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Tablets

The tablet market hits its peak, detachables emerge in force

Fri, 3rd Jun 2016
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Tablet manufacturers, both large and small, are slowly shifting focus toward the detachable tablet market segment.
Services

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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Asia Pacific driving rapid growth in global Anything-as-a-Service (XaaS) market, expected to expand at over 38% CAGR until 2020.
Marketplace

UCaaS provider makes a play in the ANZ marketplace

Wed, 25th May 2016
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Access4, the UCaaS provider, is entering the Australian market and will only sell its solution through channel partners.
Traction

Empired's ECM service gains traction in NZ market

Wed, 25th May 2016
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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.
Desktop

Opportunities still exist for PC vendors, despite struggling market

Mon, 23rd May 2016
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Despite a slump in PC sales, Gartner highlights profitable niches for vendors in ultramobile and gaming sectors.
Growth

Dell's SecureWorks positioned for huge revenue growth

Fri, 20th May 2016
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SecureWorks, the Dell subsidiary, is projected to increase its revenue growth rate to 35% by 2017, according to a new report by TBR.
Idea innovate

IDC recognises top IoT innovators for 2016

Thu, 19th May 2016
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Pioneering IoT players to watch in 2016, according to IDC: Arrayent, BugLabs, and MachineShop. Innovative technology and business models key.
Internet of things concept

Hitachi makes tracks in the Internet of Things market

Thu, 12th May 2016
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iot
Hitachi forms Hitachi Insight Group to accelerate IoT business in industrial and enterprise markets #IoT #business.
Competition

Competition heats up between PaaS vendors IBM, Microsoft and Oracle

Thu, 12th May 2016
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Over the next few years, Platform-as-a-Service providers will significantly improve solutions available, which will lead to widespread adoption.
Man in ocean

IDC forecasts 2016 will be a 'down year' for the semiconductor market

Wed, 11th May 2016
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The worldwide semiconductor market is set to decline for a second consecutive year due to weak demand and oversupply.
Backwards

Acer works to maintain lead in competitive PC market

Mon, 9th May 2016
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pc hardware
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acer
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notebook
Acer battles for supremacy in the fierce PC industry, positioning itself as an innovator amidst giants with clearer visions.
Authentication

Multi-factor authentication to be the norm by 2020

Mon, 2nd May 2016
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Multi-factor authentication has become commonplace as a number of industries, particularly the govt sector, is looking to strengthen security measures.
Somber

Seagate struggles to maintain revenue in challenging IT storage industry

Mon, 2nd May 2016
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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'.
Tablet

Apple remains top dog of declining tablet market

Mon, 2nd May 2016
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Tablet shipments decline as large smartphones erode market, says TrendForce. 35.2 million units shipped in Q1 2016.
Market

Cloud managed services all the rage with today's enterprises

Thu, 28th Apr 2016
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The cloud-based managed services market is growing at close to 20%, led by security services, according to Technavio.
Channel

Lenovo leads dismal PC shipments market

Tue, 12th Apr 2016
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PC shipments continue to decline, with the only hopes for improvement dependent on commercial replacements and economic stability, according to IDC.
Polyu

Software approach breaks data center optical comms records

Mon, 11th Apr 2016
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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.
Focus

ShoreTel ramps up focus on APAC region

Fri, 8th Apr 2016
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ShoreTel launches cloud-based voice service in Australia, offering fully managed IP telephony and other features.
Highspeed industrial printers busy large printshop technicians colorful sheets

Xerox and Ricoh lead growing production printer market

Mon, 21st Mar 2016
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printing
Six out of eight regional markets saw positive year-over-year unit growth in the production print space. Asia/Pacific was a key contributor to growth.
Business growth

Bulletproof brings on Gandhi to help with cloud services demand

Mon, 21st Mar 2016
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As part of the Bulletproof team, Aakash Gandhi will focus on driving the company's growth in the cloud services market in Australia and New Zealand.