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Reckon's FY19 profit gets a boost from cloud and mobile products
It comes as the company stabilises following the aborted sale of its practice management accountant group business.
Google Cloud cuts jobs in restructure, despite growth
Google trims Google Cloud headcount as it refocuses on international markets.
Microsoft says more than 25 percent of Office 365 licenses now sold through Microsoft 365
Microsoft has a multi-pronged plan to try to move customers of Windows, Office and enterprise mobility = security point products to its M365 bundle.
Four data center spending trends you need to know
Data center spending is likely to be feast or famine as enterprises pull back and hyperscale cloud providers build out infrastructure only to hit pause and digest.
Get The Tonya Hall Innovation Show as a ZDNet podcast
ZDNet's The Tonya Hall Innovation Show is now available as a podcast on Stitcher, Spotify, Google Play, and Apple Podcasts.
US Federal Court judge grants AWS request to temporarily block JEDI contract work
Amazon has succeeded in temporarily halting work on the $10 billion JEDI contract, which Microsoft won late last year.
Google closes Looker acquisition
After clearing UK anti-trust review, Google and Looker have formally sealed the deal.
Alibaba marks cloud revenue milestone, pledges support for fight against coronavirus
Alibaba's cloud revenue exceeded 10 billion yuan for the first time in a single quarter, growing 62% to hit 10.72 billion yuan for its third quarter, but the coronavirus outbreak may present short-term challenges as the Chinese e-commerce giant pledges to continue providing support to combat the epidemic.
Pay for these four tech jobs is rocketing. Cloud computing is the cause
Cloud computing changes the priorities for hiring managers, who are looking for skills in managing tech projects.
Microsoft to Office 365 ProPlus users: This new feature cuts malicious docs risks
Microsoft rolls out previews for an improved experience when using Office Protected View.
Box Shield now integrates with Splunk for more streamlined content security
The integration should help organizations get a better understanding of how potential threats to their content relate to security risks across other applications.
Google Cloud joins DLT platform Hedera Hashgraph's governing council
Google Cloud is also onboard as a preferred cloud provider for the initiative's public testnets and Hedera Consensus Service ecosystem.
Kubernetes administration policy made easy with brewOPA
Administering policies across Kubernetes and other cloud native environments isn't easy. Now, Cyral wants to take the trouble out of the job with brewOPA.
JDA Software becomes Blue Yonder amid SaaS, autonomous supply chain push
JDA Software bought Blue Yonder in 2018 to extend its supply chain management software with Blue Yonder's Luminate platform. The bet has paid off.
Microsoft backtracks on 'Bing-jacking' Chrome with its Microsoft Search extension
Sanity prevails: Microsoft is no longer planning to automatically deploy its Microsoft Search in Bing browser extension to Office 365 ProPlus users.
IT spending, cloud computing, big data, virtual reality, and more: Research round-up
All the data that matters to you from the past month in technology news.
Provision a WordPress site in 30 minutes or less using Amazon AWS Lightsail
Amazon's AWS can be daunting in terms of its almost overwhelming complexity. But Lightsail makes it easy. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to create a full WordPress install in about five minutes.
Julia programming language, cloud computing, cybersecurity worries: Research round-up
All the facts and figures that matter to you and your business from the past month in technology news.
The biggest events in Linux's history
A year by year summary of the most significant events in Linux's history to date.
How Microsoft lost its monopoly in web browsers
At the dawn of the Internet age, Microsoft used every trick it knew to dominate the World Wide Web. That strategy worked for a few years, but aggressive antitrust enforcement and equally aggressive competitors crushed the company's onetime dominance. Here's a quarter-century of history that explains just what happened.
Cloud services: 24 lesser-known web services your business needs to try
In this guide, we've spotlighted 24 cloud-based services that can take your business to the next level. There's a huge world of opportunity and available resources beyond Google, Dropbox, Salesforce, Amazon, and Microsoft.
Windows 10 May 2019 Update: The new features that matter most
Windows 10 version 1903, which will be officially dubbed the May 2019 Update, begins rolling out soon. Here are some of the new capabilities you can expect in yet another feature-packed semi-annual release. (This gallery is based on a near-final Insider Preview release.)
Cloud computing trends, where developers want to live, AI skills, and 5G: Research round-up
All the data that matters to you from the past month in technology news.
Create your own free Adobe Creative Cloud with free and open source software
While Creative Cloud has its strong benefits, it's also costly. If you want to accomplish most of what you can with Creative Cloud, but pay absolutely nothing, these products can help.
Data center automation, IT skills, IoT and digital transformation: Research round-up
Our analysis of the data that matters from the past month.
