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Auckland's Spark Game Arena Live dazzles with NZD $240K tourney

Auckland's Spark Game Arena Live attracted thousands this weekend, featuring a NZD $240,000 Fortnite tournament and an innovative gaming experience.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Wed, 11th Sep 2024

Global Stories

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Digital Transformation

Siemens unveils PAVE360, a cloud digital twin for car makers

Siemens launches PAVE360 Automotive, a cloud digital twin promising day-one virtual development for complex software-defined vehicles.

By Catherine Knowles • 5 min read • Sat, 27th Dec 2025

Firewalls

Westcon-Comstor brings 3D Lab virtual demo platform to APAC

Westcon-Comstor launches its 3D Lab virtual demo platform in APAC, enabling partners to test multivendor solutions in a secure, virtual environment.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 24th Sep 2025

Security Operations Centres

Swimlane unveils Hero, an AI companion for security ops

Swimlane has unveiled Hero, an agentic AI security companion that enhances operational efficiency, promising a 20% productivity boost for security teams.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 15th Jan 2025

Cartech

Simulation engineering helps firms cut environmental impact

A new report by Ansys and McKinsey highlights simulation engineering's role in innovation and sustainability, showcasing a potential 10% reduction in emissions.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Thu, 26th Dec 2024

Fintech

Extend unveils Bill Pay to streamline invoice payments

Extend has launched its Bill Pay feature, allowing businesses to settle invoices securely using virtual cards, enhancing accounts payable processes.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Thu, 31st Oct 2024

Software-as-a-Service

Veeam names Niraj Tolia new CTO after acquiring Alcion

Veeam appoints former Alcion co-founder Niraj Tolia as new CTO to drive product strategy, integrating AI-driven solutions to bolster data resilience.

By Imee Dequito • 2 min read • Thu, 19th Sep 2024

Software-as-a-Service

Veeam tops enterprise backup market with $1.5 billion revenue

Veeam Software has topped Gartner's 2024 Enterprise Backup and Recovery Software market with a 15.1% share and USD $1.5 billion in revenue.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Thu, 22nd Aug 2024

Quantum Computing

DigiCert announces lineup for World Quantum Readiness Day

DigiCert announces an illustrious speaker lineup and awards for the first World Quantum Readiness Day, a virtual event on 26 September to equip organisations for the quantum era.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 14th Aug 2024

Cloud Services

SIOS Technology joins Nutanix Elevate Partner Program for enhanced HA solutions

SIOS Technology Corp joins the Nutanix Elevate Partner Program, strengthening its high availability and disaster recovery solutions within Nutanix AHV environments and enhancing joint customer benefits.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Tue, 9th Apr 2024

Virtualisation

Veeam Software appoints Beni Sia as General Manager & SVP for APJ

Veeam Software appoints Beni Sia as General Manager and Senior VP of Asia Pacific and Japan, to drive growth in the region.

By Imee Dequito • 2 min read • Mon, 25th Sep 2023

Hybrid & Remote Work

Shadow Factory adopts first-of-a-kind “Work from Metaverse”

Advancements in Metaverse technology have made it possible for Shadow Factory to march towards a new era of work, which it says, will improve productivity.

By Gaurav Sharma • 3 min read • Tue, 4th Apr 2023

Unified Communications

Zoho enhances workplace collaboration with latest releases

Zoho has unveiled its new collaboration experience, Trident, as well as strengthened collaboration technologies.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Mon, 13th Feb 2023

Software-as-a-Service

Veeam appoints Larissa Crandall as VP of Channel & Alliances

Veeam appoints Larissa Crandall as VP of Global Channel and Alliances to lead investments in partner and alliance ecosystem for data protection.

By Zach Thompson • 2 min read • Fri, 9th Dec 2022

Hybrid & Remote Work

Bridging the gap: Busting the misconceptions of hybrid AGMs

Hybrid AGMs often help organisations save, rather than increase, costs. Unlike physical meetings which involve variable costs.

By Oliver Bampfield • 4 min read • Wed, 19th Oct 2022

Health Technologies

Aussie healthcare startup Coviu highlights rapid growth

Australian startup specialising in virtual healthcare is expanding its product offering and launching in the US following an era of significant growth.

By Catherine Knowles • 5 min read • Wed, 3rd Aug 2022