Kiwi Stories

The less tangible cost of Vocus New Zealand

New Zealand buyer of Vocus Group will face significant challenges integrating disconnected assets worth $400m.

By Brendan Ritchie • 2 min read • Wed, 28th Mar 2018

Deloitte strengthens AWS and cloud offerings with API Talent acquisition

Deloitte has acquired API Talent, the first New Zealand provider to qualify for AWS DevOps competency and a certified AWS MSP Partner.

By Ben Moore • 2 min read • Mon, 19th Mar 2018

DevOps

Deloitte acquires API Talent to ramp up AWS cloud offerings

Deloitte acquires New Zealand's API Talent to enhance AWS cloud services; co-owners join as partners, aiming to boost cloud adoption in local firms.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Mon, 19th Mar 2018

Global Stories

Hyperscale

HIVE makes acquisition to harness prime data centre real estate

HIVE is set to snap up Kolos Norway with the intention to build a major new data centre in Norway run on 100 percent renewable energy.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Tue, 27th Mar 2018

Network Infrastructure

Ex-Telstra talent to lead Superloop after CEO Bevan Slattery steps down

Slattery will fulfill the position of executive director, which Superloop says will allow him to focus on the company's strategic priorities.

By Patrick Martlew • 3 min read • Mon, 26th Mar 2018

Infrastructure-as-a-Service

Cloud's next step - 6 trends that are taking shape

Cloud computing has firmly established its place in both the enterprise and consumer spaces. But what is next for the revolutionary technology?.

By Vikas Tatwani • 4 min read • Mon, 19th Mar 2018

Edge Computing

Wipro's data center hosting business sells for $405 million

The hosted data center business is one of the three businesses that Wipro took over when it acquired Infocrossing in 2007.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Mon, 19th Mar 2018

Converged Infrastructure

Gartner: Integrated systems revenue will grow $12.3b in 2018

Hyperconverged integrated systems (HCIS) will experience the strongest growth at 55%, while integrated stack systems will experience a 5% decline.

By Ben Moore • 3 min read • Fri, 16th Mar 2018

Firewalls

Palo Alto Networks forks out $300m cash to acquire Evident.io

In a move to extend its cloud security offerings, Palo Alto Networks has entered into a definitive agreement with Evident.io.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Fri, 16th Mar 2018

Software

Aconex shareholders vote in favour of Oracle acquisition

Aconex shareholders have overwhelmingly approved Oracle's AUD $7.80 per share acquisition offer, valuing the deal at USD $1.2 billion.

By Sean Mitchell • 2 min read • Thu, 15th Mar 2018

Unified Communications

Avaya brings AI on board with acquisition of Spoken Communications

Avaya has closed its acquisition of Spoken Communications, boosting its cloud-based solutions and customer experience management.

By Ben Moore • 2 min read • Thu, 15th Mar 2018

Storage

Channel dominated infrastructure shipments in 2017 with 74%

The value of global infrastructure shipments hit an all-time high last year with 3 vendors and the channel dominating, but direct sales are catching.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Thu, 15th Mar 2018

Hyperscale

Equinix gets even bigger in Australia with added data center capacity

Equinix is expanding its Australian data center footprint, adding capacity to its ME1 Melbourne and SY4 Sydney facilities.

By Julia Gabel • 3 min read • Wed, 14th Mar 2018

DevOps

Nutanix announces second acquisition this month

March is turning out to be a very good month for Nutanix after making two acquisitions and publishing healthy Q2 financial figures.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Wed, 14th Mar 2018

Hyperscale

Park Place Technologies snaps up Irish data centre maintenance company

After acquiring Origina Technology Services, Park Place is now the largest 3rd party maintenance provider in Ireland with aims to expand in Europe.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Tue, 13th Mar 2018

Risk & Compliance

Cybersecurity – be prepared for alert fatigue and understand the context

With cyber threats on the rise, organisations are grappling with alert fatigue. Combatting breaches like Equifax and Uber's requires context and smarter tools.

By Chris Thomas • 5 min read • Tue, 13th Mar 2018

Stories from Other Regions

DataCentre infrastructure

Schneider Electric: A working definition for edge computing

Edge Computing, a rapidly growing concept, was a major topic at DCD Zettastructure. However, there is still no consensus on the definition of Edge.

By Julia Gabel • 5 min read • Fri, 23rd Mar 2018

Government

Cirrus Networks snatches up $1.6 million Austrade contract

Cirrus Networks has secured a GBP £1.6 million supply contract with Austrade, following its strategic acquisition of Correct Communications.

By Patrick Martlew • 2 min read • Fri, 16th Mar 2018

Digital Transformation

8 company mega-merger Trimantium GrowthOps debuts on the ASX

The listing follows a $70 million IPO, which values the company at approximately $143 million on a fully diluted basis.

By Patrick Martlew • 3 min read • Fri, 16th Mar 2018

DataCentre infrastructure

Australia's utilities sector must innovate to tackle energy poverty

Energy poverty affects over 42,000 families in Australia, namely indigenous Australians, pensioners and low-income families.

By Julia Gabel • 4 min read • Fri, 16th Mar 2018