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IT Industry

Readify tackles the IT skills shortage in Australia

Readify pioneers graduate programme against Oz IT shortage, merging industry and academia to foster tech talent.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Tue, 23rd Feb 2016

Microsoft

Record revenue for Rhipe as cloud licensing momentum builds

Rhipe has racked up a record half year revenue of $69.5 million, bolstered by Microsoft CSP and other new programs.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 23rd Feb 2016

Global Stories

Australian stories

Storage

Oracle stakes claim on local storage market; seeks new partners

Oracle has appointed a new storage channel business development manager and is looking for new partners as it eyes up the local storage market.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 24th Feb 2016

Unified Communications

Australia: Good to be an ISP/bad to be an end user

Many people think Australia provides better Internet options for businesses, but this assumption is completely wrong.

By Brendan Ritchie • 4 min read • Wed, 24th Feb 2016

Malware

Ransomware on the rise in Aus and NZ, ESET says

Ransomware on Joomla domains is a growing security threat, warns ESET, as the firm reports a rise in attacks in Australia and New Zealand.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Wed, 24th Feb 2016

Storage

ANZ distie details revealed for Lenovo + Datacore SDN deal

The partnership will 'dramatically disrupt' the enterprise storage landscape within Australia and New Zealand.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Wed, 24th Feb 2016

Network Infrastructure

Australia key target as banking botnet cybercrims seek new sectors

Banking botnet organisations are targeting new sectors, including cloud service providers, warehousing and shipping as they seek new opportunities.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 23rd Feb 2016

DataCentre infrastructure

EXCLUSIVE: Behind the scenes with Schneider Electric GM

Luck is hard work meeting opportunity - one of the firmly-held principles of Schneider Electric's general manager for Pacific channel alliances.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Tue, 23rd Feb 2016

Cybersecurity

New Android Trojan “Xbot” phishes credit cards and bank accounts, encrypts devices for ransom

A new Trojan called Xbot is targeting Android users in Russia and Australia, stealing banking credentials and demanding a ransom.

By Cong Zheng, Claud Xiao and Zhi Xu • 9 min read • Tue, 23rd Feb 2016

Fintech

Rhipe logs 47% growth in New Zealand business

Rhipe's New Zealand division soars with a robust 47% revenue boost, despite the company's overall loss deepening.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 23rd Feb 2016

IT Industry

'Speed-interview' event addresses Australian IT industry gender gap

The event was held to provide women new career opportunities and proactively address the growing issue of gender imbalance in Australia's tech sector.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Tue, 23rd Feb 2016

Ministry of Business & Innovation

Govt to invest $4.75m in global innovation projects

New Zealand Gov to invest $4.75m in 18 global strategic partnerships to boost research, including internet capability and marine biosecurity.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Mon, 22nd Feb 2016

Fintech

Dangerous Android banking Trojan breaks into Google Play store

Identified as 'one of the most dangerous Android banking Trojans ever seen', the Acecard malware is capable of attacking users of nearly 50 apps.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Mon, 22nd Feb 2016

Oracle

New CEO heralds more aggressive stance for UXC Red Rock

The appointment of Philip Milne as UXC Red Rock CEO will see the company competing 'more aggressively' in the Oracle market.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 22nd Feb 2016

Synnex

Synnex gears up for launch of Aussie-developed cloud play

Synnex Australia is gearing up to launch its locally developed cloud play, promising resellers a simple way of managing cloud sales.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 22nd Feb 2016

Virtualisation

New local channel boss takes the helm at VMware

Kerrie-Anne Turner has taken on the role of VMware ANZ head of channels and general business as the company seeks to continue its current trajectory.

By Heather Wright • 1 min read • Mon, 22nd Feb 2016

Digital Signage

Juniper and NEC up partnership to push NFV and SDN

Juniper Networks and NEC have expanded their partnership to include SDN and NFV-based solutions for service providers and enterprises .

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Fri, 19th Feb 2016

Firewalls

WatchGuard strengthens presence in ANZ region

WatchGuard expands in Australia and New Zealand with the appointment of a new sales engineer, Peter Fraser, in Melbourne.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Fri, 19th Feb 2016

Converged Infrastructure

Lenovo + Nutanix hyperconvergence deal: ANZ distribution revealed

Details for the ANZ distribution of the Lenovo and Nutanix joint hyper-converged infrastructure appliances deal have been unveiled.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Fri, 19th Feb 2016

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Australian stories

Synnex

EXCLUSIVE: Synnex NZ gears up for cloud and further local expansion

Synnex NZ is gearing up for expansion with a new warehouse and a local cloud offering in the coming months as the distie sees double-digit growth.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Mon, 22nd Feb 2016

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