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Founded in Albuquerque in April 1975 by the famous duo of founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen, Microsoft is today one of the biggest global IT companies. More than five decades after its inception, the company is now the world's third most valuable enterprise by market cap.

Computer software, personal computers and consumer electronics are the core business of Microsoft, but the company is also focused on cloud computing services and video games as well.
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No ignition for NZ's largest tech show as Microsoft cancels Ignite 2017
Fri, 4th Aug 2017
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Microsoft New Zealand has cancelled its annual Ignite tech event, with a spokesperson saying the cancellation is a ‘commercial decision’.
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Overcoming the roadblocks to an agile transformation
Fri, 4th Aug 2017
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Companies like Microsoft and Spotify have embraced agility as a way to enable themselves to compete in their disruptive environment.
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How storage virtualization delivers data: Always on, always available, always fast
Thu, 3rd Aug 2017
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Consider this, 50 to 80% of all data is inactive, cold or stale – yet it is sitting on expensive storage – why?.
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Tech connects Skype users with non-Skype users - earns Microsoft certification
Thu, 3rd Aug 2017
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Pexip Infinity Fusion allows Skype for Business meetings and calls to be joined by non-Skype users using video teleconferencing.
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The ‘Olympics of the ICT industry’ fast approaching
Thu, 3rd Aug 2017
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The event is set to attract more than 90 tech elites and 2,500 global business leaders from more than 80 countries to participate in the discussions.
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Unisys named Microsoft Azure Innovation Partner of the Year
Wed, 2nd Aug 2017
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Unisys has scooped up its second Microsoft Innovation Partner award in three years after logging 240% growth in Azure cloud usage.
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Exclusive: Kiwi developed security offering opening up new reseller opportunities
Tue, 1st Aug 2017
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The Kiwi developers of a new security assessment and compliance system are on the hunt for resellers wanting to offer more holistic security services.
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Aussie start-up's app makes it to the Microsoft Azure Marketplace
Tue, 1st Aug 2017
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The company recently announced that its software application NetConnect is now a certified solution on the Azure marketplace.
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Ping Identity wins CODiE Award for Best Identity & Access Security Solution
Mon, 31st Jul 2017
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The Ping Identity Platform delivers a unified, standards-based solution that can be deployed as SaaS, software or both.
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Wardy IT add Informatica to data analytics arsenal
Mon, 31st Jul 2017
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Wardy IT Solutions has added Informatica’s master data management suite of products to its lineup, becoming an authorised reseller for the vendor.
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AWS, Microsoft and Google extend cloud dominance
Mon, 31st Jul 2017
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The top four hyperscale players continue to pull away from the chasing pack in the cloud infrastructure services market - with two doubling revenue.
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Talend's CEO: Do you have the data agility your business needs?
Mon, 31st Jul 2017
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For companies, the situation is clear – their future depends on how quickly and efficiently they can turn data into accurate insights.
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$250,000 up for grabs in Microsoft's latest Windows Bounty Program
Mon, 31st Jul 2017
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Microsoft is offering up to US$250,000 in a new bug bounty program focused exclusively on ironing out the kinks in Windows 10.
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Binary Tree ups partner certification push, aims to triple certified partners
Mon, 31st Jul 2017
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Binary Tree is hoping to triple the number of certified partners in the next six months with a certification push.
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Large investment ahead for ITOM services as DX and IOT drive demand
Mon, 31st Jul 2017
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Investment in IT operations management tools is climbing, with Gartner forecasting increased demand from enterprises for managed ITOM and ITOMaaS.
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Cloud infrastructure services skyrocket 47% - AI to be big future player
Fri, 28th Jul 2017
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​The global cloud infrastructure services market continued its rampant growth in Q2 2017, surging 47 percent year-on-year to reach US$14 billion.
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Rackspace completes acquisition of ERP company TriCore Solutions
Fri, 28th Jul 2017
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Rackspace completes acquisition of TriCore Solutions to deliver managed services for enterprise applications. #cloudcomputing.
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BlueJeans partners with Streamlined Communications to extend Asia Pacific reach
Fri, 28th Jul 2017
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BlueJeans pairs with Streamlined Communications to boost video solution offerings across the burgeoning Asia Pacific market.
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IaaS set to surpass SaaS spending in 2017 and be a major driver of growth
Fri, 28th Jul 2017
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IDC has predicted the public cloud services market to exceed the US$10b mark this year with IaaS spending surpassing SaaS for the first time.
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The end is nigh: Adobe to disable Flash Player by 2020
Thu, 27th Jul 2017
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Browser vendors are integrating capabilities once provided by plugins directly, given this progress, Adobe has decided to end the life of Flash...