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Better data management: Whose job is it?

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Platform9 and Intersect partner to bring unified cloud to A/NZ

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Photo gallery: Oracle ANZ Partner Awards celebrate the year that's been

03 Aug 2017

Ashton Young

The Oracle ANZ Partner awards were presented last week at the ANZ Partner Forum on July 27.

Around 100 partners congregated at the event held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Sydney to celebrate the year that has been and to toast those who have excelled.

The much lauded ‘Partner of the Year’ awards were presented amidst much fanfare with the winners on the night including Accenture, PrimeQ, M-Power Solutions, Pinpoint HRM, Wipro, NTT Com ICT Solutions, Nextgen Distribution and Deloitte.

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Better data management: Whose job is it?

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Platform9 and Intersect partner to bring unified cloud to A/NZ

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Aussies out of love with smartphone upgrades

According to IDC, the Australian smartphone market suffered a record 9.0% decline in unit shipments in 2018.

PC monitor market has biggest growth spurt in a decade

The Australian PC monitor continues to grow at near double digits each quarter, hitting an impressive 10.4% for 2018 calendar year.

Microsoft Teams’ eight new and upcoming features

After taking Best in Show at Enterprise Connect, Microsoft Teams will be seeing eight new capabilities over 2019.

IDC: Aussie PC market back on the downhill

After two quarters of near 10% growth, the Australian PC market dipped -2.5% in 4Q18 - a trend that looks set to continue in 2019.

Brennan IT namedrops new clients for its MSP services

CEO Stephen Sims says enterprises have been underserviced by Tier-1 service providers for too long.

OutSystems and Boncode team up for better code analysis

The Boncode and OutSystems alliance aims to help organisations to build fast and feel comfortable that the work they're delivering is at peak quality levels.

Digital spending to hit US$1.2 trillion by 2022

A recent study by Zinnov shows that IoT spend reached US$201 billion in 2018 while outsourcing service providers generated $40 billion in revenue.

Google certifies Panasonic rugged devices for enterprise

The Toughbook T1 and N1 handhelds meet all requirements for Google’s rugged Android certification.

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SIS announces a partnership with Platform 4

“We are looking forward to a strong future in the New Zealand security industry with this global giant as our strategic partner."

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VMware announces new features in WMware Cloud, Dell EMC integrations

VMware announced VMware Cloud Foundation 3.7 is expected to be available on Dell EMC VxRail in VMware’s Q1FY20.

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Why 'right to repair' legislation could be a new lease on life for broken devices

“These companies are profiting at the expense of our environment and our pocketbooks as we become a throw-away society that discards over 6 million tonnes of electronics every year.”

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Barracuda expands MSP security offerings with RMM acquisition

Managed Workplace delivers an RMM platform with security tools and services, such as site security assessments, Office 365 account management, and integrated third-party antivirus.

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Why you should collect Docker infrastructure logs

Syslog-ng is a log management application that enables you to collect logs from multiple platforms in a central space.

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Veeam: Biggest trials for MSPs selling backup & how to overcome them

In a perfect world all businesses would happily invest enough to protect their data, but it’s not, which is why Probax released a guide.

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Global server market maintains healthy growth in Q4 2018

New data from Gartner reveals that while there was growth in the market as a whole, some of the big vendors actually declined.

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Ingram Micro gives Cloud Marketplace an overhaul

Including a new UI, improved sales and marketing tools, and an API for integrating a partner’s own storefront, CRM and billing.

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Should you rely on Elasticsearch to simplify your logging system?

Elasticsearch allows you to store any number of arbitrary name-value pairs coming from structured logging.

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Turtle Beach buys ROCCAT, bringing more 'victories to gamers'

Germany-based Roccat already has a significant presence in Europe and Asia, which means Turtle Beach will likely take advantage of that growth. Expect to see more Turtle Beach products on the shelves.

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AU’s smartphone market suffers record decline

The smartphone market in Australia is going through some tough slog at the moment, but there is some good news on the horizon.

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Dynatrace takes pole position in APM Magic Quadrant

It placed highest on Ability to Execute and furthest on Completeness of Vision in the 2019 Quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring (APM).

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Huawei picks up accolades for software-defined camera ecosystem

"The company's software defined capabilities enable it to future-proof its camera ecosystem and greatly lower the total cost of ownership (TCO), as its single camera system is applicable to a variety of application use cases."

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Polycom & Plantronics rebrand to Poly, a new UC powerhouse

The name change comes after last year’s Plantronics acquisition of Polycom, a deal that was worth US $2 billion.

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DXC subsidiary takes SAP energy industry partner award

Winners of the awards were selected from SAP’s A/NZpartner ecosystem and announced at the recent SAP A/NZ Partner Kick-Off Meeting held in Sydney.

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HCL and Xerox expand strategic partnership

Under the terms of the agreement, HCL will manage portions of Xerox’s shared services, including global administrative and support functions.

