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Heather Wright

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TPG cracks $1 billion half year revenue with 90% increase in profit
Iinet

TPG cracks $1 billion half year revenue with 90% increase in profit

TPG has seen revenue and profit soar following its acquisition of iiNet, recording an 84% increase in revenue and a 90% revenue increase.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 24th Mar 2016
Dip in Aussie smartphone sales expected to reverse this year
Telsyte

Dip in Aussie smartphone sales expected to reverse this year

Australian smartphone sales were down one million units last year, but Telsyte says its a temporary dip which will reverse this year.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Thu, 24th Mar 2016

Global Stories

Written by Heather

Dell sheds IT services arm to NTT Data
Network Infrastructure

Dell sheds IT services arm to NTT Data

Dell is selling its IT services arm, Dell Services, to Japan's NTT Data, in a US$3.05 billion deal, freeing up cash for its EMC acquisition.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 29th Mar 2016
Distribution Central signs exclusive distie deal with PlusOptic
Distribution Central

Distribution Central signs exclusive distie deal with PlusOptic

Distribution Central resellers are being offered the chance to help customers take advantage of legacy and new dark fibre networks with new signing.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 29th Mar 2016
Veeam adds direct restore to Microsoft Azure
Virtualisation

Veeam adds direct restore to Microsoft Azure

Veeam has launched its Direct Restore to Microsoft Azure offering, enabling on-premise migration or restoration to the cloud.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 29th Mar 2016
Fujitsu scoops global and local VMware awards
Virtualisation

Fujitsu scoops global and local VMware awards

Fujitsu has bagged itself both VMware's global Strategic Alliance Partner of the Year award, and the APJ Service Provider of the Year award.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 29th Mar 2016
Igel moves into third position in ANZ thin client market
Desktop-as-a-Service

Igel moves into third position in ANZ thin client market

Igel has moved into third place in the thin client market in Australia and New Zealand, with its eyes firmly on growth for 2016.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 29th Mar 2016
Dell, HP lead as APAC thin client market bucks global trend and grows
Network Infrastructure

Dell, HP lead as APAC thin client market bucks global trend and grows

Dell and HP continue to dominate the thin client market - a market where Asia Pacific was the only region to see an increase in shipments last year.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 29th Mar 2016
Virsae secures $3 million capital for global expansion
Virsae

Virsae secures $3 million capital for global expansion

Kiwi tech firm Virsae nabs £2.4M for global push, targeting $2B market with its cloud services after impressive US gains.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 24th Mar 2016
HPE holds onto cloud infrastructure lead, but Cisco narrows the gap
DataCentre infrastructure

HPE holds onto cloud infrastructure lead, but Cisco narrows the gap

The long-running battle between HPE and Cisco for dominance in the cloud infrastructure arena continues with both vendors seeing strong growth in Q4.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 24th Mar 2016
Digital signage aiding patient recovery - and staff burnout
Digital Signage

Digital signage aiding patient recovery - and staff burnout

Digital signage is helping patients at a United States healthcare facility on their road to recovery and helping staff avoid burnout.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 24th Mar 2016
Israeli startup wins US$27 million funding - and Qualcomm backing
Hyperscale

Israeli startup wins US$27 million funding - and Qualcomm backing

Qualcomm invests in Israeli startup Stratoscale and its next generation software defined data center solution.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 24th Mar 2016
Revera harnesses Western Digital HGST system for storage backend
Revera

Revera harnesses Western Digital HGST system for storage backend

Revera has harnessed Western Digital's HGST Active Archive System for its cloud storage backend for its Vault offering.

By Heather Wright • 1 min read • Thu, 24th Mar 2016
Cogent snaps up professional services company Network Pro
Unified Communications

Cogent snaps up professional services company Network Pro

Cogent has acquired professional services company Network Pro, for an undisclosed sum in a deal aimed at adding managed services depth and scale.

By Heather Wright • 1 min read • Thu, 24th Mar 2016
EMC dominates purpose-built backup appliance market
Disaster Recovery

EMC dominates purpose-built backup appliance market

Adaptation by vendors in the purpose-built backup appliance market is helping drive the market which remains completely dominated by EMC.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 24th Mar 2016

Stories from Other Regions

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Playtime offers up 'digital wall entertainment'
Digital Signage

Playtime offers up 'digital wall entertainment'

Play equipment provider Playtime has launched interactive LED play panels designed to engage children at shopping centres and childcare facilities.

By Heather Wright • 1 min read • Thu, 24th Mar 2016
ViewSonic and Best Wave team up for do-it-yourself digital signage
Digital Signage

ViewSonic and Best Wave team up for do-it-yourself digital signage

ViewSonic has teamed up with digital signage software vendor Best Wave to deliver 'do-it-yourself' solutions that make digital signage more accessible.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 23rd Mar 2016