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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.
Wardy it story

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.
Auckland

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.
Handshake deal

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.
Gap app

Aussie enterprise suffering from major app performance gap

Tue, 8th Dec 2015
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riverbed
There is a major performance gap between the needs of Australian business and IT's current ability to deliver, causing serious problems.
Cloud sprawl

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.
Shield

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.
Fs au excellence

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.
Learning etc

Learning innovations at Auckland school grabs Microsoft attention

Thu, 3rd Dec 2015
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education, learning & training
Opaheke School has been selected to be a 2015-2016 Microsoft Showcase School due to its successful integrations of tech with teaching and learning.
Iconz

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.
Business partner perspective

Microsoft applaudes Fusionex as winning partner

Fri, 27th Nov 2015
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Fusionex lands top award, hailed by Microsoft as a beacon of innovation for the 4th year running at the global partner meet.
Cloud public

HPE teams up with Microsoft Azure for public cloud

Thu, 26th Nov 2015
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HPE is partnering up with Microsoft, with Azure becoming HPE's 'preferred cloud alternative', helping fill the void left by Helion Public Cloud.
Tablet money

Has Windows' time come in the tablet market?

Wed, 25th Nov 2015
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After languishing in single digit market share for several years, Windows is finally making a move in the tablet space.
Uon

Windows 10 to be rolled out across Australian university

Tue, 24th Nov 2015
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university of newcastle
​Windows 10 will be rolled out to about 10,000 devices across the University of Newcastle campus by the end of 2016.
Cog

Zendesk adds customer service add-in to Outlook

Tue, 24th Nov 2015
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Zendesk pioneers with first customer service add-in for Microsoft Outlook, streamlining ticket creation for users.
Business partnership

Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Microsoft extend partnership

Mon, 23rd Nov 2015
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Microsoft have deepened their partnership on Windows 10 with new Cloud Productivity and Mobility Solution Offerings.
Smartphone stack

Huawei smartphone growth continues; Microsoft declines

Thu, 19th Nov 2015
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Huawei has continued its smartphone charge, recording the highest sales growth in Q3, while Microsoft phone share dropped and Windows did too.
Pink cloud

Datacom, DiData among players joining Data#3 in Microsoft 1-Tier CSP

Wed, 18th Nov 2015
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Microsoft has expanded its 1-Tier Cloud Solution Provider Program, with a raft of new companies joining Data#3 in the elite status.
Expressway

NextDC offers ExpressRoute to Office 365

Tue, 17th Nov 2015
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NextDC is making private high-speed connections to Microsoft Office 365, via ExpressRoute, available through its AxonVN virtual exchange.
Minecraft

Microsoft and Code.org tap Minecraft to get kids coding

Tue, 17th Nov 2015
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Kids are being encouraged to get into coding through a game many love - Minecraft - with Microsoft unveiling an online Minecraft coding tutorial.
Andrew phillips readify

Readify eyes 'development, design and data powerhouse' status

Mon, 16th Nov 2015
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Readify has snapped up former DiData VIC state manager Andrew Phillips as it seeks to be Australia's 'first development, design and data powerhouse'.