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Issue #11, March 23, 2015
Students think about their tech future
RUST BUCKET
Len Rust
For the 4th year running, thousands of school students from across Sydney made their way to the Great Hall at UTS to explore the jobs of the future. The ‘Big Day In’ event is a growing tech careers conference designed by students and facilitated by the ACS Foundation.
Run over 2 days, the event brought together technology companies, universities, schools and over 1,500 high school students. The common purpose being to predict the jobs of the future and help students select the skills needed for those jobs. Each day kicked off with the ACS and Microsoft providing insights into our near future using machine based learning and holographic technology which will infuse every aspect of our lives.
Wisetech Global discussed the practical work opportunities that await students in the tech sector. Seventeen year old Teigan Nield eloquently shared with students how he transitioned from school to work experience. Many other organisations including IBM, Westpac, CBA, Adobe, TCS, and Telstra also pulled back the curtains and helped students see the pathways and opportunities that await them. Each session included a Q&A component, so students could ask questions directly to the companies. Additionally, during the breaks, students talked with graduate and HR teams about work experience and the transition from school to work.
Following lunch, students were enthralled with animation and effects insights from Animal Logic – animation creators of the Lego Movie, Happy Feet, 300, and the Great Gatsby. Animal Logic have recently conZirmed they will be animating two more Lego Movie spin-­‐offs in Sydney – a $120 million boost to our economy which includes creating thousands of jobs. The day also included visits from The Flash and many prizes and giveaways, including an Xbox One, HP Stream 8’s, and Rasberry Pi’s.
All of the information and action was well received. Lorna Reardon, Careers Adviser at Ryde Secondary College said, “It was In this week’s industry player profile interview we speak
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totally inspirational. It was FANTASTIC AND WONDERFUL…the teachers learned so much and made so many good contacts and the students really got access to the sort of info they need to know.”
With the mining boom winding down, it is important that students develop skills that will serve both themselves and our country well into the future. Tech skills are a global skill set that are needed in fashion, retail, manufacturing, entertainment, sales, and nearly every industry one can think of.
Since this is such a critical area, key organisations have joined the ACS Foundation in supporting the ‘Big Day In’. The Australian Computer Society, Digital Careers and the Australian Government sponsor this initiative in addition to the 100+ participating companies and educational institutions.
The ‘Big Day In’ is growing beyond Sydney, to other metro and regional Australian locations. This year, the ‘Big Day In’ will visit Ballarat, Melbourne, Canberra, Gold Coast, Newcastle, Wagga Wagga, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. These events will run between March and July 2015 and over 5,000 students are expected to attend.
“Work experience opportunities are more than just rhetoric. The Australian Government provided students with IT Cadetship information for over 15 government departments. The ACS Foundation also awards over 350 work placements annually”, said John Ridge Executive Director ACS Foundation. The ACS Foundation was established in August in 2001 to encourage both private and public sponsorship of IT higher education and research. By increasing funding opportunities for industry to contribute to education programs, the Foundation seeks to create a highly skilled workforce, able to effectively access research and industry speciZic training. Since its establishment, the ACS Foundation has raised more than $25 million and awarded more than 2,000 scholarships. For more details about the ‘Big Day In’, visit www.thebigdayin.com.au
Len Rust—rustoz@bigpond.com
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CISCO brings IoE innovation centre to Oz
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CISCO brings internet of
everything innovation centre to Oz
Cisco has announced the investment in a Cisco Internet of Everything (IoE) Innovation Centre in Australia. Cisco’s IoE Innovation Centres are aimed at catalysing and showcasing IoE innovation and development, bringing together customers, industry partners, start-­‐ups, application developers, accelerators, government organisations and universities. The new Centre in Australia will be one of eight globally including Rio de Janeiro, Toronto, Songdo, Berlin, Barcelona, Tokyo and London. The ofZicial opening of the Centre is planned for 2015 and will include locations in Sydney at Sirca, and in Perth at Curtin University. Cisco intends to invest US $15 million over Zive years into the Centre, reafZirming its global pledge and commitment to new economic growth through technology innovation around IoE. Cisco experts, together with industry partners and ecosystem start-­‐ups, will develop proof of concepts, features and functionalities, and do rapid prototyping. The Centre will include dedicated space to demonstrate IoE in action and open areas where customers, start-­‐ups, open communities, researchers, entrepreneurs and technology enthusiasts are invited to work and brainstorm on new ideas and technologies. The initial ecosystem partners of the Cisco IoE Innovation Centre, Australia, currently include Sirca (owned by 40 universities across Australia and New Zealand), Curtin University and Woodside Energy. “Australia is a sophisticated market with a high level of innovation and an early adopter of new technology. Australia is already highly regarded globally for its resources and agriculture sectors and is well-­‐placed to serve the rapidly growing Asian markets, and the Australian government has prioritised these sectors accordingly. Cisco has been involved in the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project for over Zive years. The aim now with Cisco IoE Innovation Centre, Australia and its ecosystem of partners is to accelerate innovation and the adoption of the IoE in Australia,” said Irving Tan, Senior Vice President Asia PaciZic and Japan at Cisco.
