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Edge AI adoption to explode in 2022 - ABI Research
Tue, 15th Feb 2022
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vr
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5g
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metaverse
The COVID-19 pandemic quickened the pace of digital transformation, placing technologies at the very centre of how people live and work, ABI Research states.
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New GM for Australia New Zealand at Exclusive Networks
Tue, 15th Feb 2022
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cybersecurity
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employment
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it distributors
Stockwell will be responsible for growing Exclusive Networks presence in the Australia and New Zealand region.
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Cyber attacks rise 2,650% from January to December
Tue, 15th Feb 2022
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firewall
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phishing
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email security
Detected and blocked spam accounted for the majority of the attacks, with a 2,775% increase between January and December.
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Motoring forward: How outdated finance tech harms enterprise
Tue, 15th Feb 2022
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finance, leasing & rental
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iam
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expansion
Just like a car is crucial for many people's everyday lives, a strong finance IT system is paramount for successful business operations.
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Cloud acceleration sees triple-digit growth for Ava Security
Tue, 15th Feb 2022
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cloud services
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cybersecurity
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financial results
Cloud acceleration, product portfolio innovations, international expansion, and revenue growth highlighted another year of hyper growth for Ava.
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Attempts to exploit MS Exchange most frequent intrusion vector
Tue, 15th Feb 2022
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microsoft
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cybersecurity
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cyber attacks
Exploits of MS Exchange and password guessing are the most common cyber intrusion methods, says ESET's T3 2021 Threat Report.
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My Food Bag scales its meal delivery service with Infor
Tue, 15th Feb 2022
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erp
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growth
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scale
My Food Bag has deployed Infor's Food & Beverage ERP to achieve organisational-wide transparency and full visibility.
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Cloudflare acquires Vectrix for CASB functionality
Tue, 15th Feb 2022
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saas
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malware
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wfh
Cloudflare acquires Vectrix to bolster its Zero Trust platform with modern cloud access security broker functionality.
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Access4 announces strategic global partnership with UJET
Tue, 15th Feb 2022
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contact centre
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crm
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cx
Access4 will now offer UJET's cloud contact centre solutions to assist in unifying and enhancing the customer experience.
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Boomi moves longstanding Solace partnership to next phase
Mon, 14th Feb 2022
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digital transformation
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cloud services
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partner programmes
Advanced event broker Solace has had its PubSub+ platform chosen by software company Boomi, advancing an already strong partnership.
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Australian businesses are boosting their cyber security budgets
Mon, 14th Feb 2022
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cybersecurity
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investment
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spending
Australian businesses are increasing their cyber security budgets, but still struggle to stay ahead of attackers, according to a new report by Accenture.
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Enboarder raises US$32m in funding, plans for expansion
Mon, 14th Feb 2022
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digital transformation
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expansion
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funding
People activation platform Enboarder raised US$32m in Series B funding, bringing its total investment to US$50m.
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Ryman selects CorPlan & IBM Planning Analytics with Watson as key finance service provider
Mon, 14th Feb 2022
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big data
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data analytics
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bi
Ryman Healthcare has selected ​​CorPlan & IBM Planning Analytics with Watson to help handle its finance operations across Australia and New Zealand.
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Pure Storage enters three year strategic engagement with AWS
Fri, 11th Feb 2022
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cloud services
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virtualisation
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storage
Pure Storage has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help enterprises move Kubernetes workloads into production.
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BigCommerce acquires B2B Ninja - more efficiency for vendors
Fri, 11th Feb 2022
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saas
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b2b
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forrester research
Retail SaaS provider BigCommerce announced it has acquired Quote Ninja, a software company that facilitates the use of B2B eCommerce technology for vendors. .
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Modernisation, and the evolution of content services
Fri, 11th Feb 2022
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ecm
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digital transformation
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martech
While the ECM platform remains a core part of the modern content services solution, there is now a much deeper, more interoperable technology ecosystem.
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When technology overstays its welcome
Fri, 11th Feb 2022
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firewall
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network management
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cloud services
Battles with ‘legacy’ systems have transitioned into broader battles with ‘tech debt’, but the root cause and resolution options are still much the same.
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App and social media usage numbers soar in Australia
Fri, 11th Feb 2022
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advertising
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social media
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apps
Social media and general app usage has soared in Australia, with new figures revealing 83% of Australians are now on some form of social media.
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Westpac enters strategic partnership with Microsoft
Fri, 11th Feb 2022
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cloud services
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microsoft
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public cloud
The partnership includes increased investment in Microsoft’s cloud computing service, Azure, which will help to modernise Westpac.
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Masabi and Fujitsu Australia extend partnership for ANZ
Fri, 11th Feb 2022
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martech
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commerce systems
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partner programmes
Masabi has formed a strategic relationship with Fujitsu Australia to deliver the next phase in ticketing and payment innovation to cities across ANZ.
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Public cloud computing spend to overtake traditional IT
Fri, 11th Feb 2022
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cloud services
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public cloud
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gartner
Gartner finds that by 2025, 51% of IT spending will have shifted from traditional solutions to the public cloud, compared to 41% in 2022.
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AI succeeds where humans fail to identify biometrics spoofs
Fri, 11th Feb 2022
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biometrics
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ml
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ai
Computers are better than humans at identifying biometric spoofing attacks, with a 0% error rate, according to research by ID R-D.
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Six benefits of aligning information management directly with digital transformation
Fri, 11th Feb 2022
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bi
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big data
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cloud services
Digital transformations driven by the pandemic have fundamentally changed how businesses operate. Effective information management is key.
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Qualys Context XDR launched to rapidly identify threats
Fri, 11th Feb 2022
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advanced persistent threat protection
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compliance
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xdr
Incident response and threat hunting teams need an accurate picture of their attack surface to maintain an effective security program, Qualys states.