Australian Stories

DevOps

DevOps: Acquia powers up continuous delivery with new release

Acquia launches Acquia Cloud CD to automate code building and testing on production-like environments for developers.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Thu, 13th Apr 2017

Global Stories

Government

How smaller, innovative firms can deliver better value than big consulting firms

Big is often still viewed as best, despite the key advantages that smaller businesses can provide like agility and availability of expertise.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Mon, 27th Mar 2017

DevOps

The rise of Container-as-a-Service for faster app delivery

Containers enable software teams within enterprise or start-up organizations to develop and deploy digital business needs faster.

By Ramchandra Koty and Balasubramaniyan Kannan • 4 min read • Tue, 10th Jan 2017

Firewalls

Big Switch Networks unveils cloud-native application traffic visibility

Big Switch Networks introduces BigSecure Architecture, a cyber-defence platform enabling Terabit attack mitigation.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Fri, 9th Dec 2016

Supply Chain

Lenovo enters 'new era' with data center business

Lenovo partners with Elementum to harness Product Graph in order to improve data center visibility and streamline supply chain processes.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Mon, 21st Nov 2016

Hyperscale

While cloud competitors narrow their focus, Fujitsu continues a multiline approach

Through partnerships, Fujitsu extends its ability to host third-party applications, helping it capitalise on core data center presence.

By Molly Gallaher Boddy • 3 min read • Thu, 3rd Nov 2016

Licensing

New distie partnership for Kemp opens 'exciting new markets'

Kemp Technologies partners with rhipe to offer service providers access to its cloud services, delivering optimised application delivery in the cloud.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Thu, 29th Sep 2016

Customer Relationship Management

Online retailers need to up their delivery & returns services game, survey finds

Australian online retailers need to pick up their game and start improving their delivery service or risk losing customers, says Blackbay.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Wed, 24th Aug 2016

Microsoft

Rhipe bolsters offerings for MSPs with Kemp Technologies deal

Rhipe is offering its MSP partners a new weapon to optimise application delivery in the cloud after signing a deal with Kemp Technologies.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 9th Aug 2016

Network Infrastructure

Telstra Ventures invests in Chinese cloud storage tech

Telstra Ventures has invested in cloud-storage company Qiniu, whose technology enables customers to collect, store and analyse 'huge' amounts of data.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 28th Jan 2016

Telstra

Telstra invests in machine learning based app delivery platform

Telstra Ventures has invested in a company whose application delivery platform learns user behaviour to download only relevant aspects of a webpage.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 25th Jan 2016

Firewalls

Fortinet firewall deployment handling loads 'rivalling any deployment anywhere'

Fortinet has deployed its FortiGate-3700D data center firewall in a deal it says shows the firewall's ability to handle the most demanding needs.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 20th Jan 2016

Microsoft

Microsoft dumping on local channel with new Surface Pro reseller deals?

Dell, HP, Accenture and Avanade join global Surface Pro reseller lineup, pitting the multinationals against local resellers.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Wed, 9th Sep 2015

Google

Uber eyes up Nokia's mapping service, forks out $3bn

In a bold £2.4bn bid, Uber seeks control of Nokia's Here maps, eyeing autonomy from Google and fueling its driverless ambitions.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Mon, 11th May 2015

Financial Systems

IDC lifts the lid on the admin software and services market

Core replacement cycles are brewing and global insurers will spend US$8.2 billion on software and IT services for policy administration in 2015.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 7th May 2015

Stories from Other Regions

LazyAz

Young Kiwi declined Harvard to pursue start-up dream

LazyAz, a New Zealand start-up, aims to revolutionise retail with its on-demand delivery app, which goes beyond just delivering products.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Fri, 21st Oct 2016

Drones

From fast food to flying food: Domino's showcases NZ pizza delivery by drone

Pizza delivery by drone? In New Zealand? Disbelief aside, Domino's and Flirtey teamed up yesterday to show that it's about to become real - soon.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Fri, 26th Aug 2016

Crowdfunding

Another Kiwi startup turns to crowdfunding

Already in Auckland, the company is looking to raise $800,000 on equity-based crowdfunding platform Snowball Effect to offer its service in Wellington.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Tue, 25th Aug 2015

Drones

Drone parcel delivery a success in Auckland

Fastway New Zealand, in partnership with Flirtey, has successfully trialled drone parcel delivery in Auckland, cutting delivery times by over 75%.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Thu, 16th Jul 2015

Kiwibank

NZ Post increased 1H profit 41%, helped by Kiwibank, sale of courier unit

New Zealand Post, the state-owned mail delivery service, increased first-half profit 41 percent after selling its Australian Couriers Please business.

By Pattrick Smellie • 2 min read • Mon, 23rd Feb 2015