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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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Citrix and Microsoft target joint customers with refreshed strategy
Fri, 27th May 2016
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Citrix and Microsoft bolster their alliance with a focus on aiding joint customers to embrace cloud mobility and digital transformation.
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Microsoft focuses smartphones on the enterprise - better late than never
Thu, 26th May 2016
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Microsoft recently announced a further scaling back of the mobile phone manufacturing business that it acquired from Nokia in 2013.
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Games with Gold June 2016 revealed plus Rocket League gets cross-play between PC/Xbox One
Wed, 25th May 2016
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Microsoft has announced two big things today. The Games with Gold June list has been revealed and cross play is available for Rocket League.
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Microsoft ramps up push for greener data centers
Mon, 23rd May 2016
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Microsoft is increasing its push for greener data centers, using more renewable energy sources and siting new facilities near renewable source.
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Surface commercial channel lead, take two, as Viet departs
Wed, 18th May 2016
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Fred Viet is exiting as Microsoft Surface commercial channel lead, just three months after being appointed, with Brett Murray taking over the role.
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FirstWave recruits ex-Microsoft enterprise service expert for local team
Tue, 17th May 2016
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FirstWave Cloud Technology has has recruited former director of Microsoft Global Practices to build professional services and local support.
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Server virtualisation market reaching its peak, VMware still on top
Mon, 16th May 2016
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Global virtualisation market has matured rapidly, with VMware dominating the market while Microsoft works its way in as a contender for enterprise use.
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'Significant' opportunity for vendors in PaaS
Fri, 13th May 2016
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The PaaS market is set to grow, creating significant opportunities for vendors, according to Technology Business Research.
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Collaboration to enable on-demand, usage-based licensing in the cloud
Thu, 12th May 2016
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​Flexera Software recently announced they are collaborating with Microsoft Azure to enable Thinkbox Software to add more services.
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Competition heats up between PaaS vendors IBM, Microsoft and Oracle
Thu, 12th May 2016
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Over the next few years, Platform-as-a-Service providers will significantly improve solutions available, which will lead to widespread adoption.
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NZ's Public Trust puts IT system roll-out on hold
Thu, 12th May 2016
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Public Trust, NZ's largest Wills provider, delays new IT system to ensure quality assurance requirements are met.
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Datacom intern helps create digital assistant for education providers
Mon, 9th May 2016
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The Microsoft Student Accelerator (MSA) program has rapidly risen to prominence amongst New Zealand’s future IT professionals.
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Cloud infrastructure services market booming; AWS leads way
Mon, 9th May 2016
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Data centers providing cloud infrastructure services will take up over 50% of servers shipped in 2016 but there’s an impact for vendors and channel.
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Windows 10 active on 300 million devices, paid version coming soon
Mon, 9th May 2016
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With the one year anniversary of Windows 10 on the horizon, Microsoft has announced that the operating system is now active on 300 million devices.
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Kloud and BNW help Pact harness Microsoft cloud
Mon, 9th May 2016
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Pact Group has upped its efficiency, reduced required storage capacity and costs and added flexibility with a shift to cloud technology.
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Kaseya launches IDaaS to help MSPs capture 'explosive' market
Mon, 9th May 2016
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Kaseya has launched its cloud-based identity and access management solution for MSPs, aiming to capture a share of the booming IDaaS market.
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Forza Motorsport 6 open beta now available on Windows 10
Fri, 6th May 2016
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Forza Motorsport 6 revs onto Windows 10 PCs with free open beta, pioneering 4K gameplay for the celebrated racing series.
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Rhipe reaps returns from Microsoft CSP program
Wed, 4th May 2016
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Rhipe recorded around $400,000 in subscription revenue from CSP in March and expects the program's subscription revenue to overtake SPLA returns.
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New Facebook, Messenger and Instagram apps coming to Windows 10
Wed, 4th May 2016
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Microsoft recently announced a fleet of apps designed specifically for Windows 10 from the social media heavyweights.
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AWS leaves cloud infrastructure services competitors in its wake
Wed, 4th May 2016
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AWS continued to dominate the cloud infrastructure services market Q1 of 2016, leaving all its followers including Microsoft and Google in its wake.