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VMware has appointed Duncan Hewett as senior vice president and general manager, who will lead the company's operations across Asia Pacific and Japan.

Worldwide cloud IT infrastructure revenue grew 3.9% to $6.6 billion on slowed demand from public cloud in the first quarter of 2016.

Worldwide cloud IT infrastructure revenue has grown 3.9% to 6.6 billion on slowed demand from public cloud in the first quarter of 2016.

Taiwanese tech giant Acer recently suffered a massive data breach that has potentially affected 34,500 of its US customers.

Despite a shrinking market, Dell holds its lead in global PC monitor sales with a 16.8% share, thanks to robust growth in Central-Eastern Europe and Canada.

The huge extent of the global digital divide has been uncovered, showing that 57% of the world's urban population are unconnected to the internet.

The global wireless LAN market grew by 4.5% YoY in Q1 2016, with the enterprise segment experiencing its best growth in over a year.

Salesforce leads as the CRM market expands by 12.3%, hitting $26.3bn in 2015 amid a surge of M&A activity, per Gartner.

Unisys expands its APAC team with the appointment of Corrine Murphy as director of planning and operations for the region.

Global revenues for big data and business analytics are set to explode, with IDC forecasting a growth to over $187 billion in 2019.

Recent research has found security and value justification remain the biggest obstacles to IoT project deployment by enterprises.

Minimal growth this quarter is primarily attributed to strong smartphone saturation in developed markets, as well as a decline from Apple and Samsung.

Global citizens are conflicted on hacktivist groups, with some believing they break laws while others see them as defenders of accountability.

Kiwi start-up designs app for Aramex, the Middle East's largest logistics company, using Microsoft's Xamarin framework.

If this realm truly embodies the seedy underbelly of the Internet, then why do 29% of respondents think it should not be taken down?.

Kiwi tech firm Virsae nabs £2.4M for global push, targeting $2B market with its cloud services after impressive US gains.

The data center blade server market is expected to see CAGR of 8.7% out to 2021, on the back of increasing adoption of virtualisation solutions.

Biometrics industry to reach $30bn by 2021, driven by fingerprint sensors and facial recognition, says ABI Research.

The number and reach of cyber threats continues to grow, and, contrary to popular belief, even highly effective attacks can be very unsophisticated.

Government digital transformation hindered by skills shortage and organisational culture, says Gartner survey.