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• Channel drives record APJ growth for Veeam

  Veeam Software has delivered record growth across Asia Pacific and Japan, driven by an expanding channel base across the region.

• Private equity clock ticks for MYOB - and its CEO

  "I'm not going anywhere," said MYOB chief executive Tim Reed when asked if he was leaving the ASX-listed company by Reseller News.

• Friday Solutions brings Oracle Cloud to NZ polo series

  Friday Solutions has rolled out Oracle Cloud for Urban Polo, a series of polo events taking place in Christchurch, Auckland and Singapore.

• Software pirates use Apple tech to put hacked apps on iPhones

  Software pirates have hijacked technology designed by Apple to distribute hacked versions of Spotify, Angry Birds, Pokemon Go and Minecraft.

• Growth in software and security boosts Cisco financials

  Cisco has reported second-quarter revenue and profit above Wall Street estimates, benefiting from strong growth in its newer businesses.

• GitHub's new features aim for business and open-source users

  GitHub, the popular code repository service, has to serve two masters. It's well-known for hosting popular open-source projects, but it's also working to acquire more large and small business users to privately store and manage their proprietary code.

• Meg Whitman tells IT leaders everything they need to know about HP Enterprise

  In a recent interview, HP Enterprise CEO Meg Whitman discusses her firm's RD strategy and how it differentiates itself from other IT vendors in areas including cloud computing and hyper-converged infrastructure, among others. She also talks about HP's image problem.

• 5 things to expect from Microsoft's big developer conference

  Microsoft executives will take the stage at Moscone West in San Francisco on Wednesday for the first of two keynote addresses to the company's big Build developer conference. Here are five key things to expect from the next two days of Microsoft announcements.

• Microsoft shortchanges Office for Mac customers on support

  Although Microsoft crafted Office 2016 for Mac to be much more like its Windows sibling, one thing hasn't changed: Mac Office 2016 users continue to get the short end of the support stick.

• 10 things Windows 10 does better than Windows 8 (+8 photos)

  Did the PC market collapse because Windows 8 sucked, or did Windows 8 suck because Microsoft overcompensated for the PC market's collapse? It's a bit of a chicken-or-the-egg scenario, but one thing's certain: Windows 8 sucked.

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