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• Digital Transformation Agency to store classified data in Microsoft’s cloud

  Staff at Canberra’s Digital Transformation Agency soon will no longer need to double up on email accounts, logins, passwords and calendars.

• Fire & Rescue NSW unveils new mobililty strategy

  Fire & Rescue NSW (FRNSW) sees a future where its 7,500 staff can access technology services anywhere from any unmanaged, web-connected device, as the organisation re-engineers its back-end systems to support a mobility strategy.

• QLD government to roll out Office 365

  The Queensland government is rolling out Microsoft Office 365 to 149,000 government staff across its agencies in a deal that is expected to reduce its IT costs by $13.7 million over the next three years.

• Microsoft rolls out Office 365 family plan

  Microsoft is rolling out a family plan for its Office 365 service that supports up to five machines under a single subscription, which the company says is enough to cover a typical household.

• Office 365 email conks out twice within a week

  Microsoft's Office 365 service has suffered two email outages within a week of each other that affected some customers in North and South America that stemmed from different causes but ended in the same result: failed email delivery.

• AT&T rolls out cloud-based Microsoft Office

  Seeking to beef up its products and services for small and midsize businesses, AT&T Monday announced that it will offer Microsoft Office 365 as a cloud-based service.

• Microsoft Office 365 vs. Google Apps for Business

  The battle between <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/subnets/microsoft/">Microsoft</a> and Google for office cloud dominance reminds me of the clash of the Titans. Microsoft and its classic on-premises business model is like Gaia, the earth goddess, and Google with its disruptive lightening bolt, is like Zeus, a sky god and a next generation kind of god.

• Curtin Uni moves to Microsoft Cloud

  Curtin University has moved its email and collaboration apps to Microsoft’s Cloud, with students now having anywhere anytime access to university files thanks to the rollout.

• Channel partners crucial to creating trust in local Cloud market: Microsoft Australia

  Maintaining relationships with channel partners as well as offering hybrid Cloud options are two strategies Microsoft is using to try and dominate the local Cloud market.

• Office 365: Microsoft's Google gamble in the Cloud

  In a challenge to Google Apps’ recent domination in the enterprise, Microsoft is banking on the devily-you-know attitude of many IT departments in launching its Microsoft Office 365 Cloud suite.

• First look: Microsoft Office 365

  Microsoft might not be the first name you think of when considering enterprise cloud offerings. But then again, the company does handle 10 billion Hotmail and Windows Live messages a day and has a 15-year history of deploying and managing massive data centers.

• First look: Office 365 beta shows promise but lacks polish

  Office 365: A revamped offering that combines the features of BPOS with Office 2010. From what we've seen of the Office 365 beta, it still has a long way to go before it can be considered a true turnkey solution for business.

• Microsoft: We're more enterprise-ready than Google Apps

  Microsoft is bolstering its cloud presence with its Office 365 cloud application suite and believes it has more to offer enterprises than Google has with its own online applications, a Microsoft executive said on Thursday.