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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.

Avaya plans to transition to a software and service company, offering cloud-based solutions for digital transformation.

Asia-Pacific leads robotics revolution, with spending to soar as the technology underpins key industry transformations.

The world's largest private undersea cable system, Global Cloud Xchange, has expanded its global footprint into Australia via NextDC's data centres.

Non-IT business units to spend almost as much as IT-funded purchases, says IDC. 47% of corporate IT spending to be funded by non-IT in 2019.

Avaya appoints Maan Al-Shakarchi as head of networking for APAC, EMEA; responsible for driving sales of networking solutions.

SunRice has chosen Palo Alto Networks' Next-Generation Security Platform to support expansion, increase security, and consolidate IT infrastructure.

Tramada joins globally successful past winners, including the likes of Red Hat (Open source), in being recognised as a leading cloud solution provider.

De Laine is tasked with driving Check Point Software’s business forward across the region, as well as supporting the company’s channel network.

Healthcare, government and retail are driving mobility sales, with mobility offering 'transformative' opportunities for vendors – and resellers.

New Kiwa Digital software is revolutionizing the TV and film post-production industry, halving the time spent in the studio.

An oversupply of oil in the global economy is good news for the data center market, with investment expected to increase as energy prices decrease.

Gartner says worldwide IT spend fizzled in 2015, which saw the largest dollar drop since the company started tracking IT spending.

Dimension Data positioned as challenger in Gartner's 2015 Magic Quadrant for cloud-enabled managed hosting in Asia Pacific region.

Asia Pacific accounts for more than 40% of the global IoT spend of $698.6 billion in 2015, with insurance telematics leading the way according to IDC.

Demand for technology in education, which can be accessed from any location, has sparked a revolution in the online learning segment.

The data centre solution market is growing at a rapid rate, and will be worth USD$32.30 billion by 2020, according to a new report.

NetComm Wireless has made a significant step forward in its global expansion plans and is further establishing itself in the United States.