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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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More in store for NZ data centre landscape after Microsoft investment
Wed, 20th May 2020
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Microsoft's NZ$80-100m data centre investment is set to boost New Zealand’s digital economy, paving the way for further local infrastructure development.
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Redis Enterprise to launch as managed service on Azure Cache
Mon, 18th May 2020
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The new service offering will provide Redis for Azure customers’ mission-critical workloads through enterprise-grade functionality.
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NVIDIA unveils its first GPU featuring Ampere architecture
Fri, 15th May 2020
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The NVIDIA A100 GPU boasts up to 20 times more power than its predecessors, boosting throughput for data centres as demand for data surges.
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Microsoft acquires Metaswitch, affirming investment in telcos
Fri, 15th May 2020
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Microsoft's acquisition of Metaswitch, following its recent purchase of Affirmed Networks, underlines its deepening investment in the 5G telco sector.
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NetApp hires Microsoft veteran Cesar Cernuda as new president
Thu, 14th May 2020
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NetApp has appointed Microsoft veteran Cesar Cernuda as its new president, effective July. Cernuda will steer global sales, marketing, and customer operations.
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Dell announces suite of open source networking solutions using SONiC
Wed, 13th May 2020
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The solutions, jointly known as Enterprise SONiC Distribution by Dell Technologies, builds on the open source project SONiC, which was headed by Microsoft.
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ASC launches compliance recording solution for Teams
Tue, 12th May 2020
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Records, transcribes and analyses all communications through MS Team to ensure compliance, storing it all in the cloud.
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DXC Technology invests in staff enablement programme
Tue, 12th May 2020
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Almost 10,000 DXC employees can train to become certified across multi-cloud platforms including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google, Microsoft, and VMware.
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Microsoft releases fix to the reply-all problem
Mon, 11th May 2020
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Microsoft's new Reply All Storm Protection aims to end reply-all chaos in large organisations by halting mass email chains, benefiting Office 365 users.
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Microsoft unveils suite of new Surface offerings
Fri, 8th May 2020
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The Surface Go, Surface Book and Surface Headphones, among others, have been revamped and will be available later this month.
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Catalyst Cloud comments on Microsoft’s new Kiwi data centre
Thu, 7th May 2020
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Microsoft's decision to build a data centre in New Zealand is welcomed by Catalyst Cloud, which sees it as a boon for local businesses' multi-cloud strategies.
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Microsoft to launch data centre region in New Zealand
Wed, 6th May 2020
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Microsoft is calling the announcement a ‘major milestone’ towards delivering enterprise-grade cloud services locally.
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Microsoft unveils preview of its Azure VMware Solution
Tue, 5th May 2020
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Microsoft unveils the next-generation Azure VMware Solution preview, enabling seamless migration of VMware apps to Azure, boosting agility and resilience.
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Rackspace to open first NZ office in Auckland
Tue, 5th May 2020
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Rackspace is set to open its first office in New Zealand, located in Auckland, as part of its strategic expansion across the Asia Pacific and Japan regions.
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HPE rolls out GreenLake Central, delivering edge to cloud solution
Tue, 5th May 2020
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise launches GreenLake Central, offering a unified edge-to-cloud solution with enhanced hybrid cloud management and optimisation.
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Familiar face returns to Microsoft NZ as enterprise director
Tue, 5th May 2020
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No stranger to Microsoft, Bain spent seven years at the tech giant working with both enterprise customers and partners.
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9 Spokes empowers Kiwi SMBs through Microsoft partnership
Mon, 4th May 2020
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9 Spokes partners with Microsoft to empower New Zealand SMBs via cloud solutions, enhancing their tech capabilities and business insights.
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One Identity boosts database security with Microsoft SQL Server support
Mon, 4th May 2020
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One Identity has announced its One Identity Safeguard solution now supports Microsoft SQL Server 2017 and SQL Server 2019 database environments.
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Cloud wins big in Q1 2020 as remote work drives record demand
Fri, 1st May 2020
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Research released today by Canalys reveals cloud infrastructure services spending grew 34% in Q1 2020, hitting US$31 billion in the quarter.
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Microsoft NZ's OCP lead sets sights on new Australia role
Fri, 1st May 2020
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Sarah Bowden, who led Microsoft NZ's One Commercial Partner business, will become digital sales director at Microsoft Australia from 1 June 2020.