Windows 10 reaches its official end of support on October 14, 2025 — a watershed moment that changes how millions of PCs will receive security fixes, feature updates, and technical help from Microsoft. After that date, Microsoft will stop delivering free Windows 10 security updates to in-market...
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Microsoft’s October deadline for Windows 10 support has arrived like a ringing bell for an industry that—by several measures—wasn’t ready: large numbers of consumer and corporate endpoints still run Windows 10, many organisations face compatibility and budget constraints, and the safety net...
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New Era Technology’s pitch — that the gulf between opportunity and capability in the Middle East’s digital economy is closing — is no longer just marketing copy; it’s a blueprint for how regional enterprises can modernize ERP, accelerate user adoption, and begin to harness generative AI across...
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Google has moved to eliminate a key friction point for organisations running workloads across multiple cloud providers in Europe and the UK, announcing that its Data Transfer Essentials service will be available at no cost for customers processing workloads “in parallel” across two or more...
Point B's announcement that it has earned the Microsoft Solutions Partner for Data & AI (Azure) designation with a formal Analytics on Microsoft Azure specialization marks a deliberate deepening of its Microsoft alliance and a visible signal to clients that it’s doubling down on enterprise-grade...
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Microsoft’s decision to stop issuing free security updates for Windows 10 on 14 October 2025 has forced IT leaders into a binary choice: pay to buy time, or accelerate an estate-wide migration to Windows 11 — and the short-term cost of staying on Windows 10 could be measured in billions for...
Screenvision Media has completed a rapid, high-stakes migration of its core business systems into a multi‑cloud architecture built on Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), a move executed by Oracle‑specialist managed services provider Cintra in an intensive 12‑week program that...
TD SYNNEX’s newly announced Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services marks a major channel-level push to accelerate cloud migration, AI adoption, and Marketplace monetization across North America, Latin America and the Caribbean, with the distributor positioning its...
Microsoft's public notice about Windows 10 support is no longer just a calendar reminder — it's a deadline with real consequences for security, compatibility, and the cost of staying on an aging platform.
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Microsoft's message is blunt: Windows 10 will stop receiving official security and technical updates on October 14, 2025, and users who delay migration risk an increasing security, compliance, and operational exposure that will grow more dangerous with each month after the cutoff. What began as...
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SEFE’s move to Oracle Database@Azure is a pragmatic example of how targeted cloud migration—driven by efficiency, resilience, and careful license management—can deliver measurable wins for infrastructure performance and business continuity while exposing teams to the familiar trade-offs of...
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Microsoft’s Exchange team has taken a decisive step toward finally letting organizations retire the last Exchange server in hybrid environments by adding cloud-managed remote mailbox support — a per-mailbox “flip-the-switch” that transfers Exchange attribute authority to Exchange Online while...
Hitachi Vantara’s entry of Virtual Storage Platform One Software‑Defined Storage (VSP One SDS) into the Microsoft Azure Marketplace marks a concrete step toward simplifying hybrid cloud storage procurement and, according to vendor claims, cutting cloud storage costs substantially through...
TrustedTech’s pivot from a licensing-focused reseller to a full-service Microsoft-first systems integrator is more than a new logo — it is a deliberate repositioning into the fast-growing market for Microsoft Copilot enablement, Azure tenant migrations, managed security, and onshore certified...
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Yusen Logistics’ decision to retire a legacy IBM Sterling B2B stack in favor of a cloud-native, composable integration platform built around SwiftB2B on Microsoft Azure — anchored by Azure Logic Apps, Power BI, and the Bot Framework — has delivered measurable gains in partner onboarding speed...
The era of the Frontier Firm has arrived: organizations that pair intelligence on tap with a modern cloud foundation are already pulling ahead, and the business case for migrating and modernizing on Microsoft Azure is now concrete, measurable, and urgent for leaders who want AI to scale across...
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Microsoft’s latest quarterly report confirms what investors and enterprise customers have been sensing for months: cloud and AI are not just growth drivers — they are the engine reshaping Microsoft’s business and the broader enterprise landscape. In the fiscal fourth quarter ended June 30, 2025...
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Google Cloud’s strong showing in a recent South Africa–focused survey has renewed the debate about where enterprise cloud momentum is actually flowing, but the headline — that Google Cloud “beats” Azure and AWS — needs careful qualification and context before it’s treated as a global verdict...
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Microsoft’s Q4 earnings were a watershed moment for Azure — the company disclosed that Azure’s annual run rate has topped $75 billion, cloud revenue for the quarter rose to $46.7 billion, and Azure’s year‑over‑year growth accelerated to the high‑30s in the June quarter, while Microsoft’s backlog...
The global infrastructure-as-a-service market surged again in 2024, with the three hyperscalers — Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud — together capturing roughly seven out of every ten dollars spent on cloud infrastructure, as enterprises pour capital into AI-optimized...
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