--- title: The Coeo Blog | Coeo News description: Coeo News | The latest updates from Coeo on retail, gaming, finance and the Microsoft data platform --- [![](https://www.coeo.com/wp-content/themes/coeo/images/logo.svg)](https://www.coeo.com/) +44 (0)20 3051 3595 | [info@coeo.com](mailto:info@coeo.com) | [Client portal login](https://my.coeo.com) # The Coeo Blog ## [Coeo: Great Place To Work Certified](https://blog.coeo.com/coeo-great-place-to-work-certified) We are extremely proud to announce that as of November 2021, Coeo has become Great Place To Work Certified. This shows a continued investment in our employees, to listen, act and improve on how we can create a better place to work.What is Great Place To Work? [![Julie Phillipps](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/JulieCircleLow.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/coeo-great-place-to-work-certified) [Julie Phillipps](https://blog.coeo.com/author/julie-phillipps) | December 20 , 2021 ## [Coeo Team Get Out and About for Mental Health Awareness Week](https://blog.coeo.com/mental-health-awareness-week) The Coeo team have been getting outside and improving their fitness and wellbeing for [Mental Health Awareness Week.](https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/campaigns/mental-health-awareness-week) [![Julie Phillipps](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/JulieCircleLow.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/mental-health-awareness-week) [Julie Phillipps](https://blog.coeo.com/author/julie-phillipps) | May 14 , 2021 ## [Why Pronouns are Important for Businesses](https://blog.coeo.com/why-pronouns-are-important-to-businesses) In 2015, the word "They", referring to those whose gender does not fit in the "traditional" gender binary was named the word of the year. Six years on, the fight to normalise non-binary gender identities is still ongoing: so what should businesses do to address it? [![Jake Hedges](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/JakeCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/why-pronouns-are-important-to-businesses) [Jake Hedges](https://blog.coeo.com/author/jake-hedges) | April 30 , 2021 ## [Coeo has earned the Analytics on Azure Advanced Specialization](https://blog.coeo.com/coeo-analytics-on-azure-advanced-specialization) [Coeo Ltd](https://www.coeo.com/)  today announced that it has earned the Analytics on Microsoft Azure advanced specialization, a validation of a partner’s capability in planning and delivering tailored analytics solutions, following Microsoft and industry best practices. [![Lisa Nicholas](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/LisaCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/coeo-analytics-on-azure-advanced-specialization) [Lisa Nicholas](https://blog.coeo.com/author/lisa-nicholas) | April 20 , 2021 ## [New Configuration Optimisation as a Service for Dedicated Support](https://blog.coeo.com/configuration-optimisation-as-a-service) Coeo's Dedicated Support clients now benefit from our Configuration Optimisation as a Service (COaaS) as standard on all instances currently under support. This will ensure that their mission-critical platforms are even more highly optimised, performant and secure. [![Kieran Sutherland](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/KieranCircle2Low.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/configuration-optimisation-as-a-service) [Kieran Sutherland](https://blog.coeo.com/author/kieran-sutherland) | March 19 , 2021 ## [Coeo Celebrates International Women's Day](https://blog.coeo.com/coeo-celebrates-international-womens-day) [International Women’s Day](https://www.internationalwomensday.com/) is an important global day to celebrate accelerating gender parity. The Coeo team have made #ChooseToChallenge pledges and will run a fundraising quiz as part of this year's event. [![Julie Phillipps](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/JulieCircleLow.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/coeo-celebrates-international-womens-day) [Julie Phillipps](https://blog.coeo.com/author/julie-phillipps) | March 08 , 2021 ## [Coeo Takes on the Active-21 Challenge](https://blog.coeo.com/active-21-challenge) People from across our teams at Coeo have run, walked and cycled nearly 2,000 miles on a virtual tour of customer sites as part of the Active-21 Challenge. [![Julie Phillipps](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/JulieCircleLow.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/active-21-challenge) [Julie Phillipps](https://blog.coeo.com/author/julie-phillipps) | February 26 , 2021 ## [8 Reasons to Choose Dedicated Support](https://blog.coeo.com/8-reasons-to-choose-dedicated-support) We know how tough the recruitment marketing for database professionals is right now. If you're concerned about downtime and want peace of mind when it comes to mission-critical data assets, our [Dedicated Support](https://www.coeo.com/dedicated-support/) team can help. [![Kieran Sutherland](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/KieranCircle2Low.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/8-reasons-to-choose-dedicated-support) [Kieran Sutherland](https://blog.coeo.com/author/kieran-sutherland) | January 13 , 2021 ## [Measuring the success of a managed services partnership](https://blog.coeo.com/measuring-success-of-a-managed-services-partnership) We support businesses who rely on data and cloud to achieve their growth goals through professional services, including our 24x7 service desk, proactive monitoring and alert response that augments their in-house teams with expert data and Azure skills. The success criteria for any relationship is.. [![Justin Langford](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/JustinCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/measuring-success-of-a-managed-services-partnership) [Justin Langford](https://blog.coeo.com/author/justin-langford) | December 10 , 2020 ## [Redefining Coeo's Values](https://blog.coeo.com/coeo-values-2020) The culture and values of a professional services organisation are vital in understanding fit, both internally during recruitment and in external discussion with partners and prospective customers.  [![Justin Langford](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/JustinCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/coeo-values-2020) [Justin Langford](https://blog.coeo.com/author/justin-langford) | October 08 , 2020 [Load more](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/coeo-news/page/2) ### Recent posts ### Categories - [SQL Server (118)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/sql-server) - [Azure (58)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/azure) - [Microsoft (49)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/microsoft) - [Dedicated Support (47)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/dedicated-support) - [Coeo News (43)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/coeo-news) - [Professional Development (34)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/professional-development) - [Industry News (27)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/industry-news) - [cyber security (27)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/cyber-security) - [power bi (25)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/power-bi) - [Opinion (21)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/opinion) - [Cloud (17)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/cloud) - [Business Intelligence (16)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/business-intelligence) - [analytics (15)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/analytics) - [Security (14)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/security) - [career (14)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/career) - [SQL Server updates (13)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/sql-server-updates) - [windows Updates (11)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/windows-updates) - [Azure Databricks (10)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/azure-databricks) - [data platform (10)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/data-platform) - [Clustering (9)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/clustering) - [Finance (9)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/finance-news) - [podcast (9)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/podcast) - [azure sql database (8)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/azure-sql-database) - [data (8)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/data) - [Data Science (7)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/data-science) ### Popular posts ![](https://www.coeo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/logo-invert.png) +44 (0)20 3051 3595 | info@coeo.com ## Contact Us By clicking submit below, you consent to allow Coeo to store and process the personal information submitted above to provide you the content requested. 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