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Are ANZ business too keen for cloud?

ANZ firms may be overzealous on cloud, risking costs without clarity on benefits, warns Gartner's Warrilow ahead of Sydney summit.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Tue, 19th Apr 2016

Risk & Compliance

How poor social media risk management can lead to customer disloyalty

Use of social media to build customer loyalty is a common strategy for major corporations today. However, it is a strategy that can quickly backfire.

By John Wheeler • 3 min read • Mon, 18th Apr 2016

Platform-as-a-Service

Big players losing as they fail to capitalise on booming PaaS market

IBM and Oracle are losing out as they fail to capitalise on the booming PaaS market and concede share to specialists, open source and cloud providers.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 18th Apr 2016

Hyperscale

TCC Technology named top Thai data center hosting service provider

Thailand's TCC Technology has been named Frost & Sullivan's Thailand Data Center Hosting Service Provider of the Year.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Fri, 15th Apr 2016

Fintech

Australian fintech sector skyrocketing

The Australian fintech sector will reach $4.2 billion by 2020; of which A$1 billion will be completely new added value to the Australian economy.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Fri, 15th Apr 2016

Productivity

Meet a CIO with fabulous talent management skills and you'll meet a successful business

Without inspiring lead supported from above, even the best business, the best enterprise, will disappear entirely and without much of a trace.

By Michael Maoz • 3 min read • Fri, 15th Apr 2016

Data Analytics

Why only half of CDOs are poised for success

Half of CDOs risk falling short of success amid internal resistance and lack of support, warns Gartner expert.

By Jo Bennett • 3 min read • Thu, 14th Apr 2016

PC shipments

Apple, Asus buck downward PC sales, while Lenovo, HP slump

Asus and Apple are the only vendors to record increased PC shipments for the first quarter of 2016 as the PC market continues to decline.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 14th Apr 2016

DataCentre infrastructure

Cloud driving infrastructure spend in 2016

Spend on server, storage and Ethernet switches for deployment in cloud environments is expected to increase by 18.9% this year.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 13th Apr 2016

Supply Chain

What 3D printing means for your supply chain

A broader understanding of 3D printing's value to the supply chain is increasing investment plans across industries worldwide.

By Pete Basiliere • 3 min read • Wed, 13th Apr 2016

Network Infrastructure

Lenovo leads dismal PC shipments market

PC shipments continue to decline, with the only hopes for improvement dependent on commercial replacements and economic stability, according to IDC.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Tue, 12th Apr 2016

Internet of Things

Existing security best-practice can handle IoT exposures? Not really

There is a belief that IoT security exposures can be taken care of with existing IT-centric security practices. Earl Perkins disagrees.

By Earl Perkins • 4 min read • Tue, 12th Apr 2016

Distributed Denial of Service

Arbor Networks earns top overall effectiveness in NSS Labs DDoS test

Arbor Networks' has garnered the highest overall security effectiveness score for its AP 2800, in NSS Labs' first DDoS Prevention Test.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 11th Apr 2016

Network Infrastructure

HPE continues to dominate cloud infrastructure, but competitors close in

Dell, Cisco and EMC are closing the gap marginally on Hewlett Packard Enterprise's number one spot for cloud infrastructure sales.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Mon, 11th Apr 2016

IT Budget

Growth ahead for Kiwi IT spend, but which markets win and which lose?

Gartner is predicting IT spend in New Zealand to see a small increase this year and on to 2017. So which markets will win - and which are in decline?.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Fri, 8th Apr 2016