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Cylance appoints new CFO on back of 283% year-on-year revenue growth

Mon, 14th Aug 2017
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​On the back of skyrocketing growth, Cylance has announced the appointment Brian Robins as chief financial officer (CFO).
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Avaya named as a 'Leader' in IDC UC&C global vendor report

Mon, 14th Aug 2017
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The report also offered advice to companies that are intending to implement, change or expand their UC&C environment.
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Comodo opens up threat library to public – almost 100m incidents in Q217 alone

Fri, 11th Aug 2017
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​Comodo has opened its 'library' to university, governmental, and non-profit educators and researchers in an industry-first.
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Vendors moving up and down the ranks in mixed bag wearable band market

Fri, 11th Aug 2017
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Apple has fallen to third place in the market, overtaken by both Xiaomi and Fitbit - despite the latter experiencing a 34% year-on-year decline.
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Wavelink says channel 'critical' in facilitating security for organisations

Fri, 11th Aug 2017
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Wavelink says the channel needs to open the door to security conversations with all levels of business leadership from CEO to MDs and CIOs.
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Experian promotes India MD to regional MD of Asia Pacific

Thu, 10th Aug 2017
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Mohan will be charged with driving greater collaboration across Experian's product, consulting and analytics business within APAC in his new role.
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British Telecommunications appoints new VP for security in AMEA

Thu, 10th Aug 2017
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​British Telecommunications (BT) has announced the appointment of Juni Yan as vice president for security in Asia, Middle East and Africa (AMEA).
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HBO breach: Centrify says 'winter is coming' for passwords

Thu, 10th Aug 2017
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HBO's soft underbelly was laid bare to the world after hackers stole 1.5 TB of data from its systems - Centrify says passwords' days are limited.
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Smartphone and OS market – good for some, not so good for others

Thu, 10th Aug 2017
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The data revealed Apple and Samsung continue to spearhead smartphone sales, each holding five models on the top 10 best-selling list.
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SDN market to exceed US$54b by 2022 – APAC the fast growers

Wed, 9th Aug 2017
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MarketsandMarkets has given the software defined networking (SDN) and networks functions virtualization (NFV) market a very healthy forecast.
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Zettagrid wins 2017 APAC Cloud Partner of the Year with Zerto

Wed, 9th Aug 2017
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The Australian cloud provider of IT Infrastructure as a Service received the award at the Sydney edition of the ZertoCON Australia-wide roadshow.
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Cybercrime: What to expect for the rest of 2017 and how to prepare

Wed, 9th Aug 2017
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​So far this year we have already borne witness to a multitude of serious cybercrime. NordVPN has provided insights for what the second half may hold.
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Comodo launches online academy to help partners succeed

Wed, 9th Aug 2017
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Comodo launches online education portal offering certification to users of its IT and security management platform, Comodo ONE.
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SoftBank and NEC offer new business-oriented mobile network service

Wed, 9th Aug 2017
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It can be used at locations where optical fiber lines are not provided or as an alternative to metal-wired lines such as DSL or digital access.
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Symantec sells digital certificate business – good or bad for customers & partners?

Wed, 9th Aug 2017
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Symantec has sold its digital certificate business to DigiCert - the question is what will be the implications? We talk to both sides to find out.
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IBM named a global leader among Salesforce implementation partners

Mon, 7th Aug 2017
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Forrester Research recently released a report that delved into the world of Salesforce implementation partners and selected 11 of the best.
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Want to cause chaos? ICIT says hacking elections is easy

Mon, 7th Aug 2017
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Hackers at DEFCON were able to exploit vulnerabilities in voting machines in a matter of minutes - ICIT breaks down just how easy it is.
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NEC, SMUD and SpaceTime announce new partnership to drive innovation

Mon, 7th Aug 2017
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NEC, SMUD and SpaceTime Insight team up to offer smart energy solutions for electric power companies globally.
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Tablet market continues downward spiral in second quarter of 2017

Sat, 5th Aug 2017
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Despite the turmoil within the market, 3 of the top 5 vendors actually managed to increase their shares of the market and grow on an annual basis.
Road into the sky

ESG finds businesses improving with cybersecurity – but still a long way to go

Fri, 4th Aug 2017
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While CEOs and corporate boards no longer shy away from cybersecurity strategy as they once might have, there are still a number of shortcomings.