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Cyber insurance premiums soar 80% as claims surge
|Cyber insurance premiums have soared in the past year as claims surged in response to a rise in damaging attacks by hackers. The cost of taking out cyber cover had doubled on average every year for the past three years, said global insurance broker ...
Why cloud migration is no longer just an option
|As businesses continue to grow, so does the importance of establishing a cloud presence. No longer is cloud migration a mere ‘option’; it’s become a near-certainty that your organisation will consider cloud hosting at...
My Career Journey: From Motorcycles to Microsoft and now Macquarie Cloud Services
|Where it all began. I‘m not someone who knew what they wanted to do from day dot. I started working from a very early age and knew I had a good work ethic, but I struggled to see where I wanted to go once I left...
A net promoter score to be proud of
|Recently, it can feel like everyone is talking about the importance of customer experience and net promoter score. But whilst for some it’s a buzz phrase that is trending and topical in 2022, for us it’s part of our DNA. Stemming back to our purp...
Key Take Aways from Microsoft Inspire 2022
|Microsoft shared their vision and roadmap with their partners at Inspire 2022 conference. As an Azure Expert MSP partner, the Macquarie Cloud Services team followed announcements keenly and each team member provided their unique perspective, shaped...
Optimise your cyber security posture with active cyber defence
|Attacking the attackers with active cyber deception. Cyber-criminals are getting more sophisticated and savvy by the day. Businesses suffered 50% more cyberattack attempts per week in 2021 than in the previous year, and a recent study reveals that cy...
Advances in Managed Azure Virtual Desktop
|Three great new features for Managed Azure Virtual Desktop. 1. RDP Shortpath for public networks in Preview Our initial test results for AVD Shortpath for public networks indicates speed does not have to come at t...
What does a Product Manager do?
|As part of our commitment to #BreakTheBias we spent some time getting to know the career journeys of some of our cloud colleagues. So here’s what we discovered when we joined forces with our excellent product team. Meet Pauline, a Product Lead at M...
6 things that may be holding you back from Azure optimisation (and 1 quick way to get there).
|Cloud adoption is off and racing. We’ve seen a 20% year on year increase in public cloud expenditure in Australia1, and 77% of businesses now say they have at least one application, or a portion of their enterpr...
A letter to my younger self - Break The Bias
|Dear Kayal of 2015, If you knew then what I know now, IT would have been the degree we chose from day one. The perception that the industry is male-dominated still rings true, but you would not have given this fact so much weight when making decision...