Wynyard Group Board approves
dual listing on ASX
Wynyard Group, crime-­‐Zighting software and services provider, has announced that its board has approved the company pursuing a dual listing on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) and it will now commence the process. Wynyard Zirst listed on the New Zealand Stock Exchange (NZX) in July 2013. Wynyard Group CEO Craig Richardson said, “With a signiZicant part of our revenue and growth coming from the Asia PaciZic Region and a growing number of Australian investors, seeking an ASX listing is a logical strategic move for the company. “Listing on ASX will enable more Australian and foreign investors to hold Wynyard stock, participate in the company's growth and increase the attractiveness of Wynyard shares. We also expect it will increase our proZile with Australian customers and the board believes that dual listing will beneZit all shareholders.” It is expected that the process will complete during the third quarter of the 2015 calendar year. Wynyard Group intends to maintain its New Zealand incorporation and its principal listing on the NZX Main Board.
iAwards nominations close
March 25
The deadline for the Iawards is 25 March 2015. Don’t miss this opportunity to showcase your innovative product, idea or solution. It will be the best decision you make this year.There are Zive domains and 16 categories plus the Hills Young Innovator of the Year for those people aged under 25 years. There is up to $25,000 prize money on offer for this category with the overall winner receiving $15,000! The iAwards provides the platform to discover, recognise and reward ICT innovations that have the potential to, or are already delivering signiZicant beneZit across all sectors of the economy. Visit www.iawards.com.au for more information and to submit your online application.
VentureCrowd opens equity
crowdfunding door to more
startups
VentureCrowd, Australia’s original equity-­‐based crowdfunding platform, has announced a new partnership with Sydney Angels, a pioneering angel investor group, that will give more Australian startups the opportunity to access venture capital from sophisticated investors at an early stage. Sydney Angels, a group of more than 70 high net worth investors, will refer startups to the VentureCrowd platform that can beneZit by crowdsourcing funds from sophisticated investors. It is one of the most successful groups of its kind, and the only angel group in Australia with a dedicated sidecar fund, worth $10 million. Since 2008, Sydney Angels has made more than 35 investments, of between $200,000 and $500,000, in companies such as Ingogo, Venuemob, Posse and DriveMyCar Rentals. The partnership will help to grow the number of startups that could join the VentureCrowd platform, which has already been used to fast-­‐track growth in companies such as Ingogo, Fame & Partners and CrowdMobile. “The Sydney Angels are passionate about identifying ‘the next big thing’ in a variety of sectors, and we are excited to leverage their due diligence skills and expertise as well as their highly methodical investment process for investors on the VentureCrowd platform,” said Tim Heasley, chief operating ofZicer at Artesian Venture Partners.
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Tech trends 2015 – The fusion of business and IT
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Professional services Zirm Deloitte recently released its sixth annual report, Tech Trends 2015 – The Fusion of Business and IT that is broadly inspired by a fundamental transformation in the way C-­‐suite leaders and CIOs collaborate to leverage disruptive change, chart business strategy, and pursue potentially transformative opportunities. Whether it is a manufacturer looking at printing replacement parts on demand, or the health care industry Zinding ways to harness artiZicial intelligence to improve cancer diagnosis and treatments, the conZluence of business, technology, and science is being seen and felt across all markets and industries.
Robert Hillard, Deloitte Consulting Managing Partner, said eight trends were selected that will disrupt the ways government and business engage with citizens, how work gets done and how markets and industries are evolving. “For the Zirst time in a number of years, these trends are being primarily driven from the enterprise rather than consumer products, making it more important than ever that organisations understand what is happening in the next eighteen months.
Across the private and public sectors, business strategy is being transformed by the rapidly changing technology landscape. CIOs and technology professionals have an opportunity to vet, prioritise and invest in fast-­‐paced technology developments. Deloitte’s Tech Trends 2015 report examines how some of the biggest macro technology forces — digital, analytics, cloud, the renaissance of core systems, cyber security, and the changing role of IT within the enterprise — are enabling historic advancements in business, government, and society. It also examines how they are fueling breakthroughs in materials science, medical science, artiZicial intelligence, and other exponentially changing domains.
