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Ashton Young

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Artificial Intelligence

New innovation lab opening in China to stimulate innovation in AI

iQIYI has revealed its plans to set up an innovation lab with the aim to develop artificial intelligence (AI) benchmarks with global partners.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Tue, 13th Jun 2017

Unified Communications

Optus makes the next step in nbn offerings for wholesale partners

Optus Wholesale is continuing its expansion of nbn network offerings for wholesale customers with a raft of new innovations.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Tue, 13th Jun 2017

Health Technologies

New survey reveals big opportunity for tech in AU healthcare

A survey from Phillips has revealed AU is behind when it comes to integration across the healthcare system & adoption of connected care technologies.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Tue, 13th Jun 2017

Mergers and Acquisitions

Enovax secures industry recognition in Southeast Asia with coveted IT award

Enovax took home the coveted 'IT Service Award' at the recent Singapore Business Review National Business Awards 2017.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Mon, 12th Jun 2017

Global Stories

Partner Programmes

Continuum snapped up by private equity investment firm Thoma Bravo

Thoma Bravo has acquired Continuum for an undisclosed amount in a move it says will help accelerate Continuum's offering for MSPs worldwide.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Fri, 16th Jun 2017

Hyperscale

Case Study: How Volta and Next Connex's partnership has progressed one year on

In January 2016, Volta and Next Connex entered a partnership- now the companies have released a case study on how things have progressed.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Fri, 16th Jun 2017

Storage

'A new era of data-centric computing' - DDN announces new storage innovations

DataDirect Networks (DDN) has announced a number of performance and reliability innovations across its storage appliances.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Fri, 16th Jun 2017

Partner Programmes

Vault launches partner and reseller program to accelerate sales pipeline

Vault Intelligence has launched a new partner and reseller program to continue its rapid expansion on both sides of the Tasman.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Thu, 15th Jun 2017

Unified Communications

Soaring mobile data usage in ANZ an opportunity for businesses

Ericsson has released a report that reveals the highest mobile data growth since 2013 with year-over-year growth of 70 percent - and it's to continue.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Thu, 15th Jun 2017

Gaming

PlayStation 4 sales continue rocketing growth

Sony Interactive Entertainment recently announced a new sales milestone for PS4 with 60.4 million units sold to consumers worldwide.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Thu, 15th Jun 2017

Marketing Technologies

Epson raises the bar in POS space with revolutionary new printer

Epson NZ launches the TM-T88VI, reinventing POS printing with cloud and mobile integration for high-pace retail sectors.

By Ashton Young • 4 min read • Wed, 14th Jun 2017

Multi-cloud

Zerto partners with HPE in move to ease customer journey

Zerto has announced it has joined the Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Complete Program in a move it says will benefit resellers and customers.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Wed, 14th Jun 2017

Breach Prevention

ExtraHop plucks FireEye vet as new SVP of worldwide sales

The provider of real-time IT analytics has its sights set on the security market with plans to accelerate expansion using a new leader at the helm.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Wed, 14th Jun 2017

Unified Communications

Who provides the best Internet? Broadband Compare Awards are here

The Broadband Compare Awards launch this week in response to the increasingly diversified Kiwi market of more than 100 Internet providers.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Wed, 14th Jun 2017

Partner Programmes

Exclusive: ALE VP talks APAC growth, channel strategies & opportunities

Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise plans to support the Asia Pacific region's cloud-driven growth, according to vice president Pierre Samson.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Tue, 13th Jun 2017

Unified Communications

Because you're 'oh so time-poor', Gmail launches AI-powered Smart Reply

When you're emailing on the go, it can be cumbersome & time-consuming to reply to all or even some of them - which is what Smart Reply is here to fix.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Tue, 13th Jun 2017

Data Analytics

Best of the best: Award winners of 10th Datacloud Europe announced

BroadGroup recently announced the winners of this year's Datacloud Awards, highlighting innovation, inspiration and excellence in data centre & cloud.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Tue, 13th Jun 2017