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💡 Microsoft delivers an answer to anyone considering moving to the cloud or upgrading their Azure services and wondering how much it might cost: the free Pricing Calculator and Total Cost of Ownership Calculator. ✅ Here, Cloudforce Systems Analyst Tre' Holland explains how these two free tools, along with Microsoft’s consumption-based pricing model, can help your organization understand, monitor, and optimize spend in Azure – so you can remain focused on maximizing growth while minimizing costs. 📈💲 https://lnkd.in/gPeFSPh7
The Season of Giving! 🎁 👐 Last week, the Cloudforce for Good ❤️ Committee got the #eliteforce team together to assemble hundreds of sandwiches 🥪 for donation to Mckenna’s Wagon through Martha’s Table, in record time! McKenna’s Wagon delivers meals 365 days a year to communities in D.C. facing food insecurity. It is run by Martha’s Table, with the purpose of serving the needs of the less fortunate through food, learning, healthy living, recreational, and family support services. Martha's Table is an established organization with a verifiable history of giving back to the community in tangible ways and is based locally so donations go to people in need in our local #community. Although it is the season of giving back, Cloudforce is dedicated to demonstrating service to others all year round. With #givingback as one of our core values, we believe success is sweeter when shared. We are grateful to give back to a community that has given us the tools and support to help cultivate our #growth. 🌱
Cloudforce is proud to sponsor 💎 and participate in the upcoming 365 EduCon event to be held this June 12-16! Don’t miss out on the largest independent SharePoint, Office 365, Power Platform, Microsoft Teams and #Azure conference in North America! Whatever your experience level, you are sure to find engaging session content to expand your knowledge 🧠 and get you up to speed on the latest Microsoft product releases and innovations. 💡
The Bi-County Business Roundtable (BCBR) named Cloudforce its 2022 Business of the Year 🏆. Known as the “voice of the voiceless and the go-to for #smallbusinesses,” the BCBR aggressively pursues a healthy economic climate for business and an improved quality of life for local residents in Maryland. Cloudforce gratefully accepts this prestigious award as an affirmation of our ongoing dedication to helping our Prince George’s County #community become a destination where businesses and #talent can excel. We congratulate all 2022 BCBR Awardees and look forward to celebrating together at the BCBR Holiday Awards Reception. 🥂 🎉
Cloudforce recently welcomed business development, community, and higher-ed leaders for a thinking and defining session to help frame the needs, requirements, and goals to make Prince George’s County a top destination for employers and talent in the technology sector. Participants joined to discuss such vital subjects as the best way forward to advocate for legislation encouraging participation in all facets of emerging technology, and for encouraging students to stay local through internships and other career opportunities.
Recently, the Cloudforce team has been deeply inspired by its work with technology leaders in the higher-ed space – to bring better outcomes to students through best of breed technology – made accessible through the power of the Microsoft cloud. After witnessing some unfortunate realities that most technology teams in higher-ed face, Cloudforce President/ CTO Husein Sharaf demonstrates, in Forbes, how the power of cloud offers educational institutions a potential secret weapon to battle: ⚔️Limited budgets ⚔️Aging infrastructure ⚔️High employee turnover ⚔️A highly vulnerable attack surface Read on to learn how the democratization of technology in the cloud is enabling a brighter outlook for the next generation of graduates. 🎓 https://lnkd.in/eKSct8PU
👩🏫 This summer, National Harbor’s Cloudforce launched its innovative Future Force initiative to promote the exposure of local talent in the emerging cloud computing technology sector. The Future Force weekend workshop series offered 20 qualified local high school seniors a wide range of proprietary workshops, plus front row attendance at an expert panel discussion on the reality of opportunities and expectations to advance in the tech sector. Attendees were also invited to participate in a competition showcasing their idea on how to use cloud technology to solve a pressing social need. Naomi Kaul, 18, of Germantown, MD took the honors and was awarded a $5,000 scholarship and a new Microsoft Surface laptop to get her college experience off to the right start! 👩💻🎓🚀 Read the full story here: https://lnkd.in/eUAgkEDW
A close second to the service and workplace excellence Cloudforce strives for everyday is our focus on giving back to fortify our community in every way possible. As a Foundational Sponsor at next week’s 18th Annual Youth & Real Estate Event fundraiser benefitting the Boys & Girls Clubs of America of Greater Washington, DC (BGCGW), Cloudforce proudly supports efforts to provide computer equipment to BGCGW Club learning labs. “Technology is the great equalizer of our time, and Cloudforce is committed to democratizing that dream for the underrepresented youth in Prince George’s and the greater DC-metro region,” said Cloudforce President and CTO, Husein Sharaf. Cloudforce’s support to the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington follows its recent launch in June 2022 of the Future Force initiative. This targeted program seeks to provide opportunities for aspiring students and technology enthusiasts to engage in the field of cloud computing by educating them adequately about opportunities and careers in emerging technology.
As proud members of the Maryland Marketing Partnership (MMP), Cloudforce is committed to helping make Maryland a top-10 destination for technology businesses and talent. Every day, MMP works diligently to promote leading #Maryland employers with high-impact marketing campaigns across the state, starting right here in the Peterson Companies crown jewel, National Harbor! Cloudforce, a certified Prince George's County Based Small Business (CBSB) and Maryland Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) is a fierce proponent of the power of #local. We take our role as a responsible corporate citizen seriously and remain committed to maintaining our current 33% county-based workforce as we continue to hire and grow. We are also committed to fostering an #equitable and #diverse workforce through initiatives which upskill and expose local talent to cloud technology via our Cloudforce for Good philanthropy organization.
On Sunday, October 23, Cloudforce joined forces with the Microsoft National Capital Area (BAM NCA) chapter for its annual BAM NCA Family 5K Walk, Jog, Run. This event benefits multiple designated charities including the Boys and Girls Clubs of America and several Microsoft-sponsored scholarship funds. 22 participants, including employees of both groups, their families, and friends, embarked from Cloudforce's National Harbor headquarters to the crest of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge and back. Afterwards, Cloudforce hosted all with light refreshments at its office. Others unable to participate in person were invited to participate virtually by donating online and running their own race. "It was compelling to see Cloudforce's partnership with Microsoft span not only the amazing technologies on which we work day-to-day, but also our shared passion for giving back to the communities in which we serve. Thanks to both Microsoft's BAM leadership team, as well as my running buddy, Clive, for helping to drive the pace forward," said Cloudforce Director of Programs Jesse Kellner.
