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Wearables in the enterprise driving huge market growth
Wearables

Wearables in the enterprise driving huge market growth

The number of cellular connected IoT/M2M devices is set to increase from 252 million in 2014 to 908 million in 2019, with wearables driving the growth.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Tue, 16th Jun 2015
Why did Vodafone acquire Worldxchange?
Unified Communications

Why did Vodafone acquire Worldxchange?

Vocus, WxC's current provider of IP transit (according to the ISP map) will lose out as WxC will have their transit agreements migrated to Vodafone.

By Brendan Ritchie • 4 min read • Mon, 15th Jun 2015
Wynyard Group and Motorola Solutions, using data to fight crime
Data Analytics

Wynyard Group and Motorola Solutions, using data to fight crime

Motorola Solutions' Smart Public Safety Solutions and Wynyard Group's analytics software will help public safety quickly gain actionable intelligence.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Fri, 12th Jun 2015
Microsoft strengthens app management with acquisition
Microsoft

Microsoft strengthens app management with acquisition

Microsoft bolsters System Centre and OMS application management across hetrogenous OS' and multiple environments with BlueStripe acquisition.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Fri, 12th Jun 2015
Meet Cisco's new executive team, poised to take company into digital age
Supply Chain

Meet Cisco's new executive team, poised to take company into digital age

Cisco is looking to move the company into its next phase of growth, and has revealed the executive leadership team that will action this.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Tue, 9th Jun 2015
IBM snaps up Blue Box, Cisco takes Piston in OpenStack battle
Private Cloud

IBM snaps up Blue Box, Cisco takes Piston in OpenStack battle

IBM has acquired Blue Box, an OpenStack private cloud specialist, while Cisco has snapped up Piston Cloud Computing in OpenStack battle.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Tue, 9th Jun 2015
ComCom: strong growth in data consumption
Unified Communications

ComCom: strong growth in data consumption

Competition among fixed-line retailers remains strong & the sector is responding positively to consumer demand for better broadband quality and value.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Mon, 8th Jun 2015
HDS acquires Pentaho, focuses on big data analytics markets
Storage

HDS acquires Pentaho, focuses on big data analytics markets

Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) has completed its acquisition of Pentaho, a data integration, visualisation and analytics company.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Mon, 8th Jun 2015
Intel splurges US$16.7 billion for data centre and IoT gain
Hyperscale

Intel splurges US$16.7 billion for data centre and IoT gain

Intel's US$16.7 billion acquisition of Altera opens doors to new classes of product in data centre and IoT market segments.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 8th Jun 2015
Top 10 tech trends government CIOs must prioritise
Unified Communications

Top 10 tech trends government CIOs must prioritise

Legacy IT systems, stretched IT budgets and a lack of critical IT skills are just some of issues that are inhibiting government CIOs.

By Shannon Williams • 8 min read • Thu, 4th Jun 2015
Server shipments and revenue reach for the clouds
DataCentre infrastructure

Server shipments and revenue reach for the clouds

Server shipments record strongest growth in four years on back of cloud demand; massive revenue boost for mainframes – and Lenovo.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 4th Jun 2015
UXC Eclipse's Dynamic success in retail
Supply Chain

UXC Eclipse's Dynamic success in retail

UXC Eclipse's investment in Microsoft Dynamics is paying dividends, with the company inking $20 million of retail business in the past four months.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 3rd Jun 2015
Telcos and ISPs adding value through diversification
Unified Communications

Telcos and ISPs adding value through diversification

With the launch of Spark's app store last week, the drive for ISPs/telcos to find new sources of revenue was once again on display.

By Brendan Ritchie • 5 min read • Tue, 2nd Jun 2015
Check Point: Protecting ICS from cyber threats
Advanced Persistent Threat Protection

Check Point: Protecting ICS from cyber threats

Check Point Software introduces new security gateway for Industrial Control Systems; aims to prevent cyber attacks on critical infrastructure.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Tue, 2nd Jun 2015

Stories from Other Regions

Acquisition stories

GeoOp widens annual loss as it chases US customers
Shares

GeoOp widens annual loss as it chases US customers

GeoOp, the workforce management app, widened its annual loss as it invests in product development and adding new customers.

By Pattrick Smellie • 2 min read • Thu, 11th Jun 2015
First national roadshow, new vendors for Dicker Data
Dicker Data

First national roadshow, new vendors for Dicker Data

Dicker Data to launch its inaugural national roadshow, spotlighting new vendor integrations post-Express Data buyout.

By Heather Wright • 4 min read • Tue, 9th Jun 2015
NZ govt gives up chasing NextWindow R&D grants
Physical Security

NZ govt gives up chasing NextWindow R&D grants

The government has given up on trying to claw back $3.9 million in research and development grants paid to failed touchscreen developer NextWindow.

By Pattrick Smellie • 4 min read • Fri, 5th Jun 2015
Deloitte continues buying spree with Dataweave acquisition
Partner Programmes

Deloitte continues buying spree with Dataweave acquisition

Deloitte bolsters its Oracle expertise, buying Dataweave to meet soaring cloud transition demand in Australia.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 4th Jun 2015