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Title: The platform approach to becoming Frontier - The Official Microsoft Blog

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Open Graph Description: Last year at Ignite, we introduced the concept of Frontier Transformation and how it is different from any technology-led pursuit, because it requires us to focus on business outcomes first. It starts with a simple idea: technology was invented to serve humanity, not the other way around. There is no path where this notion of...

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