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NetApp appoints new GM for Asia Pacific as it looks to drive growth

"Sanjay's skills in partnering with APAC teams and understanding the APAC business landscape will be key to driving our continued growth.More

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Citrix announces new desktop as a service solution for Aus market

Citrix has announced it launching a cloud-hosted offering to deliver Windows applications and desktops from Azure to any device.More

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Sophos report sheds light on Aussie cybersecurity landscape

“Security is hard. We all know it. Sophos survey highlights the constant challenge presented by the evolving security landscape and never ending search for skills and best practices to help organisations overcome these threats.”More

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Intel to release 10th gen mobile CPUs later this year

Comet Lake CPUs will be available later this year in more than 90 designs for use in laptop and two-in-one devices.More

New QNAP appliance adds device monitoring to intranet

Automation Anywhere to provide RPA for Wipro Automation Lab

Jamf extends Apple expertise through security firm buyout

How you can leverage cloud’s advantages while staying secure

Sennheiser's business ceiling microphone certified for Microsoft Teams

How perfect visibility lets MSPs do more with less

New research highlights third party risks facing organisations

modern risk management must account for ongoing changes in third-party relationships and mitigate risks in an iterative way — that is, on a continual basis, rather than at specified intervals."More

Whitepaper: Digital transformation priorities for the coming IT landscape

Unified IT is no longer a luxury. It is a critical business need for today’s competitive environment.More

Dell takes zero-footprint design to latest all-in-ones

Dell is all about the zero-footprint desktop design in the latest addition to the OptiPlex series.More

Brands failing to engage customers of today, study shows

Australian consumers are turning away from company websites in preference to search engine recommendations, are seeking seamless payment experiences and are choosing brands that create engaging content, a new report shows.More

Discord between execs and IT holding back digital transformation efforts

"An organisation is its own worst enemy, so any change has to be supported by pragmatic, self-aware leadership who are themselves changing."More

How to use chatbots to free your staff from client FAQs

FAQ Bot answers the questions that are asked most often, and can be simply and easily resolved, but place a load on customer service staff.More

Nintex announces new electronic forms capabilities

The new designer makes it easier to create digital forms to power automated workflows leveraging Nintex for Office 365 and Nintex Workflow Cloud.More

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. More

HCL - the Global IT company with a growing A/NZ presence

We look at the local role of the massive corporation in ANZ IT departments.More

Changing skill sets become major driver of business restructures

Restructure, restructure, restructure. That seems to be the message that almost 900 New Zealand employers and 3400 Australian employers are taking away from the continuous need to keep up with changing business needs.More

You’re invited: How Alibaba can be your gateway into the Chinese market

China is in the midst of a transformation that presents an unprecedented opportunity for Australian and New Zealand businesses.More

CIOs – here’s how you get your IT environment digital-ready

It’s no simple task to optimise performance for an array of internal and external applications, particularly when there’s a mixture of cloud and legacy workloads that intersect.More

Second Akamai scrubbing centre opens in Melbourne

The new Melbourne scrubbing centre will allow Akamai to continue to meet its aims of having three-to-five times the capacity of the largest DDoS attacks currently recorded.More

Moving to a low-code content future - Hyland

What was once a case of ‘build once, update seldom’ has changed to the point where constant pressure requires software to continuously evolve.More

Snowflake brings on A/NZ partner manager to support growth

Over the past year, Snowflake has signed up 15 new channel partners across Australia and New Zealand. This displays the company’s increased focus on the geographies and a greater demand for data-driven solutions.More

Microsoft and CyberArk lead GlobalData identity management theme

Both companies gained the highest score for the identity management theme in GlobalData’s Thematic Scorecard for the security software sector.More

How to take your job search to the next level

What can you do to make sure you get the attention you deserve in your job search?More

Gartner, Forrester name Retarus for Email Security

The information logistics firm was listed as one of the twelve most important providers of email security services in the world by Forrester Research.More

