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• Brugeaud’s app to back blocking of bad booty at the border

  ​The Australian Border Force has launched an app to make the inspection of air cargo more efficient.

• Blackmores plans major ERP cloud shift

  ​Vitamin and supplement maker Blackmores is planning to move its 15-year-old ERP to the cloud.

• 10 must-watch IaaS cloud trends for 2017

  Adoption of public cloud resources is growing faster than the virtualization market did in the early 2000s, driven by a series of use cases ideally suited for on-demand, elastic infrastructure. 2017 will be a year of continued enterprise adoption, driven by 10 these trends.

• Why Azure’s cloud chief believes Microsoft is in prime position

  Most analysts say Amazon Web Services is the top IaaS public cloud. Most also agree that Microsoft Azure is right behind. Network World sat down with the head of Azure to discuss how the company is competing in this fast-growing market.

• Samsung's Artik Cloud to challenge Microsoft's Azure in IoT

  Microsoft's Azure has a rival in Samsung's new Artik Cloud service.

• Microsoft, Raspberry Pi want you to launch Pi 3-based IoT, smart-home businesses

  Microsoft and Raspberry Pi want people to build businesses and start Kickstarter campaigns around cool devices making use of the new Raspberry Pi 3 computer.

• Microsoft and HP reveal more details about Cloud partnership

  Hewlett Packard Enterprise has outlined new details about its hybrid cloud partnership with Microsoft, saying it will provide a new hardware product that integrates with the Azure Cloud platform and build its software to take advantage of Microsoft's offerings.

• Microsoft touts new, holistic approach to enterprise security

  Microsoft combines the attack protection, detection and response features built into Windows 10, Office 365, Azure and the Microsoft Enterprise Mobility Suite to help enterprises improve their operational security posture.

• What it’s like to be CIO for a not-for-profit

  Richard Parry of Stand Children’s Services Tu Maia Whanau taps disruptive technology to reduce IT ‘cost centres’

• Optus and Microsoft partner on cloud

  Optus Business will be the first Australian network service provider to partner with Microsoft in its Cloud OS Network.

• Microsoft unveils Azure Australia cloud services

  Microsoft has announced that its Azure cloud services are now available from two data centres in Australia.

• Cisco, Microsoft chasing clouds

  Cisco has expanded its data center arrangement with Microsoft with a multiyear sales and go-to-market effort for integrated products. The deal builds upon one agreed to 15 months ago, when the two companies combined cloud offerings under their respective Cisco Unified Data Center and Microsoft Fast Track 3.0 architectures.

• Coca-Cola Amatil looks to apps for insights

  Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) is developing an application that allows its sales reps to take photos of fridges in a store using a tablet and give in-store staff feedback on product layout to help increase drink sales.

• Microsoft boosts Japan Azure offering, adds data centers in two regions

  Microsoft will boost its Azure cloud offering in Japan, adding two domestic data centers to speed response times and improve reliability in the face of natural disasters.

• Microsoft announces local region for Azure cloud

  Microsoft is in the process of rolling out a new Australian region for its Windows Azure family of cloud services.