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Microsoft rolls Australian and New Zealand businesses into one region
Microsoft rolls Australian and New Zealand businesses into one region
The move is expected to see more trans-Tasman cooperation between the respective countries’ partner business teams.
Steven Worrall (Microsoft Australia) Credit: Microsoft
Microsoft is pulling together its Australian and New Zealand businesses into a single, combined A/NZ region, a move that is expected to see more trans-Tasman cooperation between the respective countries’ partner business teams.
Until now, Microsoft New Zealand has been part of Microsoft’s broader Asia Pacific business, reporting to Singapore. As noted by sister publication
, for the past four years, the company s Australian business has been what is called internally a D7 one of seven countries around the world that had everything in-country and no shared services.
Microsoft NZ drops out of Asia-Pac to join Australia in new A/NZ region
Changes made to reflect similar cultures and economies and to support new NZ cloud region.
Vanessa Sorenson (Microsoft NZ) Credit: Supplied
Microsoft has created a new A/NZ region to accelerate growth and offer more opportunities to customers and partners.
For the past four years, Australia has been what is called internally a D7 , one of seven countries around the world that had everything in-country and no shared services.
New Zealand, meanwhile, stood within the Asia Pacific region reporting into Singapore, alongside the Philippines, South Korea and Indonesia.
Victorian jab rollout at breaking point amid tech crunch
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Victoria’s vaccination rollout has been overwhelmed by people seeking protection against the latest COVID-19 outbreak, with the state government unable to deploy a high-tech management system it bought three months ago to support mass inoculation.
The short-notice expansion of the vaccination schedule to include anyone in their 40s pushed the state’s capacity to take new bookings beyond breaking point.
A dedicated 1-800 vaccination hotline struggled to cope with demand and Victoria’s senior public servants issued an SOS for more staff to man the phones
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Microsoft s director of start-ups for the Asia-Pacific Emily Rich said she was entitled to expect better after Christian Porter was not removed from Scott Morrison s cabinet
Microsoft has distanced itself from critical comments made by one of its top Australian executives about the appointment of Christian Porter as technology minister.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison demoted Mr Porter from attorney-general to the industry, science and technology portfolio after he was accused of raping a 16-year-old member of his debating team 33 years ago when he was 17 - an allegation he strongly denies.
Microsoft s director of start-ups for the Asia-Pacific, Emily Rich, said on Tuesday she was entitled to expect better .