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Much has been said of its future prominence, but in no other industry is hybrid IT more prevalent now than in the financial services industry.

New data from Synergy shows that if it wasn’t for hyperscalers flexing their muscles, the colocation market would remain relatively flat.

Proofpoint found that the education sector was the most targeted of both brute-force and sophisticated phishing attempts.

The EMEA external storage market hit record highs in Q4 2018, growing 16.4% in USD, with Dell EMC leading the surge in flash-array deployments.

Fifteen per cent of IT managers at Australian companies who were victim to one or more cyber attacks last year can’t pinpoint how the attackers gained entry.

In launching the two new facilities, Microsoft becomes the first global provider to deliver cloud services from data centres on the continent.

A new survey reveals there is optimism surrounding the services 5G will enable and the interplay with edge computing, but concerns remain around energy usage.

By providing access to its tech expertise and cloud resources, Alibaba Cloud hopes to promote IT education around the globe.

OVH Infrastructure has expanded its public cloud services in the Asia Pacific (APAC) market operating from two data centres within the region.

OVH Public Cloud services is expanding to Australia out of two data centres - one in Sydney and one in Singapore.

The company says its new strategic investment reflects growing demand for cloud service solutions across Asia Pacific.

As global e-waste hits 50 million tonnes annually, TCO Development's 'This is IT' campaign calls for sustainable practices in IT recycling to combat the crisis.

Facebook Africa is deploying local fact-checkers and improving digital literacy to combat misinformation ahead of elections across the continent.

Service providers account for a growing share of ICT spending, led by a surge of cloud infrastructure spending, according to IDC.

Illumio secures US$65m in funding to expand across Asia Pacific, EMEA, and the US, as demand for micro-segmentation grows.

A new report from Canalys has revealed what the world’s two largest cloud providers have been up to – and they’ve certainly been busy.

It comes as little surprise that cloud is continuing on its disruptive path – this time in the collaboration market.

The new product families are said to enable the rapid deployment of right-sized, just-in-time data centre and power capacity.

Huawei's Mate 20 Pro boasts impressive camera specs, but does it truly deliver industry-best performance? After three weeks of testing, here's the verdict.

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.