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Chief Executive Officer (CEO) stories - Page 57

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'Money grabbing, tone deaf' - Vocus, Vodafone, 2degrees slam Chorus over fibre price increases

Tue, 14th Jul 2020
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Vocus, Vodafone and 2degrees criticize Chorus for raising wholesale broadband prices amidst a looming economic crisis.
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Vodafone NZ moves forward on digital reinvention with appointment of strategy officer

Tue, 7th Jul 2020
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Mooney will be tasked with helping to guide the business through its ongoing reinvention towards becoming a more digitally focused business.
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Tech Data to invest $750 million in digital transformation initiatives

Mon, 6th Jul 2020
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Tech Data plans to invest USD $750 million in digital transformation over five years, following its acquisition by Apollo Global Management.
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Spark, Vodafone and 2degrees team up with police and NZTA to tackle texting while driving

Fri, 3rd Jul 2020
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Spark, Vodafone, and 2degrees join forces with police and NZTA to combat texting while driving in NZ through educational campaigns and research initiatives.
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Keysight buys AI testing specialist Eggplant for $300m

Mon, 29th Jun 2020
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Keysight Technologies acquires digital automation specialist Eggplant for USD $330 million, enhancing its stake in the automated software test market.
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Keyfactor and Primekey announce partnership to automate PKI

Wed, 24th Jun 2020
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Keyfactor and Primekey have partnered to simplify and automate public key infrastructure (PKI) for large-scale enterprise and IoT deployments.
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Cohesity names new CFO as it looks to expand cloud services

Tue, 23rd Jun 2020
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Cohesity appoints Robert O'Donovan as CFO, aiming to bolster its cloud services and redefine modern data management amidst rapid growth.
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Oracle combines cloud automation with comms security in new solution

Thu, 18th Jun 2020
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Oracle's new AI-powered Communications Security Shield Cloud proactively shields enterprises from network threats, ensuring safer, real-time communications.
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Acronis taps Steven McChesney as new CMO

Tue, 16th Jun 2020
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Acronis appoints tech marketing veteran Steven McChesney as CMO to enhance brand awareness and focus on cyber protection and cloud transition.
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Fortinet resolves to help communities through new Corporate Foundation

Mon, 15th Jun 2020
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Fortinet has launched a foundation to support communities impacted by COVID-19 and enhance its corporate social responsibility initiatives.
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Pulse Secure extends support for WFH initiatives with Pulse Cares program

Thu, 11th Jun 2020
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Pulse Secure extends its Pulse Cares program to support customers' work from home initiatives and online business services.
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Rackspace renames company, launches four new solutions

Tue, 9th Jun 2020
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Rackspace Technology rebrands and introduces four solutions to enhance digital transformation efforts, including cloud optimisation and data modernisation.
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BluJay Solutions announce new Chief Technology Officer

Mon, 8th Jun 2020
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Sam Addeo appointed as new CTO of BluJay Solutions, bringing experience in enterprise software development and supply chain solutions.
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NetApp moves to acquire Spot, eyeing application driven infrastructure

Fri, 5th Jun 2020
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NetApp acquires Spot to slash cloud costs and spur public cloud adoption, aiming to transform app-driven infrastructures.
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WatchGuard completes acquisition of Panda Security

Wed, 3rd Jun 2020
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Executives say the immediate goal of the now-combined companies is to provide stakeholders access to a newly expanded portfolio of security solutions.
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Snowflake and Salesforce release integrated tools in new phase of partnership

Wed, 3rd Jun 2020
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Snowflake and Salesforce unveil new native integrations, enabling seamless data transfer and analysis for joint customers, accelerating digital transformation.
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HCL takes over Broadcom's Symantec security consulting

Tue, 2nd Jun 2020
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As part of the partnership, the majority of Broadcom's Symantec enterprise consulting team will transition to HCL.
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Zscaler buys Edgewise, with its sight set on zero-trust

Fri, 29th May 2020
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The acquisition indicates Zscaler's path towards improving the security of east-west communication, as well as its quest to achieve a zero-trust environment.
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Former Dimension Data veteran, NTT Australia CEO Steve Nola to retire

Wed, 27th May 2020
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Steve Nola, CEO of NTT Australia and former Dimension Data leader, will retire at the end of September 2020, ending a distinguished IT career spanning decades.
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BigCommerce recognised as Strong Performer by Forrester Research

Wed, 27th May 2020
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BigCommerce has been recognized as a Strong Performer by Forrester Research in its evaluations of eCommerce platforms.