Sasha Karen - Author - Channel Asia

Smartphone chipset ‘famine’ arrives as global shipments slip

The ongoing component “famine” has finally hit the global smartphone industry as shipments fell by 8 per cent in the third quarter of 2021.

Asia Pacific managed services market plummets after record high

Contracts in the managed services market in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region dropped by 40 per cent quarter-on-quarter during the three months to 30 September, new research has indicated.

Forcepoint bolsters cyber security offering with Bitglass buy

Forcepoint is set to bolster its cyber security offering with the acquisition of Bitglass for an unknown sum.

Lenovo widens global PC market lead

Lenovo has pulled further ahead of HP in the global PC market shipment stakes.

Govts still 'hesitant' on AI adoption

Partners utilising AI face an uphill battle to have their work valued by government organisations' employees as research has found a global sense of hesitancy towards the technology by the sector.

Akamai bolsters security outfit with $600M Guardicore buy

Akamai Technologies is set to acquire Israel-based security vendor Guardicore for US$600 million, adding its micro-segmentation solution to Akamai’s zero trust offerings.

CIOs hone customer experience post-COVID

The majority of CIOs around the world are looking at refining customer experience as part of their efforts to tackle new norms post-COVID, new research has found.

Cradlepoint recruits trans-Tasman Cisco Meraki leader for Asia Pacific growth

Cradlepoint has appointed Nathan McGregor as senior vice president of sales across Asia Pacific, joining the US-based network solutions vendor from Cisco Meraki.

Cisco AppDynamics goes 100% channel in partner program update

Cisco AppDynamics has planned to move to a 100 per cent channel-centric route to market amid a myriad of changes to its partner program.

BT launches Cisco multinational network monitoring platform

Telecommunications and network provider BT has launched a Cisco network monitoring platform for multinational users to find and flag faults.

Partner certs and training defy AWS expectations

A report commissioned by Amazon Web Services has claimed partners that go hard on training and certifications from the cloud giant can tap into more benefits for their business than they realise.

SAP takes the crown for global enterprise apps revenue in 2020

SAP has taken the crown in the 2020 global enterprise applications market as the vendor making the most revenue during last 12 months.

NTT and Equinix dominate Asia Pacific colocation market

The Asia Pacific region is set to overtake North America to become the largest regional colocation market by 2022, despite being labelled as “fragmented”.

Global server market Q2 performance ‘muted’

Vendor revenue from the global server market dipped during the second quarter of 2021 despite a slight uptick in server shipments.

Palo Alto widens revenue lead in security appliance market

Palo Alto Networks has widened its revenue lead as the top vendor in the global security appliance market during the second quarter of 2021, clocking in US$877.4 million during the period.

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