Macquarie Telecom doubles down on SD-WAN as it reaches 6,000 sites Australian telco plans to expand team and investment to hit 12,000 sites in half the time, as tier one telcos remain wedded to outdated tech with higher margins Macquarie Telecom, part of Macquarie Telecom Group (ASX: MAQ), today announced…
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MPLS is being replaced by the internet, a process accelerated by COVID-19. In an astonishingly short period of time, overlay networking like SD-WAN has become, the de facto WAN technology in the enterprise telecoms market. Overlay technology uses a combination of tunnelling technology and orchestration and control software to create…
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Complicated and outdated network, due to acquisition and growth. Australian supplier of LPG, industrial, medical, speciality and helium gases in Australia, Supagas has chosen Macquarie Telecom to provide it with provide VoIP, SD-WAN, nbn, mobile and data centre services to help accelerate the company’s cloud migration. Supagas has grown significantly…
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Hires former Bank of Montreal CIO to run the new division. One of Australia’s big four banks Westpac has created a new group operating office, bringing together group operations and group technology, and has appointed Scott Collary to lead this division as chief operating officer (COO). Collary joins Westpac from…
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Research shows over half 53 per cent of businesses devote more than half their IT budget to cybersecurity. A recent study shows business attitudes towards cybersecurity had changed across several markets in Southeast Asia, including Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines, and Thailand – before the escalation of COVID-19. According to the…
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Security is a business risk that has elevated to board-level discussions. Increasing privacy regulations and compliance requirements meant that organisations were already looking for security solutions that alleviated vulnerabilities in an era where a data or security breach is almost inevitable. When COVID-19 hit, cybercriminals also increased their activity, creating…
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Business policies can be remotely applied across the enterprise. SD-WAN company Silver Peak has signed up with Singapore info-communications service provider StarHub to meet the connectivity needs of enterprises amid the increasingly distributed nature of business operations. With the acceleration of digitalisation, enterprises increasingly seek solutions to streamline the management of their…
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Latest project from Spark NZ and Fortinet to improve application experience. New Zealand telecommunications and digital services company Spark NZ has chosen Fortinet Secure SD-WAN to expand and differentiate its service offerings to corporate, enterprise and government customers. By leveraging Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, Spark will be able deliver better application experience, automate…
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