A word from Microsoft
Why choosing the Right Microsoft Partner matters
The Value of the Right Microsoft Partner
An exclusive video series where industry experts and HSO customers detail their technology journey and offer insight and advice to help guide other organisations to success.
What makes HSO the right Microsoft partner for you?
Whatever your biggest challenge, technology has solutions. If only new technology projects weren’t so risky. Choosing the right technology partner can help you navigate the complexities of technology projects, reduce risk, and achieve your project's goals efficiently and effectively.
We'll never profess to knowing everything, but you can be certain we will try our hardest to deliver the outcomes you seek.
The following videos are all industry experts. And they talk about challenges they faced and why they've made the technology decisions they have. You may find the link between their experience, and ours, insightful. Enjoy!
How Heineken UK’s New POS System Achieved Efficiency and Significant Cost Savings
Discover how Heineken UK revolutionised its point-of-sale material distribution by bringing their system in-house using Microsoft Power Platform. In this interview, Dave Piggott, Product Owner and Project Manager, shares how his team in collaboration with Microsoft Partner, HSO, overcame third-party limitations, reduced costs, and achieved unprecedented flexibility—all within eight months!
Learn why aligning technology with business goals was key to their success, and how partnering with the right Microsoft Partner made all the difference. A game-changing interview for business leaders ready to turn their vision into value—faster and smarter.
The 5 big considerations for adopting AI
Meet Nick Hedderman, the UK Channel Lead for Microsoft, who is dedicated to helping partners develop innovative AI businesses. Nick is passionate about building high-performing teams and is a proud ally of both Women in Technology and the Early in Profession community.
We had the pleasure of speaking with Nick, where he shared his insights on why choosing the right Microsoft partner is key to project success, what the next 12 months look like for Microsoft in terms of technology development, and some popular misconceptions about technology.
Small budget, big mission - how The King's Trust turns imagination into impact
In this short video, Ryan Preece, Deputy Chief Technology Officer of The King's Trust, discusses how technology is enabling the organisation to improve youth retention by moving away from old paper based ways of working.
94 years of innovating breakfasts with Weetabix
Weetabix, one of the UK's best-known and best-loved brands, moves from AX 2012 to Microsoft Cloud to support future growth.
"Microsoft Dynamics AX was coming to the end of life, so we decided to move to Microsoft Dynamics 365. It’s a big business change for us and through the process, we are understanding our own business better and what we want to get out of the implementation. It's not just a technology project.
Like any relationship, you need to get to know each other and through the stages of the project we have built up an effective partnership with HSO."
John Petra, Supply Chain, Procurement and Technical Director, Weetabix
Saving lives with the British Heart Foundation
Gareth Campbell-Julian, BHF's Director of Technology, recognised the urgency for a technology transformation. The existing infrastructure couldn't keep pace with BHF's growing needs and ambitious goals. Upgrading these systems wasn't merely about modernisation; it was essential for maximising their impact in the fight against heart disease.
How to overcome the challenges impacting manufacturers today
"AI and the pace that AI is actually entering our lives and what that means for our business has been surprising over the past few months."
"Working with HSO has been good, and we are in an implementation project and go live imminently. They are a good partner. Big business systems and change projects are never without issues, but HSO has been responsive, and we're enjoying working with them."
Andy Barnes, Director, MTC
Delivering the best citizen services with the right technology approach
"Technology is massively important for us as an organisation. We are constantly trying to deliver more for the residents that we serve with less and technology is our vehicle to make that happen.
We operate largely on the Microsoft platform and Power Platform more specifically, is an important part of our technology strategy.
HSO engagement was a lot of fun. We worked closely with the HSO team, and it was a very fruitful engagement."
Fil Kamps, Automation Lead, Kent County Council
Business before tech: FatFace's CIO shares her recipe for success
Zona Smith, Director of IT at FatFace, joined the company over 20 years ago, when the retail landscape was completely different. Since then they have undergone a radical transformation, and technology has been at the heart of this evolution.
Streamlining finance processes with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance
"We’ve had lots of challenges in the past whereas as a finance team, we were on two very different systems. Tech is definitely the way forward. The more we can automate and make things standardised, the more we can develop synergies and make cost savings and that is what we are looking forward to doing now with Microsoft Dynamics 365.
Honestly, there were very few companies out there that could support us in the way that we needed. So when we started whittling it down, there was only really one contender - and that was HSO."
Jemma Philips, Leaders Romans Group
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Major appliance manufacturer and distributor, RKW Limited, announces significant investment in Digital Transformation
Saving lives with the British Heart Foundation
94 years of innovating breakfasts with Weetabix
Business before tech: Fat Face's CIO shares her recipe for success
Elemis uses Microsoft Dynamics 365 to blend beauty and technology for a radiant future
How to harness the potential of a new ERP with Weird Fish
Halma Accelerates Problem-Solving with Enhanced Data Insights
Streamlining finance processes with Dynamics 365 Finance
Delivering the best citizen services through technology with Kent County Council
Overcoming the challenges impacting manufacturers with the MTC
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