Businesses wanting to scale, innovate and revolutionise productivity choose Azure. In the early phases of software product development, working with a PaaS ecosystem designed to prioritise creativity can accelerate the success and market acceptance of an idea but also reduces time, effort and cost.
What this webinar is about.
In this discussion Ascent’s CTO, Alex James speaks with Denise Dourado, Director of Digital and Application Innovation at Microsoft to discuss what a good POC looks like on Azure, and the onward journey to getting the first increment of value into your users’ hands.What you’ll take away.
- Understanding what a great PoC looks like on Azure
- Defining an MVP
- The first increment of user value
- Successful use cases
- How to ensure a successful outcome
- Azure app services - the functionality
Your hosts & presenters.
Alex James
Chief Technology Officer
Alex James, Ascent’s CTO has spent the last decade working with customers on developing and gearing their technology strategies to accelerate value.
Denise Dourado
Director of Digital and Application Innovation - Microsoft
Denise has over 25 years’ experience in the technology/transformation industry. Her career began in Financial Services and Consultancy. Denise then ran the transformation team at NHS Blood & Transplant and was responsible for the digital transformation of a number of critical systems within Blood Donation, Organ Donation and Specialist Services.
Her most recent role before joining Microsoft was running core Engineering at HMRC, which comprised the Cloud, Data Platform and Integration teams. Denise delivered key transformation activity at HMRC, most notably the seamless migration of the UK’s tax platform onto Azure.
Denise joined Microsoft in September 2021 and leads the Digital & Application Innovation team within the Customer Success Unit. Her team of Customer Engineers and Cloud Solution Architects is responsible for delivering Microsoft solutions to customer problems.
