Acquisition stories - Page 143
Apax Partners wins bidding war for Trade Me buyout
Fri, 14th Dec 2018
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m&a
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digital marketplace
Apax Partners secures the win to buy Trade Me for NZD $6.45 per share after Hellman and Friedman withdraws, valuing the company at NZD $2.56 billion.
DigiCert conquers Google's distrust of Symantec certs
Wed, 12th Dec 2018
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quantum computing
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google
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symantec
DigiCert has successfully restored trust for its Symantec security certificates after Google's automatic distrust.
$43m tax-break for Google to house data centre in Ohio
Wed, 12th Dec 2018
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hyperscale
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dc
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colocation
There could soon be another hyperscaler on the horizon as the Ohio Tax Credit Authority has laid the bait for Google.
Accenture 'largest Oracle Cloud integrator in ANZ'
Tue, 11th Dec 2018
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cloud services
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oracle
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accenture
Accenture acquires PrimeQ, cementing its position as the top Oracle Cloud integrator in Australia and New Zealand, bolstering digital transformations.
Golden opportunities for enterprise e-waste reduction
Mon, 10th Dec 2018
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uc
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
As e-waste volumes surge past 50 million tonnes globally, businesses face pressure to improve technology asset management and embrace recycling efforts.
Gartner names Proofpoint Leader in enterprise information archiving
Fri, 7th Dec 2018
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healthtech
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data management
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proofpoint
Gartner has positioned Proofpoint as a Leader in its 2018 Magic Quadrant for enterprise information archiving, marking its seventh consecutive year.
CyrusOne investing in new Amsterdam data centre
Fri, 7th Dec 2018
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
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dc
CyrusOne is continuing its rapid and relentless investment into Europe, with news emerging of a new facility in the Netherlands.
Xero celebrates 1m subscriber milestone
Wed, 5th Dec 2018
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fintech
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financial systems
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cloud services
Xero surpasses goal of one million subscribers in New Zealand and Australia, with $1.51bn worth of transactions passing through its platform.
Data centre operations must become more standardised
Tue, 4th Dec 2018
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
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dc
Schneider Electric's Anthony DeSpirito says with data centres being crucial to business profit and loss, CIOs must now be a partner in all strategic decisions.
Park Place opens new APAC HQ with 50% more jobs on the cards
Mon, 3rd Dec 2018
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uc
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
Singapore is a hot bed of innovation at the moment and Park Place Technologies is looking to capitalise on it.
500 million impacted by Marriott database breach
Mon, 3rd Dec 2018
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dlp
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
A root cause of the breach is currently unknown, but Marriott indicated that the intruders encrypted the information before exfiltrating the data.
HPE makes acquisition to expand big data market presence
Thu, 29th Nov 2018
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ai
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hpe
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m&a
HPE has acquired BlueData with the aim of providing an all-encompassing and easy-to-implement solution for AI/ML and big data analytics.
Digital Realty appoints new CIO and APAC MD
Wed, 28th Nov 2018
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hyperscale
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dc
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colocation
Digital Realty names Gregory Wright as CIO and Mark Smith as MD for APAC, strengthening its global expansion strategy under CEO William Stein's leadership.
Park Place opening EMEA ops centre in Cork, jobs up for grabs
Tue, 27th Nov 2018
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uc
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hyperscale
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dc
The world’s largest post-warranty data centre maintenance organisation has announced that it will be opening its new EMEA Operations Centre in Cork, Ireland.
“That’s the open source way!” The Red Hat Sydney Forum Keynote
Fri, 23rd Nov 2018
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devops
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digital transformation
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apm
Two Red Hat execs spoke at the Forum in Sydney about the state of the industry, the IBM acquisition, and how open source culture is the way forward.
Green Mountain expands hydro-powered Norway data centre
Fri, 23rd Nov 2018
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
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dc
Despite its cool climate – or rather because of it – the Nordics are hot real estate for data centres at the moment.
Gallery: Lenovo’s glamorous top local partners for 2018
Thu, 22nd Nov 2018
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partner programmes
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lenovo
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dicker data
Lenovo honoured top partners at its Business Partner Gala Awards in Sydney, celebrating innovative solutions and exceptional service within ANZ.
Pure Storage launches new cloud data services
Tue, 20th Nov 2018
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storage
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network infrastructure
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hyperscale
Pure Storage has announced Pure Storage Cloud Data Services, a suite of new cloud offerings that run on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Five secrets – Workday’s 2019 winning formulas
Tue, 20th Nov 2018
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data analytics
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martech
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hcm
Workday's 2018 surge endures as 2019 brings new customer potentials, an open platform, AI integration, savvy advice, and unique deployment options.
Report - Nine tips for tech companies to maximise growth
Mon, 19th Nov 2018
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martech
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digital marketing
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it industry
Kiwi high-growth companies have 40% more salespeople than non-high-growth firms, according to the 2018 Market Measures survey.