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Commvault's Owen Taraniuk on his new role and becoming a 'Made in China' company

Mon, 22nd Jan 2018
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Commvault has announced the appointment of Owen Taraniuk as head of worldwide partnerships and market development.
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APAC to be the fastest-growing region for security assessment services

Mon, 22nd Jan 2018
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Asia Pacific will be a hotspot for security assessment vendors as it becomes the fastest growing region in the world between 2017-2022.
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How to mitigate cyber risks while travelling

Tue, 9th Jan 2018
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Over the past year, compromises of payment card data, network intrusions, and cyberattacks using hotel Wi-Fi have plagued the hospitality industry.
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Rackspace, Bitcoin, Alibaba and the future of cloud

Tue, 12th Dec 2017
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Alibaba's Asian cloud sales soar; Changes in how we consume cloud; Rise of managed security service providers; Blockchain's potential beyond cryptocurrency.
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Vertiv discusses how to optimise UPS performance in modern data centres

Thu, 7th Dec 2017
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Hundreds of questions surround the power supply of data centres - Vertiv attempts to answer them in an upcoming webinar.
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Vertiv releases its top 5 data centre trends for 2018

Tue, 5th Dec 2017
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Vertiv has put together a report of the five trends the company expects to impact the data centre ecosystem in 2018.
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Tenable sets down roots in Japan with new regional sales director

Wed, 29th Nov 2017
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Tenable is ramping up its cybersecurity presence across Japan, the Middle East and South America as the company experiences strong customer demand.
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SAP and Huawei partnership leverages analytics for customer success

Thu, 23rd Nov 2017
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SAP and Huawei are highly compatible, with SAP as a provider of enterprise applications and Huawei as a provider of IT infrastructure.
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ANZ businesses still consider IoT & public cloud too risky

Fri, 17th Nov 2017
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Only 53% of ANZ business leaders are digitally literate, according to ISACA's Digital Transformation Barometer research.
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Scale or fail: Manufacturing companies must leverage cloud and interconnection

Thu, 9th Nov 2017
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The rise of IoT has resulted in unprecedented data demands, and the Internet's current infrastructure is struggling to keep up.
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Singapore startup Horangi Cybersecurity raises $3m funding for APAC growth

Tue, 7th Nov 2017
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The company will use the funds to improve its proprietary technologies, scaling business operations and expanding into key Asian markets.
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Alibaba Cloud opens new data center in Malaysia

Wed, 1st Nov 2017
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The data center's network and power strength will stretch beyond Malaysia, reaching enterprises as far away as Singapore, Hong Kong and Thailand.
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Cisco taps ex-Microsoft talent for APJ vice-president role

Wed, 1st Nov 2017
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Cisco appoints Mark Phibbs, ex-Microsoft and Adobe veteran, as VP of marketing for Asia Pacific and Japan to drive digital transformation efforts.
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Analyst: big players continue to drive global cloud growth

Fri, 27th Oct 2017
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The global cloud market surged 43% year-over-year in Q3 2017, reaching USD $14.4 billion, as Amazon, Microsoft, IBM, and Google cemented their dominance.
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Singapore most robust data center market in APAC; Aussie ranks fifth

Tue, 24th Oct 2017
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Singapore tops APAC data center market, excelling in infrastructure and stability, with Australia ranking fifth. Capacity to grow amid robust investment.
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Oracle NetSuite expands in EMEA, opening new data centres

Thu, 19th Oct 2017
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Oracle NetSuite currently maintains two data centres in EMEA, and in the wake of surging growth plans to add a few more.
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Tata Communications receives top Singapore private cloud certification

Thu, 19th Oct 2017
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Tata Communications' IZO Private Cloud has achieved Singapore's highest Multi-Tier Cloud Security (MTCS) Level 3 certification, marking a significant milestone.
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Nouveau Labs aims to reinvent AI, analytics and automation

Tue, 17th Oct 2017
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Bangalore-based Nouveau Labs sets course to lead in AI with a new centre for robotic automation, bolstering its analytics and cognitive tech operations.
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Cybercrime remains a major barrier to cloud adoption in EMEA​

Thu, 12th Oct 2017
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While cloud adoption continues its steady march in EMEA, a new survey has revealed the recent spate of cyberattacks has thrown a spanner in the works.
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DATASIX accelerates performance and redundancy of Vienna data centre

Thu, 5th Oct 2017
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​Telia Carrier has announced it has been working with data centre DATASIX to boost connectivity and greatly increase redundancy in Vienna.