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Two Ministers’ thoughts on blockchain in Oz

Minister Karen Andrews, and Minister Simon Birmingham have released a joint statement on the national blockchain roadmap and extra $100,000 funding.

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Avaya expands integration with Google Cloud AI

This includes embedding Google’s machine learning within conversation services for the contact centre, enabling integration of AI capabilities.

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Aussie company set to democratise direct-to-orbit IoT access

Adelaide-based Myriota has released a developer toolkit that has been trialled and tested by a smart waste management platform.

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Whitepaper: Business continuity in the age of compliance

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Whitepaper: An inside look at the benefits of cloud

"Cloud computing is revolutionising business, enabling organisations to move faster, spend less and deliver greater value."

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Apple launches revamped iPad Air & iPad mini

Apple loves tinkering with its existing product lines and coming up with new ways to make things more powerful – and both the iPad Air and iPad mini seem to be no exception.

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Aussies too lax about IoT security - McAfee

Aussie consumers are at a loss when it comes to securing the increasing number of connected devices in their homes and are often opting to take no action at all.

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Apple says its new iMacs are "pretty freaking powerful"

The company has chosen the tagline “Pretty. Freaking powerful” as the tagline – and it’s not too hard to see why.

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App downtime costs businesses over $700k per event

One hour of business-critical application downtime can cost larger companies $144,062.52 per hour, with an average repair time of over five hours.

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Poly appoints new A/NZ managing director, Andy Hurt

“We’re excited to be bringing together two established pioneers in audio and video technology to be moving forward and one business – Poly."

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Bitdefender invests in A/NZ with new offices and regional director

Bitdefender has opened its Partner Advantage Network (PAN) programme with the aim of recruiting and supporting its over 500 local resellers.

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BeyondTrust’s 2019 APAC Partner Award Winners

Identity Solutions Australia took the local prize, being named Australia and New Zealand Partner of the Year.

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HPE launches 'right mix' hybrid cloud assessment tool

HPE has launched an ‘industry-first assessment software’ to help businesses work out the right mix of hybrid cloud for their needs.

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HP extends laptop & workstation recall due to battery fire hazard

HP has extended its worldwide recall of several notebooks and mobile workstations due to the high risk of fire and burn hazards.

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Workflows should benefit people, not devices

It is important that, in digital transformation journeys, managers remember technology should complement, rather than overtake, employee talent and skillsets.

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Worldwide spending on security to reach $103.1bil in 2019 - IDC

Managed security services will be the largest technology category in 2019.

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Insider insight: How to get more from your Splunk platform

Having the right tools is only half the battle, not until you can leverage them most effectively can you see the gains that properly managed data can provide.

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Apple's AirPods now come with 'Hey Siri' functionality

The new AirPods come with a standard case or a Wireless Charging Case that holds additional charges for more than 24 hours of listening time.

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Gartner: Local server revenue up by a quarter, shipments down

In Australia, server revenue increased 24.7% in 4Q18, while shipments declined 5.3%.

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IDC: Innovative wearable use cases drive double-digit growth

Wristbands are set to lose their dominance as hearables and industrial applications keep the wearables market moving forward.

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Healthcare breaches on the rise - here’s how Philips protects data

As healthcare becomes increasingly digitalised, medical institutions need to ensure the systems they are using are storing patient data in a reliable and secure way.

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Forrester names Crowdstrike leader in incident response

The report provides an in-depth evaluation of the top 15 IR service providers across 11 criteria.

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NZ ISPs issue open letter to social media giants to discuss censorship

Content sharing platforms have a duty of care to proactively monitor for harmful content, act expeditiously to remove content which is flagged to them as illegal.

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Emerging tech helps savvy SMB’s succeed

A CompTIA report shows SMBs are taking on the challenge of emerging technologies to reach their business goals.

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Gartner: Good talent put off by old tech

Technology now ranks in the top ten reasons Australian employees will leave their current role, according to Gartner’s 4Q18 Global Talent Monitor.

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Zoom’s new Rooms and Meetings features

Zoom has released information about the upcoming releases for its Rooms and Meeting offerings for 2019.

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IntegrationWorks continues expansion with new Brisbane office

The company’s new office space at the Riverside Centre overlooks the Brisbane River and Storey Bridge.

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SolarWinds extends database anomaly detection

As organisations continue their transition from purely on-premises operations into both private and public cloud infrastructures, adapting their IT monitoring and management capabilities can pose a significant challenge.

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ForgeRock launches Sandbox-as-a-Service to facilitate compliance

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NVIDIA introduces a new breed of high-performance workstations

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E-Book: Building applications just got simpler

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Identity assurance - a refreshed approach to authentication

Today’s organisations should refresh their approach to authentication from a one-time event to continuous monitoring of users and what they are accessing. In broad terms, this is called identity assurance.

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Whitepaper: Making AI work for the healthcare sector

This whitepaper explains how and why AI should be focused on people in healthcare, not technology. Philips calls this approach adaptive intelligence.