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​British Telecommunications (BT) has announced the appointment of Juni Yan as vice president for security in Asia, Middle East and Africa (AMEA).

Enterprises with the budgets to build their private facilities are also moving toward colocation facilities for the benefits of rapid deployments.

The Cisco Midyear Cybersecurity Report warns of rapidly evolving threats and potential 'destruction of service' (DeOS) attacks.

US firm Park Place Technologies has acquired IT hardware service provider Performance Data, expanding its data center services in Asia.

Budding defence-tech startups from around ANZ, India and the US are part of the very first Techstars Adelaide accelerator.

PCCW Global lands world's largest submarine cable in Hong Kong, claiming to support China's One Belt One Road initiative.

Equinix expands in Germany with opening of new data center in Frankfurt, offering low-latency connectivity and meeting enterprise needs.

Ingram Micro has scored distribution rights for Menlo Security's browser isolation platform across Singapore and Thailand.

Traditional ICT revenue streams are drying up, IDC says, with future growth coming from 'innovation accelerators' - and Asia Pacific leading the way.

The Australian costs of data breaches are dropping but organisations are still losing $2.5 million every year.

Fake news is being sold as a service on the underground market, with criminals offering to manipulate public opinion for a price.

Inmarsat has awarded the contract for the construction of an additional broadband network communications satellite to Thales Alenia Space.

After a slow 2016, a new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) has revealed smartphone shipments are expected to rebound in 2017.

At Dell EMC World this year, Dussart spoke about the recently closed Dell and EMC merger, digital transformation and trends across the ANZ market.

Negotiations for the sale of Westcon-Comstor continue as parent company Datatec posts big drops in revenue and profit - despite a security upswing.

Rimini Street lands essential IT contract with ANZ's James Pascoe, bolstering service for over 730 retail outlets.

APAC has been one of the few bright spots for Westcon-Comstor in its latest financials, recording increased revenue and profit as other markets slump.

Cyberattacks on govt doubled last year, tying the sector with finance as the most targeted market, while IoT is becoming both a source - and a target.

Banks from Turkey, the UAE, Oman, and Qatar piloted the network allowing them to process transactions in real-time with greater transparency.

During his leadership Binary Tree grew in Europe, Africa and the Middle East by 500% and strengthened ties with major partners like Microsoft and HP.