{"id":60936,"date":"2019-12-09T20:47:41","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T12:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/microsoft-dell-ctos-on-the-digital-innovation-frontier\/"},"modified":"2019-12-09T20:47:41","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T12:47:41","slug":"microsoft-dell-ctos-on-the-digital-innovation-frontier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/microsoft-dell-ctos-on-the-digital-innovation-frontier\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft, Dell CTOs on the Digital Innovation Frontier"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><b>Microsoft Azure<\/b> wants to craft its own space business vertical. But instead of building their own satellites, they\u2019ve opted to build the business through partnerships. William Chappell, CTO of Microsoft Azure Global, is the innovation leader behind the software giant\u2019s efforts to provide satellite operators with a powerful, automated, and secure cloud layer to their networks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft recently announced a major partnership with <b>SES<\/b> and its <b>O3b <\/b>constellation, and is looking to expand to different layers of the satellite supply chain. William joins On Orbit host and <i>Via Satellite <\/i>Executive Editor Jeffrey Hill for a conversation about how secure cloud systems allow satellite operators to support many new and exciting applications at the edge \u2013 applications that define business evolution in the age of IoT.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Episode 18 - Microsoft, Dell CTOs on the Digital Innovation Frontier by On Orbit Podcast by Via Satellite\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F725153470&amp;show_artwork=true&amp;maxheight=750&amp;maxwidth=500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i>*NOTE \u2013 Please excuse the unusual audio quality of the interview with William. We didn\u2019t have our usual tech set-up for this interview, so we had to record from a smartphone. You can still easily understand what\u2019s being said, and it\u2019s a very good conversation that we hope you enjoy!<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Following this interview, we play an excerpt from one of Jeff\u2019s favorite keynote speeches of the year, delivered by David Holmes, Chief Technology Officer of <strong>Dell Technologies<\/strong>\u2018 Global Energy Program. In the presentation, David explains how digital innovation has enabled global businesses to re-orient to a new economic reality. At the same time, he warns that this reality will very quickly be redefined by challenges faced by Millennials and Generation Z and that we must prepare for this future by putting young leaders in the driver\u2019s seat sooner, rather than later.<\/p>\n<p><strong>EPISODE LINKS \u2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SES Microsoft Azure Partnership Announcement<br \/>\nWilliam Chappell on LinkedIn<br \/>\nDavid Holmes on LinkedIn<br \/>\nVia Satellite\u2019s New Managing Editor, Rachel Jewett (Podnar) on LinkedIn (Say Hello!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft Azure wants to craft its own space business vertical. But instead of building their own satellites, they\u2019ve opted to build the business through partnerships. 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