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The technological evolution of IT industry leaders: Part two

Companies leading the technological evolution have gone through changes. This second part of this e-guide explores the technological evolution of SAP, Microsoft and some business analytics vendors throughout the past two decades.

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    Just as Australia was reeling from the aftermath of the devastating bush fires in early 2020 that took down telco networks, it faced yet another challenge when the Covid-19 pandemic struck a few months later. Against all odds, the Australian people and businesses proved their mettle, becoming one of the first countries in the world to emerge from the pandemic. Companies pivoted quickly and adopted new business models while supercharging digitisation initiatives at an unprecedented pace. Here are Computer Weekly's top 10 Australia IT stories of 2020:

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