At Computex Taipei 2018, the leading global ICT and IoT show, Microsoft underscored its commitment to the partner ecosystem and announced new programs and a new category of intelligent devices. These are designed to advantage of a digitally connected world, driving new growth and opportunity for the industry.
At the event, Microsoft leaders shared how the era of the intelligent cloud and intelligent edge will usher in the next phase of innovation and create a broad portfolio of devices that blend more naturally into people’s lives.
Alongside, there were a slew of innovations highlighting (mentioned below) on how intelligent cloud and intelligent edge is bringing the industry together to deliver new experiences and solutions, creating experiences with technology to support ambitions and aspirations.
- Windows Collaboration Displays: Along with its partner ecosystem, Microsoft announced new opportunities to bring Microsoft 365 experiences to life on entirely new categories of devices called Windows Collaboration Displays. These new devices allow users to experience Microsoft 365 collaboration tools: Office, Teams and Whiteboard at room scale. Microsoft 365 is the largest productivity platform in the world and includes Office 365, Windows 10 and Enterprise Mobility + Security delivering a complete, intelligent and secure solution to empower employees. It enables multi-sense, multi-device experiences that put people at the center for both work and life.
- New Intelligent Edge Hardware Partner Program: Microsoft announced a new Intelligent Edge hardware partner program for all hardware partners available in the coming months. This program will deliver new software, training, developer kits and provide hands-on experiences to help the industry build for the future of the intelligent edge
- Windows 10 IoT Core Services: Microsoft revealed a new service offering that will enable partners to commercialize a secure IoT device backed by industry leading support. The service offering helps make it easier to manage updates for the OS, apps, settings, and OEM-specific files, and includes Device Health Attestation (DHA) and is backed with 10 years of support.
As the intelligent cloud and intelligent edge app model becomes central to every application, it will offer a new world of possibilities for the industry to deliver more flexible and custom experiences for everyone.