Infoblox Inc., the leader in Secure Cloud-Managed Network Services, and Zogby Analytics today unveiled research into the ongoing IT challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Half a year into the pandemic, companies in Australia are still playing catch up to optimise their remote work experience.
COVID-19 has accelerated the introduction of remote working by at least five years for 60% of organisations in Australia, according to a new study by Barracuda Networks. This is particularly the case in the retail, catering & leisure (80%), manufacturing & utilities (75%), IT & telecommunications (69%), education (67%) and travel & transportation (67%) industries.
Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) and Tricentis are collaborating to offer an integrated testing solution for companies transitioning and modernising critical business applications from SAP Enterprise Core Components (ECC) to SAP S/4HANA. The solution, available globally and across industries, is the first of its kind to utilise automated, AI-enabled tools for continuous testing, providing a complete set of services for modernising core ERP applications.
According to Omdia (Informa)’s latest access control report, Genetec Inc. (“Genetec”), a leading technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations, and business intelligence solutions, is the fastest growing access control software provider in the world. The report showed Genetec rising to 4th position globally (up from 6th and 8th positions in 2018 and 2017 respectively) with a growth rate of nearly 5 times the pace of the market.
IAB Australia today announced the launch of its new MeasureUp Research Awards to showcase quality Australian media research. Media owners, platforms and technology companies are invited to enter, with the winners to be announced in October at IAB 2020 MeasureUp, Australia’s only conference focused on media measurement and ad effectiveness.
Connexus, the leader in enabling small business success through technology, has launched a channel partner program targeting local IT businesses who are already working with small and medium-sized businesses, and are looking for a supportive telecommunications partner.
“We don’t negotiate payment with patent trolls,” said Pierre Racz, President of Genetec Inc, (“Genetec”), a leading technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations, and business intelligence solutions, as the company announced that a patent infringement lawsuit initiated by a non-practicing entity (NPE) was withdrawn by the NPE at an early stage of the proceedings. In a rare result, the NPE paid an undisclosed sum to Genetec. In patent litigation in the United States, it is highly unusual for a plaintiff to pay a defendant to resolve a case.
Impact, the global leader in partnership automation, today released a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting. The study, Smooth the Partnership Journey by Learning from high-maturity companies, provides a set of actionable next steps for optimisation, fully tailored to the maturity level of the individual programme.
Continuing to build on a long standing relationship, Blue Prism (AIM: PRSM), today announced that IBM has achieved Certified Gold Service Provider status. This distinction helps give customers peace of mind that Blue Prism’s high quality service standards and expertise are met when deploying and utilising Blue Prism’s intelligent automation platform.
Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ: STX) (the “Company” or “Seagate”) today reported financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended July 3, 2020.
“The June quarter was led by robust cloud and data center demand, which drove record exabyte shipments for our nearline mass capacity drives and strongly contributed to the Company’s overall revenue and solid free cash flow generation. However, continued economic uncertainty and COVID-19 related disruptions impacted demand in other key end markets including video and image applications, mission critical and consumer markets and also impacted profitability as we incurred higher logistics and labor costs which together weighed on our fourth quarter results,” said Dave Mosley, Seagate’s chief executive officer.
Genetec Inc. (“Genetec”), a leading technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations, and business intelligence solutions has recognised its key partners at the Genetec APAC virtual awards ceremony.
Tricentis, the world’s #1 continuous testing platform, today announced an expansion of its strategic partnership with SAP SE (NYSE: SAP), the market leader in enterprise application software. Tricentis’ SAP partnership is based on its market position as a leader in automated testing and proven track record helping businesses using SAP solutions to achieve fast SAP releases.
Barracuda, a trusted partner and leading provider of cloud-enabled security solutions, today released key findings about the ways cybercriminals are attacking and exploiting email accounts. The report, titled Spear Phishing: Top Threats and Trends Vol. 4 - Insights into attacker activity in compromised email accounts, reveals a specialised economy emerging around email account takeover and takes an in-depth look at the threats organisations face and the types of defense strategies you need to have in place.
Barracuda, a trusted partner and a leading provider of cloud-enabled security solutions, today announced a new secure SD-WAN service built natively on Microsoft Azure. The new Barracuda CloudGen WAN service is the first SD-WAN solution that runs inside Azure Virtual WAN Hubs. Hubs can be interconnected through the Microsoft Global Network. This network architecture can replace costly, inflexible network connectivity circuits, and the entire network can be dynamically sized to match current traffic workload, which can optimise network performance and minimise cost.
Following on from the launch of the Australian Digital Advertising Practices (ADAPs) last month, IAB Australia has issued a call to action for the digital industry to adopt the IAB Tech Lab’s transparency standards across the programmatic supply chain and commit to other related recommendations.
Magnite (NASDAQ: RUBI), the largest independent sell-side advertising platform, debuts today following the merger between Rubicon Project and Telaria in April 2020.
pymetrics, a talent matching platform that makes workforce decisions more efficient, accurate and fair, has appointed Paul Bridgewater as its first regional Sales Lead in Australia and New Zealand. It is a newly created position as demand for pymetrics behavioural science and ethical AI workforce technology platform grows in the region.
Continuing to build out its community of technology partners and customers, Blue Prism (AIM: PRSM) today announced the re-launch of its Blue Prism Digital Exchange (DX), "a one-stop shop" for easily accessing intelligent automation solutions. The “new” Blue Prism DX gives users unprecedented access to content, assets and a vibrant online community that helps accelerate automation deployments while integrating them with industry leading software to drive a true digital transformation.
Delivering new insights into the future of work, today Blue Prism, (AIM: PRSM) announced the findings of its annual global survey in a report titled, “The Impact of a Digital Workforce on Business Agility & Survival”. The report, based on research conducted with more than 6,700 knowledge workers and senior IT decision makers globally, reveals that in Australia 70% see robotic process automation (RPA) as solving the global productivity problem, 80% for driving digital transformation, and 78% as essential for business to remain competitive.
As hospitals, manufacturing establishments, large retail stores and public-facing businesses strive to put in place health screening measures to minimise the risks of outbreaks, they often have to rely on manual processes that are time consuming and error-prone. To address the challenge, Genetec Inc. (“Genetec”), a leading technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations, and business intelligence solutions is working with customers on new ways of using Genetec Mission Control™, the decision support system of Genetec Security Center, to help automate the screening process for employees and visitors entering facilities.