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Cogent snaps up professional services company Network Pro
Unified Communications

Cogent snaps up professional services company Network Pro

Cogent has acquired professional services company Network Pro, for an undisclosed sum in a deal aimed at adding managed services depth and scale.

By Heather Wright • 1 min read • Thu, 24th Mar 2016
Honeywell acquires Movilizer, cloud platform trailblazer
Unified Communications

Honeywell acquires Movilizer, cloud platform trailblazer

Honeywell completes acquisition of Movilizer, a cloud platform for field service applications. Details undisclosed.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Tue, 22nd Mar 2016
Blue Coat Systems dominates network security forensics market
Data Analytics

Blue Coat Systems dominates network security forensics market

Blue Coat Systems has been recognised by Frost - Sullivan for its dominance in the global network security forensics market.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Tue, 22nd Mar 2016
Ingram Micro to boost UC NetXUSA acquisition
Unified Communications

Ingram Micro to boost UC NetXUSA acquisition

ngram Micro has acquired US-based NETXUSA, a unified communications value-added distributor focused on VOIP and IP phones for telco resellers.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Fri, 18th Mar 2016
EXCLUSIVE: Behind the scenes with Enghouse CTO
Unified Communications

EXCLUSIVE: Behind the scenes with Enghouse CTO

The secret to success in the IT Industry? It all comes down to what you can learn from other people according to Enghouse's CTO.

By Ashton Young • 5 min read • Fri, 18th Mar 2016
Blackboard and Moodle partner up, take LMS platform to the world
Partner Programmes

Blackboard and Moodle partner up, take LMS platform to the world

Moodle and Blackboard join forces to strengthen open source learning platform and support education providers worldwide.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Thu, 17th Mar 2016
IBM server sales surge, closes in on leaders HPE, Dell
Network Infrastructure

IBM server sales surge, closes in on leaders HPE, Dell

IBM saw strong server revenue growth in Q4, while the density optimised segment of the market benefitting from continuing data center buildouts.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Wed, 16th Mar 2016
Melbourne IT snaps up InfoReady for $15.4M
Unified Communications

Melbourne IT snaps up InfoReady for $15.4M

Melbourne IT bolsters its digital edge, bagging analytics firm InfoReady in a £15.4m deal, eyeing growth in the tech transformation sphere.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 16th Mar 2016
LanDesk adds endpoint security to portfolio with AppSense buy
AppSense

LanDesk adds endpoint security to portfolio with AppSense buy

LanDesk is buying virtualisation company AppSense as it seeks to extend its unified endpoint management and add endpoint security to its portfolio.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 15th Mar 2016
SOLD: Distribution Central acquired by Arrow Electronics
Distribution Central

SOLD: Distribution Central acquired by Arrow Electronics

Distribution Central and been snapped up by global distributor Arrow Electronics as the reshuffle of the distribution channel continues.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 14th Mar 2016
Ingram Micro: Business as usual – and sorry Synnex and Westcon
Synnex

Ingram Micro: Business as usual – and sorry Synnex and Westcon

A new letter from Ingram Micro provides assurances about its sale to Tianjin Tianhai - and address previous comments about Synnex and WestconGroup.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Fri, 11th Mar 2016
Lenovo, Juniper eye channel with datacenter partnership
Hyperscale

Lenovo, Juniper eye channel with datacenter partnership

Lenovo teams up with Juniper, aiming to redefine datacenter solutions with a focus on simplicity, flexibility, and performance.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Thu, 10th Mar 2016
Half of all PaaS apps will be IoT-centric, says Gartner
Platform-as-a-Service

Half of all PaaS apps will be IoT-centric, says Gartner

The analyst firm says Platform as a Service utilisation is on the rise due the widespread adoption of the Internet of Things.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Wed, 9th Mar 2016
Dicker Data wins right to full Lenovo enterprise portfolio
Converged Infrastructure

Dicker Data wins right to full Lenovo enterprise portfolio

Dicker Data's distie deal with Lenovo has been extended to include the vendor's full enterprise range in Australia, including Nutanix and DataCore.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 8th Mar 2016

Stories from Other Regions

Acquisition stories

TPG cracks $1 billion half year revenue with 90% increase in profit
Iinet

TPG cracks $1 billion half year revenue with 90% increase in profit

TPG has seen revenue and profit soar following its acquisition of iiNet, recording an 84% increase in revenue and a 90% revenue increase.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 24th Mar 2016
Under-penetrated verticals offering huge MDM potential; will Microsoft shake up EMM?
Mobile Device Management

Under-penetrated verticals offering huge MDM potential; will Microsoft shake up EMM?

The Australian MDM market is offering growth and 'significant' opportunities for the channel, while there could be a shakeup ahead for the EMM market.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Wed, 23rd Mar 2016
New release from Microsoft promises business benefits for enterprises
Supply Chain

New release from Microsoft promises business benefits for enterprises

Microsoft's recently announced Dynamics AX is an enterprise-class business application architected to take full advantage of the cloud's resources.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Tue, 22nd Mar 2016
Exclusive: Dell celebrates 20 years in NZ, so what lies ahead?
Network Infrastructure

Exclusive: Dell celebrates 20 years in NZ, so what lies ahead?

As Dell celebrates its 20th year in New Zealand, Kiwi boss James Arnold reminisces about the Dell of old – and the new model going forward.

By Heather Wright • 4 min read • Wed, 16th Mar 2016