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Information technology (IT) channel companies in Australia and New Zealand are cautiously optimistic as they refocus on growth opportunities in 2021 and beyond after the unprecedented events of 2020, according to new research from non-profit tech industry trade association CompTIA,

Cyber protection firm Virsec is expanding its presence in the ANZ region with two key executive appointments, appointing IT veterans Rob Nobilo and Ben Burt as regional sales director and regional technical services director respectively.

Email security company Proofpoint has appointed Cisco ANZ cyber security director Steve Moros to lead its Asia-Pacific advanced technology group.

GUEST OPINION by Ashley Diffey, Country Manager – ANZ and Japan, Ping Identity: The societal changes that occurred during the past 12 months are undeniable, but what’s less talked about are the significant implications for data privacy. First, the massive shift to remote work changed the way data is accessed and secured. And a sharp rise in online transactions means more personal data is being exchanged, stored, and processed than ever before. Further, the amounts of personal data being collected by large technology companies continues to climb, shaking user trust.

The Australian and New Zealand IT and business services market grew 1.7% year-on-year in the first half of the year, the technology analyst company IDC says, adding that this was a major slowdown in annual growth.

Organisations are accelerating transformational technology programs during the global COVID-19 pandemic, with many shifting their digital transformation programs into high gear and on a path to accomplish in a few months what would normally have taken them years, according to new reseach.

GUEST OPINION* by Andrew Huntley regional director ANZ and Pacific Islands Barracuda: In the face of growing concerns over the spread of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), increasing numbers of Australian schools are closing and companies are encouraging employees to work from home.

GUEST OPINION* by Andrew Huntley regional director ANZ and Pacific Islands Barracuda: In the face of growing concerns over the spread of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), increasing numbers of Australian schools are closing and companies are encouraging employees to work from home.

Big four bank Westpac will finally catch up with the rest of the industry, making a commitment on Thursday to deliver Apple Pay for its customers by June next year.

Global analytics software provider, SAS, has been in campaign management and customer experience for over 15 years. It has now brought the SaaS edition to Australia and New Zealand offering fast access to comprehensive insights within 24 hours from signing up.

A Telstra outage hits ATMs and eftpos machines around the country on Thursday, with the problems beginning at about 3pm.

Three of Australia's big four banks have joined IBM and the Scentre Group - which looks after Westfield's properties - to launch a digital platform named Lygon which uses blockchain technology to manage bank guarantees that are often needed to lease a retail properly.

Westpac is the last remaining big Australian banking institution not to offer Apple Pay, after another holdout, NAB, announced that the service had gone live for its customers on Tuesday.

Westpac and National Australia Bank customers will have to wait awhile to use Apple Pay, with both banks unwilling to give any indication when they would provide the digital payment option.

Customer data that leaked from property valuation firm LandMark White, which is now known as LMW, was available on the dark web for more than 10 days before the company became aware of it, the company says in an update about the breach on Friday.

The ANZ Bank has confirmed that a data breach at property valuation firm LandMark White, now known as LMW, which is said to have affected more than 100,000 customers of a number of banks, has affected its customers as well.

The Commonwealth Bank has announced that Apple Pay will be available to use with personal debit and credit cards from CBA and Bankwest from today (Wednesday, 23 January).

ANZ has extended its Apple Pay offering, which gives its Access Advantage Visa debit card customers "the option to choose cheque or savings accounts via eftpos with Apple Pay".

The Commonwealth Bank appears to have thrown in the towel as far as keeping Apple Pay out goes, and has said the payment option will be made available to its own customers and those of Bankwest.

Disaster-recovery-as-a-service vendor Zerto has appointed 30-year IT industry veteran Mark Spencer as its first channel manager for Australia and New Zealand.