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  IN PICTURES: VeeamON Tour hits Sydney

  Veeam recently hosted its annual VeeamON Tour in Sydney with customers and channel partners gathering together to view technical sneak peeks, insights and business scenarios to IT decision makers.

  IN PICTURES: VeeamON Tour hits Sydney
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  IN PICTURES: Microsoft Sydney flagship store opening - all the colour and action (+46 photos)

  ​Microsoft opened its new flagship store in Sydney, the first outside of North America, with some pomp and circumstance, to a big crowd of several thousand - some of whom had been queueing since 6.15pm the night before.​ There was caps and water for virtually everybody, major prizes from the Microsoft range, and the first 750 through the door got two complimentary tickets to an exclusive Jessie J concert at the State Theatre. Microsoft executives from the US, civic and state government leaders, joined MIcrosoft Australia MD, Pip Marlow, and Sydney store manager, Nick Wells, in celebrating the opening of the super store. Photos by ARN Editorial Director, MIKE GEE.

  IN PICTURES: Microsoft Sydney flagship store opening - all the colour and action (+46 photos)
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  IN PICTURES: Qlik's new North Sydney office opening (+16 photos)

  Software company, Qlik, recently held a party to mark the opening of its new office in North Sydney. Qlik CEO, Lars Bjork, welcomed a number of the company's elite partners to the event. There was ribbon cutting, plenty of networking, and lots of happy faces around. Here are some pictures from the event.

  IN PICTURES: Qlik's new North Sydney office opening (+16 photos)
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  In Pictures: Houston, we have a bug - 9 famous software glitches in space

  There’s never a good time to run into software bugs, but some times are worse than others - like during a mission to space. Spacecraft of all shapes and sizes rely heavily on software to complete their objectives. But those missions can be quickly ended by the simplest of human errors when writing code. The omission of an overbar here or overflow error checking code there can mean the difference between success or failure, not to mention the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars, years of work and, on manned missions, human life. Use the arrows above to read about 9 examples that show that, despite the care with which these systems are built, bugs have occurred in spacecraft software since we started to fling rockets into space - and will, no doubt, continue to crop up.

  In Pictures: Houston, we have a bug - 9 famous software glitches in space
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  In Pictures: User guide to Windows 10

  If you’re going for an immediate upgrade to Windows 10 from your Windows 7 or Windows 8/8.1 computer, this guide will get you up to speed as quickly as possible.

  In Pictures: User guide to Windows 10
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  In Pictures: 10 tools that fix common Windows frustrations

  Windows is full of niggling little irritations. These tools fix them.

  In Pictures: 10 tools that fix common Windows frustrations

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News about software

• Don't fly-by-wire with AI until you know the controls

  Software developers should approach AI-driven programming controls with zeal and cautionary awareness in equal measure; no AI should be engineered-in until a technician understands how ...

• 4 C programming courses for every skill level

  Venerable C programming language still powers much of the computing world. These four courses can get you started

• How BT is shifting its engineers into the fast lane

  BT’s head of software engineering excellence lays out the telco’s route to streamlining development, modernising applications, automating deployments

• ServiceNow makes platform ambitions clear with new workflow tools

  ServiceNow is doubling down on its move to become a digital workflow platform with its Paris code release, adding applications for industry verticals to push ...

• Remote work sees Oracle revenue hit US$9.37B

  Beats analysts' estimates of US$9.19 billion

• Ring language upgrade focuses on WebAssembly

  Organisation of language also improved in upcoming version

Interviews about software

• Wendy O’Keeffe takes charge of Asia at Nextgen

  Enterprise software specialist recruits distribution expert to drive regional charge

• Channel drives record APJ growth for Veeam

  Region represented fastest growing geography for data management vendor

• Why did HCL buy $1.8B worth of legacy products from IBM?

  Several of the offerings represent large and growing market opportunities

• How one Aussie start-up is opening the door to China through software

  With China central to the future success of Australia, Sinorbis is leveraging Alibaba Cloud to build software capable of bridging the gap

• ​Intergy Consulting - Made to order software

  When it comes to software development, ongoing value can be found in individuality – Intergy Consulting managing director, David Crotty, explains why.

• When it comes to Cloud security which is better? Heavy hand or gentle policing?

  When it comes to successfully managing Cloud use within the enterprise, some security organizations try to establish and enforce firm lines between what is permissible ...

Features about software

• ​The evolving category of business management software

  There needs to be a shift away from managing through documents to managing using models.

• GitHub's new features aim for business and open-source users

  Its CEO says feature development isn't an either/or problem

• You’ve been hit with ransomware. Now what?

  When their data has been stolen, and is being held hostage, companies are increasingly caving in to cybercriminal demands for payment. Short of paying up, ...

• Meg Whitman tells IT leaders everything they need to know about HP Enterprise

  In a recent interview, HP Enterprise CEO Meg Whitman discusses her firm's RD strategy and how it differentiates itself from other IT vendors in areas ...

• Windows comes up third in OS clash two years early

  Last year, Gartner said Windows would remain No. 2 until 2017; latest data says it ended up behind Apple's OS X and iOS in 2015

• 5 things to expect from Microsoft's big developer conference

  Azure, Windows, HoloLens and more will headline Build this week