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Avaya appoints new MD focusing on digital transformation in ASEAN
Digital Transformation

Avaya appoints new MD focusing on digital transformation in ASEAN

​Avaya has today announced the appointment of a new managing director for the Association of South East Nations (ASEAN).

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Tue, 19th Sep 2017

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Equinix: Data cache and edge placement
Hyperscale

Equinix: Data cache and edge placement

Increasingly, workloads are migrating to various clouds and to the digital edge - where commerce, population centers and digital ecosystems meet.

By Julia Gabel • 5 min read • Thu, 26th Oct 2017
Equinix: Data is pouring over the edge
DataCentre infrastructure

Equinix: Data is pouring over the edge

Equinix reports a seismic shift in enterprise data architecture, moving from centralised data centres to the edge, spiking Interconnection Bandwidth demand.

By Julia Gabel • 7 min read • Thu, 19th Oct 2017
Kiwi company shortlisted for global broadband pioneer award
Virtualisation

Kiwi company shortlisted for global broadband pioneer award

New Zealand's Spark is among the finalists for the World Communication Awards in the Broadband Pioneer category.

By Julia Gabel • 4 min read • Mon, 16th Oct 2017
Finance execs must step up and take the lead in cybersecurity
Fintech

Finance execs must step up and take the lead in cybersecurity

Finance executives must now be business partners who understand and integrate key drivers across business models. This extends to cyber defence.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Tue, 3rd Oct 2017
Safeguarding users with a Human Point System in security policy
Partner Programmes

Safeguarding users with a Human Point System in security policy

Observing human behaviour and understanding user-intent is the key to better security and to protect against critical business data and IP loss.

By Guy Eilon • 5 min read • Mon, 2nd Oct 2017
Forcepoint looks to fuel partner growth with new appointments
Virtualisation

Forcepoint looks to fuel partner growth with new appointments

The company has put on Tom Flink as vice president of global channel sales and Robert Cipriani as senior channel manager for ANZ.

By Patrick Martlew • 2 min read • Fri, 29th Sep 2017
Hootsuite names Conversologie their first NZ partner
Marketing Technologies

Hootsuite names Conversologie their first NZ partner

Conversologie becomes Hootsuite's inaugural NZ partner to elevate Kiwi businesses' social media prowess at Auckland meet-up.

By Kai Ping Lew • 2 min read • Mon, 4th Sep 2017
Apple and Accenture partner to create iOS business solutions
Partner Programmes

Apple and Accenture partner to create iOS business solutions

The new iOS tools and services will take advantage of the latest Apple technologies and tap into Accenture's digital and analytics capabilities.

By Kai Ping Lew • 2 min read • Wed, 30th Aug 2017
It's possible for cyber attackers to change what's in your emails
Email

It's possible for cyber attackers to change what's in your emails

A newly-discovered exploit called ROPEMAKER allows an attacker to remotely change the content of any email post-delivery.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Thu, 24th Aug 2017
Australian farmers develop special drones to keep track of livestock
Agricultural Technology

Australian farmers develop special drones to keep track of livestock

Csiro and Ruralco have announced a partnership that will see the latest digital technology, including drones, applied to Australian agriculture...

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 2 min read • Mon, 21st Aug 2017

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Equinix: How to enforce security at the digital edge
Hyperscale

Equinix: How to enforce security at the digital edge

The increasing complexity of enterprise IT infrastructures is providing hackers with new opportunities to breach security systems.

By Julia Gabel • 6 min read • Tue, 12th Sep 2017
Te Papa's Hinatore (Learning Lab) gains Accenture as Innovation Partner
Partner Programmes

Te Papa's Hinatore (Learning Lab) gains Accenture as Innovation Partner

Accenture has a special interest in supporting access to Hinatore's learning programmes for students from low-decile schools.

By Kai Ping Lew • 2 min read • Mon, 11th Sep 2017
How to create a security inspection zone at the digital edge
Hyperscale

How to create a security inspection zone at the digital edge

Today, application performance with reduced latency depends on fast, proximate interconnections among component infrastructures.

By Julia Gabel • 5 min read • Fri, 25th Aug 2017
Certus spins out Cognition to spur cognitive app development on IBM Cloud
Application Performance Monitoring

Certus spins out Cognition to spur cognitive app development on IBM Cloud

Certus has spun out its Cognition app 'garage' service to create a new design thinking led management consultancy designed.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 17th Aug 2017
Get me out of this car! NZ Airshow averts traffic disaster by utilizing built-in Bluetooth
Bluetooth

Get me out of this car! NZ Airshow averts traffic disaster by utilizing built-in Bluetooth

We all know the frustration of travelling to and from major events, this is how the Royal New Zealand Air Force avoided a traffic disaster...

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 3 min read • Mon, 31st Jul 2017
Auckland creative agency's CEO chosen as finalist in worldwide entrepreneur competition
EY Entrepreneur of the Year

Auckland creative agency's CEO chosen as finalist in worldwide entrepreneur competition

Little Giant CEO Mark Hurley is one of 17 finalists for Ernst and Young's Entrepreneur of the Year competition.

By Kai Ping Lew • 2 min read • Mon, 24th Jul 2017