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Spending on business process management in Australia and New Zealand is set to rise as digital transformation drives interest in BPM platforms.

Tradify, an app for tradespeople, aims to streamline admin tasks so they can focus on what they love, with plans for global expansion.

Salesforce leads as the CRM market expands by 12.3%, hitting $26.3bn in 2015 amid a surge of M&A activity, per Gartner.

Cloud Distribution is offering resellers a 'unique, virtually first of its kind' security offering to protect customers against spear phishing attacks.

Aptira, the Aussie OpenStack managed services firm, has appointed cloud exec Simon Anderson as executive chairman to aid global expansion.

TechDay, with its 8-strong team in NZ, remains committed to local operations despite regional expansion, ensuring quality local tech journalism.

Fortinet is eyeing up the managed security service provider market in Australia and New Zealand, with plans to ramp up its market share.

The Australian fintech sector will reach $4.2 billion by 2020; of which A$1 billion will be completely new added value to the Australian economy.

Asus and Apple are the only vendors to record increased PC shipments for the first quarter of 2016 as the PC market continues to decline.

Colocation revenues, and square footage, are climbing with APAC now accounting for 40.1% of global colocation space - but there's consolidation ahead.

Infinidat is expanding operations as a direct result of increasing universal demand for InfiniBox, the company's flagship enterprise storage array.

Christie has signed an exclusive deal with National Amusements to deliver 'experiential' displays and digital posters to theatres across the US.

New forecasts predict that over 1.5 billion smartphones will be shipped in 2016, as the industry grows by more than 10%.

SimpliVity says its bookings and customer numbers are booming as demand for hyperconverged infrastructure soars and hyperconvergence goes mainstream.

Juniper Networks is acquiring cloud and metro networking SDN vendor BTI Systems in a move expected to bolster its DCI and metro market play.

The global LTE market is set to grow at a significant 78.6% CAGR until 2019 due to a rising demand for high-speed broadband.

Nakisa and Presence of IT have entered into a new reseller partnership agreement to support the growing customer demand in APJ and North America.

Spark NZ was owed $26.9 million when Mako Networks went into receivership, with little chance of unsecured creditors recouping their funds.

In the digital age, strategic partnerships are far superior to internal research and development (R&D) or acquisitions, according to new research.

Enprise Group has sold its software business to a North American company, but held onto its Enprise Anywhere software, as it refocuses the business.