Study finds 83 per cent of Australia and New Zealand SMBs concerned about economic conditions
Constant Contact’s global SMB report reveals 50 per cent of Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) businesses spend less than $15,000 per year on marketing, and 23 per cent spend less than $1,500
Nozomi Networks Secures $100 Million Investment to Accelerate Mission to Defend the World’s Critical Infrastructure from Cyber Threats
Latest round includes investments from Mitsubishi Electric and Schneider Electric; spotlights demand for an OT/IoT security platform that supports heterogeneous operating environments
Constant Contact Appoints New Executives to Enable Rapid Growth in the Asia Pacific Region
Company appoints Gerard Smith and Sam Whitmore to accelerate regional growth and enhance new and existing partnerships.
Australian start-up Quasar selected by US Government-backed Catalyst Accelerator
Australian start-up Quasar Satellite Technologies (‘Quasar’) has been selected as one of seven companies – and the only international organisation – to participate in the 13th Catalyst Accelerator, a program powered by the US Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate (AFRL/RV).
Nearly Half Of Aussie Organisations Likely To Reduce Decarbonisation Spend If Economic Conditions Worsen
ENGIE Impact’s 2024 Net Zero Report also finds that Australian businesses are down on confidence when it comes to enacting decarbonisation strategies
Macquarie Data Centres receives green light for new AI-ready Sydney Data Centre
The new facility will take the company’s total data centre IT load to a potential 63 megawatts (MW). It will be able to accommodate the power and cooling demands of AI and cloud tech, and will leverage efficient technologies such as liquid cooling.
Vocus to Roll Out 1.6 Tb/s Technology with Ciena’s WaveLogic 6
Upgrade will improve network power efficiency and boost capacity to support cloud and AI demands.
Property Price Growth to Slow in 2024 Before Bouncing Back in 2025: Oxford Economics Australia
2024 is expected to be a softer year for home prices than last year, increasing a muted 2.7%. Leading the pack, Perth’s property market is expected to outperform over the next three years.
Constant Contact Appoints New Leadership in APAC to Accelerate Growth in the Region
Renée Chaplin joins organisation as VP of APAC to help drive local adoption of Constant Contact and to scale its international business.
Rubrik Appoints Abhilash Purushothaman GM and VP Asia
Antoine Le Tard, Vice President, Rubrik APJ, said the role was a newly created position where Purushothaman will lead the business in India, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and across ASEAN.
Rubrik Zero Labs Finds Almost Two-Thirds of Australian Businesses Would Pay Ransomware Demand
Rubrik Zero Labs commissioned its second global study with Wakefield Research to gather insights from more than 1,600 IT and security leaders—half of which were CIOs and CISOs—across 10 countries. This study was supplemented by Rubrik telemetry, combining both qualitative and quantitative data.
Macquarie Data Centres Supersizes New Data Centre for Hyperscalers and AI
The expansion reflects Macquarie Data Centres’ ambitious expansion plans to meet rapidly rising demand for power and data-hungry AI workloads in Australia while creating the ideal home for hyperscale cloud customers.
University of Auckland Leverages Rimini ONE™
Rimini ONE™ enables the university to focus its IT workforce and budget toward a planned migration to a next generation composable ERP platform designed to expand learning program capabilities
Watterson partners with Football Writer’s Festival
Australian communications consultancy, Watterson, has partnered with Australia’s only sports writers’ festival – The Football Writers Festival – taking place ahead of the 2023 Women’s World cup in Australia/NZ.
WA’s regional energy provider partners with Macquarie to reduce data centre footprint
Macquarie Telecom and Macquarie Cloud Services, part of Macquarie Telecom Group (ASX: MAQ), have signed a deal with Horizon Power to transition its workloads to a private cloud environment and reduce its data centre footprint.
Coates Teams Up with AFLW and A-League Women’s Squads for 2023
Australia's leading equipment hire and solutions company will also offer athletes from the NAB AFLW, the Newcastle Jets Women’s and the Perth Glory Women’s A-League teams a pathway to a career with Coates. The company is targeting a female participation rate of 25 per cent in its workforce and management by 2025.
ENGIE Impact report: Australian Organisations scoring "quick wins" on decarbonisation but barriers to Net Zero remain
ENGIE Impact’s 2023 Net Zero Report finds that majority of Australian organisations are not meeting their ambitious decarbonisation goals.
Profectus Group Appoints New CIO
The appointment of Abhinov Gulati to the newly-created position will help build out the company’s technology stack and offerings, and accelerate its push into global markets
Coates Talent League to take off in 2023
Australia’s premier under-18 football pathway competition for boys and girls in the eastern states has a new naming rights partner and a new name, with Australia’s leading equipment hire and solutions provider Coates coming on board to support the Coates Talent League from 2023.
Profectus signs ANZ-exclusive reseller agreement with Xelix
Agreement brings world leading AI-powered real-time auditing toolset and reconciliation automation software to Australia and NZ for the first time, enabling Profectus to expand its market reach locally