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Australian Stories

Australian stories

New range of affordable Alcatel smartphones available soon

TCL Communication introduced its new, price-sensitive smartphone portfolio with the Alcatel 5, 3 and 1 Series at Mobile World Congress 2018.

By Ben Moore • 4 min read • Wed, 28th Feb 2018

DataCentre infrastructure

Schneider Electric brings on High Technology Control as Aussie cooling partner

The partnership allows HTC to market, distribute, and sell Schneider Electric's precision cooling products in Australia.

By Patrick Martlew • 2 min read • Tue, 27th Feb 2018

Phishing

CERT Australia reveals this year's cybersecurity challenges

Criminals will exploit known vulnerabilities; social engineering will craft sophisticated networks; supply chain targeting will target third parties..

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Tue, 27th Feb 2018

Unified Communications

Oz's internet needs a helping hand, a new study shows

Australia is ranked 23rd of 30 high-income countries, according to The Economist Intelligence Unit's The Inclusive Internet Index.

By Ben Moore • 3 min read • Tue, 27th Feb 2018

Cloud Security

ASD grants Dimension Data the power to host 'protected' government information

Dimension Data Australia will now be able to provide cloud security services to the Australian Government for protected data.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Tue, 27th Feb 2018

Global Stories

Australian stories

Unified Communications

Interview: Unravelling the myths of chatbot security and identity theft in banking

Banks in Australia are embracing artificial intelligence chatbots for customer service, but face security risks.

By Sara Barker • 5 min read • Mon, 5th Mar 2018

Data Analytics

Snowflake Computing drifts into Oz with new offices, execs

Snowflake Computing accelerates its APJ expansion with Sydney and Melbourne office launch and two senior executive appointments.

By Ben Moore • 2 min read • Mon, 5th Mar 2018

Partner Programmes

IGEL bolsters partner support with new programme for ANZ

The programme increases support offered to local IGEL partners and is aimed at helping maximise opportunities for endpoint management.

By Ben Moore • 2 min read • Fri, 2nd Mar 2018

Malware

Why banks need to show more initiative in tackling cyber fraud

Why financial institutions need to combat the increasingly complex and intelligent threat landscape with a holistic security approach.

By Shahnawaz Backer • 4 min read • Thu, 1st Mar 2018

Digital Transformation

Aussie workers ready for paperless DX productivity gains – study

A third of office workers say they want to start using more digital tools to buy back time currently spent dealing with manual paper-based tasks.

By Kai Ping Lew • 3 min read • Thu, 1st Mar 2018

Data Analytics

DXC Technology acquires local Oracle partner M-Power Solutions

DXC Technology is set to acquire Australian-based Oracle partner M-Power Solutions, enhancing its leading position in Oracle Cloud solutions in ANZ.

By Patrick Martlew • 3 min read • Thu, 1st Mar 2018

Open source

Red Hat brings in ex-Fuji Xerox talent for ANZ channel role

Red Hat has named Garry Gray, former chief revenue officer at Fuji Xerox Australia, as its new ANZ channel director, replacing Colin Garro.

By Patrick Martlew • 2 min read • Thu, 1st Mar 2018

Fintech

Reckon and Prospa hit $10 Million loan milestone for Aussie SMBs

The online lending market in Aus is has grown at unprecedented speeds, demonstrating the demand for quick and fuss-free access to business capital.

By Kai Ping Lew • 3 min read • Thu, 1st Mar 2018

Partner Programmes

SAP Concur notches first ANZ reseller agreement with MicroChannel

SAP Concur secures its first ANZ reseller deal with MicroChannel, marking a strategic move to broaden its market reach through new channel partnerships.

By Patrick Martlew • 2 min read • Thu, 1st Mar 2018

EdTech

Ed-tech company creates channel head role for ANZ expansion

Based in Sydney, the newly created position filled by Martin Strong is designed to support the company's growth ambitions in the region.

By Ben Moore • 2 min read • Thu, 1st Mar 2018

Customer Relationship Management

Assessing why the ANZ cloud market is still 'cloudy'

Despite the optimism demonstrated by many CIOs, the actual process of cloud adoption among large organisations is slow.

By Daniel Ussher • 5 min read • Wed, 28th Feb 2018

Lenovo

EXCLUSIVE: Lenovo ANZ subsidiaries' impressive finances

Lenovo's Australia and New Zealand subsidiary reported a stunning AUD $4 million rise in profits and an 8.7% surge in revenue, aided by major cost cuts.

By Ben Moore • 2 min read • Wed, 28th Feb 2018