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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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Why licensees are rethinking Oracle and cloud strategy

Fri, 3rd May 2019
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Rimini Street's survey shows Oracle customers plan to reduce spend due to high costs, aggressive sales tactics and audits.
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Unisys brings managed services to hybrid cloud

Fri, 3rd May 2019
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Extends CloudForte managed-service solution to Hybrid IT environments to speed organisations' digital transformation.
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Blockchain, edge, AI & ML - Microsoft goes all-out for devs

Fri, 3rd May 2019
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Microsoft reveals an array of new Azure services aimed at empowering developers with AI, blockchain, IoT, and mixed reality, ahead of Microsoft Build.
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Trustwave brings database security scanning to the cloud

Thu, 2nd May 2019
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Trustwave debuts DbProtect to shield databases against cyber threats, enhancing security across cloud platforms.
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Canalys: Enterprise cloud market up 42% this quarter

Wed, 1st May 2019
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AWS has made the biggest gains up US$2.3 billion, while Google keeps it spot as fastest growing at 81% year on year.
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Attunity automates streaming data pipelines for AI, ML

Mon, 29th Apr 2019
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Attunity releases an analytics platform to automate streaming data pipelines for AI and ML, addressing the complexity and manual effort of data integration.
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Windows Vista: The 'safest' Microsoft OS? Avast thinks so

Fri, 26th Apr 2019
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Despite its age, Windows Vista is deemed the 'safest' Microsoft OS by Avast, largely due to its low usage, making it less appealing to cybercriminals.
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Application virtualisation market to reach $5bn by 2024

Thu, 25th Apr 2019
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According to a report by KBV Research, cost-saving and productivity benefits will drive the market over the next 5 years.
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Veeam reports double-digit Q1 growth

Tue, 23rd Apr 2019
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We are now focussed on an aggressive strategy to help businesses transition to cloud with Backup and Cloud Data Management solutions.
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Veeam releases v3 of its MS Office backup solution

Fri, 19th Apr 2019
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One of Veeam's most popular solutions, Backup for Office 365, has been upgraded again with greater speed, security and analytics.
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What to expect from the Surface Hub 2S

Fri, 19th Apr 2019
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Microsoft has released details about the next iteration of the Surface Hub featuring mobility, reduced weight and a 85in version in the works.
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Informatica launches new AI-driven innovations

Thu, 18th Apr 2019
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Informatica unveils AI-driven innovations across five key segments, aiming to boost enterprise-wide collaboration and speed up digital transformation.
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Talend integrates Pipeline Designer with IPaaS offering

Wed, 17th Apr 2019
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Talend enhances its IPaaS offering with the integration of Pipeline Designer, a web-based tool that simplifies and scales the creation of data pipelines.
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Air New Zealand and Microsoft announce ground-breaking digital collaboration

Mon, 15th Apr 2019
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Air New Zealand partners with Moog, Microsoft and ST Engineering to revolutionise aerospace supply chains using 3D printing and blockchain technology.
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Teradata expands as-a-service offerings for Advantage platform

Mon, 15th Apr 2019
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Data intelligence company Teradata has announced three new cloud and on-premise solutions that are now integrated into its Teradata Vantage platform.
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9 Spokes and Microsoft NZ announce co-sell partnership

Fri, 12th Apr 2019
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The agreement will see 9 Spokes listed on the Microsoft AppSource Marketplace, providing a channel to grow its platform base of small business users.
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Trend Micro announces security products for Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes and Gmail

Wed, 10th Apr 2019
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Trend Micro has enhanced its Deep Security and Cloud App Security products for virtual machines on the Google Cloud Platform and Kubernetes platform protection.
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Canalys: Google, Alibaba Cloud fastest growing providers

Wed, 10th Apr 2019
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The Cloud Wars continue as Alibaba and Google stake claims in a market that will see spending hit US$143 billion next year, driven by the channel.
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Equinix releases Azure Stack-as-a-Service in APAC

Tue, 9th Apr 2019
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The hybrid cloud solution offers pre-configured, Microsoft validated systems, pre-installed into Equinix IBX data centres.
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Microsoft: The sky's the limit for your data with Cosmos DB

Tue, 9th Apr 2019
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A modern Internet age with globally-distributed applications that must be fault-tolerant and scalable demands a high-concurrency, low-latency database model.