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Heather Wright

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Australian Stories

Written by Heather

Wireless Networks

Aruba eyes Australian healthcare market on back of new deals

Aruba is eyeing up the Australian healthcare market as organisations seek networking options to better support patients, staff and monitoring devices.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 18th Apr 2016

Oracle

ASG nets $10 million Oracle analytics deal for ABS

ASG Group has signed a $10 million deal to provide the Australian Bureau of Statistics with an Oracle enterprise analytics solution.

By Heather Wright • 1 min read • Fri, 15th Apr 2016

Counterfeits

Counterfeit seizures prompt warnings to reseller community

Retailers selling counterfeit or unsafe products could face significant penalties of up to $1.1 million - or imprisonment.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Fri, 15th Apr 2016

Global Stories

Written by Heather

AR, VR & Metaverse

Oculus, HTC and Sony to dominate VR spend with just 13% market share

Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and Sony Playstation VR will dominate VR spend this year - but its low cost options fuelling shipments.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Mon, 18th Apr 2016

Platform-as-a-Service

Big players losing as they fail to capitalise on booming PaaS market

IBM and Oracle are losing out as they fail to capitalise on the booming PaaS market and concede share to specialists, open source and cloud providers.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 18th Apr 2016

Hyperscale

TCC Technology named top Thai data center hosting service provider

Thailand's TCC Technology has been named Frost & Sullivan's Thailand Data Center Hosting Service Provider of the Year.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Fri, 15th Apr 2016

Cloud marketplace

New vendors coming for Ingram Micro cloud marketplace

Ingram Micro New Zealand will be adding new vendors to its cloud marketplace portfolio, but local boss Gary Bigwood is remaining mum on who and when.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Fri, 15th Apr 2016

Hyperscale

DigitalOcean secures US$130m for next-gen cloud, global expansion

Cloud infrastructure provider DigitalOcean has netted itself a further US$130 million in its quest for global expansion and a next-gen cloud.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Fri, 15th Apr 2016

Partner Programmes

Kiwi consultancy scores top award at Axway partner awards

Middleware New Zealand has brought home the Best APAC Partner Contribution award for API management vendor Axway.

By Heather Wright • 1 min read • Fri, 15th Apr 2016

Unified Communications

New Spark TaaS implementation brings govt back to Christchurch CBD

Spark and Statistics NZ have teamed up to provide one of the first TaaS government connectivity networks, bringing staff back to central Christchurch.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Fri, 15th Apr 2016

Semiconductors

Tech and telco companies invest US$31b in IoT in five years

Big tech and telco companies are making big investments in IoT – to the tune of more than US$31 billion in the last five years.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Fri, 15th Apr 2016

Digital Signage

Diamond Wireless goes digital to bolster customer experience, sales

Verizon Wireless premium retailer Diamond Wireless has called up digital signage to improve customer experiences and increase sales.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 14th Apr 2016

Converged Infrastructure

Hyperconvergence driving IT and business transformation - and vendor activity

The hyperconvergence platform market is forecast to be hotbed of activity, as OEMs seek to gain leadership by partnering with niche vendors.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 14th Apr 2016

Digital Signage

Digital holography growing as companies seek 'unique' user experiences

Humagrams and 3D digital holography is a growth market as retailers and others seek to provide unique user experiences.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Thu, 14th Apr 2016

Wireless Networks

HPE ramps up mobility services in digital workplace push

HPE has launched a range of network and digital collaboration services designed to enable seamless and secure access to business critical applications.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 14th Apr 2016