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Cybersecurity trends to look out for: Extortion among the top threats in 2021

Thu, 11th Feb 2021
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Cyber-crime is evolving, driven by emerging trends — 2021 may be the first year when data extortion officially becomes the main threat to businesses worldwide.
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Commvault debuts new SaaS and hybrid cloud workloads for Metallic

Fri, 29th Jan 2021
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Commvault expands its Metallic BaaS portfolio with new data protection solutions, features and enterprise workload support.
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Times Square brings New Year's Eve to homes around the globe

Thu, 31st Dec 2020
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Organisers of the New Year's Eve Ball Drop Celebration are bringing the world's biggest party to homes around the world, live and direct from Times Square.
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Aussie firms outsourcing finance functions to South Africa amid COVID-19 disruptions

Thu, 22nd Oct 2020
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Australian companies are considering outsourcing finance and accounting functions to South Africa due to cost advantages and high quality standards.
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Video: 10 Minute IT Jams - Who is Tradify?

Thu, 8th Oct 2020
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Tradify CEO Michael Steckler discusses how the job management solution is streamlining processes for tradespeople in TechDay's latest IT Jam.
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Video: 10 Minute IT Jams - Who is BPESA?

Fri, 2nd Oct 2020
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TechDay explores the growth opportunity for South Africa as big brands flock to the country for software development. #BPESA #offshoring.
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10 billion records sit in unsecured databases - China leads the pack

Tue, 11th Aug 2020
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A white hat hacker hacker uncovered a total of 9517 unsecured databases worldwide, collectively containing more than 10 billion entries.
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Oracle launches second Gen 2 Cloud region in India

Wed, 1st Jul 2020
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Oracle's second Gen 2 Cloud region in India is live in Hyderabad, expanding support for over 15,000 customers amid a global cloud region expansion.
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Cyber attacks keeping business leaders up at night, new research finds

Wed, 1st Jul 2020
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New data from KnowBe4 reveals growing anxiety among business leaders over cyber attacks, with concerns up 443% in Australia and 206% in Germany.
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AWS launches Outposts in New Zealand & APAC

Thu, 25th Jun 2020
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AWS has launched Outposts in New Zealand, bringing fully managed and configurable AWS-designed hardware to the region, enhancing local cloud capabilities.
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Nutanix strengthens Desktop as a Service solution

Tue, 23rd Jun 2020
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Nutanix strengthens its DaaS solution, Xi Frame, with enhanced security, flexibility, and availability for enterprise customers.
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New Zealand named amongst most vulnerable countries at risk of cyber attack

Thu, 11th Jun 2020
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New Zealand ranks eighth in NordVPN's Cyber Risk Index, identifying it as highly vulnerable to cyber attacks due to high internet penetration and usage.
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LogicMonitor partners with Aquion to reach Aussie channel

Thu, 7th May 2020
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Partners can build, integrate, resell and implement the company's cloud-based platform to monitor hybrid IT environments.
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NTT declares itself 'business avenger' for UN sustainability goals

Thu, 9th Apr 2020
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sustainability
The UN Global Goals call for action to end poverty, protect Earth, and encourage peace and prosperity by 2030.
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DD adds 50+ years of AV experience with new appointments

Tue, 7th Apr 2020
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Dicker Data bolsters its AV division with 50+ years of experience through the appointments of Andrew Upshon and Les Boros, enhancing its market capabilities.
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COVID-19 pressure on business escalates

Tue, 31st Mar 2020
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More than two thirds of organisations fear the COVID-19 pandemic will have a negative impact on their business.
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DDoS attacks on the rise, with more hitting victims on Sunday

Wed, 19th Feb 2020
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Kaspersky research has found that DDoS attacks have almost doubled in Q4 2019 with roughly 28% of attacks occurring on the weekend.
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U.S. face meets egg – used telecom tech to spy on own allies

Tue, 18th Feb 2020
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national security
Huawei revels in a 'gotcha' moment in the wake of The Washington Post's revelation that the US Govt used backdoors in CIA-owned tech company to spy on allies.
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DDoS attacks almost doubled in the last year - Kaspersky

Mon, 17th Feb 2020
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Kaspersky reports nearly double the number of DDoS attacks in Q4 2019 compared to the previous year, noting a surge in weekend and Sunday incidents.
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NTT nabs two global partner awards at Cisco Summit

Tue, 19th Nov 2019
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NTT has clinched two prestigious titles—APJC Partner of the Year and Software Partner of the Year—at Cisco's annual Global Partner Summit in Las Vegas.