Acquisition stories - Page 155

Cirrus Networks snatches up $1.6 million Austrade contract
Fri, 16th Mar 2018
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government
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cirrus networks
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austrade
Cirrus Networks has secured a GBP £1.6 million supply contract with Austrade, following its strategic acquisition of Correct Communications.

8 company mega-merger Trimantium GrowthOps debuts on the ASX
Fri, 16th Mar 2018
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digital transformation
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software development
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ipo
The listing follows a $70 million IPO, which values the company at approximately $143 million on a fully diluted basis.

Australia’s utilities sector must innovate to tackle energy poverty
Fri, 16th Mar 2018
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datacentre infrastructure
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power / energy
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zuora
Energy poverty affects over 42,000 families in Australia, namely indigenous Australians, pensioners and low-income families.

Gartner: Integrated systems revenue will grow $12.3b in 2018
Fri, 16th Mar 2018
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converged infrastructure
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hci
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integrated stack
Hyperconverged integrated systems (HCIS) will experience the strongest growth at 55%, while integrated stack systems will experience a 5% decline.

Palo Alto Networks forks out $300m cash to acquire Evident.io
Fri, 16th Mar 2018
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
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network security
In a move to extend its cloud security offerings, Palo Alto Networks has entered into a definitive agreement with Evident.io.

Aconex shareholders vote in favour of Oracle acquisition
Thu, 15th Mar 2018
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software
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oracle
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construction
Aconex shareholders have overwhelmingly approved Oracle’s AUD $7.80 per share acquisition offer, valuing the deal at USD $1.2 billion.

Avaya brings AI on board with acquisition of Spoken Communications
Thu, 15th Mar 2018
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uc
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blockchain
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ai
Avaya has closed its acquisition of Spoken Communications, boosting its cloud-based solutions and customer experience management.

Channel dominated infrastructure shipments in 2017 with 74%
Thu, 15th Mar 2018
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storage
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network infrastructure
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datacentre infrastructure
The value of global infrastructure shipments hit an all-time high last year with 3 vendors and the channel dominating, but direct sales are catching.

Equinix gets even bigger in Australia with added data center capacity
Wed, 14th Mar 2018
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hyperscale
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dc
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iaas
Equinix is expanding its Australian data center footprint, adding capacity to its ME1 Melbourne and SY4 Sydney facilities.

Nutanix announces second acquisition this month
Wed, 14th Mar 2018
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devops
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converged infrastructure
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multi-cloud
March is turning out to be a very good month for Nutanix after making two acquisitions and publishing healthy Q2 financial figures.

Park Place Technologies snaps up Irish data centre maintenance company
Tue, 13th Mar 2018
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hyperscale
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dc
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colocation
After acquiring Origina Technology Services, Park Place is now the largest 3rd party maintenance provider in Ireland with aims to expand in Europe.

Cybersecurity – be prepared for alert fatigue and understand the context
Tue, 13th Mar 2018
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risk & compliance
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skills gap
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rsa security
With cyber threats on the rise, organisations are grappling with alert fatigue. Combatting breaches like Equifax and Uber’s requires context and smarter tools.

NEC AU announces channel programme just for Kiwi partners
Tue, 13th Mar 2018
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uc
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digital signage
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displays & projectors
NEC Australia has rolled out a new partner programme for NZ to help selected NEC UC integrators to deliver a better experience to end-users.

CyberArk strengthens defenses against privileged account exploitation through Vaultive buyout
Tue, 13th Mar 2018
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devops
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pam
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iaas
CyberArk has bought out cloud security firm Vaultive as part of a move to extend its capabilities in the privileged account management space.

Cisco unveils its top five strategic business pillars for 2018
Mon, 12th Mar 2018
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uc
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network infrastructure
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data analytics
Cisco has unveiled its five strategic business pillars for 2018, focusing on security, network reinvention, multi-cloud, data utilisation, and collaboration.

Learning from the past to protect the future of IoT and cloud
Mon, 12th Mar 2018
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cloud security
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iot security
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iot
Cyber attackers are likely to use known vulnerabilities this year despite advancements in their threats, says ForeScout.

Adobe Advertising Cloud’s updated UI And AI features driving higher ROI
Mon, 12th Mar 2018
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martech
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ai
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adobe
Adobe's revamped Advertising Cloud Search integrates AI and user-friendly updates, streamlining ad campaigns to significantly boost ROI for advertisers.

Acquired Zenium acquires new Frankfurt land to expand data centre presence
Thu, 8th Mar 2018
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hyperscale
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dc
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colocation
The 6.8 acres of new land is set to become home to Zenium's fifth data centre in Europe boosting its portfolio to 385,700 sqf of technical space.

IDC NZ warns that the current fixed broadband market is unsustainable
Thu, 8th Mar 2018
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uc
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telco
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broadband
IDC New Zealand has released a market report discussing the current and future state of the New Zealand fixed broadband market.

Nutanix announces partner incentives for new customer acquisition
Wed, 7th Mar 2018
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network infrastructure
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converged infrastructure
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partner programmes
Nutanix unveils new incentives for partners to boost customer acquisition, offering up to 5% rebates and up to USD $3,000 per node sold with Dell EMC XC Core.