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AWS reinvents its portfolio to capture greater IoT business

AWS is reinventing its Internet of Things (IoT) suite and addressing numerous shortcomings, with a one-year anniversary build-out of a suite of IoT.

By John Spooner • 3 min read • Mon, 12th Dec 2016

Network Infrastructure

Dell Technologies bets on growing demand for hybrid and multicloud solutions

Reporting financial results for the first time since merging Dell and EMC assets, Dell Technologies highlights its infrastructure-centric goals.

By Molly Gallaher Boddy • 4 min read • Mon, 12th Dec 2016

Human Capital Management

Partners pick up the slack, propelling Workday to large enterprise success

Workday continues prioritising top-line growth over profitability, which is paying off as the vendor had major 3Q16 signings in the U.S. and Europe.

By Kelsey Mason • 4 min read • Thu, 8th Dec 2016

Storage

HPE's first anniversary brings declining revenues amid heavy market disruption

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) reported a 7% decline in revenue during Q3 2016, but saw operating margin rise to 6.2%.

By Krista Macomber • 6 min read • Tue, 6th Dec 2016

Open source

Red Hat picks prime time to strengthen its telco value proposition

As more CSPs embrace open source solutions in their network and IT environments, Red Hat is poised to make further inroads.

By Michael Soper • 2 min read • Wed, 30th Nov 2016

Multi-cloud

TBR: Pure play acquisitions plentiful for quick picking

The cloud brokerage market is reaching an inflection point, with pure plays being acquired and multilines building out their brokerage platforms.

By Cassandra Mooshian • 2 min read • Wed, 23rd Nov 2016

Power / Energy

President Trump and Technology: Good or Bad? Here's what the experts say

Donald Trump's victory in the US election could have significant implications for the technology industry, say analysts.

By Shannon Williams • 5 min read • Fri, 11th Nov 2016

Data Loss Prevention

Massive DDoS attacks will shift spending to emerging mitigation service providers

Widespread DDoS attacks in October will lead users to seek multiple DDoS mitigation service providers, says TBR analysis.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Wed, 9th Nov 2016

Hyperscale

While cloud competitors narrow their focus, Fujitsu continues a multiline approach

Through partnerships, Fujitsu extends its ability to host third-party applications, helping it capitalise on core data center presence.

By Molly Gallaher Boddy • 3 min read • Thu, 3rd Nov 2016

CenturyLink

CenturyLink & Level 3: Is it a good deal for CenturyLink?

CenturyLink plans to acquire Level 3 Communications for $24bn, creating one of the largest network operators in the world.

By Chris Antlitz • 4 min read • Thu, 3rd Nov 2016

Virtualisation

Portfolio evolution and strategic shifts toward hybrid position VMware for long-term success

VMware faces a critical period as it aims to ramp up revenue streams in its software-defined data center, EUC and hybrid cloud segments.

By Sanjay Medvitz • 4 min read • Thu, 3rd Nov 2016

Private Cloud

Acquisitions, portfolio expansion and data center investments drive Cloud-as-a-Service revenue

Cloud-as-a-Service revenue is increasing thanks to acquisitions, portfolio expansion, and data center investments, says TBR report.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Tue, 1st Nov 2016

Digital Transformation

Vendors upping their recruitment game to stay ahead in the DX arms race

IT services vendors are hiring staff with multidisciplinary skills to support hybrid IT environments, says TBR report.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Tue, 1st Nov 2016

Hyperscale

Transformations hurting data center profits

Server, storage and networking hardware profits are slipping, in the wake of a 'steady creep' of virtualisation across data centers.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Wed, 19th Oct 2016

Nokia

Nokia's Global Services business makes progress in reinventing itself

Nokia pivots to automation and non-CSP markets, strategising to counter flat telecom spend and drive its Global Services growth.

By Michael Sullivan-Trainor and Chris Antlitz • 6 min read • Thu, 13th Oct 2016

Internet of Things

IBM, HPE, Cisco and Microsoft drive huge chunk of $6 billion IoT ecosystem

The commercial Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem is exploding and so are the cloud services that go with it, according to new research from TBR.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Mon, 26th Sep 2016

Platform-as-a-Service

Huawei enables Cloud 2.0 to drive growth

Huawei sees the cloud as the key enabler of digital transformation and is positioning to offer supporting software, hardware and services solutions.

By Michael Sullivan-Trainor • 2 min read • Wed, 21st Sep 2016

Fintech

Industry acquisitions improve Oracle cloud execution ahead of database and NetSuite influence

Oracle's industry expertise will remain valuable on premises, but it has the opportunity to support differentiation of cloud applications.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Mon, 19th Sep 2016

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Malware

SecurityBrief Asia revisits 2016's year on the wild, wild web

New threats, new malware, new attacks, new chaos and new ways to fight back: A look back at Asia cybersecurity in 2016.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Fri, 16th Dec 2016

Deloitte

Three factors to drive management consulting revenue, according to TBR

Demand for consulting on operations, organization and change is set to increase as digital transformation projects scale up, according to TBR.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Fri, 9th Dec 2016