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How ML and IoT will shake up Aussie business

An industry expert gives his view on exactly how machine learning and the internet of things will change the way businesses operate in Australia.

Gartner names Sophos leader in Unified Threat Management

“We develop our cybersecurity products to work together as a system, enabling our defences to be as coordinated as cyber attacks.”

Ditch the focus on digital transformation and foster the digital workplace, says expert

It may be time to put that old term ‘digital transformation’ to rest and replace it with something that better explains what businesses are actually trying to achieve.

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Internet of Things

The six golden keys to successful identity assurance

When someone tries to access your internal systems, how can you be sure a user is who they claim to be?

Whitepaper: How MSPs can escape technology's all-too-familiar Catch-22

Managed service providers may be hurting themselves by relying on technology platforms that are ‘good enough'.

Living in today’s new cyber regulatory reality

in recent years, the cyber regulatory market has evolved into a well-defined, addressable market with metrics showing its impact in relation to other associated sectors

Deloitte taps Brisbane cloud firm CloudTrek to bolster consulting services

Deloitte says it’s continuing to pursue its technology consultancy business with help from Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Brisbane-based cloud firm CloudTrek.

Global demand for smart meters to skyrocket, but challenges lie ahead

The global smart meter market is riding a wave of popularity as issues such as energy use, aging infrastructure and rising emissions take their toll on traditional systems.

Lexar's back in business following Longsys acquisition

Lexar is back and heading into full production mode over the next few months, and will once again be shipping globally to major retailers in Asia Pacific, EMEA, and North America.

Exclusive: Aruba APAC CTO talks next steps for the region

“So suddenly, in our region, we have become almost early adopters of these new shifts in technological revolutions.”

Exclusive interview with Rackspace’s new channel boss

Techday spoke to Angela Logan-Bell about her new position, what she’s hoping to achieve, and how she’s planning to do it.

Huawei unveils Kirin 980 system-on-a-chip

Huawei is promising to bring artificial intelligence and cutting-edge raw performance to its latest system-on-a-chip (SoC) offering, the Kirin 980.

Gartner: Why 28% of key enterprise IT spending will shift to cloud by 2022

Growth in enterprise IT spending on cloud-based offerings will be faster than growth in traditional, non-cloud IT offerings.

Microsoft picks Veritec to operate modernisation factory for AU fed govts

As part of the multi-year contract, Veritec will deploy a production line, featuring fixed price and repetitive processes for validation and design of Azure infrastructure.

NETSCOUT sells off handheld network testing portfolio

NETSCOUT has dropped its entire handheld network test (HNT) tools business and sold it to US investment firm StoneCalibre, which will then spin out HNT as a standalone company.

The Missing Link to resell industrial cybersecurity solutions across A/NZ

Australian IT firm The Missing Link is now the preferred reseller for Nozomi Network’s industrial cybersecurity solutions across Australia and New Zealand.

The good and bad of Office 365 security

Let’s start with the positives. Office 365 adoption, and going cloud in general, is good for security.

Zebra Technologies adds Xplore's rugged computing devices to growing portfolio

Zebra Technologies' acquisition of Xplore Technologies brings opportunities for channel partners

Plantronics adds five new products across the BackBeat FIT and BackBeat GO lines

Those of you who need your tunes whether you’re working out or waiting for the next flight will be pricking your ears with interest right now.

18 Sep Sponsored

Hands-on review: QNAP's nine-bay NAS drive for high performance and increased capacity

The TVS-951X puts many exciting features in the hands of small businesses for a price point that’s hard to beat.

Konica Minolta's new Aussie partnership pledges more automation in manufacturing

Konica Minolta and mobile robot manufacturer Mobile Industrial Robots say they’re about to bring even more automation to their Australian clients.

17 Sep Sponsored

Time for channel professionals to get serious about their career credentials

Few universities teach indirect or channel marketing, which is posing challenges for employers that want to expand channel services.

BlackBerry to roll out EoT platform by end of 2018

BlackBerry has unveiled a new Enterprise of Things (EoT) platform that enables OEMs to produce ‘things’ with high levels of security and safety.

Y Soft lifts sales volumes through SaaS and multi-product strategies

Enterprise office solutions provider Y Soft has grown its sales volume over the 2017-2018 fiscal year by 45%, equating to US$45 million (AU$62.9 million).

Exclusive: Kacific makes a bid for the APAC satellite broadband market

"As the region progresses to 5G, traditional telecommunications networks will need to be innovative in how they meet the immense demand for bandwidth."

Interview: CA Technologies explores the state of digital trust in APJ

A recent survey by CA Technologies found that 40% of APJ executives have sold customer data, although many cybersecurity pros aren’t actually aware that this happened. How is this possible?

Can AI and IoT work together to make the right choices?

CA Technologies is working on IoT and AI research to prevent creeping bias and improve the portability of the benefits of deep learning.

Lenovo and NetApp form global strategic partnership

They plan to produce a range of new storage products that combine NetApp’s all-flash data management solutions with Lenovo infrastructure.

Transform responsibly - CompTIA’s top 10 tech trends

From IoT to AI, these innovations have the greatest potential to make near-term impacts on business, but CompTIA warns to approach them with care.

WatchGuard launches multi-factor authentication solution aimed at SMBs

WatchGuard’s AuthPoint solution is a cloud service that can be deployed and managed from any location without the need for expensive hardware components.

A three-step guide to achieving IT resilience

Ensuring that the IT infrastructure is resilient is critical for business success and completion of transformation and modernisation projects.

How gaming graphics changed the world: Nvidia AI Conference Sydney

The Singularity, the hypothetical moment in time when artificial intelligence becomes capable of recursive self-improvement, could radically change human civilisation almost overnight.

Fortinet adds network access control solution for IoT

FortiNAC provides visibility and control of IoT services and automated response to threats at scale in multi-vendor environments.