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Heather Wright

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Australian Stories

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Apple

Remaining Next Byte stores to close

Vita Group will close its eight remaining Next Byte retail stores by March next year, with staff to be redeployed within Vita or retrenched.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 10th Dec 2015

Infrastructure-as-a-Service

Dimension Data wins VICT network infrastructure deal

Dimension Data was won a deal to provide the underlying network infrastructure for Melbourne's $550 million Victoria International Container Terminal.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 10th Dec 2015

Notebook

Return to growth in PC shipments forecast

The brakes are expected to start coming off PC spending in the later half of next year, with IDC predicting a return to growth in PC shipments.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 10th Dec 2015

Global Stories

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Unified Communications

Vodafone Hutchison dials up digital signage to increase market share

Vodafone Hutchison Australia is deploying more than 1200 displays as it moves to digital signage to increase market share and reduce printed material.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Fri, 11th Dec 2015

Open source

EMC conjures up open source for software defined data centre

EMC launches RackHD, championing open source in data centres, and vows to ease the burden on engineers with automation.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Fri, 11th Dec 2015

Apple

Vocus and M2 enter trading halt pending court decision

Vocus and M2 have gone into a trading halt on the ASX as the companies await the outcome of a court hearing on the Vocus' proposed acquisition of M2.

By Heather Wright • 1 min read • Fri, 11th Dec 2015

Storage

X-IO puts flash in storage with SSD/Flash Product of the Year win

X-IO Technologies, which has expanded its local distribution deal with Westcon-Comstor, has won SSD/Flash Product of the Year at the SVC Awards.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Fri, 11th Dec 2015

Security Information and Event Management

Is your company at risk due to a lack of data security enforcement?

A lack corporate data security enforcement is putting Australian businesses at risk according to a survey by security intelligence vendor LogRhythm.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Fri, 11th Dec 2015

Dicker Data

Dicker Data joins the billion dollar club

Dicker Data has joined the billion dollar club, hitting AU$1 billion in revenue for the year with three weeks of the financial year still to go.

By Heather Wright • 1 min read • Fri, 11th Dec 2015

Internet of Things

Asia Pacific dominating global IoT spend

Asia Pacific accounts for more than 40% of the global IoT spend of $698.6 billion in 2015, with insurance telematics leading the way according to IDC.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Fri, 11th Dec 2015

Virtualisation

AT&T ramps up colocation footprint with Digital Realty deal

AT&T and Digital Realty have joined forces in an expanded deal that will broaden AT&T's colocation footprint, enabling it to expand into more markets.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 10th Dec 2015

Virtualisation

VMware local boss steps down

VMware ANZ boss Duncan Bennet has resigned from his role at the virtualisation company, for personal reasons, after four years in the top job.

By Heather Wright • 1 min read • Thu, 10th Dec 2015

Microsoft

Hamilton SI establishes Auckland base

Hamilton SI, software developer and website design company Enlighten Designs is hitting the Auckland market, with a three man team based in Newmarket.

By Heather Wright • 1 min read • Thu, 10th Dec 2015