Sasha Karen - Author - Channel Asia

LogMeIn enables MSP access to LastPass

LogMeIn has made its LastPass Enterprise product available for managed service providers to sell, manage and support through its PartnerNetwork.

Cyber security market still set for growth despite Covid-19

Global cyber security spending is predicted to grow in the face of coronavirus with a best case scenario generating growth of 5.6 per cent by the end of 2020.

Azure Firewall Manager flares into general availability

Microsoft’s Azure Firewall Manager suite has left preview and entered general availability.

Traditional infrastructure sunk by cloud in Q1

Covid-19 has caused sales revenue of cloud infrastructure to grow and non-cloud infrastructure to fall by double digits during the first quarter of 2020.

Global Q1 cyber security market sees remote working surge

Cyber security investment saw a boost during the first quarter in 2020, driven mostly by an end of quarter surge in remote working.

Alibaba Cloud invests $283M into channel partners

Alibaba Cloud is to revamp its channel program, investing up to US$283 million into partners over the fiscal year.

Global IT spending expectations fall despite gradually improving markets

IT spending expectations of businesses have declined globally during May, even with a slight improvement in market indicators as more countries begin to move towards a COVID-19 recovery phase.

AWS and Slack expand collaboration with Chime integrations

Amazon Web Services and Slack have come together to add Slack integrations into AWS’ Chime communications service.

Global PC and tablet market to return to growth by 2022

The PC and tablet market is expected to dip in 2020 but forecasts predict the worst of the coronavirus pandemic has passed and will start to see growth by the end of 2022.

Unified comms market dip buffered by cloud-powered demand

The global unified communications market is expected to drop slightly by the end of 2020, but cloud-focused initiatives are anticipated to soften the blow.

Global colocation market growth eases while COVID-19 presents opportunity

Global growth in colocation providers has fallen somewhat, but remains positive, especially in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, recent analysis has shown.

Templafy kicks off APAC expansion with Sydney office

Denmark-based document creation automation SaaS vendor Templafy has expanded into the Asia Pacific region with the opening of a Sydney office.

Going purple: what the leadership mix of Big Blue and Red Hat reveals

IBM’s recent Think Digital 2020 event has shown what the new leadership shakeup at Big Blue reveals by bringing in fresh blood from Red Hat, new analysis has found.

AWS busts swindlers with Fraud Detector preview

AWS has placed its ML-based fraud detection managed service Amazon Fraud Detector into preview for its Sydney region, among others.

Slack slacks off with outage amid high levels of remote working

Communication platform Slack fell victim to an outage on Wednesday morning, leaving scores of home workers unable to connect to the service.

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