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Microsoft Copilot Lands on Samsung 2025 TVs with Animated Avatar, Voice AI, and Visual Cards
Microsoft and Samsung have officially launched Copilot on select 2025 Samsung TVs and Smart Monitors, bringing a voice-powered AI companion with an animated, lip-synced avatar directly to the biggest...
VCF 9.0 Ships with Free Private AI Services, Broadcom Claims It Beats Public Cloud
Broadcom is staking a dramatic claim: enterprise AI belongs on-premises, and it just made the move a lot cheaper. At VMware Explore 2025 in Las Vegas, the company announced that VMware Private AI...
When Automation Bites: The KB5044284 Windows Server 2025 Upgrade Debacle and What It Means
Microsoft’s ambitious plan to automate Windows Server 2025 upgrades with AI and hotpatching hit a major snag when a misclassified update triggered unexpected in‑place upgrades across hundreds of...
Atturra’s Full Microsoft Partner Designations Fuel Private Cloud Ambitions — But ‘First’ Label Questioned
Atturra, an Australian IT services provider, has secured the full suite of Microsoft Solutions Partner designations and expanded its sovereign private cloud capacity in NEXTDC data centers. But one...
Atturra’s Claimed Microsoft Private Cloud First: What Australian Buyers Need to Verify
Atturra, the ASX-listed IT services provider, has locked in a rare milestone: all six Microsoft Solution Designations—Business Applications, Data & AI (Azure), Digital & App Innovation...
Windows Server 2016 Support Ends January 2027: Your Migration and ESU Survival Guide
Microsoft will stop delivering security updates for Windows Server 2016 on January 12, 2027, a hard deadline that puts organizations at immediate risk of zero-day attacks, ransomware, and regulatory...
Atturra’s Microsoft Credentials Grow: Six Solution Partner Badges and a Private Cloud Claim to Prove
Atturra has locked in all six Microsoft Solutions Partner designations, but its reported status as Australia’s first Private Cloud Solution Partner remains a single-source claim awaiting official...
Microsoft Releases Agentless VMware-to-Hyper-V Migration Tool in Windows Admin Center Preview
Microsoft has shipped a public preview of a native VM Conversion extension for Windows Admin Center, taking aim at one of the most stubborn challenges in datacenter operations: moving virtual...
Screenvision Executes 12-Week Multi-Cloud Shift to Azure and OCI, Powering Cinema Ad Modernization
Screenvision Media, one of the largest cinema advertising networks in the United States, has completed a high-speed migration of its core business systems to a dual-cloud architecture spanning...
Westcon-Comstor, Microsoft Launch Summit to Convert African Partners into AI and Cloud Solution Builders
An exclusive invite-only partner summit launching August 28 in Johannesburg aims to systematically retool African channel companies for the Microsoft cloud era. Westcon-Comstor, Microsoft’s primary...
IBM's watsonx Gambit: Can Governed AI and a 2029 Quantum Roadmap Outflank the Cloud Giants?
IBM isn't chasing the AI hype cycle—it's building a fortress in the enterprise. The company's watsonx portfolio, unveiled as the "future of AI for business," bundles model development, data...
Azure Local Emerges as Microsoft’s Answer to VMware Exodus and Edge Computing Needs
Microsoft officially rebranded Azure Stack HCI to Azure Local on November 19, 2024, but this is far more than a name change. Azure Local is a direct response to two converging market realities: a...