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NCSC reveals unclassified look into New Zealand's cyber threat landscape

Wed, 29th Nov 2017
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The NCSC released its 2016/2017 Cyber Threat Report last week, which reveals that there were 396 cyber incidents this year - 58 more than last year.
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Kim Dotcom film up for best documentary at Asia-Pacific Screen Awards

Tue, 14th Nov 2017
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A film about entrepreneur and former MegaUpload founder Kim Dotcom is up for best documentary at this year's Asia-Pacific Screen Awards.
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Colt to upgrade subsea network globally and expand to North America

Tue, 7th Nov 2017
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Colt to supercharge its global subsea network and bolster its North American presence, enhancing digital connectivity for multinational firms.
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Edge computing market forecasted to be worth US$6bil by 2022

Thu, 2nd Nov 2017
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cloud services
Telecommunications and IT verticals are expected to contribute to the largest market share for the forecasted period.
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Chinese Govt approves patent for secure document management system

Mon, 30th Oct 2017
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document management
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The Chinese Government has approved an additional patent for Publishing Data Management, which provides ProofPlus electronic document systems.
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Ingram Micro Cloud teams up with Samsung to bring Microsoft Windows Desktop-as-a-Service

Fri, 6th Oct 2017
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The solution automates the setup of Amazon WorkSpaces and Microsoft Windows Desktop as a Service for Samsung prosumers.
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2017 Equifax breach: Impact and lessons learned

Mon, 2nd Oct 2017
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cybersecurity
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security breaches
Digital Shadows VP, Rick Holland discusses the recent breach, its impact to Equifax and what other organisations can learn from it.
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SOTI reports increased global revenue and partner growth

Mon, 2nd Oct 2017
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The launch of the SOTI ONE platform in May saw the company grow the number of customer trials by 57% from the previous year.
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Japan's Soliton Systems takes top SOTI partner award

Tue, 26th Sep 2017
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Japan's Soliton Systems has been named SOTI's APAC Value Added Reseller of the Year at the vendor's annual Partner Awards.
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EITest hijacks tech support scam pages to mine cryptocurrency

Tue, 26th Sep 2017
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Tech support scams are now being used as social engineering tools as part of EITest's campaign to deliver Coinhive's Monero cryptocurrency miner.
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Indian AWS partner BlazeClan sets sights on ANZ markets

Tue, 12th Sep 2017
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Indian AWS partner BlazeClan has turned its focus on the Australian and New Zealand markets with the opening of an office in Sydney.
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Kiwi Startup Spotlight: AR gaming app Magical Park eyeing expansion to US and Canada

Mon, 14th Aug 2017
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By September, Magical Park will be active in 28 parks and 44 primary schools in New Zealand, 12 parks in Australia, and two parks in the UK.
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Microsoft partners with IBM for Surface support; launches Surface Alliance

Tue, 11th Jul 2017
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Microsoft is ramping up its push for partner Surface sales, launching a new service and support offering, via IBM, and a Surface Reseller Alliance.
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IDC: Worldwide cloud IT infrastructure spend jumps almost 10% in 2016

Fri, 7th Apr 2017
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Vendor revenue from sales of infrastructure products for cloud IT grew to $32.6 billion in 2016, with Japan leading the way and APAC above average.
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LoB IT spend to nearly equal IT dept spend on back of IoT, AI

Mon, 27th Mar 2017
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analyst report
LoB buyers will have almost equal IT spend as their IT departments come 2020 according to IDC, thanks in part to 'innovation accelerators' such as IoT.
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India using alternative channels to enable widespread broadband services

Tue, 31st Jan 2017
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The Government of India is working to bring cost-effective broadband services to all its citizens, through the use of white spaces.
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Telstra, Innovix among Fortinet APAC partner winners

Mon, 23rd Jan 2017
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network security
Telstra Business Technology Services has won a key award at Fortinet's Global Partner of the Year awards, with Innovix, Syscom and MEC also winning.
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Vendor revenue from infrastructure on the up in 3Q16

Mon, 16th Jan 2017
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cloud services
Cloud IT infrastructure sales see 8.1% growth in Q3 2016, driven by increased revenue from server, storage, and Ethernet switch sales.
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NZ expert selected to Canadian Cybersecurity Board

Wed, 11th Jan 2017
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partners
NZ's top cyber brain, Prof. Sarrafzadeh, adds his expertise to Canada's elite cybersecurity board, boosting transnational digital defence ties.
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No more hurdles: Microsoft to close LinkedIn deal in 'coming days'

Wed, 7th Dec 2016
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Microsoft's acquisition of LinkedIn has been cleared by the European Commission, completing all necessary regulatory approvals for the deal.