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Data#3 has joined the Global IT Alliance (GITA), opening the doors to new international opportunities for the company.

Tech powerhouses Dimension Data and Cisco mark a 25-year alliance, celebrating collaborative success and eyeing future digital innovations.

Avaya plans to transition to a software and service company, offering cloud-based solutions for digital transformation.

Asia-Pacific leads robotics revolution, with spending to soar as the technology underpins key industry transformations.

Australian businesses have high email threat awareness and confidence in security solutions, according to research by Mimecast.

Non-IT business units to spend almost as much as IT-funded purchases, says IDC. 47% of corporate IT spending to be funded by non-IT in 2019.

Avaya appoints Maan Al-Shakarchi as head of networking for APAC, EMEA; responsible for driving sales of networking solutions.

New research states there's one SIM card per person on the planet, meaning global mobile penetration has reached 100% at the end of 2015.

De Laine is tasked with driving Check Point Software's business forward across the region, as well as supporting the company's channel network.

Healthcare, government and retail are driving mobility sales, with mobility offering 'transformative' opportunities for vendors – and resellers.

Sweden's Bergvik Flooring has signed an Australian reseller and entered discussions with a Hong Kong reseller as the company plots expansion in APAC.

Gartner says worldwide IT spend fizzled in 2015, which saw the largest dollar drop since the company started tracking IT spending.

Sweden's Bergvik, which makes seismic bacing, raised floors and structural ceilings for data centres, is taking on the New Zealand market.

ShoreTel has promoted Ben Swanson to Asia Pacific channel boss, as the UC vendor seeks increased profile and business locally.

Dimension Data positioned as challenger in Gartner's 2015 Magic Quadrant for cloud-enabled managed hosting in Asia Pacific region.

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.

Demand for technology in education, which can be accessed from any location, has sparked a revolution in the online learning segment.

The data centre solution market is growing at a rapid rate, and will be worth USD$32.30 billion by 2020, according to a new report.

The days of GST-free music, games, e-books and software purchased online are coming to an end, with plans to tax online services from next October.

Rugby World Cup fans are going to be able to vote on a new category at the World Rugby Awards, via a hash tag on Facebook.