Kiwi Stories

Connector Systems gears up to help resellers capitalise on Brocade's Ruckus deal

Ingram Micro's Connector Systems is gearing up to help resellers take full advantage of the opportunities offered by Brocade's acquisition of Ruckus.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Mon, 8th Aug 2016

Global Stories

Ingram Micro

Security review sees US$6b Ingram Micro sale delayed

The completion date for Ingram Micro's sale to Tianjin Tianhai has been delayed to enable a US review of security implications to be completed.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 15th Aug 2016

Cloud Access Security Broker

Blue Coat to the rescue: Symantec's declining revenue 'will end'

Symantec's eight-quarter revenue decline will stop in 3Q16, thanks to acquisition of Blue Coat, says TBR analyst.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Fri, 12th Aug 2016

Hyperscale

Neo Telemedia financials confirm importance of data center investment

Neo Telemedia, has attributed some of its HK$1,753,076,000 revenue to its data center portfolio, including 60% equity in provider Ghangzhou Zitou.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Thu, 11th Aug 2016

Trend Micro

NSS Labs: Performance and security a must in data centers

NSS Labs reveals five out of six DCIPS products earned top marks for performance and security, with the cost of ownership averaging USD $38 per protected Mbps.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Wed, 10th Aug 2016

Marketing Technologies

JDA extends presence in ANZ with new Sydney office

JDA Software expands ANZ presence with new office in North Sydney, aiming to continue building on past success.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Tue, 9th Aug 2016

Cybersecurity

Cyber security market set for a revenue revival

The cyber security market is set for a revival as new vendors take top positions in market share, according to a report by TBR.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Thu, 4th Aug 2016

Distributed Denial of Service

Arbor takes out top Asia-Pacific anti-DDoS solution award

Holistic approach to DDoS protection, country-specific threat intelligence and continuous innovation see Arbor take out on-prem DDoS solution award.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 3rd Aug 2016

Virtualisation

Duncan Hewett to steer VMware's APAC operations as senior VP and GM

VMware has appointed Duncan Hewett as senior vice president and general manager, who will lead the company's operations across Asia Pacific and Japan.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Wed, 3rd Aug 2016

Security Operations Centres

Blue Coat enhances its security analytics tool kit

Blue Coat enhances Security Analytics with anomaly detection and support for SCADA environments to improve incident response.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Tue, 2nd Aug 2016

Google

Could Verizon be gunning for both Google and Facebook?

AOL and Yahoo join forces in a US$4.8bn deal, their last chance to compete with Google and Facebook in the digital media market.

By Nick Thomas • 2 min read • Tue, 2nd Aug 2016

Fintech

Sold: MYOB snaps up NZ ERP provider Greentree in $28.5m deal

Kiwi ERP provider Greentree has been snapped up by MYOB, as the business management vendor seeks to drive into larger enterprises.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Mon, 1st Aug 2016

Fintech

Oracle acquires NetSuite for $9.3 billion price tag

Oracle is spending $9.3 billion to acquire 'complementary' cloud provider NetSuite, with the transaction expected to close as early as this year.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Fri, 29th Jul 2016

Health Technologies

Cloudera Enterprise inks international IMS Health contract

Global information and technology services firm IMS Health as selected Cloudera to support its Big Data Factory for life sciences and healthcare.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Wed, 27th Jul 2016

Marketing Technologies

Adobe names its Digital Marketing Partner of the Year

BizTech Enterprise Solutions hailed as Adobe's top ANZ Digital Marketing Partner of 2016, outshining Deloitte Digital.

By Sean Mitchell • 2 min read • Wed, 27th Jul 2016

Unified Communications

Ericsson faces a rocky road - will its premium brand survive?

Ericsson's CEO Hans Vestberg resigns amidst financial turmoil and corruption probes, casting doubt on the future of its premium branding.

By Dimitris Mavrakis • 2 min read • Wed, 27th Jul 2016

Stories from Other Regions

Hyperscale

CyrusOne has the answer to hyper-scale data center demand

CyrusOne answers demand for hyper-scale data centers with acquisition of new shell building in highly constrained market.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Fri, 5th Aug 2016

Manufacturing

Xplore Technologies reports 'record' $100.5 million revenue

Xplore Technologies, a provider of 'rugged' tablets, has grown its revenue to a 'record' $100.5 million in fiscal 2016 - representing 136% growth.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Wed, 3rd Aug 2016

DataCentre infrastructure

Megaport raises $17.5 million, expands interconnection reach

Elastic interconnection provider Megaport has raised $17.5 million, with the hope of developing new markets and looking for new acquisition prospects.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Mon, 1st Aug 2016