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Asian Stories

Acquisition stories

Active optical cable market predicted to hit $3.48 billion in just 6 years

Allied Market Research has predicted that the global active optical cable market will experience rapid growth, hitting $3.48 billion by 2022.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Thu, 25th Aug 2016

Global Stories

Acquisition stories

Cybersecurity insurance

Aus & NZ at the forefront of security capability

Symantec's VP and CSO, Tim Fitzgerald, praises Australia and New Zealand's tech innovation but highlights their struggle to find senior security leaders.

By Sam Worthington • 3 min read • Tue, 30th Aug 2016

Health Technologies

Standout growth in digital services, Dynamics bolster Empired revenue

'Standout' growth across digital, Microsoft Dynamics and data insights, have bolstered Empired's revenue but not spared the company from a net loss.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Tue, 30th Aug 2016

Facebook

WhatsApp shares data with Facebook ahead of monetisation

More than two years after its acquisition by Facebook, WhatsApp has seemingly succumbed to the inevitable pressure from its parent company.

By Pamela Clark-Dickson • 4 min read • Mon, 29th Aug 2016

Hyperscale

Intel unveils its 3D NAND Solid State Drives

The company says its new solid state drives are a cost-effective replacement for traditional hard disk drives.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Fri, 26th Aug 2016

Infrastructure-as-a-Service

APAC the driving force behind Megaport's FY16 revenue

Megaport's revenue up by 80% this year, with majority generated in Asia-Pacific units, says CEO Denver Maddux.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Thu, 25th Aug 2016

IT services

Service providers struggling in declining Asia Pacific IT services market

Top IT firms in APeJ grapple with market shrinkage and stiffer competition, as sector faces 2.1% slump amid economic shifts.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Thu, 25th Aug 2016

Storage

Deloitte Consulting nabs Nimble Storage's ANZ partner of the year

Deloitte Consulting named partner of the year by Nimble Storage at ANZ partner conference. Other winners announced.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Wed, 24th Aug 2016

Accenture

Accenture buys out security firm Redcore for an undisclosed price tag

Accenture has acquired Australian cloud consulting and security provider Redcore to expand its cybersecurity offerings in the Asia-Pacific region.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Tue, 23rd Aug 2016

Unified Communications

Lenovo begins its new fiscal year with a difficult quarter

After acquiring Motorola and IBM's System x server business, Lenovo's fiscal 1Q17/calendar 2Q16 earnings revealed lingering growing pains.

By Jack Narcotta • 4 min read • Tue, 23rd Aug 2016

Digital Transformation

Cisco Services' revenues continue to expand

As Cisco transitions the business model, the savings from global headcount reductions will be invested to further expand software and services.

By Elitsa Bakalova • 3 min read • Mon, 22nd Aug 2016

Unified Communications

2degrees' lips are sealed on rumoured Australian telco sale

2degrees remains tight-lipped on speculation about a possible AUD $900 million acquisition by Australian telco TPG, quelling merger rumours.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Mon, 22nd Aug 2016

Network Infrastructure

Cloud components market set to soar as vendors bolster portfolios

Vendors are looking at new technologies to drive long-term growth, including hyperconverged platforms, SDN and hybrid cloud solutions.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Mon, 22nd Aug 2016

JB Hi-Fi

JB Hi-Fi profit climbs on back of Dick Smith departure

Dick Smith Electronics' failure has had a golden lining for JB Hi-Fi, which has seen its profit and sales climb since DSE's exit from the market.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Thu, 18th Aug 2016

Stories from Other Regions

Acquisition stories

Health Technologies

Whānau Tahi strengthens IT play with health IT acquisition

Whānau Tahi is strengthening its IT play, confirming its acquisition of health IT specialist firm SimplHealth.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Thu, 25th Aug 2016

Dicker Data

Dicker Data adds additional $58.8m in sales in first half of 2016; NPAT up 25%

Dicker Data is continuing its growth trajectory, with revenue and profit both up for the first half of 2016 with growth across old and new vendors.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 24th Aug 2016

Vocus group

Vocus revenue, profits soar on back of M2 merger

Vocus profits have soared 461% on the back of its merger with M2 Group earlier this year, in what the company says has been a 'transformational year'.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Tue, 23rd Aug 2016