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Honeywell & Vivid Technology seal 'major tech deal' for smart lighting

Thu, 22nd Jun 2017
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Vivid Technology has entered into a MoU with Honeywell to supply smart lighting technologies on a number of strategic projects.
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Cloud rapidly climbing Vertiv's most critical industries list

Thu, 22nd Jun 2017
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Cloud and colocation are noted as being extremely important due to the increased dependence on these platforms across multiple businesses.
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Equinix partners with Aussie company Reekoh to offer new IoT platform

Wed, 21st Jun 2017
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In Australia specifically, security and privacy concerns are the biggest perceived inhibitors for deployment of IoT solutions.
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Case Study: How Volta and Next Connex's partnership has progressed one year on

Fri, 16th Jun 2017
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In January 2016, Volta and Next Connex entered a partnership- now the companies have released a case study on how things have progressed.
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Kiwis keen on flexible working – but only if it doesn't hinder their career

Thu, 15th Jun 2017
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Over 93% of New Zealanders would choose flexible working if it didn't harm their career, according to a poll by Hays.
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Schneider Electric: Challenges and trends in colocation

Tue, 13th Jun 2017
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Telco facilities typically have an ideal location, possess digital technology with connectivity in place and own central offices with available space.
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Best of the best: Award winners of 10th Datacloud Europe announced

Tue, 13th Jun 2017
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BroadGroup recently announced the winners of this year's Datacloud Awards, highlighting innovation, inspiration and excellence in data centre & cloud.
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Wavelink MD: 'Channel can help organisations extend the value of mobile workers'

Fri, 9th Jun 2017
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The trend of mobility will continue its relentless march forward, Ilan Rubin says, and it's best for businesses in the channel to be prepared.
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The $300m investment: New data center venture gets a kickstart

Wed, 7th Jun 2017
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Princeton GV has a vision to create a new global telecommunications, media and technology infrastructure platform with a focus on data centers.
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Bluewolf announces new AI telco Salesforce solution to deliver better CX

Wed, 7th Jun 2017
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Bluewolf integrates IBM Watson APIs, Vlocity and Salesforce Einstein to improve experiences for telecommunication agents and customers.
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AT&T MD for ANZ: 'Take advantage of SDN and NFV to be more responsive in Asia'

Mon, 5th Jun 2017
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AT&T managing director for ANZ talks about how businesses can compete with speed and efficiency in fast-changing Asia.
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Smart cities on the rise - Aurecon appoints Asia data center leader to keep up

Fri, 2nd Jun 2017
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Rapid urbanisation is placing pressure on countries to invest in the idea of smart cities in a bid to improve cities' liveability and sustainability.
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Aussie data center operators get Equinix visibility tech - Tokyo next

Fri, 2nd Jun 2017
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Equinix is making its data center monitoring software, IBX SmartView, available to Australian data center operators through its Equinix Customer Portal.
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Singtel Innov8 leads major funding round for endpoint security provider CounterTack

Wed, 31st May 2017
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Singtel Innov8 leads $20m funding round for CounterTack to expand in APAC and penetrate enterprise and federal markets.
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CrowdStrike raises $100m in massive funding round backed by Accel & Telstra

Tue, 30th May 2017
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Endpoint security provider CrowdStrike has completed a $100m Series D funding round to support global growth and meet demand for its products.
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Singapore law firm boosts security with 'enterprise immune system'

Fri, 26th May 2017
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Shook Lin & Bok LLP has deployed Darktrace security to protect clients' sensitive data, creating an enterprise immune system for their law firm.
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Micron21 seeks security professionals for cyber terrorism challenge

Tue, 23rd May 2017
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Micron21 has put forth a 'cyber terrorism' challenge to see if anyone can breach their security with a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack.
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Pi DATACENTERS achieves certification of the highest standard

Fri, 19th May 2017
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Pi DATACENTERS achieves Uptime Institute IV Design Certification, setting new benchmark for excellence in Indian data centers.
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Coriant powers China's Beijing Internet Harbor Technology's data center services

Thu, 18th May 2017
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Coriant has won a contract with Beijing Internet Harbor to deploy solutions that will boost capacity across China's major cities.
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Digital Osaka 1 data center is go: Digital Realty celebrates launch of first Japan facility

Thu, 18th May 2017
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Digital Realty's first Japanese data center has officially opened its doors, and already plans are in place for a second one.