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Gartner is predicting global IT spend across all verticals to decline this year, but there are still growth technologies within each vertical.

Hesitant consumers are prompting a 1% drop in global device shipments, with only mobile phones bucking the trend, Gartner reports.

IT security spend will soften this year as US exchange rate-driven price increases of up to 20% and commoditisation of mature technologies bite.

ESET has bolstered its encryption abilities with the acquisition of award winning encryption company, DESlock+ as demand for the technology soars.

Deloitte Australia snaps up Oracle specialist Qubit Consulting to bulk up its identity access management capability.

LiveTiles lists on ASX, eyes rapid partner network growth and 'very large addressable market' of SharePoint's 200 million users.

Microsoft Australia Partner Award winner UXC Eclipse is hailing its North American foray an 'unprecedented' success after gaining $68m in revenue.

Dell, HP, Accenture and Avanade join global Surface Pro reseller lineup, pitting the multinationals against local resellers.

Collaborative work management vendor Clarizen is on the hunt for local resellers as it launches its assault on the local market.

Cloud-based document and email management company NetDocuments is launching two new data centres in Australia, in a colocation deal with NextDC.

Wi-Fi on public transport is driving mobile transactions, with Juniper Research warning online sales are not just for pure play online retailers.

Ingram Micro has added Microsoft Advisor to it cloud solution provider plan locally helping resellers keep hold of customers.

Kiwi Wi-Fi software company Tomizone has expanded its international footprint, signing a major service delivery partner in North America.

Two-in-one tablets are set to boom as traditional PC vendors find a niche to compete against mobile device heavyweights and Windows helps drive demand.

SolarWinds' new ANZ boss has ambitious growth plans for the company locally – with the local reseller channel a key part of that play.

The Australian IoT home market will hit $3.2 billion by 2019, with retailers, software providers and security consultants among those set to gain.

Centrify is on the lookout for additional local partners as the company eyes up new markets under the watch of its new ANZ boss.

Westcon has recorded solid Q1 growth as it increases its cloud focus and gears up to launch its Comstor brand locally.

Data centre and colocation provider Digital Realty has acquired US data centre colocation and interconnection provider Telx in a $1.8 billion deal.

Vocus is ramping up its offerings as it completes its largest acquisition and adds managed services, cloud and security solutions to its lineup.