Acquisition stories - Page 209
Empired ups revenue expectations; full steam ahead for FY16
Wed, 24th Jun 2015
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data analytics
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planning
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bi
Empired has upgraded its revenue expectations for 2015 and 2016 on the back of contract success and rapid expansion across Australia and New Zealand.
Done deal: All go for Vocus-Amcom merger
Wed, 24th Jun 2015
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amcom
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m&a
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vocus group
Vocus Communications' acquisition of Amcom passes its final hurdle, receiving court approval, creating a new telecommunications powerhouse.
Big data adoption hits tipping point in Australia
Mon, 22nd Jun 2015
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data analytics
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martech
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planning
Big data and advanced analytics adoption has hit tipping point in Australia as organisations seek to leverage technology to innovate and compete.
Wearables in the enterprise driving huge market growth
Tue, 16th Jun 2015
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wearables
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iot
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personal computing devices
The number of cellular connected IoT/M2M devices is set to increase from 252 million in 2014 to 908 million in 2019, with wearables driving the growth.
Why did Vodafone acquire Worldxchange?
Mon, 15th Jun 2015
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uc
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devops
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apm
Vocus, WxC’s current provider of IP transit (according to the ISP map) will lose out as WxC will have their transit agreements migrated to Vodafone.
Wynyard Group and Motorola Solutions, using data to fight crime
Fri, 12th Jun 2015
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smartphones
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data analytics
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martech
Motorola Solutions’ Smart Public Safety Solutions and Wynyard Group’s analytics software will help public safety quickly gain actionable intelligence.
Microsoft strengthens app management with acquisition
Fri, 12th Jun 2015
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microsoft
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m&a
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application management
Microsoft bolsters System Centre and OMS application management across hetrogenous OS' and multiple environments with BlueStripe acquisition.
ACCC seeks industry feedback on proposed iiNet sale
Thu, 11th Jun 2015
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iinet
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m&a
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accc
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is seeking industry feedback the potential impact of TPG’s proposed acquisition of iiNet.
GeoOp widens annual loss as it chases US customers
Thu, 11th Jun 2015
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shares
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capital raising
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expenses
GeoOp, the workforce management app, widened its annual loss as it invests in product development and adding new customers.
Meet Cisco's new executive team, poised to take company into digital age
Tue, 9th Jun 2015
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cisco
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sales
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engineering
Cisco is looking to move the company into its next phase of growth, and has revealed the executive leadership team that will action this.
First national roadshow, new vendors for Dicker Data
Tue, 9th Jun 2015
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dicker data
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distributors
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event
Dicker Data to launch its inaugural national roadshow, spotlighting new vendor integrations post-Express Data buyout.
IBM snaps up Blue Box, Cisco takes Piston in OpenStack battle
Tue, 9th Jun 2015
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private cloud
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iaas
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open source
IBM has acquired Blue Box, an OpenStack private cloud specialist, while Cisco has snapped up Piston Cloud Computing in OpenStack battle.
ComCom: strong growth in data consumption
Mon, 8th Jun 2015
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uc
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data analytics
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martech
Competition among fixed-line retailers remains strong & the sector is responding positively to consumer demand for better broadband quality and value.
HDS acquires Pentaho, focuses on big data analytics markets
Mon, 8th Jun 2015
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storage
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data analytics
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martech
Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) has completed its acquisition of Pentaho, a data integration, visualisation and analytics company.
Intel splurges US$16.7 billion for data centre and IoT gain
Mon, 8th Jun 2015
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hyperscale
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iot
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dc
Intel's US$16.7 billion acquisition of Altera opens doors to new classes of product in data centre and IoT market segments.
NZ govt gives up chasing NextWindow R&D grants
Fri, 5th Jun 2015
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physical security
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intellectual property
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fy
The government has given up on trying to claw back $3.9 million in research and development grants paid to failed touchscreen developer NextWindow.
Top 10 tech trends government CIOs must prioritise
Thu, 4th Jun 2015
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uc
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fleet management
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contact centre
Legacy IT systems, stretched IT budgets and a lack of critical IT skills are just some of issues that are inhibiting government CIOs.
Deloitte continues buying spree with Dataweave acquisition
Thu, 4th Jun 2015
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partner programmes
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deloitte
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m&a
Deloitte bolsters its Oracle expertise, buying Dataweave to meet soaring cloud transition demand in Australia.
Server shipments and revenue reach for the clouds
Thu, 4th Jun 2015
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datacentre infrastructure
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analyst report
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servers
Server shipments record strongest growth in four years on back of cloud demand; massive revenue boost for mainframes – and Lenovo.
UXC Eclipse's Dynamic success in retail
Wed, 3rd Jun 2015
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microsoft
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uxc eclipse
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microsoft dynamics
UXC Eclipse's investment in Microsoft Dynamics is paying dividends, with the company inking $20 million of retail business in the past four months.