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Heather Wright

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Australian Stories

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Unified Communications

Manual admin hampering Aussie managers - and companies

Australian managers are spending 36% of their time on manual administrative tasks with companies failing to harness technology to accelerate work.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Wed, 11th Nov 2015

Microsoft

Microsoft bites into Android's Aussie tablet share

Demand for two-in-one devices are ramping up, with Microsoft cashing in on demand for more professional devices.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 10th Nov 2015

Virtualisation

BlueApache garners platinum status with Veeam

BlueApache has garnered elite status from Veeam, being named Victoria's first Veeam cloud and service provider platinum partner.

By Heather Wright • 1 min read • Tue, 10th Nov 2015

Storage

Deloitte moves into cloud implementation and management with CSG buy

Deloitte Australia has snapped up Cloud Solutions Group, in a deal which will see it adding implementation and managed cloud solutions to its line-up.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 10th Nov 2015

Canon

Employees believe workplace tech is holding them back

Technology may be the great enabler, but a new survey shows Australian employees don't believe their workplaces are keeping up with technology.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Mon, 9th Nov 2015

Global Stories

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Debitsuccess

US company takes major stake in NZ's Debitsuccess

A US private equity firm has taken a major stake in Kiwi global payment solutions provider Transaction Services Group, which includes Debitsuccess.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 11th Nov 2015

Cisco

New billion dollar Cisco-Ericsson partnership 'aggressive' move

A new partnership between Cisco and Ericsson to create 'the networks of the future' has been dubbed an 'aggressive move' - but one with big rewards.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Wed, 11th Nov 2015

Microsoft

Bumper growth for MapR as companies seek value from data

Big data and Hadoop expert MapR Technologies has reported record bookings for Q3 as companies look for revenue growth and efficiencies from data.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 10th Nov 2015

Storage

Resellers urged to get onboard with new disruptive storage offerings

A new wave of disruptive technologies is changing enterprise storage, and resellers are being urged to get onboard and reap the early rewards.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Tue, 10th Nov 2015

Data Analytics

Host Analytics and Inside Info launch new Sydney data centre

Host Analytics and Inside Info have launched a new Sydney data centre to bolster performance for Australian customers and address data sovereignty.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 10th Nov 2015

Malware

ESET offers up secure USB drives with built in antivirus

ESET has debuted a new range of secure USB drives to aimed at preventing malware from spreading via portable drives.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Tue, 10th Nov 2015

IT Automation

VMware's John Donovan forges new role at ForgeRock

Forgerock has snapped up former VMware ANZ channel boss John Donovan, as the identity management provider seeks to accelerate its regionalj expansion.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 10th Nov 2015

Firewalls

Sophos synchronises network, endpoint security with Heartbeat

Sophos' latest offering synchronises real time threat information between endpoints and the network firewall or UTM to provide faster threat detection.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 10th Nov 2015