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Developers use Intel AI to solve some of the world's biggest challenges

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

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Wed, 24th Apr 2019

Fintech

From 'fake' cloud to Netsuite: The Harcourts story

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

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Thu, 11th Apr 2019

Cloud Security

Cloud application attacks in Q1 up by 65% - Proofpoint

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

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Mon, 18th Mar 2019

Storage

EMEA external storage market hits record high, Dell EMC on top

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.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Thu, 14th Mar 2019

Firewalls

How cybercriminals are most likely to be caught

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.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Thu, 7th Mar 2019

DataCentre infrastructure

Microsoft launches its first data centres in Africa

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

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Thu, 7th Mar 2019

Facebook

Facebook fights fake news ahead of Africa elections

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

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Thu, 14th Feb 2019

Hyperscale

AWS and Azure spending big bucks on data centres to get ahead

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.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Fri, 1st Feb 2019

Disaster Recovery

Who's going to dominate the disaster recovery as-a-service market through to 2028?

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.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Tue, 8th Jan 2019

Partner Programmes

Dimension Data nabs three Cisco partner awards

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

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Fri, 16th Nov 2018

Hyperscale

Huawei unveils new cloud region in South Africa

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

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Fri, 16th Nov 2018

Hyperscale

Tensions between China and US causing cloud war

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

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Tue, 30th Oct 2018

Network Infrastructure

New partnership for cable connecting Asia, Africa & Europe

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

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Fri, 26th Oct 2018

EduTech

New Zealand tops list of most-scammed countries - Microsoft

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

By Staff Writer • 5 min read • Tue, 16th Oct 2018

DataCentre infrastructure

Hungry vendors: EMEA server shipments fall while revenues rise

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

By Ashton Young • 4 min read • Wed, 3rd Oct 2018

Social enterprise

New Zealand to get a boost on global impact investment stage

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

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Tue, 2nd Oct 2018