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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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Equinix opens its 11th IBX data center in Tokyo
Thu, 25th Jul 2019
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Equinix has launched its 11th IBX data centre in Tokyo, TY11, with a USD $70 million initial phase, enhancing Japan's cloud and connectivity services.
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You’re invited: The 2019 Digital Workplace Conference, Sydney
Wed, 24th Jul 2019
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This is the time to enhance your digital transformation journey, and uncover new ways of working, communication and collaboration.
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ThetaRay offering uses AI against financial cybercrime
Wed, 24th Jul 2019
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ThetaRay unveils Version 4.0 of its advanced AI analytics platform, enhancing global banks' abilities to detect and prevent sophisticated financial cybercrime.
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CaaB hooks into Equinix data centers across the globe
Wed, 24th Jul 2019
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Cloud as a Business (CaaB) taps Equinix data centres in five key cities, enhancing global cloud infrastructure for MSPs with improved connectivity and security.
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Tech Data adds solutions, vendor-focuses to cloud practice builder
Wed, 24th Jul 2019
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Tech Data’s new interactive paths simplify complexity to provide customers with an understanding of where and how they can drive greater cloud growth.
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Microsoft & OpenAI forge path into AI supercomputing
Tue, 23rd Jul 2019
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Microsoft and OpenAI are partnering to develop and commercialise new AI supercomputing technologies aimed at solving global challenges.
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Ditch the disc: Xbox One S All-Digital Edition lands in NZ next month
Tue, 23rd Jul 2019
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Microsoft’s disc-free Xbox One S All-Digital Edition debuts in New Zealand on August 1, offering a digital gaming experience for NZD $399.
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Blue Prism acquires Thoughtonomy, develops new SaaS offering
Fri, 19th Jul 2019
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Blue Prism acquires Thoughtonomy to bolster automation and cloud offerings, aiming to transform enterprise productivity.
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Barracuda improves Azure connectivity for Office 365 security
Thu, 18th Jul 2019
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New functionality enforces Office 365 local breakout policies in Microsoft Azure Virtual WAN to optimise Office 365 UX while increasing security.
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Blue Prism to deliver automation solutions through Azure
Thu, 18th Jul 2019
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The collaboration will integrate Blue Prism’s automation capabilities with Azure AI technologies including Cognitive Services and Machine learning.
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Microsoft empowers Melbourne Business School to 'move and improve'
Thu, 18th Jul 2019
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Melbourne Business School is harnessing the power of Microsoft’s three clouds to transform its business into a cloud first enterprise.
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Attunity wins Microsoft award for cloud-data estate modernisation
Thu, 18th Jul 2019
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The award is the latest example of Attunity momentum, including largest deals ever driving double-digit sales and revenue growth in Q2.
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QNAP launches beta of new version of NAS OS
Thu, 18th Jul 2019
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QTS 4.4.1 beta 3 includes VJBOD Cloud for integrated cloud object storage and CacheMount for low-latency cloud data access.
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Federal Government inks cloud deal with Microsoft
Wed, 17th Jul 2019
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The deal accelerates transformation opportunity, invests in public sector skills, drives inclusion and leverages local investment.
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Buhtrap group behind targeted zero-day attack - ESET
Wed, 17th Jul 2019
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ESET researchers have traced a zero-day exploit in Eastern Europe to the Buhtrap group, known for targeting financial institutions and businesses.
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Trend Micro adds Deep Security as a Service to Azure Marketplace
Wed, 17th Jul 2019
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Trend Micro Deep Security delivers a multi-layered automated approach to protect hybrid cloud workloads and container environments.
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Ingram Micro to list all AvePoint backup solutions on its marketplace
Wed, 17th Jul 2019
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Ingram Micro to list AvePoint’s solutions to migrate, manage and backup data in Office and Dynamics 365 in its Cloud Marketplaces globally.
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Quest QoreStor update extends native cloud storage support
Tue, 16th Jul 2019
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QoreStor 6.0 introduces a new Performance Tier accelerating backup, providing up to 2x recovery point objectives (RPO).
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Microsoft releases progammes and tech for partners
Tue, 16th Jul 2019
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Microsoft invests in partner ecosystem with new technologies and programmes to advance partner engagement around cloud.
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Case study: Kemp load balancers resolve issues for Now IT
Mon, 15th Jul 2019
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Now IT faced a problem when its load balancer was unable to share information with AWS’ relational database, or access Microsoft Exchange.