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Cisco reveals alarming findings from Midyear Cybersecurity Report
Malware

Cisco reveals alarming findings from Midyear Cybersecurity Report

The Cisco Midyear Cybersecurity Report warns of rapidly evolving threats and potential 'destruction of service' (DeOS) attacks.

By Ashton Young • 4 min read • Wed, 26th Jul 2017
eCommerce tech to foster biggest turnout ever for Asia's largest retail show
Marketing Technologies

eCommerce tech to foster biggest turnout ever for Asia's largest retail show

More than 7,500 participants and over 200 exhibitors are expected to converge at RetailEX ASEAN event, Asia's largest and fastest growing retail show.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Wed, 26th Jul 2017
Check Point's second quarter financials exceed highest end of projections
Cybersecurity

Check Point's second quarter financials exceed highest end of projections

Gil Shrewd says the company is rapt with the second quarter results, reporting the revenue growth to be healthy.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Wed, 26th Jul 2017
Atos seals contract to transform IT infrastructure at National Bank
Digital Transformation

Atos seals contract to transform IT infrastructure at National Bank

The French IT giant will be providing comprehensive infrastructure and data centre services for Germany's National Bank.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Tue, 25th Jul 2017
Surging demand among businesses for more interactive enterprise messaging
Unified Communications

Surging demand among businesses for more interactive enterprise messaging

Ovum's survey explored the rapidly-evolving business-to-consumer communications market with some interesting findings.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Tue, 25th Jul 2017
Digital Shadows discovers credit card crime ring cashing in on $24b a year
Risk & Compliance

Digital Shadows discovers credit card crime ring cashing in on $24b a year

A professional ecosystem has emerged that is providing e-learning courses to allow aspiring cybercriminals to make USD$12k in monthly earnings.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Tue, 25th Jul 2017
SSA market to explode over next 12 months – Gartner ranks top vendors
Storage

SSA market to explode over next 12 months – Gartner ranks top vendors

Solid-state arrays (SSAs) are set to improve in performance by a factor of 10, doubling in density and cost-effectiveness over the next year.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Tue, 25th Jul 2017
78% of UK data centres fail ASHRAE guidelines – is IoT the answer?
DataCentre infrastructure

78% of UK data centres fail ASHRAE guidelines – is IoT the answer?

New research from thermal risk experts has revealed UK data centres are seriously lacking when it comes to temperature management.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Tue, 25th Jul 2017
'Most technologically advanced stadia ever built' - Tottenham partners with HPE
Partner Programmes

'Most technologically advanced stadia ever built' - Tottenham partners with HPE

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has been singled out as a key partner in forming one of the most technologically advanced stadia ever built.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Tue, 25th Jul 2017
Hackers steal $32m of ethereum cryptocurrency – expert commentary and advice
Crypto

Hackers steal $32m of ethereum cryptocurrency – expert commentary and advice

​In the second heist this week, hackers have stolen around US$32 million - Webroot senior threat analyst shares his commentary and insights.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Sat, 22nd Jul 2017
ECM market to exceed US$67 billion by 2022 – with APAC the hotspot
Enterprise Content Management

ECM market to exceed US$67 billion by 2022 – with APAC the hotspot

​A new market research report has been released, revealing a very positive forecast for the enterprise content management (ECM) market moving forward.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Sat, 22nd Jul 2017
New opportunities emerge as APAC web application firewall market surges
Firewalls

New opportunities emerge as APAC web application firewall market surges

Research from Frost & Sullivan has revealed the demand for cloud-based and virtual web application firewalls is strong in the APAC market.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Sat, 22nd Jul 2017
Tencent Cloud breaks into European market with first hub in Frankfurt
Hyperscale

Tencent Cloud breaks into European market with first hub in Frankfurt

The agreement with Interxion makes Tencent the first Asian cloud provider to be launching in Europe's largest cloud hub.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Fri, 21st Jul 2017
Edimax assigns Link Telecom as distributor in India
Resellers

Edimax assigns Link Telecom as distributor in India

Edimax boosts Indian presence, naming Link Telecom as its new distributor, set to expand market reach for its networking solutions.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Fri, 21st Jul 2017
60% of enterprises confirm global attacks have affected cyber protection choices
Malware

60% of enterprises confirm global attacks have affected cyber protection choices

Results from a recent survey of security executive from across 11 EMEA countries have been released, revealing the effects of attacks like WannaCry.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Fri, 21st Jul 2017
Prominent line-up of speakers announced for IBC Cyber Security Forum
Cybersecurity

Prominent line-up of speakers announced for IBC Cyber Security Forum

Some of the big names announced include executives from ITV, Sky, News Corp, Google and HBO to discuss exclusive insights in cybersecurity.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Thu, 20th Jul 2017
Rittal holds first partner summit to uncover opportunities for channel market
Hyperscale

Rittal holds first partner summit to uncover opportunities for channel market

​More than 40 partners from all over Europe congregated at the first Rittal Partner Summit IT to discuss challenges and opportunities in the market.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Thu, 20th Jul 2017
Milestone Systems ranked the No.1 VMS provider in APAC
Software-as-a-Service

Milestone Systems ranked the No.1 VMS provider in APAC

​Milestone Systems has taken the crown for the no.1 global video management software (VMS) vendor by company revenue - and no.1 provider in APAC.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Thu, 20th Jul 2017