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Eleven systems. One way to work.
sa.global builds Microsoft-based software for businesses that sell time, expertise, and projects. Its most revealing customer story begins with the retirement of 11 separate systems.
Heartland Business Systems keeps the real world running
A factory’s stranded inventory database explains this Wisconsin IT company better than a product brochure. Its business is making complicated technology work together, especially when the work cannot wait.
Nextworld takes on the spreadsheet behind the spreadsheet
The team behind Nextworld knows enterprise software from the inside. Its bet: fix the work happening around the ERP, and let the system of record keep its job.
Toby Bowers
Toby Bowers is Vice President of Commercial Cloud & AI Marketing at Microsoft, based in the Seattle area. With over 20 years at the company, he leads market strategy across Microsoft's Cloud and AI product portfolios, including business and technical audience marketing, global events, and partner ecosystem engagement. He is the architect of Microsoft's 'Frontier Firms' initiative - a framework identifying and showcasing organizations reimagining their operations through AI - and was a driving force behind the ISV Connect program that grew to 700+ independent software vendors. A prolific blogger on the Microsoft Cloud Blog, Dynamics 365 Blog, and Power Platform Blog, Bowers is one of Microsoft's most visible voices on AI-driven enterprise transformation.
Microsoft Dynamics 365
Microsoft Dynamics 365 is Microsoft's flagship suite of intelligent, cloud-based enterprise business applications combining CRM and ERP capabilities under a single unified platform. Launched in November 2016, it covers sales, customer service, finance, supply chain, HR, commerce, and field service — all deeply integrated with Microsoft 365, Azure, LinkedIn, and Power Platform. With embedded Copilot AI and autonomous AI agents, Dynamics 365 serves nearly 100,000 organizations worldwide and is a consistent Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader across CRM, ERP, and Sales Force Automation categories.