Microsoft stories - Page 138
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.
Microsoft’s Surface Book touches down in New Zealand
Thu, 28th Jan 2016
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Microsoft’s first ever laptop, the Surface Book, will be available in retail stores around the country from today.
Microsoft brings cloud to the company data center with Azure Stack
Wed, 27th Jan 2016
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Microsoft's Azure Stack, which promises to enable organisations to deliver Azure services from within their own data center, hits technical preview.
Microsoft launching new education editions of Minecraft and OneNote
Mon, 25th Jan 2016
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Microsoft is launching Minecraft Education Edition for schools, and opening a public preview of Learning Tools for OneNote.
Microsoft reveals January's Xbox One backwards compatible 360 games
Fri, 22nd Jan 2016
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Microsoft has revealed the list of Xbox 360 games that are backwards compatible on Xbox One. This list includes new games added in January 2016.
Fujitsu and Microsoft team up for Skype for Business for government
Wed, 20th Jan 2016
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Fujitsu has partnered up with Microsoft to create a new Government unified communications service based on Skype for Business.
End of Support for Windows 7 and 8.1 might be sooner than you think
Wed, 20th Jan 2016
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Microsoft will phase out support for Windows 7 and 8.1 on machines with Skylake systems over the next 18 months.
IBM looks to clamp down on payment fraud
Mon, 18th Jan 2016
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martech
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commerce systems
IBM acquires IRIS Analytics to help combat payment fraud. Only 16% of banks can currently detect fraud in real-time.
Volvo and Microsoft, making 1980s tech dreams a reality
Mon, 18th Jan 2016
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wearables
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Volvo and Microsoft have teamed up to roll out a new wearable voice control system, a la the 1980s TV cult classic Knight Rider.
Halo 5: Guardians is heading to the X Games
Fri, 15th Jan 2016
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ESPN will be broadcasting some Halo 5: Guardians action at X Games Aspen 2016. You can watch the best teams battle it out.
Microsoft ramps up Skype for Business with Aussie tech buy
Thu, 14th Jan 2016
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Microsoft has snapped up tech assets from Event Zero to help expand and improve Skype for Business' built-in management tools and analytics.
Microsoft records significant boost in Kiwi profit and revenue
Tue, 12th Jan 2016
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finance, leasing & rental
Microsoft NZ revels in a strong fiscal year, with profits up 18% and revenue growing to £96m amidst significant corporate reshuffles.
SimpliVity strengthens relationship with Microsoft
Mon, 11th Jan 2016
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SimpliVity joins the Microsoft Enterprise Cloud Alliance, setting up an R&D hub to drive innovation in virtualisation.
Noel Leeming, Harvey Norman and JB Hi-Fi to sell Microsoft laptop
Mon, 11th Jan 2016
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Noel Leeming, Harvey Norman and JB Hi-Fi steal the march as the first retailers to win the rights to sell Microsoft's Surface Book.
Hands-on review: Microsoft Surface Pro 4
Mon, 11th Jan 2016
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Microsoft has outdone itself with this device. The kickstand is a simple but killer feature and sets it apart from other tablet devices.
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.