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Heather Wright

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Australian Stories

Written by Heather

Internet Service Provider

ACCC begins Federal Court action against SoleNet

Long running battles with ISP SoleNet, Sure Telecom and director James Harrison are heading to court as the ACCC alleges 'unconscionable conduct'.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 5th Apr 2016

Unified Communications

Vocus offers up new M2 NBN offering for resellers

Vocus Communications has launched a new product from the M2 product suite, enabling resellers to capitalise on the fast expanding NBN footprint.

By Heather Wright • 1 min read • Tue, 5th Apr 2016

Marketing Technologies

Survey: Only 22% of Australian small businesses are digitally engaged

Australian small businesses are missing their chance to use technology to grow their businesses according to a new survey.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 4th Apr 2016

Digital Signage

NEC Australia boss steps into top APAC role

NEC Australia boss Tetsuro Akagi has moved into the top Asia Pacific role for the company, becoming APAC chief executive.

By Heather Wright • 1 min read • Mon, 4th Apr 2016

Network Infrastructure

Delion serves up Ruckus wireless telephony for Alex Perry Brisbane hotel

A smart wireless telephony network delivered by Delion, has enabled Alex Perry to open his new multi-million dollar Hotel and Apartments quickly.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 31st Mar 2016

Global Stories

Written by Heather

DevOps

Optus slashes jobs in transformation for 'sustainable growth'

Optus is set to cut up to 480 jobs in a bid to reshape the company for sustainable growth amid an increasingly competitive market.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 5th Apr 2016

Cisco

Arista takes on Cisco and Juniper with routing play

Arista Networks is taking on Cisco and Juniper with a new switching and routing platform for enterprise data centers and cloud servic.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 5th Apr 2016

Cloud Services

Data center hardware revenue down as focus moves to software

Demand for data center hardware is down globally with storage and proprietary server revenues falling as customer demand moves to software.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Tue, 5th Apr 2016

Cisco

MapR takes out Cisco ISV Partner of the Year APJ award

Big data and Hadoop specialist MapR Technologies has been named as Cisco's Independent Software Vendor Partner of the Year for Asia Pacific and Japan.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 5th Apr 2016

Bimodal it

Service providers must go bimodal or become irrelevant

Gartner is cautioning IT service providers to get a move on in becoming bimodal, with concerns about providers abilities to transform quickly enough.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Tue, 5th Apr 2016

Network Infrastructure

Brocade snaps up Ruckus in $1.2 billion deal

Brocade gears up for digital era with a $1.2bn acquisition of Wi-Fi leader Ruckus, aiming for top tech innovation platform.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 5th Apr 2016

DataCentre infrastructure

HPE refreshes ProLiant servers with Persistent Memory

HPE's latest refresh of its ProLiant server range sees the addition of Intel's new Xeon processor and built-in support for Persistent Memory.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 4th Apr 2016

Hyperscale

APAC providing 40.1% of space for colocation; consolidation ahead

Colocation revenues, and square footage, are climbing with APAC now accounting for 40.1% of global colocation space - but there's consolidation ahead.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Mon, 4th Apr 2016

Software Development

Agile flies high with Pyrios rebrand

After more than 15 years in business, Kiwi communications technology spcialist Agile is no more, with a new name reflecting a changing business.

By Heather Wright • 1 min read • Mon, 4th Apr 2016

Microsoft

Exclusive: Microsoft charges ahead with Surface-powering wearable

Microsoft has unveiled a new wearable that as well as tracking steps, can power up your Surface tablet using kinetic energy, reducing the power bills.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Fri, 1st Apr 2016