Equinix finalises Bit-isle in Japan
Equinix has completed its acquisition of Bit-isle, with 97% of the shares purchased and the remaining 3% to be acquired by the end of the year. This completes an acquisition announced...
Gary Turner on the future of accounting
Cloud-based accounting company Xero recently launched its State of Accounts document. It sees a future where accountants can take advantage of their role as trusted advisor, especially for small to mid-sized...
Metanautix gives Microsoft analytics boost
Microsoft has acquired data analytics firm Metanautix for an undisclosed amount.
The deal was announced on Friday and the Metanautix website went down almost immediately afterwards. All that is left is a...
Dell SonicWALL helps BAC hit overdrive
Dell SonicWALL has signed a deal with one of the UK's high-performance sports car manufacturers Briggs Automotive Company (BAC) who make the iconic Mono sports car. The deal sees BAC deploy SonicWALL...
Five ways to make your business a success
Xero has published some research based on responses from the UK and US revealing five key reasons why small businesses fail in the first few years. The results are a mix of...
Connected Data sees customer surge
Connected Data has reported both revenue for Q2, 2015 and customer bookings in H1, 2015 have doubled. It has also appointed 50 new resellers globally.
Compared to the bigger players in the...
Centene loses hard drives with user data
US healthcare provider Centene has admitted to losing six hard drives containing the healthcare records of over 950,000 customers. The company insists that no payment information was lost but does admit...
Is Dell about to buy EMC?
According to the The Wall Street Journal Dell is back in talks with EMC about possibly acquiring in a deal worth $50billion. Likely to be funded at least in part by...
Is US Bill a boost for cybercriminals?
Late on Friday in the US there was an online leak of a draft version of a US Senate bill known as the Feinstein-Burr bill or, to give it its full...
HPE takes aim at everyone in security report
The HPE Cyber Risk Report 2016 is out and at 90+ pages it's a serious read with a lot of very strong points to be made. Unlike other vendors security reports...