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Partners Group acquires Civica for not to be sneezed at £1 million

Wed, 26th Jul 2017
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Private equity giant Partners Group snaps up Civica for a hefty £1 billion, bolstering public sector services globally.
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Cisco reveals alarming findings from Midyear Cybersecurity Report

Wed, 26th Jul 2017
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The Cisco Midyear Cybersecurity Report warns of rapidly evolving threats and potential 'destruction of service' (DeOS) attacks.
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eCommerce tech to foster biggest turnout ever for Asia's largest retail show

Wed, 26th Jul 2017
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commerce systems
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open source
More than 7,500 participants and over 200 exhibitors are expected to converge at RetailEX ASEAN event, Asia's largest and fastest growing retail show.
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Check Point's second quarter financials exceed highest end of projections

Wed, 26th Jul 2017
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software
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financial results
Gil Shrewd says the company is rapt with the second quarter results, reporting the revenue growth to be healthy.
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Surging demand among businesses for more interactive enterprise messaging

Tue, 25th Jul 2017
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uc
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agentic ai
Ovum's survey explored the rapidly-evolving business-to-consumer communications market with some interesting findings.
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Digital Shadows discovers credit card crime ring cashing in on $24b a year

Tue, 25th Jul 2017
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risk & compliance
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cybersecurity
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credit card fraud
A professional ecosystem has emerged that is providing e-learning courses to allow aspiring cybercriminals to make USD$12k in monthly earnings.
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SSA market to explode over next 12 months – Gartner ranks top vendors

Tue, 25th Jul 2017
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storage
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network infrastructure
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converged infrastructure
Solid-state arrays (SSAs) are set to improve in performance by a factor of 10, doubling in density and cost-effectiveness over the next year.
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78% of UK data centres fail ASHRAE guidelines – is IoT the answer?

Tue, 25th Jul 2017
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datacentre infrastructure
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risk & compliance
New research from thermal risk experts has revealed UK data centres are seriously lacking when it comes to temperature management.
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'Most technologically advanced stadia ever built' - Tottenham partners with HPE

Tue, 25th Jul 2017
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partner programmes
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wireless networks
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cloud services
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has been singled out as a key partner in forming one of the most technologically advanced stadia ever built.
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Hackers steal $32m of ethereum cryptocurrency – expert commentary and advice

Sat, 22nd Jul 2017
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blockchain
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​In the second heist this week, hackers have stolen around US$32 million - Webroot senior threat analyst shares his commentary and insights.
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ECM market to exceed US$67 billion by 2022 – with APAC the hotspot

Sat, 22nd Jul 2017
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​A new market research report has been released, revealing a very positive forecast for the enterprise content management (ECM) market moving forward.
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New opportunities emerge as APAC web application firewall market surges

Sat, 22nd Jul 2017
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firewalls
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devops
Research from Frost & Sullivan has revealed the demand for cloud-based and virtual web application firewalls is strong in the APAC market.
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60% of enterprises confirm global attacks have affected cyber protection choices

Fri, 21st Jul 2017
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malware
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ddos
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ransomware
Results from a recent survey of security executive from across 11 EMEA countries have been released, revealing the effects of attacks like WannaCry.
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Milestone Systems ranked the No.1 VMS provider in APAC

Thu, 20th Jul 2017
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digital entertainment
​Milestone Systems has taken the crown for the no.1 global video management software (VMS) vendor by company revenue - and no.1 provider in APAC.
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Businesses can't outrun cybercriminals but they can 'outsmart' them

Thu, 20th Jul 2017
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cybersecurity
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cybercriminals
Most businesses mistakenly believe they are protected against cybercrime due to security controls, but this is not the case, says Empired.
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​Gartner labels Fortinet a 'leader' in enterprise network firewalls

Wed, 19th Jul 2017
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
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network security
Fortinet has been recognised as a 'leader' in the 2017 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Networks Firewalls.
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Ericsson seals deal with Chungwa Telecom for NB-IoT technology

Wed, 19th Jul 2017
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iot
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ericsson
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chunghwa telecom
Ericsson partners with Taiwan's Chunghwa to develop a cutting-edge NB-IoT network, marking a significant step in IoT adoption.
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IT spending by AU educational institutions to exceed US$1.6b

Wed, 19th Jul 2017
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​Educational institutions in Australia are loosening the purse strings in a move the IDC says is in response to 'dramatic changes' in student demands.
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Golden times for channel as Indian enterprises increase ICT budgets

Tue, 18th Jul 2017
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iot
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it budget
A whopping 85 percent of survey respondents reported being willing to increase their ICT budgets in 2017, compared to 75 percent in 2016.
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Top 10 technologies to disrupt markets – and unearth new opportunities

Sat, 15th Jul 2017
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digital transformation
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blockchain
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iot
Frost & Sullivan have released insights into ICTs that have the ability to disrupt existing markets as well as unearth new opportunities.