Market stories - Page 12

Europe's Interoute launches Singapore virtual data center
Thu, 2nd Jun 2016
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storage
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cloud services
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gateway
Interoute, which operates one of Europe’s largest cloud services platform, has launched a virtual data center zone in Singapore.

APAC leads burgeoning Anything-as-a-Service market
Fri, 27th May 2016
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network infrastructure
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data analytics
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sdn
Asia Pacific driving rapid growth in global Anything-as-a-Service (XaaS) market, expected to expand at over 38% CAGR until 2020.

Tecala brings on new Melbourne executive to support growth
Thu, 26th May 2016
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crm
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martech
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customer service
Ryan Clements strengthens Tecala's Melbourne force, bolstering their surge in cloud and ICT services amidst expansion.

UCaaS provider makes a play in the ANZ marketplace
Wed, 25th May 2016
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uc
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contact centre
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Access4, the UCaaS provider, is entering the Australian market and will only sell its solution through channel partners.

Empired's ECM service gains traction in NZ market
Wed, 25th May 2016
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ecm
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martech
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government
The company says it estimates the market opportunity within the New Zealand government market alone is approximately 45,000 users.

Opportunities still exist for PC vendors, despite struggling market
Mon, 23rd May 2016
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gaming
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iot
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digital entertainment
Despite a slump in PC sales, Gartner highlights profitable niches for vendors in ultramobile and gaming sectors.

Dell's SecureWorks positioned for huge revenue growth
Fri, 20th May 2016
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fintech
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cloud services
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market
SecureWorks, the Dell subsidiary, is projected to increase its revenue growth rate to 35% by 2017, according to a new report by TBR.

IDC recognises top IoT innovators for 2016
Thu, 19th May 2016
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iot
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api
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market
Pioneering IoT players to watch in 2016, according to IDC: Arrayent, BugLabs, and MachineShop. Innovative technology and business models key.

Hitachi makes tracks in the Internet of Things market
Thu, 12th May 2016
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data analytics
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martech
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iot
Hitachi forms Hitachi Insight Group to accelerate IoT business in industrial and enterprise markets #IoT #business.

Competition heats up between PaaS vendors IBM, Microsoft and Oracle
Thu, 12th May 2016
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paas
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iaas
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microsoft
Over the next few years, Platform-as-a-Service providers will significantly improve solutions available, which will lead to widespread adoption.

IDC forecasts 2016 will be a 'down year' for the semiconductor market
Wed, 11th May 2016
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semiconductors
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personal computing devices
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pc hardware
The worldwide semiconductor market is set to decline for a second consecutive year due to weak demand and oversupply.

Acer works to maintain lead in competitive PC market
Mon, 9th May 2016
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smartphones
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personal computing devices
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pc hardware
Acer battles for supremacy in the fierce PC industry, positioning itself as an innovator amidst giants with clearer visions.

Multi-factor authentication to be the norm by 2020
Mon, 2nd May 2016
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mfa
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cybersecurity
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healthtech
Multi-factor authentication has become commonplace as a number of industries, particularly the govt sector, is looking to strengthen security measures.

Seagate struggles to maintain revenue in challenging IT storage industry
Mon, 2nd May 2016
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storage
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fintech
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seagate
Seagate has experienced another drop in revenue for the Q3 2016, with the vendor claiming the decline is due to ‘several near-term demand factors'.

Apple remains top dog of declining tablet market
Mon, 2nd May 2016
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personal computing devices
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microsoft
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amazon
Tablet shipments decline as large smartphones erode market, says TrendForce. 35.2 million units shipped in Q1 2016.

Cloud managed services all the rage with today's enterprises
Thu, 28th Apr 2016
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partner programmes
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cybersecurity
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cloud services
The cloud-based managed services market is growing at close to 20%, led by security services, according to Technavio.

Digital transformation drives demand for big data services
Fri, 22nd Apr 2016
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data analytics
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digital transformation
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martech
A multitude of industry verticals generate large volumes of data for record keeping and database admin, and this is driving the uptake of BDaaS.

Lenovo leads dismal PC shipments market
Tue, 12th Apr 2016
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network infrastructure
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personal computing devices
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lenovo
PC shipments continue to decline, with the only hopes for improvement dependent on commercial replacements and economic stability, according to IDC.

Software approach breaks data center optical comms records
Mon, 11th Apr 2016
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hyperscale
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dc
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fibre
A Hong Kong polytechnic university has broken world records for fastest optical communications for data centers, logging 24-times the existing speeds.

ShoreTel ramps up focus on APAC region
Fri, 8th Apr 2016
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uc
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contact centre
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shoretel
ShoreTel launches cloud-based voice service in Australia, offering fully managed IP telephony and other features.