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Azure Answered - Azure Discover | Azure Optimise: A year in review
|I’m very proud to say we’ve had a strong first FY – and it’s not over yet! While we’ve been running as a focussed Azure business since the start of last year, we launched formally in February of this year in line with both Microsoft Ignite ...
Azure Answered - 3 Azure tips to help you to reduce costs, increase performance and reduce risk
|Being Australia’s #1 managed cloud business and having an 18-year relationship with Microsoft means having a Gold Cloud Platform status and an escalated support contract. We’ve learnt and delivered some on-ground valuable lessons, thanks to the m...
Azure Answered – Macquarie Cloud Services Fortnightly Blog Series
|Welcome to the first edition of our Azure Answered blog series. With the recent launch of our Azure business & key strategic agreement with Microsoft, we’ve been helping organisations navigate any Azure related queries. On a fortnightly basis, our ...
Macquarie Cloud Services Partner Program – together we’re better.
|Now more than ever, businesses must adapt to a rapidly changing world. With digital transformation now being pushed to the forefront, there’s a need for vendors with compelling offerings to partner with on the journey. Here at Macquarie Cloud Servi...
Working from Home – is here to stay so how do we get it working for you?
|For many of you this is the beginning of week 343 of working from home (or at least it feels like it), or as many of the social memes will have us believe the 50th March 2020! Due to the unprecedented spead of COVID-19 it very much is the new norm, c...
How cloud computing’s helping educational institutions cope in a COVID-19 world
|It’s changed daily life in ways never seen before, and the COVID-19 crisis is still gaining pace. Businesses, governments and individuals are trying to figure what should be done, when, and how. The virus is also having a major impact on our educat...
Introducing the Macquarie Cloud Services Azure practice
|Today we’re proud to announce the official launch of the Macquarie Cloud Services Azure practice following a strategic agreement with Microsoft. The new Azure practice will complement our existing cloud, hosting, data centre and telco businesses. T...
VMware by Broadcom Certifications and you. A plain language guide to who can do what.
|Ever met a cloud provider that didn’t claim to be secure and agile? Neither have we. Cloud is used to mean very different things by different organisations. While it can make new things possible, it can also be a double-edged sword, with new challe...
Not all hybrid clouds are created equal
|Independent certifications can make comparing complex cloud providers easier than you thought. The challenges hybrid cloud models are designed to address are well understood. Not all workloads and applications are suitable for cloud environments. Som...
Secure Cloud Services. New perspectives from the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC).
|New mandatory data breach reporting legislation introduced in 2018 provides a powerful new insight into the types of threat you face in today’s cloud environment. While comparing cloud service providers can be challenging due to the sheer complexit...