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IT software services veteran joins Ivanti's customer success team

Sat, 19th Aug 2017
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Gwendolyn Smith joins Ivanti, bolstering the firm's customer success with over 20 years of IT service expertise.
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euNetwork's Manchester investment provides access to 12 interconnected data centres

Thu, 17th Aug 2017
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​euNetworks has made further investment in Manchester with a new density fibre network covering over 40 route kilometres in the city.
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Webroot takes over Securecast in move to take cyber awareness training to mass market

Wed, 16th Aug 2017
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Webroot has officially acquired security awareness training platform Securecast and has plans to take the new integrated solution to the mass market.
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Intel completes $15.3b Mobileye buy, slides into gear for autonomous driving future

Wed, 9th Aug 2017
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Intel has completed its $15.3 billion acquisition of Mobileye as gears up take on the autonomous driving market.
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WatchGuard closes Datablink acquisition; continues push into authentication market

Wed, 9th Aug 2017
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WatchGuard Technologies is venturing into the advanced authentication market after officially closing its acquisition of Datablink.
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Symantec sells digital certificate business – good or bad for customers & partners?

Wed, 9th Aug 2017
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Symantec has sold its digital certificate business to DigiCert - the question is what will be the implications? We talk to both sides to find out.
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Lumina Networks takes open source approach to SDN market

Tue, 8th Aug 2017
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Lumina Networks enters SDN market with acquisition of SDN Controller assets, offering services and open source technology.
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Silent-Aire breaks into European data centre market with acquisition

Mon, 7th Aug 2017
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Silent-Aire has acquired the Dublin-based manufacture of bespoke air handling equipment, RMI Engineering in a move to establish an EU headquarters.
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Partners Group acquires Civica for not to be sneezed at £1 million

Wed, 26th Jul 2017
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Private equity giant Partners Group snaps up Civica for a hefty £1 billion, bolstering public sector services globally.
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Middleware-as-a-Service - TIBCO declared a leader in new report

Fri, 21st Jul 2017
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TIBCO Software has been recognized for its API platform in Ovum's recent Middleware-as-a-Service Decision Matrix report.
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US firm makes major strategic move to enter Asia data center services market

Fri, 21st Jul 2017
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US firm Park Place Technologies has acquired IT hardware service provider Performance Data, expanding its data center services in Asia.
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Broadcom-Brocade deal delay; knock-on effect for Extreme Networks-Brocade deal

Thu, 20th Jul 2017
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Broadcom's US$5.9b acquisition of Brocade has stalled, with a knock on effect for Extreme's acquisition of Brocade's data centre networking business.
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Infor's Networked CloudSuites offering increased supply chain transparency

Thu, 13th Jul 2017
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The suites unify multiple applications into a single suite for specific industries such as healthcare, public sector and distribution.
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Mastech Digital to acquire InfoTrellis in $55 million deal

Mon, 10th Jul 2017
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Mastech Digital to acquire InfoTrellis' services division for $55m, in deal that will create Mastech InfoTrellis.
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Ivanti completes tenth acquisition in five years - RES Software

Fri, 7th Jul 2017
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Ivanti further bolsters IT arsenal, acquiring RES Software as its tenth notch in a rapid five-year expansion drive.
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Four cyber security principles that withstand the test of time

Thu, 6th Jul 2017
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Information security can be a noisy place. As a career security guy my experiences have given me a deep understanding of attackers & the enterprise.
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ADVA Optical Networking acquires MRV Communications

Tue, 4th Jul 2017
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Germany's ADVA Optical Networking set to acquire US-based MRV Communications, expanding its reach in the network solutions market.
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How to build a big data ecosystem that delivers quantifiable value to businesses

Thu, 29th Jun 2017
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Unlocking a 60% surge in margins, Rozetta Technology maps out five key steps for a robust data ecosystem that promises real business uplift.
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Simon Segars, CEO of Arm, joins SoftBank Group Board of Directors

Mon, 26th Jun 2017
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Arm's chief Simon Segars enhances SoftBank's board, positioning for tech governance and growth post $32bn buyout.
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Honeywell adds another provider to multi-vendor solution portfolio

Wed, 21st Jun 2017
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Honeywell recently announced its acquisition of Nextnine, a provider of security management solutions and technologies for industrial cybersecurity.