First look: Windows 365 – Microsoft’s PC in the cloud is user-friendly but pricey

I’ll say it right upfront, Windows 365 is exactly what I’ve been seeking, for a long time.

Umbrellar, recognised leader in Server Migrations to Azure awarded coveted Microsoft accreditation

Umbrellar, New Zealand's leading Microsoft Cloud Solutions Provider to business, government, healthcare and CSP resellers, announced today that it has earned the coveted Microsoft Windows Server and SQL Server Migration to Microsoft Azure advanced specialisation.

Ransomware in the Cloud: What Businesses Need to Know

For any organisation using cloud-based collaboration tools like Microsoft 365 OneDrive for Business or Google Workspace, the impact of a ransomware attack can be swift and destructive.

Why a purpose-built, private cloud is a good fit for data protection

Data protection has evolved greatly over the days of on-prem tape backup. It wasn’t long ago that organisations sent their backup tapes offsite for storage in case of a disaster. And for large organisations, synchronous or asynchronous replication between data centres allowed for failover from the primary site to a secondary site in case of disaster.

What is Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS)?

Business downtime can be costly. For small and medium sized businesses outsourcing disaster recovery is far less expensive than managing it in-house, DRaaS may be the solution they need to reduce business risk following an outage.

Spark subsidiary taps Amazon Connect to help deliver contact centres in the cloud

Digital Island will draw on the scalability and attractive cost structure of Amazon Connect as it helps customers set up "omnichannel" cloud-based contact centres.

7 Azure Cloud benefits for SMEs

There are well established rationales for moving to the Cloud, the benefits of which vary based on organisation size or objectives.

When remote working is in your DNA

Some businesses struggled through the many challenges wrought by Covid-19 – and who can blame them? Here, Megaport Vice President APAC Josh Munro explains how the Australian headquartered tech company found they’d been built for a crisis like this all along – and were ready to service their clients better and faster, as a result.

Quantum computing is coming for business – what you need to know

It’s the technology governed by weird physics but tipped to change computing forever. But how far away are we from being able to actually use quantum computers for regular business uses?

Cloud-based public agencies had an edge in the Covid response – AWS

Whether it is making wage subsidies available for furloughed restaurant staff or expanding hospital call centre support, time is of the essence when it comes to meeting the myriad challenges the coronavirus pandemic has created.

What’s behind the cloud giants’ local infrastructure push?

Investments by Amazon and Microsoft point to a market with strong growth potential in the digital space, pandemic resilience and faith in our local networking infrastructure.

The virtual scout hall powered by Salesforce

Adopting Salesforce during the pandemic, SCOUTS New Zealand was able to take scout meetings virtual for thousands of young people and volunteers and lay the groundwork for a data-driven approach to scouting.

Built-in playfulness: What technologists can learn from game design

Xbox’s head of research and design is pushing for a new design philosophy that moves beyond the endless scroll and creates a sense of anticipation and fun.

The hype and the hope surrounding a powerful new artificial intelligence tool

The latest version of OpenAI’s text processing engine signifies a leap forward in computers’ ability to generate coherent language, but comes with a serious risk of bias.

Umbrellar expands its service offerings and business with the power of composable infrastructure

Leading CSP becomes the first to offer Microsoft Azure Stack Hub services hosted in New Zealand.

Pandemic has sharpened focus on data recovery – Veeam

As organisations across Australia adapt to the 'new normal' of living with Covid-19, Veeam has been helping customers make sure their data is secure, accessible and easily recoverable if disaster strikes.

Boost innovation, connect globally: What Microsoft has planned for NZ’s Azure cloud data region, from its local lead

This week, Dave Howden is joined by Patrick Quesnel, Microsoft Azure BG Lead, for a discussion around the new Microsoft Azure region as announced earlier this week.

Three tech leaders on riding out the pandemic

Three New Zealand tech industry leaders share how they’ve fared during the pandemic, the realities of working from home and ideas for how the sector can bounce back.

Engaging and empowering staff in a new work world

The question top of mind for many business leaders: how can they keep their remote employees engaged and invested? After all, as the pandemic pushes us towards new ways of working, the steps business take now could impact how they fare into the future.

Partners make more possible

Hear from some of Umbrellar's partner companies on the critical role of the Microsoft cloud and how a collaborative approach enables them to drive real results for their outcomes.

Creative Technologist’s interactive map shows pandemic’s clusters across New Zealand

The app aims to make Covid-19 updates more easily accessible for New Zealanders.

Vodafone, Microsoft, Umbrellar: Digital Changemakers Event

Watch the video and get a taste of everything that was shared during the Digital Changemakers event in partnership with Vodafone New Zealand, Microsoft and TEDxAuckland back in December.

A Vodafone NZ – Microsoft – Umbrellar partnership

Watch how Vodafone NZ, Microsoft and Umbrellar partnership is enabling digital transformation for New Zealand business.

Infusing into the business process

We enjoyed talking to Blair so much that we just had to have him back!

NZ Spinal Trust and the hope factor

New Zealand Spinal Trust work to empower people with spinal cord impairments and their whānau to embrace positive futures.

LIC chooses Umbrellar, ETP & Microsoft Azure to future-proof technology platform

With 183 servers, and more than 120 terabytes of data from three different data centres, supporting 20 applications, including essential legacy software described as the crown jewels of the New Zealand dairy industry, Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC) needed state of the art providers to host and manage its IT systems.

Umbrellar wins Partner of the Year award!

Umbrellar recognized as 2019 Microsoft Country Partner of the Year for New Zealand.

Umbrellar becomes a Microsoft Gold Partner

Umbrellar is proud to have achieved the status of a Microsoft Gold Partner for Cloud Platform.

Realtech – Empower your enterprise

Delve into the Cloud, done right

Join Umbrellar's very own Dave Howden and Sunny Lakhiyan as they discuss our Azure Managed Services practice. Delving into becoming a modern service provider, intelligence, optimisation, and seasonal workloads. An invaluable conversation for all considering Cloud adoption.