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Business agreement

Tech Data seals deal to help ANZ partners capitalise on digital transformation

Thu, 27th Jul 2017
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digital transformation
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partner programmes
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software
​Tech Data has partnered with Pitney Bowes in AU and NZ in a move the distributor says will help partners to profit from digital transformation.
Trojan virus

Malware found prowling within every app of alternative Android store

Thu, 27th Jul 2017
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malware
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cybersecurity
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apps
Malware researcher at ESET, Lukáš Štefanko says this is the first time he has ever seen an entire Android market infected like that.
Champagne

SYNNEX takes home Worldwide Microsoft Surface Partner of the Year

Thu, 27th Jul 2017
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partner programmes
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microsoft
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synnex
​SYNNEX Corporation has come up trumps at the recent Microsoft Inspire event in Washington D.C – formerly known as the Worldwide Partner Conference.
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ForeScout partners with ServiceNow to enable complementary capabilities

Thu, 27th Jul 2017
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iot security
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iot
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partner programmes
ForeScout and ServiceNow have partnered to improve IoT security, providing customers with asset visibility and accelerated response to security incidents.
Telco trends ipad

Kinetica ups investment in APAC market including new executive appointment

Thu, 27th Jul 2017
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healthtech
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cloud services
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nvidia
Kinetica sees APAC as a lucrative opportunity given the region is expected to experience the fastest growth for big data and analytics solutions.
Businessman help

Majority of organisations that think they're GDPR compliant actually aren't

Thu, 27th Jul 2017
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data protection
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data analytics
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martech
A global study from Veritas has made some disconcerting findings, revealing only 2% of supposedly 'GDPR-ready' organisations are in fact compliant.
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Fuji Xerox NZ suspends new government contracts following accounting scandal

Thu, 27th Jul 2017
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fintech
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financial systems
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government
Fuji Xerox's NZ branch suspends government contracts following the release of an independent report revealing accounting irregularities.
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Partners Group acquires Civica for not to be sneezed at £1 million

Wed, 26th Jul 2017
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outsourcing
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m&a
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civica
Private equity giant Partners Group snaps up Civica for a hefty £1 billion, bolstering public sector services globally.
Data out the backdoor

Cisco reveals alarming findings from Midyear Cybersecurity Report

Wed, 26th Jul 2017
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malware
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ransomware
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cybersecurity
The Cisco Midyear Cybersecurity Report warns of rapidly evolving threats and potential 'destruction of service' (DeOS) attacks.
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eCommerce tech to foster biggest turnout ever for Asia's largest retail show

Wed, 26th Jul 2017
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martech
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commerce systems
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open source
More than 7,500 participants and over 200 exhibitors are expected to converge at RetailEX ASEAN event, Asia's largest and fastest growing retail show.
Gamechanger planes

Check Point's second quarter financials exceed highest end of projections

Wed, 26th Jul 2017
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cybersecurity
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software
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financial results
Gil Shrewd says the company is rapt with the second quarter results, reporting the revenue growth to be healthy.
Vintage phone fire

Surging demand among businesses for more interactive enterprise messaging

Tue, 25th Jul 2017
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uc
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martech
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agentic ai
Ovum's survey explored the rapidly-evolving business-to-consumer communications market with some interesting findings.
Data leaky tap

Digital Shadows discovers credit card crime ring cashing in on $24b a year

Tue, 25th Jul 2017
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risk & compliance
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cybersecurity
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credit card fraud
A professional ecosystem has emerged that is providing e-learning courses to allow aspiring cybercriminals to make USD$12k in monthly earnings.
Data tunnel

SSA market to explode over next 12 months – Gartner ranks top vendors

Tue, 25th Jul 2017
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storage
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network infrastructure
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converged infrastructure
Solid-state arrays (SSAs) are set to improve in performance by a factor of 10, doubling in density and cost-effectiveness over the next year.
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78% of UK data centres fail ASHRAE guidelines – is IoT the answer?

Tue, 25th Jul 2017
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datacentre infrastructure
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iot
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risk & compliance
New research from thermal risk experts has revealed UK data centres are seriously lacking when it comes to temperature management.
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'Most technologically advanced stadia ever built' - Tottenham partners with HPE

Tue, 25th Jul 2017
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partner programmes
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wireless networks
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cloud services
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has been singled out as a key partner in forming one of the most technologically advanced stadia ever built.
Network padlock broken

Hackers steal $32m of ethereum cryptocurrency – expert commentary and advice

Sat, 22nd Jul 2017
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crypto
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blockchain
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ai security
​In the second heist this week, hackers have stolen around US$32 million - Webroot senior threat analyst shares his commentary and insights.
Iot analytics

ECM market to exceed US$67 billion by 2022 – with APAC the hotspot

Sat, 22nd Jul 2017
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ecm
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martech
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laserfiche
​A new market research report has been released, revealing a very positive forecast for the enterprise content management (ECM) market moving forward.
Businessman going both ways

New opportunities emerge as APAC web application firewall market surges

Sat, 22nd Jul 2017
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
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devops
Research from Frost & Sullivan has revealed the demand for cloud-based and virtual web application firewalls is strong in the APAC market.
Cloud connections

Malaysia's BP Healthcare opts for Retarus cloud-based solution

Fri, 21st Jul 2017
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it automation
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healthtech
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cloud services
In light of growing pressure on the healthcare industry during digitisation, BP Healthcare has employed Retarus' cloud-based solution.