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France grants first approvals for automated surveillance UAVs

Tue, 5th Feb 2019
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France's Directorate-General for Civil Aviation (DGAC) has given approval for the first fully-automated surveillance drone to be operated in France.
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Hyperscale data centres surging globally, 132 more on the way

Thu, 10th Jan 2019
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Global demand for data surge fuels a boom in hyperscale data centres, with 132 new facilities set to bolster the current 430, a rise led by Amazon and Google.
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How protecting critical infrastructure starts with securing social media

Tue, 1st Jan 2019
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Erroneous alerts regarding potential missile strikes that caused civil disruption in Hawaii and Japan in recent history.
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The 2018 Canalys APAC Channels Forum keynote

Thu, 6th Dec 2018
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There was a lot to unpack at the Canalys APAC Channels Forum keynote. This long-form piece tries to cover all the most relevant points for ANZ.
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Park Place opening EMEA ops centre in Cork, jobs up for grabs

Tue, 27th Nov 2018
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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.
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Aus organisations need to lock down on data security

Wed, 14th Nov 2018
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As Aussie organisations store more sensitive data on multiple clouds, encryption is increasingly seen as a proactive strategy, yet skills shortages persist.
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EMEA data centre spending to flatline until Brexit's sorted

Fri, 9th Nov 2018
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EMEA's IT spending stymied by Brexit uncertainty, with data centre and device investments flatlining as security and cloud services gain traction.
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Secure Logic calls on Federal Govt to introduce IoT regulation

Wed, 7th Nov 2018
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Secure Logic CEO calls for Australian Government to introduce regulation mandating security practices for IoT devices.
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Cohesity grows revenue in EMEA 365 percent

Wed, 7th Nov 2018
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It appears Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) is ripe for the picking as Cohesity has announced significant growth in the area.
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Tensions between China and US causing cloud war

Tue, 30th Oct 2018
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Ongoing trade tensions between China and the US  are having a significant impact on the cloud service providers market.
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Vertiv makes EMEA channel appointment, bets on edge computing

Tue, 9th Oct 2018
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The company is confident its latest executive appointment will help develop new channel programmes and product developments.
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Equinix opening second data centre in Bulgaria early 2019

Thu, 4th Oct 2018
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The company has sunk around US$19 million into the new facility that will be located in Bulgaria's capital, Sofia.
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Hungry vendors: EMEA server shipments fall while revenues rise

Wed, 3rd Oct 2018
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Higher average selling prices across standard and custom servers has seen data centre vendors cashing in on a bustling market.
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XDHax Xero Developers Challenges crowns ultimate winners

Wed, 26th Sep 2018
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XDHax 2023 crowns APAC and EMEA winners: Custom D for its cleaner app Dirty Bach, and Jemcode for the calendar-sync InView; both win USD $5,000.
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EMEA leading global cloud adoption race – but it's not all good news

Thu, 23rd Aug 2018
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A new report has revealed cloud adoption is rife in EMEA, but despite this, most organisations lack even the most basic security tools.
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CBRE appoints new director to lead expansion into the Nordics

Fri, 17th Aug 2018
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The company is making substantial investments into the area following significant market growth and rapid expansion.
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Alibaba Cloud makes intentions clear with new EMEA partner program

Mon, 2nd Jul 2018
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Alibaba Cloud has expanded its reach in Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) with the launch of a new partner program.
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Purpose-built backup appliance market erupting in EMEA

Thu, 28th Jun 2018
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IDC's latest research shows a very healthy PBBA market in EMEA with vendor revenue surging upwards in some areas more than others.
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BlackBerry Secure to be embedded in Cat and Land Rover rugged smartphones

Tue, 26th Jun 2018
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Bullitt Group's rugged and tough devices are fit-for-purpose in the environments for which they are intended, from construction sites to mountains.
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Dimension data acquires majority stake in e2y to bolster digital commerce play

Mon, 25th Jun 2018
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According to DiData, the acquisition will provide a complementary set of skills to the company's core value proposition.