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Sam Worthington

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Asian Stories

Written by Sam

CenturyLink

CenturyLink takes home industry award two years in a row

CenturyLink has won the 2016 Asia Pacific Hybrid IT Strategy award for the second year running, according to Frost - Sullivan.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Fri, 23rd Sep 2016

Hyperscale

ZTE unveils top of rack data center switch

ZTE launches a new 25G top of rack switch, offering cutting-edge solutions for data centers and campus networks.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Thu, 22nd Sep 2016

Global Stories

Written by Sam

Storage

Dell EMC makes moves to modernize the data center

Dell EMC's ScaleIO Ready Node promises a data centre revolution with its latest software-defined, all-flash innovation on PowerEdge servers.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Tue, 27th Sep 2016

Distributed Denial of Service

DDoS attacks: IoT devices targeted more and more

IoT devices increasingly hijacked for DDoS attacks, with many originating from the US and China, reveals Symantec's latest study.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Tue, 27th Sep 2016

Partner Programmes

Juniper Networks welcomes new ANZ sales director

Bruce Bennie appointed as new sales director for Juniper Networks in Australia and New Zealand, driving growth and innovation.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Tue, 27th Sep 2016

Microsoft

Ingram Micro & Tech Data sign up for Microsoft's latest service

Tech giants Ingram Micro and Tech Data have embraced Microsoft's Surface as a Service, promising flexibility for enterprise customers.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Tue, 27th Sep 2016

Cybersecurity

Yahoo works to clean up its titanic data breach mess

Yahoo scrambles to mitigate a colossal data breach affecting 500m users, as state-sponsored hackers are blamed for the 2014 incident.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Mon, 26th Sep 2016

Unified Communications

Communities transform - Whakatane UFB build now complete

Chorus has deployed Ultra-Fast Broadband to 7000 locations in Whakatane, potentially transforming New Zealand's economy.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Mon, 26th Sep 2016

Hyperscale

The optimization platform working to ease data center operations

SVA Software has released BVQ, an infrastructure performance optimization platform that simplifies virtualised data centre operations.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Fri, 23rd Sep 2016

Cybersecurity

Three major challenges hindering enterprise mobility for Aus & NZ

Australian and New Zealand firms must tackle security, back-end integration, and cost to succeed in enterprise mobility, says Red Hat.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Fri, 23rd Sep 2016

Digital Signage

Cheaper mobile devices push PC monitor market toward early grave

Mobile devices rise spells doom for PC monitor sales, with shipments to dip below 100m by 2020, says IDC tracker report.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Fri, 23rd Sep 2016

Stories from Other Regions

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Platform-as-a-Service

Industry-leading iPaaS solution for NZ's 'thriving digital economy'

NZ's digital economy gets a boost with a groundbreaking iPaaS solution by IntegrationWorks and Dell Boomi, streamlining cloud and on-prem app integration.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Tue, 27th Sep 2016

ATEED

Auckland a hotspot for start-ups as 'tech sector is booming'

Auckland's tech sector is booming with 26% growth and is attracting new companies to innovation precincts across the city, according to a report by JLL.

By Sam Worthington • 3 min read • Tue, 27th Sep 2016