Be What's next with cloud computing
In this edition of Be what's next, Microsoft Australia presents some of the legal and policy challenges that must be considered as we move towards cloud computing and services, as well as updates on our community and social enterprise programs in Australia.
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Record software donations
Microsoft Australia reached new heights with the Software Donation Program last financial year donating more than $40 million dollars’ worth of software to an increasing number of community organisations. This amazing outcome is a 20 percent increase on last year’s already impressive figure.
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Today is Safer Internet Day around the world, an initiative that has focused attention on the possibilities of the internet as well as it’s dangers over the past years. This year the theme of the day is around the connection that the internet can make across generations as both young and old can use technology to work, interact and learn online. We’ve recorded this short video to share some simple tips on how you can be safer.
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MICROSOFT PRODUCT NEWS:
The ability to store vast amounts of data in an always available place, accessible via an internect connection, is one of the truly remarkable benefits of cloud based computing services.
Microsoft has just released a SkyDrive app for Windows Phone and the iPhone.
Over the next two days in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Microsoft is sponsoring the Accelerating Asia Pacific 2011 conference. With over 150 delegates from across Asia and the Pacific, the conference is looking at how innovation in information technologies, occurring across Asia and the Pacific, is driving not only economic growth but also societal opportunity. In a region populated by billions of people, the prospects for the creation of new ideas, the opportunities for commercial ventures and the resolution of what have been to date intractable social problems is immense and very real.
On the evening of the 5th of December in Sydney, despite unseasonably cold weather and tropical downpours, the NSW Chapter of the Institute for Metadata Management (IMM) was launched.
The Institute of Metadata Management (IMM) is a community of practice around the creation, management, use, promotion, capability development, innovation and articulation of information about information for better governance.
Microsoft will host its inaugural The Big Picture Experience Event at the Melbourne and Sydney Convention Centre’s at which all technology enthusiasts, from large to small businesses, can explore what is possible with technology today. This large-scale event allows partners and customers to experience first-hand six powerful scenarios in the business and the home.
The Microsoft 2011 Citizenship Report shares some of the important work we’re doing in our communities, and our efforts to manage a responsible business. It explains our Citizenship actions in fiscal year 2011 and together with our annual financial report gives a complete picture of our work and highlights our focus for the year ahead.
Last Friday, September 30, the Committee for Economic Development (CEDA) hosted a luncheon on the topic of Reinventing the State of NSW. The event examined the State's diverse sources of revenue. Key topics covered business confidence, rebuilding the Sydney brand, attracting business investment to the state, maximising port infrastructure to improve export and import capacity, international and national tourism. Greg Stone, Microsoft Australia’s Chief Technology Officer highlighted the importance of knowledge capital in terms of productivity.
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As member of the Government's Consultative Working Group on Cyber Safety, Microsoft is pleased to highlight ‘Tagged’, a short film for teenagers that explores themes of cyberbullying, sexting and digital reputation developed by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) Cybersmart program.
At a time when the National Broadband Network begins its roll out across Australia, it is important to focus on the need to ensure not just access, but active participation in all communities if the real benefits are to be realised. For a decade now Microsoft has supported “Digital Inclusion” projects, but this notion of what Digital Inclusion means has evolved over the years. Digital inclusion does not simply mean ‘connecting everyone to the internet,’ it is about improving the quality of life and life opportunities of socially excluded people.
Today, computer users – ranging from individual consumers, to small and medium-sized businesses, to the largest enterprises – are excited about the opportunities presented by cloud computing. And for good reason. Innovations in cloud technologies represent a seismic shift in the IT industry and are poised to transform our relationship with computers, just as we transitioned from mainframes to desktop PCs in the 1980s. As consumers, we’ve been accustomed for many years already to using cloud computing on a daily basis, whether through internet banking, web-based e-mail such as Hotmail, or the use of social media networks.