SoftwareOne Hong Kong

We had a wonderful time hosting our very first gamification event yesterday morning in our office together with our key focus partner Proofpoint. Our customers got to experience being red teaming and blue teaming in a fun and interactive way. They also learned some valuable skills and insights from the expertise and mentors.

Missed the chance this time? Stay tuned and more interesting sessions will be organised in the near future!!

We have received tons of inquiries about VM migration and contingency plans since the date Broadcom announced the acquisition of VMware, customers across the world are looking for alternatives. As your trusted advisor at all time, we have organized a sharing session this Wednesday morning in our office to giving different options to our customers moving forward.

Save your spot immediately with the registration link below. The sharing session is absolutely free of charge! Come register now!!

Break Free from VMware with SoftwareOne VMware Exit Workshop is designed to provide you with the latest information and guidance on your options with VMware/Broadcom updated pricing and industry trend, and to facilitate your cloud journey together with SoftwareOne, Veeam, and AWS.

We are happy to share some great moments from the AWS Summit yesterday. It was a huge hit with full support from our SWOHK team. We had demonstrated our Software & Cloud services, GenAI and FinOps and got rave reviews. We also had the opportunity to speak on stage in both customer-focused sessions and partner sharing sessions. Many attendees were amazed by our offerings and wanted to know more. This was a fantastic chance for us to showcase our capabilities and knowledge to the world. Thank you to everyone who helped make this event a memorable one!

As a committed ESG participant, we have prepared some environmental friendly utensils for our colleagues and customers in response to HKGOV's control on disposable tablewares. Recyclable material is chosen in order to protect the environment and public health.

Come to visit us tomorrow at booth G5 in AWS Summit HK 2024, and bring one set home to save our planet 🫶🏻

[Last Call!] AWS Summit Hong Kong 2024 is coming real soon! Don't miss the opportunity to visit our booth and learn what SoftwareOne is offering you. We will show you how SoftwareOne helps you to unleash the full potential of Cloud and AI.

Limited spots are remaining, register now! https://go.aws/3UyQo0E

🚀 Exciting news! We're thrilled to introduce Zoom Workplace, the next big step in accelerating your hybrid journey with AI capabilities. In Zoom Workplace (formerly known as Zoom One), you can enjoy an all-in-one collaboration experience that integrates meetings, chats, phone, webinars, and whiteboard into a single, secure and AI-powered offer. 🌐

💼 At SoftwareOne Hong Kong, we're proud to be Zoom’s Gold Partner, offering you unparalleled support and expertise to transform your workplace with a sophisticated communication and collaboration platform.

🔗 Call us now to explore how Zoom Workplace help you reimagine teamwork. Also, stay tuned for more updates and tips to make the most of your Zoom experience.

As today’s threats grow more sophisticated and the velocity of attacks increases, with the power of GenAI, organizations can detect and prevent cyberattacks in real time. CrowdStrike has recently announced the general availability of Charlotte AI, a Conversational AI tool using plain language queries to provide accurate and actionable answers in seconds. Stay one step ahead of cybercriminals and keep your data safe with Charlotte AI and SoftwareOne. Call us now to obtain a free trial and revolutionize your security operations together!

Are you aware that Google and Yahoo have announced new email authentication requirements, that has been enforced since 1st of February this year, which could impact your company's email deliverability? If you’re a bulk sender who sends more than 5,000 emails daily to these public email accounts, you’ll have even more email authentication requirements to meet!

At SoftwareOne, we understand the importance of overcoming any potential issues that may arise. That's why we partner with Proofpoint offering you a free-of-charge Email Deliverability Assessment to help identify potential gaps and provide recommendations on a path forward. Reach out to us now to schedule a meeting and let us help prepare you for the new requirements.

Thank you Adobe for recognizing SoftwareOne Hong Kong as the Top reseller of the year for Adobe Document Cloud!! We are honored to receive this award and grateful for the opportunity to work with such an innovative and forward-thinking company. The support and partnership have been invaluable to our success. We look forward to continuing our collaboration and achieving even greater success together in the future.

With Copilot for Microsoft 365 now generally available, the race is on for organizations to be first out of the gates to use this groundbreaking workplace GenAI technology. SoftwareOne was part of Microsoft's early access program, thus, we have been working with enterprise clients who were early adopters of Copilot for Microsoft 365 and saw first-hand where the common pitfalls are.

Now, you are able to obtain a complimentary Technical Workshop when purchasing Copilot for Microsoft 365 from SoftwareOne Hong Kong. We are sharing these learnings to save your time and to ensure your workplace GenAI experience is truly adaptive. Call us now for details!

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【Save the Date for Microsoft Envision Al Connection】

Join us at Microsoft Envision AI Connection 2024 event for exploring the latest technology to enhance your enterprise’s business growth and productivity.

Registration Link: https://info.microsoft.com/GC-NoGEP-CATALOG-FY24-01Jan-10-Microsoft-Envision-AI-Connection-HongKong-SREVM26235_Catalog-Display-Page.html

Event Details:

Date：10 Jan, 2024 (Wednesday)
Time：09:00-16:30
Venue：Ritz Carlton Hotel, Hong Kong (Booth #10 in Zone B)

Christmas is an annual festive season for us sending a heartfelt greeting to special someone like yourself. SoftwareOne HK team is here wishing you love, happiness, and laughter for every day of this Christmas season.
Have a very Merry Christmas!!

