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Gartner: solid growth for top 5 global smartphone vendors

Fri, 1st Dec 2017
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Global smartphone sales grew by 3% in Q3 2017, with top vendors posting strong gains. Samsung led with 19.3% growth, while Xiaomi soared with an 80% rise.
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Black Friday reveals the global trends headed to ANZ

Tue, 28th Nov 2017
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Futuresource Consulting has announced the key findings from its latest global consumer electronics retail channel trends report.
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Online fraud leaves APAC consumers wary of digitalization

Wed, 15th Nov 2017
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Rampant online fraud in APAC is shaking consumer trust in digital services, with a new study revealing one in five people directly impacted by fraud.
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Information & cyber 'insecurity' top risk in India for 2017

Wed, 8th Nov 2017
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India is undergoing a phase of 'information and cyber insecurity' as it moves towards asset digitization & service delivery, a Pinkerton report says.
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The wait is over: Google opens first cloud region in India

Tue, 7th Nov 2017
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The platform is now ready for customers to build applications and store data, joining the company's other Asia Pacific regions.
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Survival kit for complying with GDPR and other regulations in APAC

Fri, 3rd Nov 2017
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A huge number of Asian companies now need to understand the nuts and bolts of the GDPR and quickly figure out a path to compliance.
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JobStreet confirms hit by Malaysia data leak - almost 3.9m accounts affected

Fri, 3rd Nov 2017
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JobStreet is informing clients by email whether they were caught up in a Malaysia-based data breach that affected 19 different companies.
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India's smartphone market overtakes US to claim second spot

Sat, 28th Oct 2017
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India's smartphone market has recovered from a shaky Q2 2017 to surge in growth with the five major vendors being the drivers - Xiaomi in particular.
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Desktop virtualization market to surpass US$13b – APAC leading the way

Thu, 19th Oct 2017
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​A new report from MarketsandMarkets has a very positive forecast for the desktop virtualization market - especially for countries in Asia Pacific.
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Bot services market worth US$1,783.9m by 2022 – APAC the driver

Wed, 20th Sep 2017
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​A new research report from MarketsandMarkets has forecast very positive times ahead for the bot services market, with APAC leading the way.
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Pitney Bowes and Tech Mahindra partner up for local DX

Fri, 15th Sep 2017
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Pitney Bowes and Tech Mahindra have teamed up to target 'untapped opportunities' in location analytics and customer engagement solutions locally.
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Digital projects driving India's commercial tablet sales

Mon, 11th Sep 2017
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Strong growth in the commercial segment is helping drive marginal growth in the Indian tablet market, despite a declining consumer segment.
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Web Werks named best cloud data center at India's Business Leader Awards

Tue, 15th Aug 2017
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Web Werks has 5 data centers across these regions, including in Hinjewadi, Pune and Prabhadevi, Mumbai, and in Philadelphia in the United States.
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Vend appoints ex-Yelp director to lead ANZ

Fri, 11th Aug 2017
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As country manager, Dave will be responsible for sales, customer success, marketing and channel teams in the region.
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Local Epicor partners honoured at global awards

Wed, 9th Aug 2017
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Australia's Biscit has taken double honours at Epicor's global 2017 Partner Excellence awards, with Hong Kong's DataWorld taking Partner of the Year.
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Cloud engineering market worth USD $13.43 billion by 2022, report says

Mon, 7th Aug 2017
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While North America holds the largest market share in 2017, Asia Pacific is projected to be the fastest growing region.
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Oracle expands access for cloud customers who want to keep data on-premise

Thu, 3rd Aug 2017
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Oracle has renewed its focus on cloud for customers who want to move workloads to cloud while keeping data on premises.
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Kinetica ups investment in APAC market including new executive appointment

Thu, 27th Jul 2017
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Kinetica sees APAC as a lucrative opportunity given the region is expected to experience the fastest growth for big data and analytics solutions.
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Singapore & Germany to collaborate on cybersecurity's future

Mon, 10th Jul 2017
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Singapore now has Germany on board as the latest partner to sign a joint declaration pledging stronger cybersecurity.
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Tech Data becomes a Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider in India

Fri, 7th Jul 2017
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Tech Data's Technology Solutions business has become a Microsoft CSP for India in a deal it says enables partners to create more recurring revenue.