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Brocade offering more control over OpenDaylight SDN traffic
Network Infrastructure

Brocade offering more control over OpenDaylight SDN traffic

Brocade is giving organisations more control over SDN traffic – and the reseller channel 'greater ROI' with its latest launch.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Wed, 10th Jun 2015
Ruckus works to transform the wireless experience
Network Infrastructure

Ruckus works to transform the wireless experience

Ruckus Wireless has expanded its SPoT location-based service (LBS), to let service providers and enterprises improve their wireless infrastructure.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Wed, 10th Jun 2015
Oobe first Australian Citrix Specialist
Virtualisation

Oobe first Australian Citrix Specialist

Canberra's Oobe soars as Australia's pioneer in achieving elite Citrix Specialist status, bolstering their IT prowess for businesses.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 10th Jun 2015
Cisco embeds 'security everywhere' to protect IoT world
Internet of Things

Cisco embeds 'security everywhere' to protect IoT world

Cisco is taking 'security everywhere' with a slew of new offerings to embed security across the network, turning it into a sensor and enforcer.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Wed, 10th Jun 2015
Schneider Electric moves into digital age with OpenText
DataCentre infrastructure

Schneider Electric moves into digital age with OpenText

Schneider Electric has selected OpenText to deliver B2B workflow management and enable its global supply chain platform.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Tue, 9th Jun 2015
IBM snaps up Blue Box, Cisco takes Piston in OpenStack battle
Private Cloud

IBM snaps up Blue Box, Cisco takes Piston in OpenStack battle

IBM has acquired Blue Box, an OpenStack private cloud specialist, while Cisco has snapped up Piston Cloud Computing in OpenStack battle.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Tue, 9th Jun 2015
Kathmandu makes the move to the AWS cloud with Fronde
Hyperscale

Kathmandu makes the move to the AWS cloud with Fronde

Kathmandu has moved to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud in order to improve its web infrastructure and customer experience.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Mon, 8th Jun 2015
Video conferencing solution gets a facelift
Unified Communications

Video conferencing solution gets a facelift

Vidyo partners with Genband to integrate VidyoWorks platform into Genband's Smart Office Unified Communications solution.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Mon, 8th Jun 2015
Top advantages of cloud computing for NZ businesses
Cloud Services

Top advantages of cloud computing for NZ businesses

NZ firms thrive in the cloud, harnessing flexibility, big data insights and work-anywhere collaboration, says sector leader ICONZ-Webvisions.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Mon, 8th Jun 2015
HDS acquires Pentaho, focuses on big data analytics markets
Storage

HDS acquires Pentaho, focuses on big data analytics markets

Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) has completed its acquisition of Pentaho, a data integration, visualisation and analytics company.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Mon, 8th Jun 2015
Intel splurges US$16.7 billion for data centre and IoT gain
Hyperscale

Intel splurges US$16.7 billion for data centre and IoT gain

Intel's US$16.7 billion acquisition of Altera opens doors to new classes of product in data centre and IoT market segments.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 8th Jun 2015
Dropbox lures in business customers with new features
Data Analytics

Dropbox lures in business customers with new features

Dropbox has launched a collection of new Dropbox for Business features in three key areas: security, administration and integration.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Fri, 5th Jun 2015
Windows 10 optimised devices and opportunities revealed
Biometrics

Windows 10 optimised devices and opportunities revealed

Microsoft showcased new Windows 10 devices at Computex 2015 and discussed its plans to have 1 billion devices running on Windows 10 in the next few years.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Fri, 5th Jun 2015
Hortonworks hears Australia calling
Hadoop

Hortonworks hears Australia calling

Hortonworks is 'significantly' expanding its Australian operations in an effort to drive adoption of enterprise Apache Hadoop throughout Asia Pacific.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Fri, 5th Jun 2015
Top 10 tech trends government CIOs must prioritise
Unified Communications

Top 10 tech trends government CIOs must prioritise

Legacy IT systems, stretched IT budgets and a lack of critical IT skills are just some of issues that are inhibiting government CIOs.

By Shannon Williams • 8 min read • Thu, 4th Jun 2015
Lifting the lid on major enterprise security threats
Malware

Lifting the lid on major enterprise security threats

Today's cybercriminals are sophisticated and ruthless: they prey on the weaknesses in a network, approaching any security layer as an open invitation.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Thu, 4th Jun 2015
Disaster recovery 101 with Acronis
Disaster Recovery

Disaster recovery 101 with Acronis

In order to survive unexpected disasters, businesses need to prepare their disaster recovery plans carefully and re-examine them regularly.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 4th Jun 2015
Hands-on Review: Plantronics Savi Wireless Headset for business
Gaming

Hands-on Review: Plantronics Savi Wireless Headset for business

Plantronics Savi Headset emerges as a multi-tasking marvel for modern businesses, meshing phone, mobile and PC connectivity.

By Greig Strafford • 2 min read • Wed, 3rd Jun 2015
Public WiFi and BYOD a backdoor route for cyberattacks
EduTech

Public WiFi and BYOD a backdoor route for cyberattacks

Companies need security measures to protect against cyber criminals accessing information & networks through activities staff may think are harmless.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Wed, 3rd Jun 2015