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GUEST OPINION: Why are CIOs and IT organisations prioritising investment in cloud infrastructure? The answer is simple: to better support virtual workforces, supply chains and partners.

Australian-listed communications software and cloud infrastructure provider MNF Group has officially launched its proprietary communications platform as a service offering in Singapore via its wholesale business Symbio - claiming an aim to “disrupt” the Singapore domestic communications market.

Moving workloads to the cloud has led organisations and IT administrators to lose control over workloads and relinquish many critical aspects of cybersecurity.

GUEST OPINION by Rajesh Ganesan, Vice President at ManageEngine: Faced with perhaps the most disruptive circumstances of their existence, organisations worldwide realised that they had no greater ally than technology in their quest to ensure some sort of work continuity during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Global tech company Oracle has established a new whole-of-government (WofG) arrangement with Australia’s Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) which it claims will bring increased cost-savings, efficiencies, and flexibility for government agencies, including state and territory governments and taxpayers.

Network Operators continue to invest in 5G and build out their infrastructure. With the recent impact of world events, the pressure is on to explore additional ways beyond traditional subscription models to monetize existing investments and speed up returns.

Network Operators continue to invest in 5G and build out their infrastructure. With the recent impact of world events, the pressure is on to explore additional ways beyond traditional subscription models to monetize existing investments and speed up returns.

Enterprise cloud computing vendor Nutanix has expanded integration with digital workflow company ServiceNow, coinciding with the introduction of new capabilities in its application automation and management solution for DevOps, Nutanix Calm.

Oracle has announced that video communications provider Zoom has selected its cloud infrastructure platform to support its growth and evolving business needs and to provide an essential service to customers.

Nokia is collaborating with Intel on technology advancements for its 5G radio portfolio, with the two companies announcing they are working closely on the new Intel Atom P5900 processor that combines compute, connectivity and acceleration technologies.

Google Cloud has announced the launch of a new cloud region in Melbourne which is projected to come online in 2021.

Cloud infrastructure services spending in China increased 60.8% to reach US$2.9 billion in Q3 2019, according to a newly published report by research analyst firm Canalys.

Big data analytics company Splunk’s agreement to acquire SaaS real-time monitoring and metrics for cloud infrastructure vendor SignalFx puts the company in a position as a leader in monitoring and observability at massive scale, according to Splunk president and CEO Doug Merritt.

Australia's Bureau of Meteorology has inked a contract with IT solutions provider Unisys to design, build and manage new secure cloud infrastructure and an upgraded wide area network to better support current services and indirectly provide a “modern operating environment”.

Vendor revenue from sales of IT infrastructure products — servers, enterprise storage and Ethernet switches — for cloud environments, both private and public, increased by 11.4% year-on-year for the first quarter of 2019, the analyst firm IDC says.

Data61 says its next-generation blockchain system Red Belly Blockchain has shown increased speed and energy efficiencies on a global network, with deployment on 1000 virtual machines across 14 of Amazon Web Services' global regions.

OpenStack has rapidly become the standard for both service providers and enterprises looking to build a cloud environment.

Hewlett Packard Enterprises and Deutsche Telekom AG have announced that they recently implemented the world’s first Network Data Layer proof-of-concept, integrating various Virtual Network Functions of different vendors in a cloud infrastructure.  

US-based IoT infrastructure provider, The Fabric, has raised its third dedicated pool of capital - US$20 million - to invest in early stage cloud infrastructure companies that it co-creates with entrepreneurs.

Spending on technology products and services in Australia is set to grow 2.6% to hit $84.8 billion in 2018, according to the latest forecast from Gartner.