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• SAP on Azure vies with Salesforce on AWS to break data out of silos

  Six of the biggest companies in IT are setting out to eliminate the silos in which enterprises store customer data. The bad news?

• Volkswagen aligns with Microsoft Azure in cloud push

  German automaker Volkswagen AG will use Microsoft Azure to provide all future digital services and mobility offerings across its entire fleet.

• CIO roundtable: Future of work and the digital transformation story

  C-level tech leaders discussed how they are creating a digitally-transformed work environment for the modern worker that increases productivity and collaboration. The luncheon was sponsored by Citrix and Microsoft.

• Gender pay gap transparency: How would Australia's tech titans fare?

  If the proposal goes ahead it will lay bare those companies that have the highest gender pay gaps and fewest women in leadership positions.

• IBM claims new tool can ‘explain AI’ and detect bias

  ​IBM has launched a software service that it claims can explain how AI makes decisions “as the decisions are being made”.

• Microsoft Managed Desktop: All your Windows 10 devices, managed by Microsoft

  Microsoft is betting organisations have better things to do than endpoint management. Early customers like the Seattle Reign show what to expect.

• Microsoft introduces HoloLens to businesses via Dynamics 365

  ​Microsoft has announced new AI and mixed-reality applications for its Dynamics 365 online business software.

• Microsoft plans to sell post-2020 support for Windows 7

  ​Microsoft has accepted that enterprises won't purge Windows 7 by January 2020, and will sell extended support for three years past that deadline.

• DTA first agency to adopt Microsoft protected cloud services

  The Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) has become the first Federal Government agency to adopt the certified Microsoft Office 365.

• Microsoft claims Russian hackers targeted U.S. Senate

  Microsoft said that hackers linked to Russia's government sought to launch cyber attacks on U.S. political groups.

• Two ways Google is taking enterprise IoT fight to Amazon and Microsoft

  Google has unveiled a chip and edge software that could transform the enterprise IoT landscape while challenging competitors Amazon and Microsoft.

• IT admins warn Microsoft to slow Windows 10 upgrade pace

  More than three-quarters of the admins want Microsoft to release feature upgrades just once a year – or even once every other year.

• StartupAUS reveals five most in demand tech jobs

  Coders, data scientists, project managers, user experience (UX) designers and business development managers are the five most in demand jobs in the world right now.

• Human Rights Commission: We're both the beneficiaries of tech and the “ones facing the guillotine”

  ​Today’s technology can bring us to tears. Speaking yesterday at an Australian Human Rights Commission’s technology conference in Sydney, Emma Bennison of Blind Citizens Australia recounted her experience of using an app called Aira for the first time.

• NSW Govt forges new deals with telcos, Microsoft and Salesforce

  Microsoft and Salesforce along with a range of telecommunication providers have notched up new agreements with NSW Government.