These rooms full of TVs are how Amazon gets Prime Video to look sharp on every device
Photos: Amazon needs to test its video service across lots and lots (and lots) of TVs. Here's an inside look.
IT spending, smartwatches, AI and the cloud: Research round-up
We tell the story of key technology trends from the past month.
How to turn your iPhone into a business workhorse: Add these apps and accessories, and tweak these settings
Here's how, with a few tweaks and accessories, you can transform your iPhone into a business workhorse that will allow you to get serious work done.
The dumbest passwords people still use
Everybody knows that 12345 is a bad password. But what they're using instead isn't much stronger
Research round-up: Cloud computing, IoT and cybersecurity, iPhone X and more
12 graphs which explain the tech news of the last month.
Cloud computing helps push big pay increases
Cloud computing changes the priorities for hiring managers, who are looking for skills in managing tech projects.
If your entire life is in your Gmail account, you need a back-up plan
Want to make sure you have a local or backup copy of all that mission-critical business and personal history in your Gmail archives? ZDNet takes you through an array of options.
From $50 per MB to $15 per 1TB: How did it happen?
I just saw a Western Digital external hard drive special: a 12TB desktop drive for $187. How do drive vendors do it?
Nvidia GeForce Now cloud gaming service becomes generally available
Three years after it was announced at CES 2017, GeForce Now is out of beta.
AEC proving the future benefit of cloud with last year's federal election
Microsoft Azure was used to serve up APIs to voters during the 2019 federal election.
How esports intersects with life, athletics, and business
Dan Velez, director of athletics at New York Institute of Technology, walks ZDNet through the school's esports program and the potential for collaboration with health sciences and business departments.
Microsoft's customer support database was exposed for almost a month
Five servers storing customer support analytics were accidentally exposed online in December 2019.
How was Bezos phone hacked? Probably using Pegasus-3 spyware
Bezos hack connected to Khashoggi murder and The Washington Post's subsequent media coverage.
Time for change: 6 tech habits to make you safer and smarter
Turning the page on the calendar and starting a new year is a great opportunity to develop some good new habits.
How Microsoft morphed into a cloud company
Microsoft made substantial headway in its goal to morph from the Windows company to a cloud company over the past decade.
Why 2019 was the year of Linux and open-source software
These five stories show why the future of technology belongs to Linux and open-source software.
Top 3 storage advancements of the last decade
It may be to remember, but 10 years ago our storage options were much less convenient - and way more expensive. Here's my top 3 picks for the most consequential storage of the last decade.
The enterprise tech trends that shaped 2019
ZDNet's global team of editors take a look back at the enterprise technology trends that defined 2019.
MacTel secures AU$20 million cybersecurity contract with ATO
The initial three-year contract will help secure the connection between the ATO's IT environments and the internet.
Google Cloud security: Check the new partnerships
McAfee, Palo Alto Networks, and Qualys are on the roster, as well as many other companies.
Xero (2014) review: Cloud-based accounting service for SMEs continues to improve
This cloud-based small-business accounting service provides a well-planned set of tools for staying on top of your finances and streamlining the processes involved.
Azure RemoteApp beta preview: Cloud-hosted desktop apps for multiple platforms
Microsoft is developing a set of cloud-based tools for managing and deploying session virtualisation servers, allowing you to publish and share apps on Windows, iOS, Android, OS X and (soon) Windows Phone devices. We take the beta for a test drive.
Xero Touch for Android, First Take: Much-improved native mobile Xero client
A quicker and slicker new app for the online Xero accounting service adds automatic reconciliation of bank accounts, allowing Android users to stay on top of their finances.
Office 2013: a pleasant surprise
After a week of using Office 2013 we're pleasantly surprised. The changes Microsoft has made to support Windows 8 — and specifically Windows 8 tablets — are logical, and they work well with more traditional ways of using Office.
Windows Intune 3.0: Preview
Version 3.0 of Microsoft's cloud-hosted management platform is now available, adding support for mobile devices — including iPhones, iPads and Android.
Xero
Xero is an affordable online accounting service that delivers key bookkeeping functionality for small businesses in an admirably straightforward way.
Actinic Online
A big step up from Actinic Express, which it replaces, Actinic Online delivers everything an SME requires to build and run an online store via the cloud. It's not perfect, but it is affordable and worth evaluating if you need to start selling online.
Cortado ThinPrint Printer Dashboard
Cortado's ThinPrint Printer Dashboard is a potentially useful cloud application for monitoring the printers on your network. We had a few issues in this review, which hopefully will be addressed in a forthcoming update.
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