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Stories by Ashton - Page 65

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HBO’s Game of Thrones treasure chest ransacked by hackers
Tue, 1st Aug 2017
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malware
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ransomware
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cybersecurity
​It would seem winter has come for HBO after hackers have stormed the company’s servers and looted the jewels within to leak data online.
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IDC: Writing on the wall for Aussie enterprise Ethernet market?
Tue, 1st Aug 2017
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network infrastructure
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sdn
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naas
With a 21 percent year-on-year decline, IDC reports the first quarter of 2017 was in fact the worst downturn in some time.
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Amazon launches new service in Singapore to transform retail
Tue, 1st Aug 2017
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smartphones
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smart cities
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amazon
Amazon's first retail service in Singapore is set to transform the retail industry with products ordered from phones and delivered within two hours.
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Renesas Electronics undergoes significant growth in Q2 this year
Tue, 1st Aug 2017
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semiconductors
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financial results
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renesas
The company has plenty to be satisfied about, with its President and CEO reporting it as a successful expansion.
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New report details exploits of notorious cyberespionage group with EMEA targets
Mon, 31st Jul 2017
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malware
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cybersecurity
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government
Known as CopyKittens, the group is politically-motivated and has increasingly been active in pursuing foreign espionage on strategic targets.
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EU a hive of opportunity – two more data centres opened in Europe
Mon, 31st Jul 2017
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ddos
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
OVH and Rackspace have opened data centres in London and Frankfurt respectively, with the former saying Brexit hasn't harmed the tech industry.
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Results are out – MSPs more profitable with Continuum
Mon, 31st Jul 2017
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partner programmes
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leadership
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managed services
The results of an independent analysis of MSPs and IT solution providers worldwide have revealed some very favourable results for Continuum.
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Cloud infrastructure services skyrocket 47% - AI to be big future player
Fri, 28th Jul 2017
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saas
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uc
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datacentre infrastructure
​The global cloud infrastructure services market continued its rampant growth in Q2 2017, surging 47 percent year-on-year to reach US$14 billion.
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Nearly a quarter of ‘unsafe’ emails getting through to user inboxes
Fri, 28th Jul 2017
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malware
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ransomware
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cybersecurity
There is a continuous challenge of securing organisations from malicious attachments, dangerous files type, impersonation attacks as well as spam.
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IBM expands global presence with two new data centres in London
Fri, 28th Jul 2017
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
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public cloud
IBM has expanded its global presence with four new IBM Cloud data centres – two in London, one in San Jose and one in Sydney.
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IaaS set to surpass SaaS spending in 2017 and be a major driver of growth
Fri, 28th Jul 2017
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saas
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public cloud
IDC has predicted the public cloud services market to exceed the US$10b mark this year with IaaS spending surpassing SaaS for the first time.
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Infosys co-founder stresses the need for change in IT companies
Fri, 28th Jul 2017
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digital transformation
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it infrastructure
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infosys
The challenge, Gopalakrishnan says, is the fear of the unknown that accompanies change and that companies are currently experiencing today.
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Tech Data seals deal to help ANZ partners capitalise on digital transformation
Thu, 27th Jul 2017
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digital transformation
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partner programmes
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software
​Tech Data has partnered with Pitney Bowes in AU and NZ in a move the distributor says will help partners to profit from digital transformation.
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Malware found prowling within every app of alternative Android store
Thu, 27th Jul 2017
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smartphones
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malware
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cybersecurity
Malware researcher at ESET, Lukáš Štefanko says this is the first time he has ever seen an entire Android market infected like that.
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Visa expands global presence with not one, but TWO new data centres
Thu, 27th Jul 2017
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hyperscale
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martech
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commerce systems
​Visa has announced expanded transaction processing capabilities in two new data centres – one in Singapore and one in the United Kingdom.
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SYNNEX takes home Worldwide Microsoft Surface Partner of the Year
Thu, 27th Jul 2017
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partner programmes
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microsoft
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synnex
​SYNNEX Corporation has come up trumps at the recent Microsoft Inspire event in Washington D.C – formerly known as the Worldwide Partner Conference.
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ForeScout partners with ServiceNow to enable complementary capabilities
Thu, 27th Jul 2017
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iot security
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iot
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partner programmes
ForeScout and ServiceNow have partnered to improve IoT security, providing customers with asset visibility and accelerated response to security incidents.
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Kinetica ups investment in APAC market including new executive appointment
Thu, 27th Jul 2017
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healthtech
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cloud services
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nvidia
Kinetica sees APAC as a lucrative opportunity given the region is expected to experience the fastest growth for big data and analytics solutions.
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Majority of organisations that think they’re GDPR compliant actually aren’t
Thu, 27th Jul 2017
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data protection
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data analytics
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martech
A global study from Veritas has made some disconcerting findings, revealing only 2% of supposedly ‘GDPR-ready’ organisations are in fact compliant.
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Fuji Xerox NZ suspends new government contracts following accounting scandal
Thu, 27th Jul 2017
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fintech
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financial systems
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government
Fuji Xerox's NZ branch suspends government contracts following the release of an independent report revealing accounting irregularities.