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Global corporate tech spend could be cut by 4.1% in 2020 due to coronavirus

But the forecast drop in tech budgets may be less than initially feared as companies race to accelerate spending to support employees that now have ...

NBN Co authorised to join forces with top telcos to maintain Australia’s connectivity

The ACCC has temporarily granted NBN Co and Australia's five largest telcos authorisation to form a special working group to keep businesses and consumers connected ...

IBM extends channel support amid Covid-19 pandemic

IBM has extended channel support offerings in a move designed to help partners overcome rising challenges related to Covid-19.

Meet the new channel player helping partners make the most of Microsoft cloud

As deep skills in cloud infrastructure become an increasing demand for the region's channel, a new local Microsoft provider specialising in partner services is stepping ...

• COVID-19 ‘best case scenario’ will see $50B wiped off channel spend
• CIOs must double down on digital transformation during Covid-19
• Oracle frees up its cloud and database certification exams
• Microsoft to shift SMBs' Office subscriptions to 'Microsoft 365' brand
• Lexmark expands channel offering with cloud-based printing product
• MyGov's ill-timed meltdown could have been avoided with 'elastic computing'
• Scott Morris set to exit as regional HPE channel chief
• DTA postpones Cloud Services Panel tender due to COVID-19
• Deep learning to power AI growth in APAC
• AWS adds consulting offers to its Solutions Library
• How Covid-19 is impacting channel engagement
• Microsoft acquires 5G start-up Affirmed Networks

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Understanding the Risks of Remote Work

As the COVID-19 outbreak spreads, everyone is now turning to remote work as a solution to keep their businesses running. This transition could also expose organisations to a different type of virus -- the one that lurks maliciously in the background of computers.. Read more

Features

• Microsoft declares April's Windows 10 upgrade ready for business

  Creators Update is now suitable for broad deployment in enterprise.

• FAQ: How Microsoft plans to upgrade Office 365

  Changes tempo and support lifecycle of Office 365 ProPlus to sync with Windows 10

• HPE highlights innovation in software-defined IT, security at Discover

  At its Discover conference this week, HPE reveals 'silicon root of trust,' advances in software defined infrastructure

• Apple's 10 biggest wins, fails, and WTF moments of 2016

  New iPhones, new MacBooks, and new Apple Watches were bright spots in an otherwise gloomy year of sliding iPhone sales and a legal battle with ...

• Making sense of Microsoft's messy collaboration strategy

  Microsoft's Office 365 suite recently expanded with more apps for enterprise collaboration, but will the-more-the-merrier approach prevail, or is consolidation inevitable?

• How IT outsourcing customers should prepare for HPE-CSC

  The merger between HPE’s enterprise services business and CSC may or may not help solve those providers’ problems, but there are steps customers can take ...

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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: Improving the channel's bottom line

  How to retain profitability within the channel is an issue vendors, distributors and resellers have to constantly stay focused on

• Cloud Computing: Outsourcing 2.0?

  ARN roundtable attendees debate whether cloud computing is just next-generation outsourcing

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Opinions

• Windows 10 is making too many PCs obsolete

  Windows 10 will be supported until Oct. 14, 2025 — unless your computer has a Clover Trail CPU. Then you’re out of luck.

• I don’t like being force-fed Windows 10

  Microsoft, along with AMD and Intel, has made darn sure you’ll be running Windows 10 and not Windows 7 on the next PC you buy

• Why an Verizon and Yahoo merger would be like Microsoft snapping up CompuServe

  Cultures collide, it happens. But this one is a bad idea.

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Reviews

• 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.

• Enterprise guide to Windows 10

  When to dive in, what new features will be available and how to avoid a messy upgrade.

• Unisys unveils invisibility cloak for network traffic

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