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Impact acquires Affluent, extends partnership management offering

Impact has officially acquired Affluent, the analytics and automation platform designed to help agencies manage partnership programs for brands at scale.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 9th Apr 2021

Customer Relationship Management

'Conversational service automation' firm Uniphore raises $140m

Uniphore secures US$140m in funding to develop conversational service automation technologies and achieve 200% headcount growth.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Fri, 9th Apr 2021

Fujitsu

Fujitsu acquires data analytics management consultancy, Versor

Fujitsu Australia acquires data analytics specialist management consultancy, Versor, to strengthen its digital transformation capabilities.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Thu, 8th Apr 2021

Fintech

BlackLine pads out capabilities within accounts receivable automation

BlackLine AI Intelligence is a new offering that provides deep insights into financial risks within a customer base.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Wed, 7th Apr 2021

Supply Chain

TradeWindow acquires Cyberfreight, plans to grow Australian business

TradeWindow acquires Cyberfreight and plans to expand its presence in Australia with the integration of the freight logistics software business.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 2nd Apr 2021

Risk & Compliance

rhipe acquires emt Distribution, with aim to expand into enterprise market

The acquisition will enable rhipe to deliver a comprehensive portfolio of end-to-end security capabilities to its partners, the company says.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Thu, 1st Apr 2021

Risk & Compliance

Kroll completes Redscan acquisition, expands cyber risk portfolio

Kroll expands its cyber risk offering with the acquisition of Redscan, allowing for greater visibility and assurance in threat detection and response.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 31st Mar 2021

Hewlett-Packard NZ posts $4.66m net profit loss

Hewlett-Packard New Zealand reports $4.66 million net profit loss for 2020, down from $3.57 million in 2019. Revenue increased to $143.79 million.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Wed, 31st Mar 2021

Mergers and Acquisitions

Ivanti acquires Cherwell Software, advances position as top service management vendor

Ivanti acquires Cherwell Software to expand enterprise service management offerings and integrate low/no code applications.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Tue, 30th Mar 2021

Fintech

APAC financial firms bite down as crime compliance costs rise

The total projected cost of financial crime compliance within Asia Pacific firms reached US$12.06 billion, according to a new report.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Mon, 29th Mar 2021

Unified Communications

Gartner forecasts market boom for social and collaboration tools

The sharp uptake of social and collaboration tools in 2020 was far from a short term fad while people worked from home.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Thu, 25th Mar 2021

Managed Security Services Provider

Tesserent to acquire Secure Logic's managed security services business

Secure Logic delivered an audited turnover of $9 million in FY 2020 and a $4.2 million EBITDA, with reportedly 'strong' earnings going into FY 2021.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Thu, 25th Mar 2021

Data Analytics

The Warehouse Group expands EV fleet with introduction of EV trucks for home deliveries

The trucks add to the Group's expanding fleet of light electric vehicles and will operate in Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga and Christchurch.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Thu, 25th Mar 2021

DevOps

App modernisation and edge computing vital to adapt in COVID-19 era

App modernisation and edge computing are crucial for businesses to adapt post-COVID, says F5's State of Application Strategy report.

By Shannon Williams • 5 min read • Fri, 19th Mar 2021

Customer Relationship Management

How a NZ contact centre solution grew into a leading Microsoft Teams offering

NZ-based Zeacom's software has become Enghouse's top-selling contact centre solution, with its Microsoft Teams contact centre offering at its heart.

By Nick Forrester • 3 min read • Thu, 18th Mar 2021

Cognizant

Cognizant names 21 locations that will epitomise the future of work

Asia Pacific cities such as Wellington, Da Nang, Shenzhen, Songdo, Haidian Qu, and Kochi have all been named as hotspots.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Wed, 17th Mar 2021

Security Information and Event Management

Netpoleon, LogRhythm sign Australian distribution partnership

LogRhythm Asia Pacific VP sales Simon Howe says the partnership aims to protect organisations from security threats, both now and in the future.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Wed, 17th Mar 2021

Firewalls

Barracuda expands MSP portfolio

Barracuda Networks expands its portfolio of solutions for IT managed service providers, including Barracuda CloudGen Access.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Mon, 15th Mar 2021

Document Management

Dropbox acquires document sharing platform DocSend

Dropbox has agreed to buy document management firm DocSend for $165m as it looks to capitalise on remote working opportunities.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Mon, 15th Mar 2021

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Mergers and Acquisitions

Kiwi company Seequent acquired by Bentley Systems for $900 million

Bentley Systems, the global infrastructure engineering software company, is set to acquire New Zealand company Seequent.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Mon, 15th Mar 2021