Australian stories
Whanganui has been named a Smart21 Community putting the city in the running for the global Intelligent Community of the Year award.
Impact Systems has signed a distribution deal with Sweden's Mionix, which will see the distributor bringing Mionix gaming peripherals to ANZ.
Fujitsu is introducing its 'game-changing' internet of things Edgeware management platform in ANZ after recently completing its support capability.
Emerson Network Power bolsters ANZ management with new managing director role, as it continues aggressive push into the local market.
Data#3 has signed a multi-million dollar deal with Edith Cowan University, which will see ECU moving to the latest Cisco communications offerings.
Kiwi organisatons are embracing the concept of business process management, with more than one in three planning increased investment in BPM.
Virtual Machine Technology, Dimension Data, Westcon and Distribution Central are leading the charge at NetApp's inaugural ANZ Partner Awards.
Continued 'solid' growth in Australia has helped Ingram Micro's Asia Pacific operations to a strong performance for Q3.
Implementing a cloud platform based on HP Helion technology has helped IT service provider blueApache to record business revenue growth.
BI, analytics and cloud top the list of priorities for IT spending for local CIOs, while digital transformation is foremost in many CIOs minds.
Financial controls and automation provider BlackLine is on the hunt for local partners on the back of 'surging demand' for its offerings.
Mobile malware, online extortion and changing security postures abound in 2016, with Trend Micro also predicting a fatality due to device failure.
The ANZ market is again among the star performers for Veeam, as the vendor clocks up 28% year on year revenue growth across APAC.
Marchex has expanded its Australian presence with a new office in Sydney, and has extended its technology facilities to support growing demand.
Microsoft is ramping up investment in its Australian Azure operations - and partner resources - on the back of 'significant' uptake.
Australian businesses are being urged to take data back-up seriously as the Cryptolocker ransomware virus re-emerges, hitting local businesses.
Dick Smith Holdings has lowered its 2016 profit expectations by up to $8 million after disappointing October sales figures and market concerns.
Dick Smith's Kiwi operations have had their best quarterly sales performance in years, but it's not enough to stop a downward revision for NPAT.
VMtech has signed a deal with identity and mobility management vendor Okta to include its IAM in VMtech's security and cloud offerings.
Total IT spending in Australia to surpass $11.7 billion in 2016, as Gartner talks up the 'algorithm economy' and urges new security spend focus.
