, and deliver flexible, resilient, and secure infrastructure, is the key to building smart cities. A series of partner solutions that empower property management, logistics, supply chain, utility, and government agencies are exhibited to demonstrate innovation transformation by leveraging the Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and other cutting-edge solutions. - Finance Services
Digital trends have drastically transformed financial institutions in terms of operations and providing new impetus to seamless digital service without replacing traditional systems. Microsoft partners showcase technology that accelerates innovation for sustainable growth and optimizes risk management on the trusted cloud, providing capabilities to manage data to deliver differentiated experiences, combat financial crime, and facilitate security. - Sustainability
Sustainability is a fast-rising concern in Hong Kong. Customers are increasingly conscious of the importance of sustainable business practices and demand products and services that fit with their ethos. At Industry Fair, Microsoft partners demonstrate solutions to help customers achieve business and sustainability goals by reducing energy consumption, streamlining processes, and waste management.
“In view of the challenging global economic situation, industries nowadays are looking not just to create impact faster, but to prioritize the investments that will drive the most business outcome.,” said Kelvin Tse, Director of Global Partner Solutions, Microsoft Hong Kong. “At today’s Microsoft Industry Fair, we are thrilled to have our trusted partners to showcase an array of easy-to-deploy industry-ready solutions, powered by Microsoft Cloud technology. Organizations can do more with less by eliminating operating costs, optimizing business performance, and transcending boundaries with tailored industry solutions on the secure Microsoft Cloud platforms.”
“We are in the midst of global marco-economic challenges, businesses’ priorities are to navigate through the headwinds and tackle talent shortage, to realize the idea of ‘Do More With Less’, “ added Maria Hui, Chief Operating Officer, Microsoft Hong Kong. “72% of the industry’s pace of digital transformation has accelerated to leverage cloud technology to achieve more of the business potential, readily available solutions and low code development approach have therefore become critical. Given the surging demand from all industries to transform to the cloud, our allyship with partners to provide industry solutions in the Microsoft Cloud becomes more important than ever.”
More than 400 business leaders and IT professionals from various industries attended the event today, gathering to learn more about how technology combined with industry expertise can create innovation.
Partners collaborating with Microsoft Hong Kong for the initiative include:
| Consumer goods & Retail | Smart Cities |
| PwC Reimagine Loyalty: how leading organizations increase customer stickiness with loyalty technology |
Tekcent Smart building solutions: Optimizing operation management and visitor experience |
| Eastech Consulting Convert Data into Actionable Business Insight by Process Automation and Data Transformation |
Explora Smart construction and smart transportation: Enhancing efficiency and safety with data analytic and Machine Learning |
| Cherrypicks Redefine customer engagement: Transform loyalty experience with automation, blockchain and geofencing technologies |
Esri China (Hong Kong) Mapping a better future: Location intelligence to empower smarter business decisions |
| Mirum Limitless creativity enabled by technology: Elevating customer experience to drive online and offline commerce |
Bentley Systems Smart planning and operation: Digital Twin technology to Capture, Record and Disseminate critical asset information |
| Web-on Evolve F&B experience: automatic food delivery robot solution & online ordering system |
RV Automation People-centric robotic applications: One-stop robotic and IoT solutions to improve efficiency in property and facility management |
| SoS Group Limited Stepping in metaverse : Creating your NFT for marketing and e-shop |
Chain Technology Reality made simple: 4D immersive CAVE and digital twin to uplift construction safety and enhance communication |
| Financial Services | Sustainability |
| Fano Labs Call insights at a glance: Sales surveillance and compliance enabled by speech and language AI |
Schneider Electric Accelerate a greener future: Achieving sustainability and efficiency with end-point to cloud integrated solutions |
| Know Your Customer Client onboarding made easy: Digitize, automate and streamline the KYC and KYB process end-to-end |
IT Channel (Asia) Limited Reduce carbon footprints by unleashing data potential |
| Insight x ASC Complied Remote Selling: Enabling non-face to face financial product selling with one-stop solution |
KPMG Accelerate low carbon economy transition: Greenhouse gas emissions inventory management |
| SAS Hyperautomation: Infuse intelligent automation to reduce risk, optimize customer journey and improve ESG performance |
Softhard.IO Connected public facilities: Leverage AI and IoT to provide sustainable environment |
| LeadingEdge Group Limited x Databricks x Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Realizing real-time data: One-stop data services to transform financial services |
KBQuest Green space intelligence: insights on enhancing space unitization and wellbeing experience |
| Ernst & Young Advisory Services Limited Digital Engagement for Banking and Insurance: Accelerating growth with industry data model and business flow |
Diginex Blockchain enabled ESG platform |
| SGS Intelligent carbon management platform |
| Microsoft 365 Partners:
Connect your workforce |
Microsoft Security Partners:
Protect your data |
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