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Microsoft Windows software

• March 25, 2019 25 Mar'19

  Leading PC makers set to expand product range to target existing customers

  With little growth forecast, PC manufacturers are trying to tie in additional services with their hardware to lock in customers

• February 18, 2019 18 Feb'19

  IT Priorities 2019: IT professionals plan a big push to migrate off Windows 7

  With the clock ticking to Windows 7 end of support, more than half of the IT professionals who took part in a survey have a Windows 10 migration as their top IT project this year

• January 31, 2019 31 Jan'19

  Microsoft cloud powers earnings boost

  CEO Satya Nadella claims Azure compute services are the starting point for digitisation, as businesses add higher value services like AI

• January 14, 2019 14 Jan'19

  Why CIOs need to reshape desktop IT for Windows 7 end of support

  With a year to go before Windows 7 reaches end of life, IT departments have more than just the operating system upgrade to consider

• December 04, 2018 04 Dec'18

  How Docker plans to help businesses get around Windows Server 2008

  Microsoft will end support for Windows Server 2008 in 2020. Many applications will fail to upgrade to the latest server OS. But Docker has a plan

• November 28, 2018 28 Nov'18

  CIO interview: Stephen Docherty on NHS data sharing

  The Cambridge Analytica scandal raised awareness about privacy. Stephen Docherty, CIO of South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, explains why

• November 20, 2018 20 Nov'18

  Dutch audit finds Microsoft Office leaks confidential data

  The diagnostics Microsoft Office collects from users should be a source of concern for any government CISO, according to a DPIA audit

• November 19, 2018 19 Nov'18

  Microsoft forces price hike on budget-constrained councils

  The October 2018 price hike for Microsoft Office 2019 will badly affect local governments, leading Socitm to urge Microsoft to reconsider

• November 19, 2018 19 Nov'18

  Office 365 users locked out by authentication failure

  Multifactor authentication aims to protect users’ security, but many woke up this morning to find they could no longer access Microsoft 365

• October 30, 2018 30 Oct'18

  AWS retains cloud market leader status in Q3, as Microsoft and Google post gains

  AWS retains its title as the world's biggest cloud provider, but the position is not going unchallenged by the likes Microsoft and Google, Synergy Research Group's third quarter market analysis shows

• October 25, 2018 25 Oct'18

  Microsoft results show hybrid benefit to Azure growth

  The software company continues to push the benefits of on-premise Windows Server infrastructure alongside Azure PaaS

• October 17, 2018 17 Oct'18

  Microsoft signs pledge to assist people with dyslexia

  Tech giant Microsoft has signed the Made by Diversity pledge to help more people with dyslexia use technology as part of their education

• October 16, 2018 16 Oct'18

  Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen dies, aged 65

  Computer programmer who helped propel Microsoft to become one of the world’s largest businesses will be remembered for his generosity

• October 09, 2018 09 Oct'18

  Windows 10 update pulled after file losses

  Microsoft has been forced to stop the October 2018 release of Windows 10 because users have complained it deletes files

• August 23, 2018 23 Aug'18

  Councils at risk from unsupported Windows Server and SQL Server

  Some local authorities are using unsupported server software, while others are not paying for extended support