Acquisition stories - Page 143
Let’s Play Live acquires esports company called CyberGamer
Mon, 7th Jan 2019
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gaming
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digital entertainment
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esports
Let's Play Live has acquired esports platform CyberGamer, expanding its reach in the Australian and New Zealand markets and boosting community engagement.
The forces that will shape cloud management in 2019
Mon, 31st Dec 2018
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devops
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public cloud
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multi-cloud
Aussie firms to splash out $5.6bn on cloud services in 2019, eyeing agility and innovation amid talent crunch.
2019 data centre predictions from Interxion’s Europe MD
Thu, 27th Dec 2018
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uc
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hyperscale
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blockchain
The coming year looks set to be one of implementation where we see a lot of technologies that have been present on the fringes become mainstream.
5 strategies for widening the colocation data centre talent pool
Fri, 21st Dec 2018
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
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power / energy
The colocation industry has one of the lowest unemployment numbers across industries, making talent acquisition a difficult task.
Report: Bulk of data centre managers don’t care about environment
Fri, 21st Dec 2018
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
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dc
This week Supermicro released its first annual report detailing the environmental impact of today’s cloud-scale data centres.
Digital Realty nabs new executive appointment from Equinix
Wed, 19th Dec 2018
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hyperscale
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dc
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colocation
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer could be the game plan that Digital Realty is currently following.
Mercury Energy sells smart meter business for $270m
Mon, 17th Dec 2018
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m&a
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mercury
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smart meter
IntelliHUB has acquired Mercury New Zealand's Metrix smart metering business for $270m, expanding its smart meter footprint in Australia and New Zealand.
Avnet to boost AI/IoT solutions with acquisition
Mon, 17th Dec 2018
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iot
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ai
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m&a
The acquisition of Softweb Solutions adds software and artificial intelligence to Avnet’s ecosystem and bolsters its IoT capabilities.
Apax Partners wins bidding war for Trade Me buyout
Fri, 14th Dec 2018
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trade me
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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.