News

• UberGlobal, Parallels and Microsoft target health community cloud automation

  By Hafizah Osman | 20 July, 2011 15:08

  Virtualisation and automation software provider, Parallels, has partnered with IT giant, Microsoft,to deliver a complete cloud automation solution that meets the global needs of the health industry.

• Kroll Ontrack launches new certification program for A/NZ resellers

  By Hafizah Osman | 12 May, 2011 14:45

  Data recovery and legal technologies products and services provider, Kroll Ontrack, has implemented its data recovery certified partner program.

• Windows Small Business Server 2011 shines

  By Keith Schultz | 25 February, 2011 01:58

  Many small businesses have relied on Microsoft's Small Business Server (SBS) family of servers to get their feet wet with their first server and network. Introduced back in 1997 as BackOffice Small Business Server 4.0, SBS has matured into a tightly integrated platform of the most important services a small company needs: file and printer functions, email, calendar and contact sharing, and document collaboration. While it is limited in the maximum number of concurrent user connections, SBS doesn't shirk core services, providing enterprise-grade features at a price point almost every small business can afford.

• Citrix purchases NZ cloud software provider

  By Julia Talevski | 23 February, 2011 10:46

  Citrix has acquired New Zealand-based software company, EMS-Cortex, for an undisclosed sum.

• Microsoft optimistic about Windows Phone 7 Down Under

  By Spandas Lui | 12 October, 2010 11:40

  Microsoft is optimistic about how Windows Phone 7 will perform in Australia.

• AAPT completes Gmail journey

  By Renai LeMay | 13 July, 2010 17:40

  Australian telco AAPT has switched the remainder of its 1200 staff off Microsoft's Exchange collaboration platform and onto Google's rival Gmail offering after running a trial of 250 staff on Gmail for the past two months.

• Can you replace Microsoft Exchange with Google Apps Premier?

  By Lachlan Wilson | 17 June, 2010 09:20

  The come-on is enticing: Replace that expensive, high-maintenance Microsoft Exchange platform -- and maybe some of your other Microsoft software -- with Google's Apps Premier service for a low, low price of $50 per user per year.

• Google to simplify Exchange to Apps migrations with new tool

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 18 March, 2010 06:01

  Google has created a free tool to simplify and automate the migration of e-mail, calendar and contacts data from Microsoft Exchange servers to its Google Apps collaboration and communication hosted suite.

• Resellers: Microsoft EBS not given a chance

  By Spandas Lui | 11 March, 2010 12:52

  Microsoft’s decision to can Windows Essential Business Server (EBS) has been met with disappointment from SMB-focused Australian resellers.

• Microsoft makes case for upgrade to Exchange 2010

  By Jeremy Kirk | 10 November, 2009 08:13

  Microsoft is emphasizing the potentially money-saving features of Exchange 2010, the latest revamp of its e-mail application officially released Monday at its TechEd European customer conference in Berlin.

• As Exchange grows up, it plays more strategic role

  By Elizabeth Montalbano | 20 August, 2009 06:10

  Long an important product for Microsoft, Exchange Server going forward will play even more of a key role in the company's plan to extend its collaboration applications to mobile devices and other software platforms.

• Microsoft Exchange 2010 hits final beta

  By John Fontana | 19 August, 2009 06:15

  Microsoft Tuesday issued the final beta on Exchange Server 2010 along with the final beta of its security companion, Forefront for Exchange Sever 2010.

• Download interrupted: Exchange 2010 RC missing at launch

  By Eric Lai | 19 August, 2009 05:00

  Microsoft Corp.'s unveiling today of the release candidate for its upcoming Exchange Server 2010 was hit by technical problems that prevented IT professionals from downloading the software.

• Teo launches unified communications system to integrate with Microsoft Exchange

  By Matt Hamblen | 13 July, 2009 14:03

  Teo will launch a new unified communications system that integrates with Microsoft Exchange late this year, the company announced today at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans.

• Google looks to woo enterprise, sock it to Microsoft

  By Sharon Gaudin | 10 June, 2009 08:43

  In another move by Google Inc. to woo enterprises to its hosted software, the company today unveiled Google Apps Synch for Microsoft Outlook.