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Nathan Lasnoski

Nathan Lasnoski is Concurrency's Chief Technology Officer, a Datacenter MVP and a recognized leader in Core Infrastructure Design, SharePoint Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Unified Communications technologies.

Contributions by Nathan Lasnoski

Purpose Driven Digital

You can have anything you want, just not everything you want. This was the advice given to me by my family financial planner when I was a teenager and I’ve never forgotten it. The constant reminder that not only life is short, but that I need to think about what is most important. For me, […]

by Nathan Lasnoski Aug 5, 2020

Five Tips for Cloud Adoption

Did your dad ever say, “are you going to learn from your own mistakes or someone else’s?” Well… mine did. Having been through a large number of cloud adoption journeys I wanted to share a few tips that have been very helpful as we’ve considered what a new customer should do, especially given the current […]

by Nathan Lasnoski Jul 27, 2020

Zero Trust @ Microsoft Inspire

I had the opportunity to speak along with Nupur Goyal at Microsoft Inspire on Zero Trust strategies. We talked about why Zero Trust is important, practical architectures, top things you need to do to improve security, and practice building. Check it out below! https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/partners/videos/zero-trust-for-the-boundary-less-world

by Nathan Lasnoski Jul 23, 2020

Empathy & Power Platform

Man, we did a cool webinar today on Empathy and its impact on customer and employee interaction. We talked about how it plays a part in the Power Platform, custom applications, bots, etc. Check it out:

by Nathan Lasnoski Jul 17, 2020

Why accelerate cloud migration now?

The last several months have been challenging. We’ve experienced incredible disruption to the economic market that has left businesses in challenging positions financially and competitively. Some companies have seen the challenging times and stopped everything except the most critical “keeping the lights on” activities. This might even seem intuitive to many companies… like, “why wouldn’t […]

by Nathan Lasnoski Jul 2, 2020

Speaking at IC Stars Capitalize on Wisconsin

I kicked off the IC Stars Capitalize on Wisconsin event this week, leading into a very interesting conversation on Ethics of AI. IC Stars is a great organization that helps individuals wanting to get into the technology field from a diverse background. Things IC Stars does: Community engagement in IT Education and internships Awareness of […]

by Nathan Lasnoski Jun 25, 2020

Speaking at Wisconsin Technology Association

I spoke at the Wisconsin Technology Association on June 18th as a moderator for the Build vs. Buy conversation. Thanks for the WTA for having me and for such a great conversation! We talked about: Modern development Containers Development security Low Code / No Code Cost optimization Intellectual Property Engineering approaches Configuration oriented

by Nathan Lasnoski Jun 25, 2020

Can bots possess empathy?

I was pursuing my Facebook feed the other day and came across an advertisement for Replika, an “Artificial Intelligence Friend”, which offers to be a virtual personal relationship, providing a vehicle for self-expression, understanding, and feedback. We’ve talked about Empathy in the context of bots or applications, but this is a whole new level. This […]

by Nathan Lasnoski Jun 23, 2020

Tech Insights: Teams as a Platform

In this edition of Tech Insights, we talk about Teams as a Platform and how it changes the way people work with each other. Working together is more than just video conferencing. It’s working together to do something special.

by Nathan Lasnoski Jun 12, 2020

Smart Restart: Learnings

I did a webinar on learnings from the Smart Restart and how companies can look at their employees, operations, and customers to make the most of the opportunity.