Publicly traded Citrix Systems could be taken private in a deal by hedge fund Elliott Management Corp. and Vista Equity Partners, according to multiple media…
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RSA 2022 Moved From February To June Due To Omicron Surge
RSA Conference organizers announced Wednesday that the 2022 event has been pushed back from the week of Feb. 7 to the week of June 6. “We…
Conti Ransomware Hitting VMware vCenter With Log4j Exploit
Conti is pursuing lateral movement on vulnerable Log4j VMware vCenter servers, making them the first major ransomware gang revealed to be weaponizing the massive bug. The prolific…
Bill Scannell: Dell Building Out Apex As-A-Service Channel Plan
Amid channel conflict concerns, Dell Technologies President of Global Sales and Customer Operations Bill Scannell stressed that the company is firmly committed to working hand-in-hand with partners to drive…
AWS apologises for outage, blames ‘automated scaling activity,’ outlines fixes
Amazon Web Services blamed an “automated scaling activity” that triggered a “latent issue” in a “request back-off behaviors” code path used by networking clients as…
Telco services provider Vonex acquires Adelaide telco wholesaler Voiteck
Telco services company Vonex has acquired Adelaide-based telephony and internet services wholesaler Voiteck for $2.75 million. The acquisition expands Vonex’s geographic expansion with a physical…
Critical vulnerability found in widely-used software, Log4j
Germany’s federal cybersecurity watchdog, the BSI, on Saturday issued a red alert warning, its highest, on a flawed piece of widely-used software, saying it posed…
Microsoft set to win EU antitrust nod for $16b Nuance deal
Software giant Microsoft is set to secure unconditional EU antitrust approval for its US$16 billion bid for artificial intelligence and speech technology firm Nuance Communications,…
Data#3, Optus Enterprise, Dicker Data score HPE Aruba Australia partner awards
Networking vendor Aruba has honoured its top performing channel partners in Australia, following what it called a “record” 2021 financial year for the company. The…
Govt to update regulatory framework for payment systems
Australia will overhaul its regulatory framework for payment systems for the first time in over 20 years, giving authorities power to oversee the use of…