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ANZ CRE company expands into billion-dollar UK market
Fri, 20th Aug 2021
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Forbury expands into UK market, opens London office and appoints new employees for local customer and business support.
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Australia's largest cybersecurity firm Tesserent expands to NZ - Hamish Soper appointed senior partner
Wed, 18th Aug 2021
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Australia's largest listed cybersecurity company, Tesserent, expands to New Zealand, creating a new entity and appointing new senior leadership in the region.
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Seismic acquires Lessonly to build new sales and marketing platform - closes $170 million funding
Wed, 18th Aug 2021
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Seismic acquires training solution Lessonly, closes $170m Series G funding round, and plans to expand its sales and marketing platform.
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ACA Pacific signs on as ANZ distributor for global cybersecurity firm Comodo
Wed, 18th Aug 2021
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As part of the deal, ACA Pacific will offer Comodo’s security operations centre as a platform (SOCaaP) to managed service providers (MSPs).
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CX firm NICE acquires GoMoxie to bolster omnichannel capabilities
Wed, 18th Aug 2021
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NICE acquires GoMoxie to expand digital customer experience capabilities, adding smart conversational self-service tools.
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Forcepoint appoints Rees Johnson as new CPO
Tue, 17th Aug 2021
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Forcepoint, the cybersecurity company, has appointed Rees Johnson as its new chief product officer, overseeing its entire product portfolio.
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ConnectWise expands APAC-focused team, extends partner support
Mon, 16th Aug 2021
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The roles will also provide locally-based support for partners, expanding the footprint of ConnectWise significantly across Australia and New Zealand.
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How a packaging company minimised costs and improved security with Interactive
Mon, 16th Aug 2021
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Pact’s mission to become a more sustainable company led it to pursue an approach in which technology was interwoven into every piece of their global footprint.
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Pushing cyber-awareness beyond Australia’s C-level
Tue, 10th Aug 2021
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Now that CEOs across ANZ properly understand cybersecurity and cyber-risks, it’s time to get the board of directors up to speed.
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Qualys enters into agreement to acquire TotalCloud
Tue, 10th Aug 2021
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Cloud security company Qualys has announced an agreement to acquire TotalCloud, the cloud workflow management and no-code automation platform.
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Entrust nShield security models certified with VMware Kubernetes Grid
Tue, 10th Aug 2021
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Entrust nShield hardware security modules have achieved certification with VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid, enhancing containerised application security.
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Seequent acquires Imago Inc to bolster cloud capabilities of geoscientific imagery
Mon, 9th Aug 2021
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The move enriches Seequent’s solutions portfolio and bolsters its capabilities to help engineers solve earth, environment, and energy challenges.
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Think180 partners with SNP to deliver SAP software to Aus market
Mon, 9th Aug 2021
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Think180, an Australian SAP partner, has partnered with SNP Transformations SEA to distribute SAP software in the Asia Pacific region.
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Hyland appoints new VP of global partner programmes
Mon, 9th Aug 2021
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Promoting from within, the company has appointed Bob Dunn to the role, who has spent six years at the company operational practices space.
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48 million malware messages: Proofpoint reveals the reality of today's threat landscape
Thu, 5th Aug 2021
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Proofpoint's Human Factor 2021 report reveals the reality of cyber threats, with millions of ransomware-loaded emails and new attack methods.
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Ivanti tackles today's biggest security threats with RiskSense acquisition
Wed, 4th Aug 2021
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Ivanti has acquired risk-based vulnerability management specialist RiskSense to enhance its patch management capabilities.
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Dialpad selects Kordia as NZ telco partner
Tue, 3rd Aug 2021
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Kordia will not only be a Dialpad reseller but will also become the New Zealand SIP/calling provider for every local Dialpad implementation.
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Rackspace Technology appoints Angeline Maronese as managing director of ANZ
Tue, 3rd Aug 2021
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Rackspace Technology has announced the executive appointment of Angeline Maronese as managing director of Australia and New Zealand, effective immediately.
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Square to acquire Afterpay for approximately AUD$40 billion
Tue, 3rd Aug 2021
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Square to acquire Australian buy now, pay later firm Afterpay in a $29bn deal aimed at delivering more compelling financial products and services.
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Qualtrics acquires conversational analytics company Clarabridge for $1.125 billion
Mon, 2nd Aug 2021
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Qualtrics is set to acquire Clarabridge, a company specialising in omnichannel conversational analytics, in a $1.125 billion stock transaction.