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More in store for NZ data centre landscape after Microsoft investment

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.

By Nick Forrester • 3 min read • Wed, 20th May 2020

Global Stories

Microsoft Azure stories

Public Cloud

Cognizant named Leader in Gartner 2020 Magic Quadrant for public cloud infrastructure and managed services

Cognizant recognized as a Leader by Gartner in its 2020 Magic Quadrant for Public Cloud Infrastructure Professional and Managed Services.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Wed, 3rd Jun 2020

Microsoft

Cisco buys ThousandEyes, strengthening network portfolio

Cisco acquires ThousandEyes, enhancing its cloud-based network and application performance portfolio with advanced internet and cloud intelligence capabilities.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Fri, 29th May 2020

DevOps

Over half of IT pros prefer hybrid and multi-cloud architectures - report

Over 50% of IT professionals prefer hybrid and multi-cloud strategies due to improved spend, resilience, and customisation, according to Denodo's latest report.

By Nick Forrester • 3 min read • Thu, 28th May 2020

Public Cloud

Hong Kong's Team Hollo takes out 2020 Microsoft Imagine Cup

Team Hollo from Hong Kong clinched the 2020 Microsoft Imagine Cup with their AI-powered mental health app, earning them USD $100,000 and key mentoring sessions.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Wed, 27th May 2020

Unified Communications

ASC launches Microsoft Teams communication recording app

ASC has launched the Recording Insights app for Microsoft Teams, enabling recording, archiving, and compliance management for online meetings and chats.

By Nick Forrester • 2 min read • Wed, 27th May 2020

Platform-as-a-Service

Software AG iPaaS to assist with move to Microsoft Azure

Microsoft and Software AG have partnered to bring the webMethods.io iPaaS to Microsoft Azure, helping enterprises connect applications and data.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Wed, 27th May 2020

Public Cloud

Cloud tech inspires Kiwi supply chain firm to keep the world moving

New Zealand's Coretex has transformed from a local fleet management firm into a global player, thanks to Microsoft Azure's cloud technology.

By Sara Barker • 5 min read • Mon, 25th May 2020

Multi-cloud

Hybrid cloud the most popular deployment path - study

Hybrid cloud offers the ability to diversity spend and IT skills, to choose features based on a service provider's strengths, and to build resiliency.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Mon, 25th May 2020

DevOps

Thycotic launches DevOps Secrets Vault solution for greater cloud security

Thycotic unveils its DevOps Secrets Vault, enhancing cloud security with dynamic secrets for AWS, Azure, and GCP, aimed at reducing credential risks.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 22nd May 2020

Cloud Security

FireEye unveils Cloudvisory: A multicloud security control centre

FireEye launches Cloudvisory, a new multicloud security control centre offering centralised visibility, continuous compliance, and advanced threat detection.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Wed, 20th May 2020

Public Cloud

Redis Enterprise to launch as managed service on Azure Cache

The new service offering will provide Redis for Azure customers' mission-critical workloads through enterprise-grade functionality.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Mon, 18th May 2020

Hyperscale

NVIDIA unveils its first GPU featuring Ampere architecture

The NVIDIA A100 GPU boasts up to 20 times more power than its predecessors, boosting throughput for data centres as demand for data surges.

By Nick Forrester • 3 min read • Fri, 15th May 2020

Unified Communications

Microsoft acquires Metaswitch, affirming investment in telcos

Microsoft's acquisition of Metaswitch, following its recent purchase of Affirmed Networks, underlines its deepening investment in the 5G telco sector.

By Nick Forrester • 3 min read • Fri, 15th May 2020

Gaming

Hands-on Review: Gigabyte Aero 17 HDR Laptop

Gigabyte's Aero 17 HDR laptop impresses with its Pantone-certified display, 4K resolution, and high-end GPU. Ideal for creative professionals.

By Darren Price • 8 min read • Fri, 15th May 2020

Network Infrastructure

Dell announces suite of open source networking solutions using SONiC

The solutions, jointly known as Enterprise SONiC Distribution by Dell Technologies, builds on the open source project SONiC, which was headed by Microsoft.

By Nick Forrester • 3 min read • Wed, 13th May 2020