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Australian Stories

Acquisition stories

Aussie small business losing money on bad digitisation

Australian SMEs are spending $2.2bn annually on digital solutions, but 3 in 5 are hindered by the lack of integration between these tools, according to MYOB.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Fri, 10th Jun 2022

Endpoint Protection

Boost Mobile now makes up over 7% of Aussie prepaid market

Boost Mobile has doubled its market share over the past four years and now has more than 7% of Australia's prepaid market, equivalent to over 700,000 people.

By Zach Thompson • 3 min read • Tue, 24th May 2022

Global Stories

Acquisition stories

Meltwater

Meltwater bolsters team with new senior hires

Meltwater, a media intelligence company, makes three senior appointments to lead marketing, talent acquisition, and legal roles amidst strong growth.

By Zach Thompson • 2 min read • Fri, 10th Jun 2022

LPS

Elsewhere Partners adds top leaders to team

Elsewhere Partners hires Hannah Johnson as Chief Talent Officer and Sean McDonell as Head of Investor Relations to advance their operating advisor network.

By Zach Thompson • 2 min read • Fri, 10th Jun 2022

Customers

11:11 Systems appoints Marc Beder as APAC regional director

11:11 Systems has appointed Marc Beder as APAC regional director, following their acquisition of iland; he'll lead all business activities in the region.

By Zach Thompson • 2 min read • Fri, 10th Jun 2022

Software-as-a-Service

Commvault's SaaS division experiences notable growth

Commvault has revealed the global momentum that its SaaS division Metallic has experienced since its launch two years ago.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 10th Jun 2022

Manufacturing

Rockwell Automation ranks highly in two 2022 Gartner reports

Rockwell Automation's FactoryTalk ProductionCentre and Plex Systems have been recognized in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for manufacturing execution systems.

By Zach Thompson • 3 min read • Thu, 9th Jun 2022

IoT Security

Forescout signs agreement to acquire expert in threat detection

Forescout Technologies has signed an agreement to acquire Cysiv, an innovator that uses its cloud platform to improve detection and response.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 9th Jun 2022

Firewalls

Fortinet launches anti-risk service, powered by ML and automation

FortiRecon is a complete Digital Risk Protection Service offering that uses a combination of ML, automation capabilities and cybersecurity experts.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Thu, 9th Jun 2022

Fintech

Xero announces financial news and new updates in monthly wrap

Xero has announced a successful revenue growth in its new annual report, along with a variety of new product enhancements and a new plan.

By Mitchell Hageman • 3 min read • Wed, 8th Jun 2022

Data Protection

Lookout adds security offerings with SaferPass acquisition

Lookout expands security offerings with the acquisition of password management company SaferPass, aiming to provide customers with proactive protection.

By Zach Thompson • 3 min read • Tue, 7th Jun 2022

Partner Programmes

VikingCloud appoints Tracey Luehring as chief financial officer

VikingCloud names Tracey Luehring as their new CFO, bringing extensive experience in financial and transformation management to drive growth strategy.

By Zach Thompson • 2 min read • Fri, 3rd Jun 2022

Data Analytics

Gartner: Top five trends in privacy through to 2024

By 2024, 75% of the global population will have its personal data covered under privacy regulations, according to analyst firm Gartner.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Thu, 2nd Jun 2022

Multi-cloud

Microsoft Entra - the new branch for identity and access solutions

Microsoft launches its new Microsoft Entra product family and announces three new solutions: Permissions Management, Verified ID and Identity Governance.

By Jessie Chiang • 3 min read • Wed, 1st Jun 2022

Virtualisation

Broadcom to acquire VMware for billions in cash and stock

Broadcom is set to acquire VMware for approximately USD$61Billion in cash and stock. Additionally, Broadcom will assume $8 billion of VMware net debt.

By Mitchell Hageman • 3 min read • Tue, 31st May 2022

Artificial Intelligence

Aware Group appoints Mike Jenkins as chairman of the board of directors

Kiwi tech entrepreneur Mike Jenkins appointed chairman of the board of directors for Aware Group, bringing experience in tech leadership and governance.

By Zach Thompson • 2 min read • Fri, 27th May 2022

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