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Risab Biswas developed a computer vision application to help farmers more easily detect pathological disease in their plants.

Harcourts, the 133-year-old real estate agency, transformed its global operations by adopting NetSuite, modernising from a 'fake' cloud solution.

Proofpoint found that the education sector was the most targeted of both brute-force and sophisticated phishing attempts.

The EMEA external storage market hit record highs in Q4 2018, growing 16.4% in USD, with Dell EMC leading the surge in flash-array deployments.

Fifteen per cent of IT managers at Australian companies who were victim to one or more cyber attacks last year can’t pinpoint how the attackers gained entry.

In launching the two new facilities, Microsoft becomes the first global provider to deliver cloud services from data centres on the continent.

The company says its new strategic investment reflects growing demand for cloud service solutions across Asia Pacific.

Facebook Africa is deploying local fact-checkers and improving digital literacy to combat misinformation ahead of elections across the continent.

A new report from Canalys has revealed what the world’s two largest cloud providers have been up to – and they’ve certainly been busy.

Western Europe and North America are poised to dominate the global DRaaS market through 2028, with Future Market Insights predicting a 38.5% CAGR in the sector.

Cisco announced the awards, including APJ Partner of the Year, at a global awards reception during its annual partner conference.

The announcement makes it the world’s first cloud service provider that operates a local data centre to provide cloud services in Africa.

Ongoing trade tensions between China and the US  are having a significant impact on the cloud service providers market.

Orange and PCCW Global are confident the cable will substantially reduce network latency between the world's three most populated continents.

Around a fifth (21%) of New Zealanders who had encountered tech support scams were fooled into continuing with an interaction.

Higher average selling prices across standard and custom servers has seen data centre vendors cashing in on a bustling market.

Aotearoa New Zealand joins the Global Steering Group for Impact Investing, promising new opportunities and global insights for local social enterprises.

Wellington’s adtech firm Postr goes global with contracts in Indonesia, Germany, and Portugal, expanding its team and quadrupling monthly revenue.

New Zealand is becoming a global leader in smart TV adoption, with a 44% adoption rate second only to South Korea, according to research firm IDC.

Samsung to open new AI research centre in New York City, led by EVP Daniel Lee, to strengthen AI capabilities. Centre to focus on robotics research.