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• September 03, 2019 03 Sep'19

  Aberdeen Standard Investment deploys Igel for VDI

  The investment management group is rolling out virtual desktop infrastructure globally and will use the secure Linux platform Igel to manage the VDI environment

• August 21, 2019 21 Aug'19

  Warwickshire county council deploys Microsoft cloud productivity suite

  Teams, Office 365 and other cloud-based tools are being rolled out to give council staff greater flexibility

• August 15, 2019 15 Aug'19

  Google vs Microsoft: Digging into the public cloud email market duopoly

  The public cloud email sector is a veritable two-horse race, with Microsoft and Google being the ones to beat, but it is unlikely ever to become a “winner takes all” market, says Gartner

• July 23, 2019 23 Jul'19

  Use Windows 7 end of life to update desktop productivity

  The end of support for Windows 7 should be seen as the end of an era for traditional desktop IT. So what does 21st century desktop productivity look like?

• July 19, 2019 19 Jul'19

  Microsoft gets boost in SaaS revenue and pushes Teams platform

  It is still a long way behind AWS, but the Microsoft cloud is the company’s big money-maker. It is also seeing Teams establish itself as a platform

• July 17, 2019 17 Jul'19

  Suspected malicious MS Office tool maker arrested

  Dutch police have arrested a man suspected of producing and selling toolkits to create malicious Microsoft Office documents

• July 12, 2019 12 Jul'19

  Windows 10 to enable passwordless sign-in

  Windows 10 users will soon be able to sign in to devices without using a password to encourage the use of two-factor authentication methods to improve security

• July 12, 2019 12 Jul'19

  European PC business boosted by Windows 10 refresh

  With Windows 7 support due to end on 14 January 2020, European organisations are refreshing their PCs as part of their Windows 10 upgrade

• July 03, 2019 03 Jul'19

  Sodin ransomware exploiting Windows zero-day, Kaspersky warns

  Security researchers are warning that a recently discovered type of ransomware is now exploiting a zero-day Windows vulnerability, and does not require user interaction to trigger an infection

• June 26, 2019 26 Jun'19

  NHS Wales provides 100,000 staff with Microsoft 365

  Cloud-based suite will help Welsh healthcare service drive digitisation initiatives and support greater collaboration and video-based consultations

• June 24, 2019 24 Jun'19

  Chef demos Windows Server 2008 migration

  Windows Server 2008 R2 reaches end of support in January 2020. Businesses using older Windows server software have little time to redevelop code

• April 25, 2019 25 Apr'19

  Cloud uptake drives third-quarter sales for Microsoft

  Demand for Microsoft’s cloud offerings spiked again during the firm’s third quarter, reports Redmond

• April 08, 2019 08 Apr'19

  PC industry suffers as Microsoft severs link between Windows and hardware refreshes

  If Microsoft succeeds, a Windows upgrade will no longer mean that businesses need to refresh their PC estate

• April 02, 2019 02 Apr'19

  Welsh government buys Microsoft Office 365 for teachers and pupils

  The Welsh government will provide Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus across 1,521 maintained schools in Wales

• March 29, 2019 29 Mar'19

  Middle East countries accelerate quantum computing research

  Gulf countries must invest in quantum computing research to ensure they continue to to remain digital pioneers