- That’s right! I spent seven years in South-East Asia where I both studied and worked. I studied International Marketing and have worked as an Account Manager and Project Manager for both global and local brands such as Dove, Vaseline, Tinder and many more. Eventually I wanted to get closer to the Scandinavian market, so I started as Project Manager in a Danish outsourcing company within graphic production for Norwegian, Danish and Swedish customers.
- Vietnam has one of the world's fastest growing economies, which is hugely exciting. Additionally, I have roots from there. Since I speak the language fluently, it was also a great advantage for customers that I could help them overcome communication barriers and optimize collaboration across departments, so there were many opportunities for me there.
- After almost seven years out of Scandinavia, I felt that I was ready to try something new. Having the opportunity to work with technology was what piqued my interest. EMP Secure is an incredibly exciting, growing company. I am very future-oriented and like to be part of growth and development, so it was a perfect fit.
When I moved, I wanted to surprise my friends and my family, so the decision was made in secret. Suddenly I was back home on Karmøy!
- In the role of Project Manager, I have full responsibility for the management of interdisciplinary teams, as well as third-party suppliers. The focus is on carrying out projects in accordance with the company's processes, which are laid as a basis to ensure top delivery. For me, it's about understanding the customer's needs and using the expertise we have internally to help them make their work more efficient and achieve their goals.
- In an ever-growing world of technology, there is both excitement and challenges for companies. In a world where 'data is gold', together with innovative solutions to optimize everyday work, the threats surrounding cyber-attacks are also increasing. That is why it is important to be upfront and always keep up to date, so that you are prepared for the threats that are out there. EMP Secure has paid particular attention to this, ensuring that we can offer secure and forward-looking solutions to our customers.
- It's no secret that the number of women in this industry is low. I’m the only woman in our project department, and in most of the meetings there are practically only men. Despite this, I don't feel 'small' or scared. I think that’s because I work in a company, as well as with clients, who look at abilities, competence and attitude - where gender is indifferent. On the contrary, I think my colleagues and clients appreciate working with strong women.
- I think that women in IT should promote themselves and communicate what ‘IT’ is, in order to inspire and promote diversity in the industry. There is absolutely no reason why women should be underrepresented in the IT industry; an area that is becoming increasingly important where we need more strong talent. I hope I can help spread interest in IT among women.
There is absolutely a need for more women in the tech industry, and getting more female talent only gives the industry more legs to stand on. If we want a world that works for everyone, everyone has to help create it.
- There are no limits to how many different and exciting things you can work with in the tech world. It’s creative, exciting, logical, important, challenging and, not least, meaningful. Personally, I come from a completely different field, which just proves that technology is more than just 'data stuff' and coding - it's primarily about creativity, problem solving and helping people. Something I think we all have within ourselves.
On a general basis, EMP Secure will recommend our customers to consider a binding of seat-based licenses so that the announced price increase is postponed for up to 12 months.
Details of the changes can be found below.
SPLA is a licensing program that enables service providers (such as EMP Secure) to license Microsoft products to their customers. We are talking here about all licenses that are used as part of the services EMP Secure delivers from its own infrastructure / cloud solution.
Microsoft announces 5-10% price increase on SPLA licenses from January 1, 2022. The changes apply globally, include academic use and apply to the following licenses:
CSP is a licensing program that enables partners (such as EMP Secure) to deliver Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Office 365 services to their customers. We are talking here about all licenses used as part of the services EMP Secure provides from Microsoft's infrastructure / cloud solution.
Microsoft announces price increase for Microsoft 365 and Office 365 from March 1, 2022. These changes apply to the following products:
All seat-based products and services that until today have been covered by the CSP program will now instead be included in Microsoft's new program called New Commerce Experience (NCE).
In practice, this means several significant changes in price and flexibility for both EMP Secure as a partner and for end customers of these products.
The program mainly consists of 3 options for licensing where each customer must decide which option, or combination of options, will work best for them.
EMP Secure will be able to give good advice here so that together we arrive at the optimal solution for your particular company.
You spread the total number of licenses you have between the alternatives, eg: You have a total of 100 licenses on M365 E5 and choose to distribute these as follows:
From this date, customers can choose to change their subscription from CSP to NCE. If you then choose to change to NCE alternative B (12-month binding), you in practice postpone Microsoft's announced price increase which takes place from 1 March 2022 until the binding on NCE has expired.
Option C is made available.