It is our great honour being recognised by Lapcom Hk as one of the most outstanding partners for the fifth year in a row. It's all about an emotional alliance between two groups of people who are committed to each other's success and we shared. May this incredible partnership continues forever!!

HK customers show growing concerns for Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) performance aiming at carbon reductions, energy efficiency as well as climate change improvements. For property developers and realtors, they ought to build more sustainable communities by reducing electricity consumption and carbon emissions. Amazon Web Services , DocuSign , and SoftwareOne Hong Kong had shared and demonstrated the industry use cases and experiences during the executive luncheon held in last Friday. All of our guests found it valuable and helpful during their ESG journey!! We strive to organise more of industrial specific seminars to our customers in order to address their needs and concerns.

We're thrilled to share the success of our Microsoft AI & Copilot seminar this morning in our office. The turnout was overwhelming, and we're grateful to all of our guests for making it remarkable. We hope everyone enjoyed and found it useful. Special thanks to Microsoft and Jabra team for their support in making this event happen.

Mid-Autumn festival symbolizes the family reunion and celebration. We wishing you and your family a happy Mid-Autumn Festival and a wonderful time ahead from all of us at SoftwareOne Hong Kong.

Our Office is closed for Mid-Autumn festival and National Day holiday, and will resume normal operation on October 4th (Wed).

End of Support

Adobe Acrobat Perpetual License 2017 version has been end of supported since June 2022. The current version which is Adobe Acrobat Perpetual License 2020 will also be end of supported by 2025. There is currently no plan from Adobe for a new perpetual product.

Recommendation

End of supported perpetual licenses can expose your organisation to security risks such as data loss, document security, and hacks. By upgrading to Acrobat subscription licenses, your organisation can stay up to date with security patches, new features, and better efficiency in license management.

Call us now for more details.

Join us for an exclusive event for AI and new wave of productivity growth. You'll learn more about this game-changing innovation from Microsoft and see how you can leverage the technology to supercharge your efficiency and productivity. Click on below to register now. Seats are very limited.

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Have you ever experienced a sense of disconnection while in a hybrid meeting room no matter whether you are using Zoom room or Microsoft Teams room, perhaps consistently troubled by issues like latency or distortion during virtual meetings? Read our article now to explore how Jabra Panacast 50 Room System enabling your business to innovate and facilitate the user experience.

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It’s here! ​
SoftwareOne was positioned by Gartner as a Leader in its Magic Quadrant™ for Software Asset Management Managed Services.​

Download your copy of the report here.
https://www.softwareone.com/en/now/2023-gartner-magic-quadrant-sam-managed-services

Transforming your contract management through the integration of DocuSign and Microsoft provides vast benefits to organizations to curb costs, and improve productivity. In addition, automating your contract cycle and workflow process can reduce delays and errors. Read the article and learn how DocuSign integrates with Microsoft Applications for different business cases.

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As remote working has significantly increased in recent years, VPNs have a crucial role to connect employees, third parties, as well as unmanaged devices. However, the user's satisfaction is very low, with 72% of users expressing frustration due to slow and unreliable VPN connections. Also, 88% of companies report being concerned that VPNs jeopardize their ability to maintain a secure environment according to the survey. Therefore, it is vital to reevaluate your security posture. To address the increasing threat of cyberattacks, Zscaler has implemented Zero-Trust strategy, which follows the maxim ‘never trust, always verify’ approach. With the Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) solutions, you can connect to remote users securely.

Reach out to us now to obtain a copy of VPN Risk Report 2023, and help you rethink your strategy of secured connections.

Build a secure, productive hybrid workplace with Microsoft Surface to empower your employees to collaborate, connect, and achieve more. Discover with us now a range of Microsoft Surface devices built for all the ways you create, work, play and connect.

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Today, many people suffer from Active Directory Threats. Do you know that 50% of organizations experienced an Active Directory attack in the last two years? Now is the time to stop these identity-based attacks by using a complimentary Active Directory Risk Review, which can provide instant visibility into your AD hygiene and deep insights into possible attack paths that an adversary could exploit. It also can help you to detect and protect your organization from modern identity-based attacks like ransomware and service account misuse. SoftwareOne Hong Kong is currently running the CrowdStrike Active Directory Risk Review for our customers, who can get an overview of Ad Hygiene and any possible risk of your Active Directory, as well as the solutions to mitigate these risks. Contact us now to set up a complimentary Active Directory Risk Review to stop any AD threats before they harm your company.

Regular assessment is critical to spot bottlenecks, identify areas of opportunity, and drive efficiency improvements. That's why SoftwareOne provides AWS DevOps Maturity Assessment (DMA) to help understand your organization's state of DevOps, get a structured roadmap of recommendations for improvement, and then, reduce your risk thus that you can move faster with confidence.

Schedule a free consultation today to learn more!

It is our great pleasure being invited by New Relic to learn about how our customers could benefit from the all-in-one Observability platform with proactive, reactive, and preventive approaches. Simple, usage-based pricing, a scalable cloud-based platform, and easy open source instrumentation, every organization can unleash the power of their data with New Relic. Call us now to learn more!

Our first post-COVID offsite meeting is successfully completed yesterday. It is absolutely worth the time and effort to bring the teams together to reconnect, reenergise and realign for the future. We should leave the offsite inspired to take the teams and business to the next level of performance. Now is the time to execute what we have discussed and grow together.