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Frost & Sullivan recognizes Asia Pacific's top data centers

Thu, 5th Oct 2017
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Schneider Electric and Singtel were among the big winners of the night, taking home two awards each.
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Oracle NetSuite unveils host of new products, partner wins at SuiteConnect

Thu, 5th Oct 2017
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A new data centre, increased functionality, more products, and enhancements to the partner programme were announced.
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Ever wanted to know how Xero does incident management?

Wed, 4th Oct 2017
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DevOpsDays Auckland commenced yesterday, featuring a packed schedule of talks on incident management and the use of chatbots.
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Level 3 extends firewall service to APAC and Africa customers

Tue, 3rd Oct 2017
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Level 3 Communications ramps up its global defense, launching advanced firewall services in Asia Pacific and Africa to combat cyber threats.
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Samsung takes on AI alongside some of the world's greatest minds

Fri, 29th Sep 2017
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Academic experts and industry leaders gathered at a Samsung event to discuss the future of artificial intelligence (AI) in New York.
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EITest hijacks tech support scam pages to mine cryptocurrency

Tue, 26th Sep 2017
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crypto
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Tech support scams are now being used as social engineering tools as part of EITest's campaign to deliver Coinhive's Monero cryptocurrency miner.
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Rackspace ramps up Fanatical Support for Microsoft offerings

Tue, 26th Sep 2017
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Fanatical Support for Microsoft Azure is now available for customers with Payment Card Industry (PCI) workloads on Azure.
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How an SD-WAN can cure those security blues

Mon, 25th Sep 2017
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SD-WANs must play an increasingly critical role in securing enterprises, says ZK Research's Zeus Kerravala, writing for Silver Peak. He outlines how.
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Application performance management critical for successful cloud migration - IDC

Mon, 25th Sep 2017
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IDC underscores APM's vital role in cloud migration, stressing the need for detailed KPIs to navigate the transition and secure savings.
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Is agile product optimisation the key to Digital Transformation success?

Fri, 22nd Sep 2017
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Marcelo Silva, CEO of Digital Transformation Scores (DTS) talks about the importance of an optimised product portfolio for digital transformation.
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Cloud applications and continuous business transformation

Wed, 20th Sep 2017
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KPMG Australia's Gerard Vigneron offers some tips for a more holistic approach to cloud and business transformation.
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Equifax and its 143m customers just the 'first known victims'

Tue, 19th Sep 2017
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Equifax breach reveals well-known vulnerability, patch available long before attack, says Flexera. More hacks likely to come.
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Photo gallery: Lenovo honours local partners at gala awards

Mon, 11th Sep 2017
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Dicker Data, Ingram Micro, Datacom, Data#3 and New Era IT were among the winners at this year's Lenovo Business Partner Gala Awards, held on Saturday.
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IDC names ANZ's top Digital Disruptor and Digital Transformer

Thu, 7th Sep 2017
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The nominations went through a rigorous judging process to determine the top Digital Transformer and Digital Disruptor for ANZ.
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Ara is preparing Kiwis for the future, with EV technology programme

Tue, 5th Sep 2017
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power / energy
Ara invests in new learning tool for Automotive Trades students, providing access to a hybrid car to expose them to emerging technology in the industry.
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Northland Inc's Orchard innovation hub recognised at MBIE Awards

Mon, 4th Sep 2017
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Northland Inc's Orchard hub earns MBIE accolade for fostering a collaborative environment that is nurturing innovation across Northland.
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Why prefabricated, modular solutions are a perfect fit for edge data centers

Mon, 4th Sep 2017
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The use of prefabricated, modular data center components is becoming increasingly popular for building edge data centers.
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One step ahead: Safeguarding your business from the top down

Mon, 4th Sep 2017
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Mitigation plans against cyber attacks fail due to a lack of support from the board. But if the board starts leading the charge, they will succeed.
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Building a digital business platform starts with APIs - Gartner

Mon, 4th Sep 2017
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Gartner insights reveal APIs as crucial for digital platform success, fostering new business models and ecosystems.
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Two industry heavyweights sign agreement to accelerate IIoT

Sat, 2nd Sep 2017
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The memorandum of understanding will allow them to work together in their shared interests in accelerating the industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).