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Second Akamai scrubbing centre opens in Melbourne

Akamai bolsters its DDoS defences in the ANZ region with the opening of a second scrubbing centre in Melbourne, enhancing cybersecurity resilience.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Wed, 21st Aug 2019

Artificial Intelligence

Nuance releases med-tech speech recognition in Aus

Nuance is launching its speech recognition platform Dragon Medical One in Australia, saving clinicians time on updating records and documentation.

By Ben Moore • 3 min read • Tue, 20th Aug 2019

DataCentre infrastructure

Gallery: Lenovo recognises top partners of 2019

Lenovo celebrated its top Australian channel partners with 18 awards at a gala hosted by comedian Arj Barker, highlighting exceptional service and achievements.

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Fri, 16th Aug 2019

Marketing Technologies

Brands failing to engage customers of today, study shows

A Cognizant study reveals Australian consumers prefer search engine recommendations over brand websites, seek seamless payments, and value engaging content.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Fri, 16th Aug 2019

Global Stories

Australian stories

Hyperscale

NEXTDC launches micro data centre in Perth

Australian data-centre-as-a-service provider NEXTDC has launched its very first micro data centre in Perth central business district.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Thu, 22nd Aug 2019

HCL

HCL Technologies launches first NZ delivery centre

The Hamilton facility will support global customers and partners and provide access to the latest IT services and digital business technologies.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Wed, 21st Aug 2019

Kordia

Kordia Group CEO Scott Bartlett steps down amid health battle

Effective immediately, the announcement comes following a recent diagnosis of multiple tumours on the brain, treatment for which is currently underway.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Wed, 21st Aug 2019

Robotic Process Automation

Automation Anywhere to provide RPA for Wipro Automation Lab

The Lab will be a playground for co-creating business solutions with Wipro and leading automation providers like Automation Anywhere.

By Ben Moore • 2 min read • Wed, 21st Aug 2019

Hyperscale

HCL - the Global IT company with a growing ANZ presence

HCL, founded 43 years ago and based in India, is strengthening its footprint in Australia and New Zealand, employing over 1,960 people across ANZ.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Tue, 20th Aug 2019

Peer-to-peer lending

Harmoney reshuffles senior exec team; appoints new CEO for 2020

Australasian marketplace lender Harmoney has appointed Australian-based David Stevens as its new CEO, effective early 2020.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Tue, 20th Aug 2019

DevOps

Changing skill sets become major driver of business restructures

Changing skill sets are leading nearly half of organisational restructures in New Zealand and Australia, reports Hays, as firms adapt to new business needs.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Tue, 20th Aug 2019

Digital Entertainment

Streaming service Disney+ coming to NZ – pricing and dates

The services will be another competitor entering the streaming market to compete with the likes of Netflix, Sky's Neon offering, Lightbox.

By Kai Ping Lew • 2 min read • Tue, 20th Aug 2019

Unified Communications

Express Virtual Meetings launches first partner programme

The conferencing solutions provider will allow partners to white label its enterprise-grade video and audio solutions.

By Ben Moore • 2 min read • Mon, 19th Aug 2019

Firewalls

Telcos must step up with stronger protections on user data – Fortinet

The capability for service providers to up their security game is in place right now and New Zealand telcos and ISPs don't need to stop at personal protection.

By Jon McGettigan • 3 min read • Mon, 19th Aug 2019

DevOps

Dynatrace ANZ Software Intelligence Award winners announced

ANZ Bank, Deloitte, Datacom NZ, DXC, icare NSW and the Australian Department of Human Services all named across various categories.

By Ben Moore • 2 min read • Mon, 19th Aug 2019

Multi-cloud

Ping Identity appoints ANZ & Japan country manager

Melbourne-based Ashley Diffey will be responsible for boosting sales, as well as customer support and services to drive demand in the region.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Mon, 19th Aug 2019

Hyperscale

Digital Realty brings greater IBM Cloud access to Sydney

Digital Realty has expanded access to IBM Cloud in Australia through the availability of IBM Cloud Direct Link Dedicating Hosting services in Sydney.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 16th Aug 2019

Robotics

Kiwi employees embracing a future of AI

A multinational survey by Genesys reveals New Zealand employees lead in embracing AI in the workplace, showcasing unparalleled confidence and ethical trust.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Fri, 16th Aug 2019