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MNF adds cloud call services to Microsoft Teams

Unified communications provider MNF Enterprise has revealed the addition of calling capability via its Cloud Connect service for Microsoft Teams.

Matthew Oostveen exits as APJ CTO of Dell EMC

Matthew Oostveen has vacated his role as CTO across Asia Pacific and Japan at Dell EMC, exiting the vendor after five years in the role.

Microsoft starts auto-update of Windows 10 1809 three months late

Microsoft has finally restarted the automatic distribution of Windows 10 October 2018 Update, the problem-plagued upgrade pulled from release in October.

M&A activity in the data centre rises, tops $16B

M&A activity within the data centre market continues to increase at pace, with the number of transactions increasing during 2018.

• Google ups prices for G Suite Basic and Business customers
• Defence issues $190M worth of IT contracts
• Microsoft side-steps channel in direct Azure play
• IBM calls time on Slack-rival Watson Workspace
• Coin mining malware can uninstall Tencent, Alibaba cloud security
• Australia Post, Alibaba Cloud backs program to help local start-ups enter China
• Microsoft expands Windows 7-to-Windows 10 app compatibility pledge
• Vodafone pays IBM $550M in 5G driven cloud services deal
• SAP targets counterfeit drugs with blockchain tracker
• AWS launches centralised back-up service
• Enterprise will focus on four technologies in 2019
• Dell EMC attacks multi-cloud market with partners in pursuit

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The new Microsoft Office: The best mobility opportunity for SMEs, and a new opportunity for the channel

The new Microsoft Office: The best mobility opportunity for SMEs, and a new opportunity for the channel. Read more

Features

• Kubernetes vendors target container security, operations and management

  Kubernetes gets all manner of networking, management love from VMware, Arista, and more at KubeCon+ CloudNativeCon 2018

• Gartner: IT spending to hit US$3.8 trillion; enterprise software, IT services outlays lead way

  Gartner says IT services will be a key driver for IT spending in 2019 as the market is forecast to hit US$1 trillion in 2019

• The cloud in 2019: Multicloud, serverless computing, and Kubernetes containers

  Enterprises are quickly moving up the cloud stack, away from infrastructure services

• Cisco CEO: Webex service outage unacceptable

  Cisco’s Webex services on the mend but outage shuts down meeting, videoconferencing services

• Cloud computing just had another kick-ass quarter

  Even as other parts of the internet economy stumbled, cloud service providers accelerated their growth. Could that save the tech boom?

• What is cloud-native? The modern way to develop software

  Cloud-native computing takes advantage of many modern techniques, including PaaS, multicloud, microservices, agile methodology, containers, CI/CD, and devops

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Round Table

• IN PICTURES: ARN Roundtable - Big Data, Big Opportunities (+21 images)

  The latest ARN Roundtable was held at Sydney's Cafe Del Mar, and was sponsored by Cloudera and Veritas. The guestlist saw a VIP group of ...

• Roundtable: Security Guide for the Cloud - right here, right now

  The cloud 'security strategy' involves adopting security solutions that seamlessly span physical, virtual and private/hybrid/public cloud environments while simplifying operational and management complexities. Roundtable attendees ...

• IN PICTURES: Securing the journey to the Cloud roundtable

  Industry executives across the channel gathered at Otto Ristorante in Sydney to discuss the journey towards the cloud. ARN in conjunction with itX, Trend Micro ...

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Opinions

• 10 hot hybrid-cloud startups to watch

  With few enterprises using purely private or purely public cloud infrastructure, a range of startups has emerged to meet unique hybrid-cloud needs for management, storage ...

• Align cloud infrastructure to your business strategy — or fail

  nything other than a cloud-only strategy for new IT initiatives will require justification at more than 30 percent of large enterprises by 2020, according to ...

• Don’t be the fool in the cloud

  Is it really that hard to keep from making a security idiot of yourself?

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Reviews

• Users review the top cloud data integration tools

  IT Central Station members weigh in on Informatica Cloud Data Integration, Dell Boomi AtomSphere, IBM App Connect, and SnapLogic

• Windows 10 Anniversary Update: The good, the bad and the 'meh' (with video)

  The new version of Windows 10 is a solid, if not dramatic, upgrade. Cortana haters, though, won't be happy.

• Windows 10 Anniversary Update review: Cortana, Edge overshadow Windows Ink

  The improvements Microsoft has made on features you use every day are what really matter.

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