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Vic State Emergency Services cuts costs, improves efficiency with cloud move

Tue, 11th Apr 2017
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Data#3 has helped migrate Victoria's State Emergency Service to the Microsoft cloud in a move the organisation says has reduced costs by up to 25%.
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Avanade: How to approach IT modernisation

Fri, 7th Apr 2017
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Avanade research highlights IT modernisation as a catalyst for 14% revenue increase and operational cost reduction.
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Gartner: 90% of organisations to adopt hybrid infrastructure by 2020

Wed, 5th Apr 2017
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​Gartner's report contains a series of predictions about IT infrastructure services that could have some serious implications on the industry.
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Hammer and tongs in the Aussie channel – this week's highlights

Fri, 31st Mar 2017
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Another working week in Australia's channel comes to a close today, so what went down? Here's some of the highlights.
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Verizon inks colocation reseller deal with Equinix

Fri, 31st Mar 2017
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Verizon to resell Equinix colocation and interconnection services, pairing them with its own security and network services.
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Parallels announces support for Azure - huge opportunities for IT

Thu, 30th Mar 2017
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With Parallels RAS deployed in Azure there are a number of invaluable benefits for businesses to take advantage of.
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Mall operator Scentre sold on DX after DiData Microsoft project

Tue, 28th Mar 2017
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A digital transformation initiative with Dimension Data and Microsoft has seen mall operator Scentre transform its relationship with customers.
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Azure and new hosting solutions coming to Ingram Micro Cloud's Odin platform

Tue, 28th Mar 2017
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Ingram Micro Cloud is adding new tools for Azure and new hosting solutions to its latest release of the Odin Automation Essentials platform.
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Equinix Hong Kong expansion fuels IoT and cloud growth

Thu, 23rd Mar 2017
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This latest expansion brings Equinix's total investment in the city to over US$250 million. But that's just the start of the story.
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Cisco wraps up acquisition of AppDynamics

Thu, 23rd Mar 2017
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Together, the companies will aim to deliver visibility across the network, data centre, security, applications and to drive digital transformation.
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Gemalto introduces on-prem encryption key solution for 'highly regulated' organisations

Wed, 22nd Mar 2017
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Gemalto 'Hold Your Own Key (HYOK)' for secure encryption functionality for Microsoft Azure Information Protection Services.
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Ingram Micro enriches reseller cloud opportunities with new deal

Tue, 21st Mar 2017
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Ingram Micro says a new agreement with NetEnrich will allow any partners to become cloud managed services providers using Azure and other platforms.
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RSL Queensland marks 100th anniversary with Microsoft tech transformation

Wed, 15th Mar 2017
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RSL Queensland celebrates 100th anniversary with Microsoft technology transformation, leveraging Azure, Office 365, Dynamics365 and Teams.
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Inabox snaps up Logic Communications in second acquisition this year

Tue, 7th Mar 2017
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Inabox has snapped up Perth-based managed IT and cloud service provider Logic Communications in a $1.5 million deal.
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EXCLUSIVE: Veritas EVP delves into 3 key trends of the ANZ channel

Fri, 3rd Mar 2017
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Digital transformation has given rise to a number of trends in information management - Mike Palmer explains how the channel can capitalise on them.
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Nimble Storage deploys multi-cloud storage for the enterprise

Tue, 28th Feb 2017
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Nimble Storage launches Nimble Cloud Volumes, an enterprise-grade multi-cloud storage for applications in Azure and AWS.
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To cloud or not to cloud – what's the alternative?

Mon, 27th Feb 2017
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Almost every business is constantly in evaluation mode as they are driven by cloud and mobile initiatives to explore new technologies.
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Panzura launches new partner program to capitalise on hybrid cloud

Mon, 27th Feb 2017
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Panzura asserts it will enable solution providers to capitalise on the massive shift of IT infrastructure to the cloud.
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Veritas and Microsoft cosy up for global strategic partnership

Thu, 23rd Feb 2017
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The two have a history of longstanding relationships, and they affirm this will build on that background in addition to allowing collaboration.
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Microsoft Cloud grows across Asia; Azure now available in Korea

Wed, 22nd Feb 2017
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Microsoft has announced that its Azure cloud platform is now available in new Microsoft Cloud platforms across Korea.