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Logicalis makes move on Australia with CNI acquisition

Tue, 9th Oct 2018
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The Australian operation of the group, Thomas Duryea Logicalis is confident the acquisition will bolster is hybrid IT abilities.
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Data#3 wins Microsoft Azure migration services contract

Mon, 8th Oct 2018
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migration
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public cloud
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microsoft
The process for selection was highly competitive and involved the completion of eight separate workload migration scenarios.
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Automation Anywhere appoints new ANZ MD

Thu, 4th Oct 2018
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Automation Anywhere has named Tim Ebbeck as Senior VP and Managing Director for Australia and New Zealand, aiming for aggressive growth in the region.
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Hawaiki cable connecting the US and the Pacific gets turbo boost

Tue, 25th Sep 2018
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network infrastructure
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hawaiki cable
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ciena
The Hawaiki subsea cable, linking Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific, and the US, will boost speed to 67 terabits per second with Ciena's GeoMesh Extreme.
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Open for business: 4,600km cable connecting AU & SG goes live

Fri, 14th Sep 2018
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network infrastructure
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
It's taken months of gruelling work and no shortage of investment, but the ASC is now live to present huge opportunities in APAC.
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DDN completes $60m acquisition and reboots Tintri for business

Wed, 5th Sep 2018
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There were six rounds of heated negotiations and an extensive bidding process, but now that it's complete DDN is wasting no time.
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Profits down but revenue & CAPEX up as NEXTDC eyes the future

Sat, 1st Sep 2018
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hyperscale
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dc
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nextdc
There may be less money to play with but the company had a very busy year with a series of new data centre launches revenues rising 31 percent.
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Cisco to drop $2.35b to acquire access security provider

Fri, 3rd Aug 2018
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multi-cloud
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breach prevention
Cisco has announced the intent to acquire Duo Security in order to expand its users' ability to manage secure connections to devices.
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Mimecast acquires Solebit to improve threat protection offering

Wed, 1st Aug 2018
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phishing
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email security
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m&a
Mimecast acquires Solebit for $88m, bolstering cyber defence against sophisticated malware and phishing attacks.
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Subsea cable connecting the U.S. and ANZ opens for business

Fri, 20th Jul 2018
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network infrastructure
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Competition is opening up in the Internet traffic market with this being the first high speed connection to NZ that Spark doesn't have a stake in.
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​Lenovo combines public cloud with private in latest development

Thu, 19th Jul 2018
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private cloud
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datacentre infrastructure
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public cloud
​​Lenovo Data Center Group has announced the latest member to its ThinkAgile portfolio - a 'cloud in a box' solution.
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Intel celebrates its 50th anniversary with promises, drones, and bell-rings

Thu, 19th Jul 2018
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quantum computing
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ai
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intel
It's Intel's 50th birthday and the company has wasted no time looking to the future – and back on the past of computing history.
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Deloitte invests NZ$473m into new Asia Pacific business

Wed, 18th Jul 2018
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cloud services
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deloitte
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professional services
Five of Deloitte's businesses are opening their coffers to pledge an extra investment of US$321 million (NZ$473 million) towards an Asia Pacific firm.
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Polycom goes 'all in' on Microsoft Teams at Inspire 2018

Tue, 17th Jul 2018
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uc
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hybrid & remote work
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microsoft
Polycom says it's going 'all in' on Microsoft Teams to create the best experiences across a range of different communications devices and solutions.
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MOBOTIX announces new range of video surveillance cameras

Fri, 13th Jul 2018
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surveillance
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mobotix
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partners
MOBOTIX MOVE also is the first MOBOTIX camera range with motorised varifocal lenses, high-speed mechanical Pan-Tilt-Zoom and Speed Domes.
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Broadcom buys out CA Technologies for $18.9 billion

Thu, 12th Jul 2018
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ca technologies
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qualcomm
Combined, the companies plan to build what they call 'one of the world's leading infrastructure technology companies'.
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Tech Data announces ANOTHER new partnership for APAC

Thu, 12th Jul 2018
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partner programmes
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resellers
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channel development
After announcing multiple ANZ partnerships in the last week, Tech Data has made its intentions clear for the region's resellers with this new deal.
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Nexion picks up Perth-based DC after merger with Site2

Wed, 4th Jul 2018
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firewalls
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hyperscale
Nexion Networks finalises merger with Site2, acquiring Metro IX Data Center. This expansion enhances Nexion's local and global IT and telecom capabilities.
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KPMG and Cylance team up to secure enterprise endpoints

Wed, 27th Jun 2018
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endpoint protection
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partner programmes
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ai security
The alliance with Cylance adds AI-enabled endpoint security technology to KPMG's portfolio of security strategy and roadmap services.
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Integrator UCLogiq strikes gold with Microsoft

Wed, 27th Jun 2018
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microsoft
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pyrios
The company has met the criteria, including a number of Microsoft-certified employees, customer references, and completed Office 365 projects.