Cloud Consultancy News
Microsoft touts strong cloud growth as profits hit $5.2bn
Microsoft has posted profits of $5.2bn for its 2017 fiscal second quarter, taken from revenues of just over $24bn. Both figures marked incremental improvements on the same period last year of $5bn and $23bn respectively, although some units saw much stronger growth,...
Avaya files for bankruptcy owing channel millions
Telecoms vendor Avaya has filed for bankruptcy, owing the channel millions, but promises the process will mean it comes back "stronger than ever". As it does so, there will no doubt be a number of anxious creditors across the industry - not least key distribution...
Office 365 Introducing Outlook Customer Manager
Microsoft is rolling out a new tool for business owners using Office 365 and Outlook called Outlook Customer Manager, a lightweight Customer Relationship Manager (CRM) tool for companies that need to track their customer interactions and history, but aren’t yet ready...
iOS version of Microsoft Outlook update
Microsoft have released a major update to the iOS version of ‘Outlook’. New features include the ability to now create and edit recurring events and support for ‘Passbook’ the iOS wallet app. ‘Passbook’ can also be used to store coupons, event tickets, store cards and...
Services outstrip infrastructure in blossoming cloud market
Cloud services sales zoomed past infrastructure market revenues for the first time in 2016, according to analyst Synergy Research's latest data. Total revenues spanning six major cloud services and infrastructure markets reached $148bn for the trailing four quarters...
Apple iPhone: Ten years since the launch of the definitive smartphone
It is ten years today since Apple co-founder Steve Jobs launched the first iPhone - the device that defined the smartphone and heralded the end of BlackBerry's and Nokia's complacent dominance of the sector. In the presentation on 9 January 2007 Jobs teased those...
Apple Airpods in-store Monday 19th December
Apple has confirmed that its AirPods - wireless earbuds - will start shipping to UK customers on Monday. Until today the wireless earbuds were listed on Apple's online shop as "coming soon", but the company has now revealed that they will be available from 19 December...
Microsoft PSTN Update – France Calling
Microsoft have now enabled PSTN calling for France with Skype For Business Cloud PBX. Microsoft PSTN Calling gives users real PSTN phone numbers from Microsoft directly in the Office 365 Cloud without the need for local infrastructure.
Your microphones can spy on you
Cautious users put a piece of tape over their webcam. Truly paranoid ones worry about their devices’ microphones — some even crack open their computers and phones to disable or remove those audio components so they can’t be hijacked by hackers. Now one group of...
Three Mobile cyber hack: six million customers’ private information at risk after employee login used to access database
One of Britain's biggest mobile phone companies has admitted to a major cyber-security breach which could put the personal data of millions of customers at risk. Three Mobile admitted that hackers have successfully accessed its customer upgrade database after using an...