Microsoft stories - Page 210
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.
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.
It's a wrap: our best stories of the year
Fri, 18th Dec 2015
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As another year comes to an end and we all get ready to eat, drink and be merry, we take a look back at 2015 in all its glory.
New Xbox One backward compatibility titles playable today
Fri, 18th Dec 2015
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Nostalgia alert: 16 retro hits including Halo: Reach and Fable III now on Xbox One, with more classics arriving monthly.
HPE, Cisco and Microsoft dominate US$120b data centre market
Tue, 15th Dec 2015
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HPE, Cisco and Microsoft - and rack servers - are leading the way to a US$120 billion data centre infrastructure market.
Auckland BI firm partners with Profisee to provide better data management
Tue, 15th Dec 2015
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Mettle Consulting has secured the rights to Profisee’s Master Data Maestro suite, and is the first New Zealand consultancy to do so.
Dicker Data signs BitTitan to provide seamless Office 365 onboarding
Tue, 15th Dec 2015
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Local resellers have a new option to simplify the onboarding of customers to Microsoft Office 365 after Dicker Data signed a deal with BitTitan.
Microsoft Australia names Wardy IT Solutions Power BI Partner
Fri, 11th Dec 2015
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Wardy IT Solutions named as one of Microsoft's Power BI Partners in Australia, helping clients unlock the value of big data.
Hamilton SI establishes Auckland base
Thu, 10th Dec 2015
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enlighten designs
Hamilton SI, software developer and website design company Enlighten Designs is hitting the Auckland market, with a three man team based in Newmarket.
VMob's data analytics now available on Microsoft's Power BI
Thu, 10th Dec 2015
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VMob's data and business intelligence are now accessible through Microsoft Power BI, offering a single view of critical business data.
Ministry of Education and Microsoft, bringing Kiwi students into digital world
Thu, 10th Dec 2015
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Microsoft signs three-year agreement with Ministry of Education to provide Kiwi students with latest computer software.
Microsoft partner award nominations open
Thu, 10th Dec 2015
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Entries have opened for the Microsoft New Zealand 2016 Partner Awards, with two new awards joining the line-up.
Microsoft and TechnologyOne team up on ECM
Wed, 9th Dec 2015
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Microsoft and enterprise software provider TechnologyOne have joined forces, integrating Microsoft Office 365 TechnologyOne’s ECM offering.
AWS to open India, South Korea data centers
Tue, 8th Dec 2015
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AWS is planning data centers in South Korea and India next year, with the Indian market heating up with Microsoft and IBM also opening centers there.
Aussie enterprise suffering from major app performance gap
Tue, 8th Dec 2015
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There is a major performance gap between the needs of Australian business and IT’s current ability to deliver, causing serious problems.
OMGTech! launches Hour of Code for Kiwi students
Tue, 8th Dec 2015
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Yesterday, schools in Pt England, Auckland, kicked off the global Hour of Code campaign to get young people interested in technology.
HPE tackles cloud sprawl with new cloud service broker
Mon, 7th Dec 2015
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HPE launches solution for managing cloud chaos, offering streamlined control over diverse cloud environments beginning 2016.
Trend Micro security solution integrated with Microsoft Azure
Fri, 4th Dec 2015
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Trend Micro integrates Deep Security with Microsoft Azure Security Centre for easy management and protection of workloads.
Telstra, Bulletproof among Frost & Sullivan Aussie Excellence winners
Fri, 4th Dec 2015
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Telstra scored four wins at Frost & Sullivan’s Australia Excellence Awards, with Bulletproof, Canberra Data Centres and Microsoft among the winners.
Auckland school kicks off Microsoft’s worldwide Skype-a-Thon
Fri, 4th Dec 2015
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Yesterday New Zealand led the world into the global Microsoft Skype-a-Thon, a 48-hour long event designed to connect schools around the world.
Learning innovations at Auckland school grabs Microsoft attention
Thu, 3rd Dec 2015
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Opaheke School has been selected to be a 2015-2016 Microsoft Showcase School due to its successful integrations of tech with teaching and learning.
Overseas vs local cloud vendors, according to ICONZ
Tue, 1st Dec 2015
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Remote cloud options are now closer than ever, but New Zealand's ICONZ advises firms to weigh 10 key factors when choosing between local and overseas vendors.