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Dick smith

Breaking: Dick Smith stores to close; 3000 jobs gone

Thu, 25th Feb 2016
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Dick Smith is to close all its stores across Australia and New Zealand after failing to receive any acceptable offers for the business.
Shake

Change at the top for Kinetic IT as 'evolution' looms

Thu, 25th Feb 2016
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Kinetic IT's Terry North has handed the reins over to brother Michael North as the company gears up for a 'period of evolution'.
Company

ECM vendor looks to expand in APAC, signs up Aussie reseller

Thu, 25th Feb 2016
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Hyland has partnered with Fusion Information Management to expand its presence in Australia with OnBase ECM solutions.
Inspection

Aussie channel partners uncover what ERP customers actually want

Wed, 24th Feb 2016
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Increasing demand for agile ERP systems in Australia as businesses aim to boost productivity and customer engagement, says survey.
Economic slowdown

Australian businesses: Prepare for an economic slowdown

Wed, 24th Feb 2016
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Business risks are expected to increase in 2016. At the same time, it is unlikely there will be any improvement in the coming year.
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New training, new investment as Veeam turns up local heat

Wed, 24th Feb 2016
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Veeam will launch its certified engineering program in Australia next week as the vendor seeks deeper relationships with local partners.
Cloud computing

PwC brings together local cloud providers to create open platform

Wed, 24th Feb 2016
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PwC partners with Australasian cloud providers to launch Next, a purpose-built cloud platform with integrated apps.
New skills

Readify tackles the IT skills shortage in Australia

Tue, 23rd Feb 2016
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Readify pioneers graduate programme against Oz IT shortage, merging industry and academia to foster tech talent.
Women in tech

'Speed-interview' event addresses Australian IT industry gender gap

Tue, 23rd Feb 2016
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The event was held to provide women new career opportunities and proactively address the growing issue of gender imbalance in Australia's tech sector.
Business growth

WatchGuard strengthens presence in ANZ region

Fri, 19th Feb 2016
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network infrastructure
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network security
WatchGuard expands in Australia and New Zealand with the appointment of a new sales engineer, Peter Fraser, in Melbourne.
Power

Paessler empowering channel partners

Thu, 18th Feb 2016
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partnerships
Paessler AG bolsters ANZ market as sales soar by 21%, enhancing its partner programme to empower regional resellers.
Email

Aussie businesses aware of email threats, but are they prepared?

Thu, 18th Feb 2016
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cybersecurity
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email
Australian businesses have high email threat awareness and confidence in security solutions, according to research by Mimecast.
Trojan

Old malware foe active in Aus and NZ

Wed, 17th Feb 2016
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Bayrob displays a message suggesting the user the downloaded file is incompatible with the system, while it is actually already releasing a Trojan.
Aus

Gravity Supply Chain opens new office down under

Tue, 16th Feb 2016
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Gravity Supply Chain opens Melbourne office to meet growing demand for its cloud-based supply chain management apps.
Cisco

Cisco closes in on IoT with new Sydney innovation centre

Tue, 16th Feb 2016
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Cisco earmarks $15M for Sydney IoT hub, backing innovation across smart tech sectors and projecting vast economic uplift.
Cp

Channel focus with new regional MD for Check Point Software

Tue, 9th Feb 2016
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cloud services
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ibm
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intel security
De Laine is tasked with driving Check Point Software's business forward across the region, as well as supporting the company's channel network.
Nbc rollout

Australia's NBN rollout on track, but it is still early days

Tue, 9th Feb 2016
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The rollout of the Australian-government funded NBN network is accelerating, with growth speeding up in the later stages of 2015.
Aussie security

IPSec launches LogRhythm-powered SOC for Aussie businesses

Fri, 5th Feb 2016
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logrhythm
The 24/7 security operations centre (SOC) brings together IPSec's managed services capabilities and LogRhythm's security intelligence and analytics.
Winner

MIP Australia named Tableau ANZ reseller of the year

Fri, 29th Jan 2016
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tableau
MIP Australia named ANZ reseller of the year by Tableau, at the vendor's annual Asia Pacific Partner Summit held last night.
Kangaroo sign

TechDay's Aussie milestones: Making waves across the ditch

Mon, 25th Jan 2016
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google news
It has been a year since TechDay first ventured out into Australia - there have been many successful milestones since.