New Study Reveals 76 Percent of Australian Organisations Risk Losing Competitive Advantage Without SD-WAN

Twenty-eight percent of organisations in Australia have already deployed SD-WAN in most of their sites, and 62 percent are in the process of doing so or will in the next year, according to a new study sponsored by Barracuda Networks, Inc., a leading provider of cloud-delivered security and data protection solutions. The study revealed that 76 percent of IT leaders in Australia said they risk losing a competitive advantage if their WAN is not updated.

Frost & Sullivan Study Reveals 51 Percent of Australian Enterprises Plan to Deploy SD-WAN in Next 12-24 Months

Fifty-one percent of enterprises in Australia plan to deploy SD-WAN in the next 12-24 months, with banking and financial services companies holding the greatest deployment potential, according to a Frost & Sullivan global end-user market survey sponsored by Silver Peak®, the global SD-WAN leader, delivering the transformational promise of the cloud with a self-driving wide area network. The survey revealed that 55 percent of Australian respondents intend to replace existing branch routers with an SD-WAN appliance that supports routing functionality during this time.

Frost & Sullivan Study Reveals 61 Percent of New Zealand Enterprises Plan to Deploy SD-WAN in Next 12-24 Months

Sixty-one percent of enterprises in New Zealand plan to deploy SD-WAN in the next 12-24 months, with banking and financial services companies holding the greatest deployment potential, according to a Frost & Sullivan global end-user market survey sponsored by Silver Peak®, the global SD-WAN leader, delivering the transformational promise of the cloud with a self-driving wide area network. The survey revealed that 49 percent of respondents intend to replace existing branch routers with an SD-WAN appliance that supports routing functionality during this time.

Gai Le Roy appointed CEO of IAB Australia

IAB Australia today announced that it has appointed Gai Le Roy as CEO.  The appointment follows a four-month executive recruitment process, during which Le Roy was interim CEO.  

Silver Peak EdgeConnect Delivers Reliable High-Quality VoIP Performance Over Consumer Broadband; Earns Miercom Performance Verification Certification

Silver Peak®, the global SD-WAN leader, delivering the transformational promise of the cloud with a self-driving wide area network, today announced that the Unity EdgeConnect™ SD-WAN edge platform has earned the Miercom Performance Verification certification following a series of punishing real-world Voice over IP (VoIP) test scenarios.

Exponential Strengthens ANZ Sales Team

Exponential, a digital advertising intelligence platform providing brands with advertising solutions globally, today announces it has added three senior sales managers to its ANZ team.

Data Exchange’s modular colocation system receives Uptime Institute Tier-Ready Certification

Data Exchange Network Limited (ASX: DXN) has received Tier Ready III Certification for its innovatively engineered data center modules.  The accreditation by The Uptime Institute confirms that Data Exchange Networks’ capital efficient modular data centers conform to the same stringent criteria and standards as the traditional big-box colocation data centers in Australia and throughout the world. 

Barracuda Introduces Total Email Protection Bundle

Barracuda Networks, Inc., a leading provider of cloud-enabled security and data protection solutions, today announced a new email protection bundle, including the full stack of Barracuda’s email security protection. Barracuda Total Email Protection bundle offers customers a defense against socially engineered business email attacks, fraud and account takeover.

 

Silver Peak Appoints Peter Jaffe and Rob Coleman to Boost ANZ Sales

Silver Peak®, the global leader in broadband and hybrid WAN solutions, today announced the appointments of Peter Jaffe as regional sales manager and Rob Coleman as pre-sales systems engineer, to accelerate the company’s expansion in Australia and New Zealand. The two have more than 35 years’ combined IT experience.

Seagate Unveils Industry’s Most Advanced 14TB Data Storage Portfolio

Seagate Technology (NASDAQ: STX), a world leader in data storage solutions, today launched the industry’s widest range of advanced 14TB hard drives, enhancing the company’s enterprise and specialty drive portfolio. Consisting of IronWolf® and IronWolf® Pro for network attached storage (NAS) applications, the BarraCuda® Pro desktop drive, surveillance-optimised SkyHawk™, and Exos™ X14 for hyperscale data centres, this purpose-built portfolio empowers customers to consume, manage and utilise digital data more effectively and efficiently while establishing new benchmarks in speed and capacity.

Marketers continue to reinvest strongly in digital advertising

Australian marketers support for digital advertising has continued to strengthen, with the latest data from PwC showing that overall digital advertising revenues have increased 11% year on year, while video has increased 45% year on year. 

Seven West Media joins IAB Australia Board

IAB Australia today announced that Seven West Media (SWM) has joined the organisation’s Board and that SWM’s Chief Digital Officer Clive Dickens will represent the company on the IAB Board.  The company’s appointment to the IAB Board follows SWM’s decision to sell its 50% stake in Yahoo7 to joint venture partner Oath as part of its strategy to fully own and operate its direct to consumer products.

MaritzCX Introduces Enhanced Text Analytics Emotion Capabilities

To help clients tailor their customer experience (CX) programs to respond to both the functional and emotional needs of customers, leading CX management technology company MaritzCX has introduced significantly enhanced natural language processing (NLP) Text Analytics Emotion capabilities to its CX software platform.

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