MICROSOFT
infer intent? When our customers can turn data
into insights and get inside their adversary’s
decision cycle, that's how they find competitive
advantage in the digital battlespace.”MISSION SPEED
Despite Microsoft’s gigantic clout in the
cloud computing arena, there’s more to
the future of defense than spinning up a
Microsoft Azure server or two. “Mission
speed,” is one of Maxwell’s mantras, which
means 5G and satellite communications
are high on her list of priorities, not to
mention virtualisation technologies –
augmented reality, virtual reality, mixed
reality (a significant upgrade to traditional
training and mission planning activities that
often include “drawing pictures in the sand”).
But fostering a culture of innovation is
crucial to Maxwell’s own mission.
“As technologists, we often run after the
amazing and shiny new technology. But if
we don’t get the culture right and really seek
to understand how people and technology
interact, that new technology is not going
to take hold. Period.”“As technologists, we often run after the
amazing and shiny new technology.
But if we don’t get the culture right and
really seek to understand how people and
technology interact, that new technology
is not going to take hold. Period”
KATE MAXWELL
CTO, DEFENSE & INTELLIGENCE
WORLDWIDE PUBLIC SECTOR,
MICROSOFTbusinesschief.com 257