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Get prepared to bring in customers, not fraudsters this festive season

This checklist is a sure-fire way for eCommerce retailers to get the most out of this year's holiday shopping season in the new normal.

By Matt Humphries • 4 min read • Mon, 23rd Aug 2021

Software-as-a-Service

ANZ CRE company expands into billion-dollar UK market

Forbury expands into UK market, opens London office and appoints new employees for local customer and business support.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 20th Aug 2021

Cybersecurity

Australia's largest cybersecurity firm Tesserent expands to NZ - Hamish Soper appointed senior partner

Australia's largest listed cybersecurity company, Tesserent, expands to New Zealand, creating a new entity and appointing new senior leadership in the region.

By Ryan Morris-Reade • 2 min read • Wed, 18th Aug 2021

EduTech

Seismic acquires Lessonly to build new sales and marketing platform - closes $170 million funding

Seismic acquires training solution Lessonly, closes $170m Series G funding round, and plans to expand its sales and marketing platform.

By Ryan Morris-Reade • 3 min read • Wed, 18th Aug 2021

Security Operations Centres

ACA Pacific signs on as ANZ distributor for global cybersecurity firm Comodo

As part of the deal, ACA Pacific will offer Comodo's security operations centre as a platform (SOCaaP) to managed service providers (MSPs).

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Wed, 18th Aug 2021

Customer Relationship Management

CX firm NICE acquires GoMoxie to bolster omnichannel capabilities

NICE acquires GoMoxie to expand digital customer experience capabilities, adding smart conversational self-service tools.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Wed, 18th Aug 2021

Cloud Access Security Broker

Forcepoint appoints Rees Johnson as new CPO

Forcepoint, the cybersecurity company, has appointed Rees Johnson as its new chief product officer, overseeing its entire product portfolio.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Tue, 17th Aug 2021

Partner Programmes

ConnectWise expands APAC-focused team, extends partner support

The roles will also provide locally-based support for partners, expanding the footprint of ConnectWise significantly across Australia and New Zealand.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Mon, 16th Aug 2021

Security Information and Event Management

How a packaging company minimised costs and improved security with Interactive

Pact's mission to become a more sustainable company led it to pursue an approach in which technology was interwoven into every piece of their global footprint.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Mon, 16th Aug 2021

Risk & Compliance

Pushing cyber-awareness beyond Australia's C-level

Now that CEOs across ANZ properly understand cybersecurity and cyber-risks, it's time to get the board of directors up to speed.

By Jim Cook • 4 min read • Tue, 10th Aug 2021

Cloud Security

Qualys enters into agreement to acquire TotalCloud

Cloud security company Qualys has announced an agreement to acquire TotalCloud, the cloud workflow management and no-code automation platform.

By Ryan Morris-Reade • 2 min read • Tue, 10th Aug 2021

Virtualisation

Entrust nShield security models certified with VMware Kubernetes Grid

Entrust nShield hardware security modules have achieved certification with VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid, enhancing containerised application security.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Tue, 10th Aug 2021

Cloud Services

Seequent acquires Imago Inc to bolster cloud capabilities of geoscientific imagery

The move enriches Seequent's solutions portfolio and bolsters its capabilities to help engineers solve earth, environment, and energy challenges.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Mon, 9th Aug 2021

Partner Programmes

Hyland appoints new VP of global partner programmes

Promoting from within, the company has appointed Bob Dunn to the role, who has spent six years at the company operational practices space.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Mon, 9th Aug 2021

Malware

48 million malware messages: Proofpoint reveals the reality of today's threat landscape

Proofpoint's Human Factor 2021 report reveals the reality of cyber threats, with millions of ransomware-loaded emails and new attack methods.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 5th Aug 2021

Malware

Ivanti tackles today's biggest security threats with RiskSense acquisition

Ivanti has acquired risk-based vulnerability management specialist RiskSense to enhance its patch management capabilities.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 4th Aug 2021

Cloud Services

Rackspace Technology appoints Angeline Maronese as managing director of ANZ

Rackspace Technology has announced the executive appointment of Angeline Maronese as managing director of Australia and New Zealand, effective immediately.

By Ryan Morris-Reade • 3 min read • Tue, 3rd Aug 2021