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Cisco dominates NAC market, thanks to acquisitions and innovation
Cisco

Cisco dominates NAC market, thanks to acquisitions and innovation

Cisco is dominating the Network Access Control market with its technology and acquisitions, says Frost - Sullivan.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Tue, 12th Jan 2016
Konica Minolta Australia reaches highest level of OpenText partnership
Partner Programmes

Konica Minolta Australia reaches highest level of OpenText partnership

Konica Minolta is a partner in three of five categories: reseller, services and support, and was one of the first platinum partners announced.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Mon, 14th Dec 2015

Global Stories

Acquisition stories

OpenText a Magic Quadrant leader in evolving CMM market
Customers

OpenText a Magic Quadrant leader in evolving CMM market

Gartner estimates that CCM was an $800 million market for 2014, and it is expected to show a compound annual growth rate of 9.8% from 2015 to 2020.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 15th Jan 2016
What's next for the Wireless Industry? Top Wi-Fi Trends in 2016
Wireless Networks

What's next for the Wireless Industry? Top Wi-Fi Trends in 2016

Wi-Fi technology has become such a pervasive force that it has become hard to imagine what life will be like without wireless Internet access.

By Michael Lok • 5 min read • Thu, 14th Jan 2016
Microsoft ramps up Skype for Business with Aussie tech buy
Unified Communications

Microsoft ramps up Skype for Business with Aussie tech buy

Microsoft has snapped up tech assets from Event Zero to help expand and improve Skype for Business' built-in management tools and analytics.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 14th Jan 2016
Cisco, HPE tighten hold on enterprise infrastructure market
Synergy Research

Cisco, HPE tighten hold on enterprise infrastructure market

Cisco continues to dominate the enterprise infrastructure market with a 33% share in the past year. So which other vendors got a look in?.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 14th Jan 2016
Three customer experience lessons from social media performance in 2015
Customer Experience

Three customer experience lessons from social media performance in 2015

The performance of social companies contains lessons about the future of social media and the present of marketing.

By Augie Ray • 5 min read • Thu, 14th Jan 2016
Australian UC market shaken up by disruptive technologies
Unified Communications

Australian UC market shaken up by disruptive technologies

As the market is impacted by disruptive technologies, UC solutions will evolve to stay relevant in order to service the core need for enterprise comms.

By Catherine Knowles • 5 min read • Fri, 18th Dec 2015
Big Data to Small Data, more security attacks on the horizon
DevOps

Big Data to Small Data, more security attacks on the horizon

Experts warn: A pivot from Big Data could spur more, advanced cyber-attacks in 2016, with businesses bracing for impact.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Thu, 17th Dec 2015
Carbonite ups DRaaS with US$14m acquisition of Seagate's EVault
Seagate

Carbonite ups DRaaS with US$14m acquisition of Seagate's EVault

Carbonite is bolstering its disaster recovery-as-a-service offerings with a US$14 million acquisition of Seagate Technology's EVault business.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 17th Dec 2015
VMware pulls plug on Virtusteam joint venture with EMC
Virtualisation

VMware pulls plug on Virtusteam joint venture with EMC

VMware has dumped plans to partner with parent company EMC in the Virtustream cloud services joint venture, announced just months ago.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 15th Dec 2015
New faces for Westcon-Comstor as distie ups Comstor, cloud leadership
Supply Chain

New faces for Westcon-Comstor as distie ups Comstor, cloud leadership

Westcon-Comstor gears up for growth with James Mackay and Rhys Shannon enhancing its Comstor and cloud expertise.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 15th Dec 2015
Spark invests $14m in rapid 4G rollout in rural Canterbury
Unified Communications

Spark invests $14m in rapid 4G rollout in rural Canterbury

Spark New Zealand has been working with local councils to provide rural residents access to better, faster broadband and mobile data services.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Mon, 14th Dec 2015
Vocus and M2 enter trading halt pending court decision
Apple

Vocus and M2 enter trading halt pending court decision

Vocus and M2 have gone into a trading halt on the ASX as the companies await the outcome of a court hearing on the Vocus' proposed acquisition of M2.

By Heather Wright • 1 min read • Fri, 11th Dec 2015
Dicker Data joins the billion dollar club
Dicker Data

Dicker Data joins the billion dollar club

Dicker Data has joined the billion dollar club, hitting AU$1 billion in revenue for the year with three weeks of the financial year still to go.

By Heather Wright • 1 min read • Fri, 11th Dec 2015

Stories from Other Regions

Acquisition stories

Data center investment booming - and dramatically reshaping IT industry
Hyperscale

Data center investment booming - and dramatically reshaping IT industry

Leading cloud providers are investing many billions of dollars expanding their network of hyperscale data centers in order to cope with huge demand.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Mon, 14th Dec 2015
Dell NZ gears up for big 2016 as channel business takes off
Network Infrastructure

Dell NZ gears up for big 2016 as channel business takes off

After a year of 'laying the foundations' for greater channel business in New Zealand, Dell is looking forward to a bumper 2016.

By Heather Wright • 4 min read • Mon, 14th Dec 2015