News Articles for Microsoft

This week's appointments include Jason Crusan, Grant Shepherd, Daniel Raihani, John Poynton, Stephen Pearce, and others.

Microsoft Asia managing director for defence and intelligence Andy Wood has announced he will exit the tech giant in the coming days, the company does not plan to replace him.

Microsoft has announced an expansion of its datacentre footprint into Western Australia, launching an Azure Extended Zone in Perth by mid-2025.

Consultancy giant KPMG has unveiled a new practice based in its Perth office, offering a dedicated Microsoft Dynamics 365 technology implementation practice.

Computer crashes have impacted major Perth businesses, with users at companies including BHP, Seven West Media and the ABC reporting faults as part of a global outage.

The prime minister's visit to the United States has unlocked a $A5 billion deal with tech giant Microsoft to build a cyber shield and upskill Australians.

Port Hedland will become a national hub for a new kind of port critical to the future of the Pilbara's multi-billion-dollar resources industry.

Former foreign minister Julie Bishop has warned governments are too cumbersome to regulate artificial intelligence and will need to lean on the tech sector to build guardrails around the ‘exciting but challenging' disruptor.

Tools like ChatGPT could add tens of billions of dollars to the Australian economy by swallowing up repetitive manual tasks and making workers much more productive.

Researchers are now seeking ways to mitigate the technology's potential downsides.

Pressure is building on businesses to justify retaining personal data as consumer awareness of cyber security builds in the aftermath of the Optus, Medibank and Latitude hacks.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Diana Forsyth, Cristie Clements, Andy Wood, Mark Howett and Stashu Poliwka.

Bethesda's $60m Cockburn facility to grow to 75 beds.

This approach builds on the rapid blending of working from home and in the office.

Australia has joined the US and other allies in accusing China of masterminding a global hacking campaign using contract criminals.

A software platform designed and built by Perth-based technology company Velrada was selected to run at last weekend's G7 meeting, held in the UK.

Perth's Pawsey Supercomputer is supporting scientific research into quantum computing and will soon process data from the world's biggest telescope.

The University of Western Australia has partnered with Microsoft to rapidly implement a remote learning solution that covers nearly all its courses, building on a package originally conceived to support international students unable to come to Australia early this year.

Flexibility and clarity are two attributes business leaders need in times of economic upheaval.

The tech sector continues to shift through the gears as 2020 approaches, hurtling society towards an increasingly complex, digitised and mediated world.

Perth-based IT consulting firm Velrada has established a technology incubator that will invest $10 million over three years to commercialise new products and software solutions.

Perth-based Velrada is set to partner with tech giant Microsoft and ASX-listed LiveTiles as part of a program to accelerate the uptake of artificial intelligence across industries such as mining, energy and financial services.

The finishing touches are under way at the fitout for Flux's two new floors at Parmelia House, which feature a shift away from full open plan.

Nearly two thirds of workers in small- and medium-sized businesses constantly solve IT problems as an addition to their day-to-day job, a survey of the sector has found.

Improving the flow of medical data is at the forefront of three technology projects aiming to reduce health-care demand.

Microsoft and Yahoo have won clearance from the US Department of Justice and the European Commission to implement their internet search alliance, which the companies hope will be a challenger to market leader Google.