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Umbrellar Powered by Pax8 help a lot of customers with Azure migrations and management so they can get the most out of their subscriptions. One way you can save dollars on Windows Server is to take advantage of Azure Hybrid Benefit. Read on to find out what it is and how much you can potentially save.
Umbrellar Powered by Pax8 help a lot of customers with Azure migrations and management so they can get the most out of their subscriptions. One way you can save dollars on Windows Server is to take advantage of Azure Hybrid Benefit. Read on to find out what it is and how much you can potentially save.
Umbrellar delivers a 'Microsoft lens' to propel Pax8's global growth plans, while giving MSPs access to a robust marketplace to help build their business.
If the whole DAP/GDAP transition has you scratching your head, don’t worry. We go through what it all means, what you need to do and why this is actually a very good change of policy from Microsoft.
Umbrellar's Rob Farnell (Head of Cloud Technology) and Adrian Venter (Head of Cloud Operations ... aka Supreme Overlord 😎) talk tech with Head of Business Operations Nadia Phillips.
Datto shines the spotlight on data safety for Managed Service Providers (MSPs) in this piece outlining the importance on dependable backups and a purpose-built cloud.
2degrees is once again Fighting for Fair for Kiwi Business, this time working with Microsoft and Umbrellar to deliver a streamlined ride to the cloud, with the launch of its new Cloud Navigator service.
Enghouse Interactive, Microsoft and Umbrellar have partnered to harness the power of Azure, establishing an Australian and New Zealand node to make shifting your customer service operations to the cloud easier.
Building a cloud practice with Microsoft Azure presents many possibilities for innovation, flexibility, and enhancements for workloads and processes. But managing cloud environments can be challenging. If you're a Managed Service Provider, you'll want to read this.
I’ll say it right upfront, Windows 365 is exactly what I’ve been seeking, for a long time.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
There are well established rationales for moving to the Cloud, the benefits of which vary based on organisation size or objectives.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
Leading CSP becomes the first to offer Microsoft Azure Stack Hub services hosted in New Zealand.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
The app aims to make Covid-19 updates more easily accessible for New Zealanders.
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.