Why healthcare organisations must examine their network visibility - ExtraHop

Hackers and cyber criminals place a high value on the patient data healthcare providers have in their records.More

Ricoh Australia launches new line of multifunction printers

The printers are designed for commercial printers, print shops, corporate reprographics departments, offices, and schools for greater mono production flexibility and capability.More

New managing director for Hitachi Vantara A/NZ

Johnson is responsible for managing business and operations in A/NZ, with a focus on nurturing the partner ecosystem and charting business strategy.More

Whitepaper: How to gain visibility into an organisations’ cloud spend

Optimising IT spending allows MSPs to apply the savings to actions that enhance IT competencies and achieve business goals.More

Kiwi employees embracing a future of AI

Kiwi employees are the most secure in their roles when it comes to embracing artificial intelligence in the workplace, compared to all other countries surveyed including, Australia, USA, UK, Germany and Japan. More

IDC: Commercial sector will lead ICT spending to $4.8 trillion in 2023

Digital transformation and the adoption of automation technologies will be driving investments in applications, analytics, middleware, and data management software.More

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.More

Whitepaper: Managing cyber risks inherent in digital strategy

Growth, innovation and security should all be part of one conversation.More

The story of Australia’s fibre optic advocates

We quickly explain the history of Australia's largest privately-owned fibre network operator.More

How crucial is cloud expertise to your organisation?

The study surveys more than 950 IT decision-makers and IT pros from across the globe to better understand the barriers to increasing cloud usage.More

Ping Identity appoints A/NZ & 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.More

Limiting access key to minimising data breaches, says expert

"When a company provides only a minimum amount of access needed for the employees to fulfil their roles, the risk of wide-spread breach greatly diminishes."More

Autodesk, Splunk, PTC amongst top IT firms ripe for M&A

GlobalData predicts that well-positioned companies like Splunk, Autodesk and PTC are likely to be top of the wishlist – here’s why.More

Lenovo hits $12.5B in revenue, marking eighth year of growth

According to the company, the strong results are led by the Intelligent Devices Group (IDG). The PC and Smart Devices Group (PCSD), one of its two business units, continued double-digit (12%) revenue growth.More

Rackspace: Bridging on-premise and cloud workloads

The VMware Cloud on AWS solution is crafted through deep integration of VMware virtualisation and cloud management tools with the AWS cloud platform.More

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. More

Mobile Mentor solution lets you manage Windows 10 like a smartphone

The solution gives IT managers the ability to holistically manage all endpoints to improve security and employee experience.More

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.More

Citrix named Leader in UEM Magic Quadrant

Gartner has named Citrix a Leader in the Unified Endpoint Management Magic Quadrant noting ease of deployment, as long as you’re all in on Citrix.More

SD-WAN the solution for lagging legacy WAN

“Australian organisations … need to find a network platform that will enable the required positive business changes. The answer is SD-WAN.“More

Instalment service provider PartPay acquired by Australian player Zip

The acquisition gives Zip exposure to four key geographies – New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States and South Africa.More

MSPs battle it out in 'survival of the fittest'

Charles Darwin famously said that evolution is the survival of the fittest: only those that are the best of a species will survive.More

Asked and answered - How FAQ Bot will save you time and money

With customer expectations sky-high, the FAQ Bot is the perfect solution for customers who need answers to common questions, 24x7.More

Spear phishing techniques evolving to execute lateral attacks – Barracuda

Barracuda’s research uncovered fresh insights into how these popular attacks are evolving and the tactics used by cybercriminals to try to make them successful.More

Getting started with vulnerability migration

There’s a change in the wind. Patch management out and software & vulnerability management is here. It’s an essential evolution if you’re serious about reducing risk in a few simple steps.More

Why IT professionals are moving towards the unified solution stack

Do you ever feel like you’re running multiple disparate systems to run your MSP?More

Hyland a 'leader' in ECM — Forrester Wave report

Content services provider Hyland has been dubbed a ‘leader’ in the Forrester Wave Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Content Platforms Q3 2019 report.More