Acquisition stories - Page 155

Augmented reality (AR) and wearable devices are set to drive growth in the business sector, says a new report from Beecham Research.

This year will see some big changes taking place in the world of IT as vendors and customers work to stay ahead against stiff competition.

Digital transformation in APAC to boost Big Data adoption, with a $65bn productivity boom forecasted, says IDC.

IBM systems integrator Certus Solutions snaps up Kiwi consultancy Core Technology to bulk out its digital business services offerings.

NetApp will now have all-flash offerings that address each of the three largest All-Flash Array market segments.

The shift in consumer spending towards accessing music rather than owning it is an unstoppable trend resulting in a monumental shake-up.

IBM acquires IRIS Analytics to help combat payment fraud. Only 16% of banks can currently detect fraud in real-time.

Avnet ramps up internet of things push with the appointment of Eric Williams to the newly created role of vice president of IoT.

Gartner estimates that CCM was an $800 million market for 2014, and it is expected to show a compound annual growth rate of 9.8% from 2015 to 2020.

Wi-Fi technology has become such a pervasive force that it has become hard to imagine what life will be like without wireless Internet access.

Microsoft has snapped up tech assets from Event Zero to help expand and improve Skype for Business' built-in management tools and analytics.

Cisco continues to dominate the enterprise infrastructure market with a 33% share in the past year. So which other vendors got a look in?.

The performance of social companies contains lessons about the future of social media and the present of marketing.

We take a look back at 2015, the stories that showcased the Kiwi channel at its best -and worst- and the people that make up the channel.

Carbonite is bolstering its disaster recovery-as-a-service offerings with a US$14 million acquisition of Seagate Technology's EVault business.

VMware has dumped plans to partner with parent company EMC in the Virtustream cloud services joint venture, announced just months ago.

Westcon-Comstor gears up for growth with James Mackay and Rhys Shannon enhancing its Comstor and cloud expertise.

Spark New Zealand has been working with local councils to provide rural residents access to better, faster broadband and mobile data services.

After a year of 'laying the foundations' for greater channel business in New Zealand, Dell is looking forward to a bumper 2016.

Vocus and M2 have gone into a trading halt on the ASX as the companies await the outcome of a court hearing on the Vocus' proposed acquisition of M2.