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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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Australians risk scams as poor cyber habits cost AUD $87,000

Tue, 18th Nov 2025
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Australians lost over AUD $87,000 to scams last year, with risky cyber habits like password reuse and oversharing on social media putting many at threat.
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Blue Yonder named Microsoft Global ISV Partner of the Year 2025

Tue, 18th Nov 2025
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Blue Yonder has been named Microsoft Global ISV Partner of the Year 2025 for outstanding AI and cloud supply chain solutions, chosen from over 4,600 nominations.
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Dynatrace expands AI cloud operations with new Azure integration

Mon, 17th Nov 2025
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Dynatrace unveils next-gen AI cloud operations, integrating directly with Microsoft Azure SRE Agent for smarter, automated issue detection and resolution.
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Phishing kits & steganography drive new wave of email threats

Fri, 14th Nov 2025
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Cybersecurity experts warn of rising email threats as phishing kits Tycoon 2FA and Cephas evolve, using steganography and code obfuscation to evade detection.
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AI-fuelled data centre spend to hit USD $1 trillion by 2030

Thu, 13th Nov 2025
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AI-driven investments will push annual data centre IT and facility spending to USD $1 trillion by 2030, up from USD $290 billion in 2024.
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Dell boosts PowerProtect with new cyber resilience updates

Thu, 13th Nov 2025
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Dell Technologies upgrades its PowerProtect portfolio with new features to strengthen cyber resilience across cloud, edge, and hybrid environments for organisations.
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InfoSum unveils Beacons for secure AI-powered data collaboration

Thu, 13th Nov 2025
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InfoSum launches Beacons, a secure AI-ready platform enabling cross-cloud data collaboration with no data movement, adopted by Disney and WPP Media.
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JupiterOne launches CCM platform with AI & graph modelling

Thu, 13th Nov 2025
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JupiterOne launches a graph-based continuous controls monitoring platform using AI to ensure real-time security compliance across multi-cloud and legacy systems.
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Dell unveils PowerProtect upgrades for enhanced cyber resilience

Thu, 13th Nov 2025
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Dell upgrades its PowerProtect portfolio with new appliances and cloud features to boost cyber resilience and simplify data backup across edge, core, and cloud.
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Commvault unveils Unity platform for unified multi-cloud data protection

Thu, 13th Nov 2025
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Commvault launches the Cloud Unity platform, offering centralised, AI-driven data protection across multi-cloud, on-premises, and edge environments for cost efficiency.
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CNCF brings AI discipline to Kubernetes deployments

Wed, 12th Nov 2025
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The CNCF has launched a Certified Kubernetes AI Conformance Program to set open standards for deploying AI workloads across platforms.
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Explainer: AI data boom sparks nuclear revival

Wed, 12th Nov 2025
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Microsoft's deal to restart Three Mile Island's nuclear reactor marks a revival driven by soaring AI data centre energy demands and sustainability goals.
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Crossplane graduates CNCF, ranking in top 10% of projects

Tue, 11th Nov 2025
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The graduation marks a milestone with widespread enterprise adoption and over 3,000 contributors supporting multi-cloud platform engineering.
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Iran-linked cyber spies blend tactics to target US policy experts

Mon, 10th Nov 2025
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Iran-linked cyber spies have combined tactics from multiple hacking groups in a new phishing campaign targeting US experts on Iranian politics and the IRGC.
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Is OpenAI planning an AI cloud to rival AWS, Azure & Google?

Mon, 10th Nov 2025
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman signalled plans to launch an AI cloud platform, aiming to rival AWS, Azure and Google Cloud in offering computing power.
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Avanade unveils suite of Microsoft-powered tools for midmarket firms

Fri, 7th Nov 2025
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Avanade launches Microsoft-based tools to help midmarket firms optimise cloud costs, enhance security and improve customer experience with ready-to-deploy solutions.
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Cloud breaches driven by identity failures & process flaws

Thu, 6th Nov 2025
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ReliaQuest reveals identity compromises and process flaws, not zero-day exploits, drive most cloud breaches, with 99% of cloud identities still over-privileged.
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Marketron cuts costs & boosts stability with 11:11 Cloud move

Thu, 6th Nov 2025
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Marketron has cut costs and boosted stability by migrating its cloud infrastructure to 11:11 Systems, avoiding costly hardware maintenance and improving service reliability.
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Qualtrics bolsters AI leadership team & pledges USD $500 million

Wed, 5th Nov 2025
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Qualtrics appoints AI veterans and pledges USD $500 million to advance purpose-built AI for transforming customer and employee experience management.
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Snowflake unveils new AI-powered data tools & expands platform

Wed, 5th Nov 2025
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Snowflake launches AI-enhanced data tools and expands its platform with Horizon Catalog, Openflow, and Snowflake Postgres for secure, integrated data management.