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Heather Wright

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Readify eyes 'development, design and data powerhouse' status
Data Analytics

Readify eyes 'development, design and data powerhouse' status

Readify has snapped up former DiData VIC state manager Andrew Phillips as it seeks to be Australia's 'first development, design and data powerhouse'.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 16th Nov 2015
TechnologyOne takes out $5.8m federal Treasury deal
SAP

TechnologyOne takes out $5.8m federal Treasury deal

TechnologyOne has inked a $5.8m deal software-as-a-service deal with the federal Department of Treasury, which will also expand to other departments.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 16th Nov 2015

Global Stories

Written by Heather

Veritas rolls out local partner program
Partner Programmes

Veritas rolls out local partner program

Veritas has launched its Partner Force program for APJ with the company keen to enable channel to capitalise on growing information management demand.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 18th Nov 2015
NextDC offers ExpressRoute to Office 365
Hyperscale

NextDC offers ExpressRoute to Office 365

NextDC is making private high-speed connections to Microsoft Office 365, via ExpressRoute, available through its AxonVN virtual exchange.

By Heather Wright • 1 min read • Tue, 17th Nov 2015
Data centres in 2016: Emerson's top five trends
Hyperscale

Data centres in 2016: Emerson's top five trends

The cloud is getting complicated, architecture is trumping technology and and the neighbourhood data centre is moving in according to Emerson.

By Heather Wright • 4 min read • Tue, 17th Nov 2015
Presence of IT targets workforce analytics
Data Analytics

Presence of IT targets workforce analytics

Presence of IT is adding new workforce analytics and planning capability to its People practice, appointing Louise Griffin to head the new capability.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 17th Nov 2015
Empired inks $10m Victoria DET deal
Empired

Empired inks $10m Victoria DET deal

Empired has secured a $10m services contract with the Victoria Department of Education and Training to provide infrastructure technical services.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 17th Nov 2015
Behavioural and tech changes needed to counter security threats
Cybersecurity

Behavioural and tech changes needed to counter security threats

Technology isn't enough to counter security threats, with Kiwi companies needing to harness behavioural changes in order to protect the businesses.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 17th Nov 2015
Cloud bites deep into entry-level and personal storage market
Storage

Cloud bites deep into entry-level and personal storage market

Cloud storage is biting deep into personal and entry-level storage shipments, which tumbled as consumers and small business took to cloud.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 17th Nov 2015
Microsoft and Code.org tap Minecraft to get kids coding
Microsoft

Microsoft and Code.org tap Minecraft to get kids coding

Kids are being encouraged to get into coding through a game many love - Minecraft - with Microsoft unveiling an online Minecraft coding tutorial.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 17th Nov 2015
NextDC unveils finalists for inaugural awards
Hyperscale

NextDC unveils finalists for inaugural awards

NextDC has announced the finalists for its inaugural partner awards, with M2, Tech Mahindra, Blue Central, Telstra and Brennan IT among the nominees.

By Heather Wright • 1 min read • Mon, 16th Nov 2015
Companies eye flash storage, wary current storage won't cut it
Storage

Companies eye flash storage, wary current storage won't cut it

Almost half of Australian businesses in a recent survey are doubtful their current storage environments sustain business needs over the next 10 years.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 16th Nov 2015
Draft law heralds end of GST-free digital goods
Online shopping

Draft law heralds end of GST-free digital goods

The days of GST-free music, games, e-books and software purchased online are coming to an end, with plans to tax online services from next October.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Mon, 16th Nov 2015
Spark providing free calls to France following Paris attacks
Unified Communications

Spark providing free calls to France following Paris attacks

Spark will credit customers back for any landline and mobile calls and texts to France in the wake of Friday's Paris attacks.

By Heather Wright • 1 min read • Mon, 16th Nov 2015
Jucy books Promapp in to support global expansion
Education, Learning & Training

Jucy books Promapp in to support global expansion

Jucy Group has called on Promapp Solutions to provide a solution for easily capturing, streamlining and sharing processes as the company expands.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 16th Nov 2015

Stories from Other Regions

Written by Heather

Photo printing app teams up with Warehouse Stationery
Apps

Photo printing app teams up with Warehouse Stationery

Printicular, which claims to be the world's fastest-growing photo printing app has teamed up with Warehouse Stationery to launch a Kiwi print service.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 16th Nov 2015
Lightning Labs and Microsoft offer up $20m in cloud credits
Microsoft

Lightning Labs and Microsoft offer up $20m in cloud credits

Startups making it into Lightning Lab programmes receive an open cheque worth more than $500,000 each to use on Microsoft's Azure platform.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 16th Nov 2015