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Acquisition stories - Page 170

Profit loss

Rhipe records loss as it transitions to new business model

Tue, 8th Sep 2015
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Rhipe has recorded an after tax loss of $2.3 million for the year ending 30 June, as it invests to transition to a 'whole of cloud' wholesaler.
Money growth

Cisco, HP help propel Dicker Data to $531.5 million half-year

Mon, 7th Sep 2015
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Dicker Data has reported revenue of $531.5 million for the half year to 30 June, with strong growth across Cisco and HP driving revenue increases.
Money tree

Paessler revamps partner program with deal registration focus

Fri, 4th Sep 2015
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Paessler AG has launched a new partner program to make it more 'financially rewarding' for solution provider channel partners.
Change

It's time to leave the planning stage and become a digital business

Thu, 3rd Sep 2015
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developer tools
Digital business leaders are 'pulling ahead of the pack' and leaving those still in the planning stage in their wake, according to a Gartner survey.
Phil sorgen

Microsoft to partners: Build your own IP

Wed, 2nd Sep 2015
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sharepoint
Building and monetising your own IP is a crucial factor in the success of channel partners, Microsoft says, with the company outlining some options.
Landesk

LANDESK acquires Melbourne channel partner

Tue, 1st Sep 2015
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xtraction solutions
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Xtraction Solutions brings business intelligence to IT and will play a key part in LANDESK's strategy to integrate products across its portfolio.
Training

Technology training company comes to Sydney

Mon, 31st Aug 2015
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education, learning & training
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acquisition
Pluralsight opens new headquarters in Sydney to support aggressive global expansion as demand for technology professionals grows.
Cloud

Interactive Intelligence named leading multichannel cloud contact centre vendor

Mon, 31st Aug 2015
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Interactive Intelligence has managed to gain market share and sees more than half of its new customers choosing to deploy its solutions in the cloud.
Corporate wireless

WLAN market takes a hit ahead of wave two of 802.11ac

Fri, 28th Aug 2015
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network infrastructure
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hp
The WLAN market contracted in Q2, as anticipation of wave two of 802.11ac and economic uncertainty took hold, while HP WLAN uncertainty saw HP drop.
Cloud money

Managed public cloud helps Bulletproof into the black

Thu, 27th Aug 2015
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public cloud
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edge computing
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cloud services
Rapid growth in its managed public cloud revenues has helped propel Bulletproof into the black for financial 2015.
Loss

Hills loses key vendor; records $85.9 million net loss

Mon, 24th Aug 2015
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Hills says the loss of its key supplier has impacted its latest financial results and will continue to impact the company into its FY2016 results.
Business leader

Citrix number one in mobility in Frost & Sullivan's eyes

Mon, 24th Aug 2015
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Citrix is leading the way in business mobility solutions and working to empower a new-age workforce, according to Frost & Sullivan.
Avaya logo

Gartner names Avaya as unified comms leader

Mon, 24th Aug 2015
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contact centre
Avaya has been positioned in the Leaders section of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications for 2015.
Au dollar increase

Profit soars for Data#3 following move to service centric model

Thu, 20th Aug 2015
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public cloud
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fintech
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cloud services
A transition to a more service-centric model and public cloud is paying dividends for Data#3, with the company posting a 40% jump in profit.
Ma

ACCC clears TPG's iiNet takeover

Thu, 20th Aug 2015
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tpg telecom
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retail
TPG's proposed acquisition of iiNet has cleared another hurdle with the ACCC announcing it won't oppose the deal.
Storage

Lenovo channel to take Brocade SAN solutions to market

Thu, 20th Aug 2015
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Brocade has signed an OEM deal with Lenovo which will see its Gen 5 Fibre Channel SAN solutions being sold through Lenovo and its channel partners.
Look it up

Seagate to expand storage systems offerings with latest acquisition

Wed, 19th Aug 2015
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storage
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seagate
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m&a
Seagate Technology has acquired Dot Hill Systems, a supplier of software and hardware storage systems, for approximately $694 million.
Big fish

CSG buys Kiwi CodeBlue in potential NZ$15 million deal

Wed, 19th Aug 2015
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CSG has snapped up New Zealand IT services company CodeBlue, which will provide support desk service delivery for CSG across ANZ.
Cloud comms

CSG tops $200 million; inks channel partner deal

Mon, 17th Aug 2015
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contact centre
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CSG inks deal to become channel partner for cloud-based UC and contact centre solutions provider 8x8 as it cracks $200 million in revenue.
Graph down red coins

Hills to report loss after $94 million asset write-down

Thu, 13th Aug 2015
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hills
Hills has warned a $94 million write-down of goodwill and assets will see the company log a net loss of around $86 million for FY15.