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Australian Stories

Africa stories

ENGIE and Schneider Electric achieve huge milestone together

The two tech giants joined forces to construct Southeast Asia's largest multifluid renewable energy microgrid on Semekau Island.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Mon, 23rd Oct 2017

Global Stories

Africa stories

Clean technologies

New brand, new name: Aranz Geo says goodbye...

Seequent's chief executive Shaun Maloney says the new brand reflects the company's evolving purpose and vision for the future.

By Julia Gabel • 3 min read • Tue, 7th Nov 2017

Cisco

Dimension Data scoops 24 award wins with Cisco

Dimension Data has secured 24 Cisco awards, including Global Awards for Architectural Excellence Partner of the Year, Security, and Marketing Innovation.

By Sean Mitchell • 2 min read • Fri, 3rd Nov 2017

Uber

Uber, Airbnb and the problem with South Africa's sharing economy

In September 2017, it was announced that Uber's private hire licence as a ride-hauling app would not be renewed in London.

By Andri Johnston • 4 min read • Thu, 2nd Nov 2017

Network Infrastructure

PCCW Global launches service to connect MPLS networks to Microsoft Azure

The Network-as-a-Service product that extends a customer's MPLS network service to both Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Office 365.

By Kai Ping Lew • 2 min read • Thu, 2nd Nov 2017

Marketing Technologies

Cisco taps ex-Microsoft talent for APJ vice-president role

Cisco appoints Mark Phibbs, ex-Microsoft and Adobe veteran, as VP of marketing for Asia Pacific and Japan to drive digital transformation efforts.

By Patrick Martlew • 2 min read • Wed, 1st Nov 2017

Document Management

Chinese Govt approves patent for secure document management system

The Chinese Government has approved an additional patent for Publishing Data Management, which provides ProofPlus electronic document systems.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Mon, 30th Oct 2017

Hyperscale

Analyst: big players continue to drive global cloud growth

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.

By Patrick Martlew • 2 min read • Fri, 27th Oct 2017

DataCentre infrastructure

CITIC affirms Europe/Asia connection with 'Digital Silk Road'

CITIC Telecom CPC has renamed Linx Telecommunications to CITIC Telecom CPC Europe, bolstering its Digital Silk Road initiative across Europe and Asia.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Thu, 26th Oct 2017

ARANZ Geo

From Christchurch to Chile: Kiwi company dominates in export innovation

The Christchurch company has established an expansive global presence, spanning 80 countries, thanks to its revolutionary Leapfrog technology.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Sat, 21st Oct 2017

Hyperscale

Oracle NetSuite expands in EMEA, opening new data centres

Oracle NetSuite currently maintains two data centres in EMEA, and in the wake of surging growth plans to add a few more.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Thu, 19th Oct 2017

Risk & Compliance

Gartner forecasts security spending to surge in Africa

Gartner says spending on information security technology and services in Middle East and North Africa is on pace to exceed US$1.8 billion in 2017.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Thu, 19th Oct 2017

Digital Transformation

Ghana's oldest ISP turns 20, says bright times ahead for IT in Africa

AfricaOnline says they will continue to invest in Africa's digital economy thereby continuing their journey together into the digital world.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Tue, 17th Oct 2017

Marketing Technologies

eCommerce apps - Worth the expense or a waste of time?

The eCommerce market in South Africa will amount to US$2.7 billion in 2017 with an annual expected growth rate of 14.2%.

By Andri Johnston • 4 min read • Mon, 16th Oct 2017

Network Infrastructure

Dell plans $14m donation: “It's our responsibility to prepare the next generation”

By encouraging youth regardless of gender, ethnicity or social class to study STEM, there's an opportunity to bring in different perspectives.

By Julia Gabel • 4 min read • Fri, 13th Oct 2017

Malware

Cybercrime remains a major barrier to cloud adoption in EMEA

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.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Thu, 12th Oct 2017