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Australian Stories

Xplore Technologies reports 'record' $100.5 million revenue

Xplore Technologies, a provider of 'rugged' tablets, has grown its revenue to a 'record' $100.5 million in fiscal 2016 - representing 136% growth.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Wed, 3rd Aug 2016

Global Stories

Global Market stories

Internet of Things

The war against cyber threats will be worth $9.3 billion in 2021

The war against cyber threats is booming as the security analytics market grows from US$2.83 billion in 2016 to US$9.38 billion in 2021.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Fri, 24th Jun 2016

Manufacturing

The tablet market hits its peak, detachables emerge in force

Tablet manufacturers, both large and small, are slowly shifting focus toward the detachable tablet market segment.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 3rd Jun 2016

Storage

Europe's Interoute launches Singapore virtual data center

Interoute, which operates one of Europe's largest cloud services platform, has launched a virtual data center zone in Singapore.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 2nd Jun 2016

Network Infrastructure

APAC leads burgeoning Anything-as-a-Service market

Asia Pacific driving rapid growth in global Anything-as-a-Service (XaaS) market, expected to expand at over 38% CAGR until 2020.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 27th May 2016

Customer Relationship Management

Tecala brings on new Melbourne executive to support growth

Ryan Clements strengthens Tecala's Melbourne force, bolstering their surge in cloud and ICT services amidst expansion.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Thu, 26th May 2016

Unified Communications

UCaaS provider makes a play in the ANZ marketplace

Access4, the UCaaS provider, is entering the Australian market and will only sell its solution through channel partners.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Wed, 25th May 2016

Enterprise Content Management

Empired's ECM service gains traction in NZ market

The company says it estimates the market opportunity within the New Zealand government market alone is approximately 45,000 users.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Wed, 25th May 2016

Gaming

Opportunities still exist for PC vendors, despite struggling market

Despite a slump in PC sales, Gartner highlights profitable niches for vendors in ultramobile and gaming sectors.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Mon, 23rd May 2016

Fintech

Dell's SecureWorks positioned for huge revenue growth

SecureWorks, the Dell subsidiary, is projected to increase its revenue growth rate to 35% by 2017, according to a new report by TBR.

By Catherine Knowles • 5 min read • Fri, 20th May 2016

Internet of Things

IDC recognises top IoT innovators for 2016

Pioneering IoT players to watch in 2016, according to IDC: Arrayent, BugLabs, and MachineShop. Innovative technology and business models key.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Thu, 19th May 2016

Data Analytics

Hitachi makes tracks in the Internet of Things market

Hitachi forms Hitachi Insight Group to accelerate IoT business in industrial and enterprise markets #IoT #business.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Thu, 12th May 2016

Platform-as-a-Service

Competition heats up between PaaS vendors IBM, Microsoft and Oracle

Over the next few years, Platform-as-a-Service providers will significantly improve solutions available, which will lead to widespread adoption.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Thu, 12th May 2016

Semiconductors

IDC forecasts 2016 will be a 'down year' for the semiconductor market

The worldwide semiconductor market is set to decline for a second consecutive year due to weak demand and oversupply.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 11th May 2016

PC Hardware

Acer works to maintain lead in competitive PC market

Acer battles for supremacy in the fierce PC industry, positioning itself as an innovator amidst giants with clearer visions.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Mon, 9th May 2016

Multi-factor authentication

Multi-factor authentication to be the norm by 2020

Multi-factor authentication has become commonplace as a number of industries, particularly the govt sector, is looking to strengthen security measures.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Mon, 2nd May 2016

Microsoft

Apple remains top dog of declining tablet market

Tablet shipments decline as large smartphones erode market, says TrendForce. 35.2 million units shipped in Q1 2016.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Mon, 2nd May 2016

Stories from Other Regions

Software Development

SuchCrowd: De-risk events using a “lean” approach to ticketing

New Zealand startup, SuchCrowd, applies Lean methodology to event planning, helping organizers validate market interest.

By Dave Moskovitz • 4 min read • Mon, 8th Aug 2016

Storage

Seagate struggles to maintain revenue in challenging IT storage industry

Seagate has experienced another drop in revenue for the Q3 2016, with the vendor claiming the decline is due to 'several near-term demand factors'.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Mon, 2nd May 2016

Partner Programmes

Cloud managed services all the rage with today's enterprises

The cloud-based managed services market is growing at close to 20%, led by security services, according to Technavio.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 28th Apr 2016