INSIGHT ISSUE 02 | 2020

6 Enabling the Digital and Energy transition will create new opportunities by empowering people and organizations and supporting economic growth From my perspective, based on Microsoft’s own digital transformation journey and on what we are observing in the market today, there are also three other areas to consider to become a future-ready organization with digital: To reduce time-to-market of digital transformation projects, today cloud platforms offer a solid foundation to build on solutions that respond to business needs. Microsoft’s holistic cloud platform spans application infrastructure, data & AI, developer tools and services, security & compliance, business process, productivity, and collaboration. It is the interconnected nature of our cohesive platform and its experiences which enables customers to achieve the key outcomes that make their organization fire on all cylinders accordingly: empowering employees with connected collaboration, engaging customers with connected experience, transforming products with connected innovation and optimizing operations with connected insights. Cybersecurity is the central challenge of the digital age, especially now that the world counts on technology even more. Without it, the most basic human rights like privacy cannot exist. Every day, organizations take precious time and resources away from their core business mission to defend themselves against and recover from cyberattacks. They operate dozens of complex disconnected tools, yet the gaps between those tools remain and threats get through. Their security teams struggle to keep up, and skilled expertise is scarce. We are uniquely positioned to help, and today we’re empowering IT to unlock the security capabilities of the cloud to tip the scales in the cyber war to protect companies and citizens. Increasingly, one of the key steps needed to foster a safe and successful economic recovery is expanded access to the digital skills needed to fill new jobs. And one of the keys to a genuinely inclusive recovery are programs to provide easier access to digital skills for people hardest hit by job losses, including those with lower incomes, women, and unserved communities. To help address this need, we’re deeply committed with global and local partners to skills initiatives aimed at bringing more digital skills to millions of people worldwide. Our vision for skills extends beyond these immediate steps for job seekers. Employees will also need to skill and reskill through their careers, and we want to make it easier for employers to help. Our vision is a connected “system of learning” that helps empower everyone to pursue lifelong learning. 1. CLOUD PLATFORM AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 2. SECURITY 3. SKILLING & RESKILLING THE PLAN Ambizione Italia #DigitalRestart