Making it rain with SunCulture and Microsoft Azure

Water access is the biggest challenge faced by African farmers like Monica Riitho in the Kenyan village of Matanya. But thanks to SunCulture’s solar-powered irrigation system running on the MicrosoftAzure IoT platform, they now have a chance to thrive.

Learn how by watching this short video, then contact us to discover how innovative Microsoft technologies like Azure can help your business thrive.


Whether they’re located in Europe, the United States, South America, or Africa, any farmer will tell you that the most vital ingredient to a successful crop yield is water. But for a smallholder farmer like Monica Riitho in the Kenyan village of Matanya, there’s an even bigger challenge: gaining access to water in the first place, and then efficiently managing water consumption to maximize crop output.

In the past, Monica would have to manually pump water from her well, then physically carry it to whatever plants needed watering—a hugely inefficient process that resulted in consistently low yields. But thanks to the RainMaker solar-powered pump and irrigation system, created by SunCulture and running on a Microsoft Azure-based IoT platform with Azure machine learning tools, Monica is spending up to 17 fewer hours per week manually pumping and carrying water, water consumption and distribution is much more efficient, and crop yields have risen significantly.

Watch this fascinating video to learn how Microsoft’s technical and financial support of SunCulture is not only helping Monica and other smallholder farmers like her to thrive, but is also enabling the Kenya-based business to scale up its solutions and expand across Africa and neighboring regions.

Customer Story: SitePro

How did the software platform, SitePro, find their competitive edge? By making themselves the “one-stop shop” for oil and gas companies to combine what used to be multiple systems–each operated by a different third party–into a single, scalable, integrated system.

For their customers, this means faster setup times for new facilities and efficient monitoring of their equipment. For SitePro, it means more business. Everyone wins. And, with the vast and affordable scalability Azure provides, they are free to expand their services exactly when needed and not a moment before.

Contact us to learn more about finding your competitive advantage with Azure.


SitePro gained a competitive advantage by combining onsite sensors and data collection with online data processing and management using Microsoft Azure.

As a result, they were able to provide faster and more effective service to their customers, which in turn strengthened the offerings of their customers.

It’s a win for everyone.

Microsoft is serious about security

Office 365 delivers multiple layers of security that work together to protect your data.

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Protect Your Business from Cyber-Attacks

With nearly 4,000 cyber attacks hitting small businesses every day, R.B.Hall Associates, LLC understands the critical importance of cyber security.
Fortunately for solo entrepreneurs like Bryce McDonald, Microsoft takes cyber security very seriously. #Office365 delivers multiple layers of security, including a 24/7 approach to threat prevention and detection, that work together to protect his business emails and data. Physical access to Microsoft datacenters is monitored and restricted, and all data is stored in regional datacenters.
So no matter where Bryce goes, he takes peace of mind with him–knowing his business and livelihood are safe. R.B.Hall Associates, LLC can do the same for you. Contact us to find out how. #smb #business #businessowner #BusinessConsulting #Education #minorityownedbusiness #blackenterprise #minoritybusiness #lawyers #accountants #contractors

We take a probing look at how Microsoft Office 365 addresses the cyber-security concerns of small business owners like Bryce McDonald, whose company, Day1 Wake, delivers wakesurf boards to customers across the country.

Bryce knows that, wherever he goes, Office 365 multi-layer security is working 24/7 to safeguard the integrity of his business data.

Contact us–we’d love to show you how Office 365 can do the same for you.

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Infrastructure On Demand Is Giving Small Businesses An Edge

Up to 66 percent of IT professionals believe companies not investing in IaaS will struggle to keep up with those that are. Read on to find out how IaaS can answer your data access, storage, and security needs.

“Businesses that want customers to feel confident that their data is safe and secure must turn to new IaaS technology created for the express purpose of addressing the ever-changing data storage needs in our society.”

In today’s instant, on-demand world, small businesses seek to maximize their limited resources without sacrificing data access, storage, and security.

The answer: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). This article covers how small-to-medium companies can leverage IaaS to address their data and budget needs, while also allowing the opportunity to scale as the business grows and provide high-level security. This article was originally posted on Inc.com.

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Office 365 Helps One Man Scale His Brand

R.B.Hall Associates, LLC understands how important it is for small businesses to have productivity tools that let them to do their best work. These tools need to always be up-to-date. They also need to have the information that matters most to you, available and accessible – anywhere, anytime.

We’re excited to show you how #Office365 does this for Bryce McDonald, a solo entrepreneur who relies on an extensive network of vendors and partners to help him scale DAY 1 Wake, his wakesurf board making business, out to the world. No matter your business or industry, R.B.Hall Associates, LLC can help you work easily and flexibly, just like Bryce. Check it out!

We here at R.B.Hall Associates, LLC take a deeper look at how Microsoft Office 365 helps Bryce McDonald, a solo entrepreneur who runs DAY 1 Wake, a wakesurf board making business, scale his home-based business out to the world.

Office 365 helps Bryce get the job done because it is always-up-to-date, letting him work easily and flexibly, whether it be in the office, or while wakesurfing on the lake. Contact us today to find out how we can help you do the same.

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