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• Ambient Computing – Ambient computing is the backdrop of sensors, devices, intelligence, and agents that can put the Internet of Things to work. Possibilities abound from the tremendous growth of embedded sensors and connected devices — in the home, the enterprise, and the world at large. New business models will emerge this year as innovators purposefully bring smarter ‘things’ together •
with analytics, security, data, and integration platforms to make the disparate parts work with each other.
CIO as Chief Integration OfZicer – As technology transforms existing business models and gives rise to new ones; the role of CIO is evolving rapidly, with integration at the core of its mission. Increasingly, CIOs need to harness emerging, disruptive technologies for the business, while balancing future needs with today’s operational realities. They should view their responsibilities through an enterprise-­‐wide lens, helping ensure critical domains like digital, analytics, and cloud aren’t spurring redundant, conZlicting, or compromised investments within departmental or functional silos. In this shifting landscape of opportunities and challenges, CIOs can be not only the connective tissue, but the driving force for intersecting, IT-­‐heavy initiatives.
Dimensional Marketing – Marketing has evolved signiZicantly in the last half-­‐decade. The evolution of digitally-­‐connected customers lies at the core, reZlecting the dramatic change in the dynamic between relationships and transactions. A new vision for marketing is emerging as CMOs and CIOs invest in technology for marketing automation, next-­‐generation omni-­‐channel approaches, content development, customer analytics, and commerce initiatives. This modern era for marketing is likely to bring new challenges in the dimensions of customer engagement, connectivity, data, and insight.
IT Worker of the Future – While the scarcity of technical talent is a signiZicant concern offshoring is no longer a simple answer with many organisations facing talent gaps along multiple fronts. There are also unprecedented needs for new and different skill sets, including creative design, user experience engineering, and other disciplines grounded in the arts. To tackle these challenges, companies will have to nurture a new kind of employee—the IT worker of the future—who possesses habits and skills that differ from those in play today. They will also need to develop new techniques for organising, delivering, and evolving the IT mission.
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In collaboration with Singularity University, the report includes a section dedicated to six exponential technologies — innovative disciplines which are evolving fast and whose impact may be profound: artiZicial intelligence, robotics, additive manufacturing, quantum computing, industrial biology, and cybersecurity.
impact businesses, government agencies, and potentially even society. A healthy skepticism towards ‘shiny object syndrome’ is required giving the pace and magnitude of change. Tech Trends 2015 looks to short-­‐circuit hype cycles, including real-­‐
world examples of the trend in action and a prescriptive section covering ‘where do you start’,” concluded Mr Hillard. ”
“The report examines tech advances not for technology’s sake, but offers a look at how advancements in IT can signiZicantly 80 percent of businesses fail interim PCI compliance
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Nearly 80 percent of all businesses fail their interim PCI compliance assessment, leaving them vulnerable to cyber attacks, according to Verizon’s 2015 PCI Compliance Report.
With more than two-­‐thirds of all purchases made with payment cards and $20 trillion in credit card transactions expected for 2015, security has become a top priority for organizations that accept credit cards. By reducing the likelihood of being breached, companies can better manage their brand, ensure consumer trust and potentially avoid hefty fees. In fact, 69 percent of all consumers are less inclined to do business with a breached organization. This year’s Zindings indicate that only 29 percent of companies are still fully PCI DSS-­‐compliant less than a year after being validated. While annual compliance and ongoing control standard maintenance remains low, there is a bright spot in the 2015 report. Almost twice as many companies were validated as compliant during their interim compliance review in 2014 as compared with 2013. According to Simonetti, “The three key areas where organizations fall out of compliance are: regularly testing security systems, maintaining secure systems and protecting stored data. Of all the data breaches studied, Verizon’s Zindings clearly show that not a single company was fully PCI DSS-­‐compliant at the time of the breach.” Additional key Zindings from the report include:
• Between 2013 and 2014, compliance increased for 11 of the 12 PCI DSS controls or, in other words, 60 percent of companies assessed in 2014 were compliant with any given Requirement.
• The average increase in compliance was 18 percentage points.
• The biggest jump in compliance was in authenticating access (Requirement 8).
• The only area where compliance fell was testing security systems (Requirement 11), from 40 percent to 33 percent.
Another troubling trend from this year’s report is that data security is still inadequate, said Simonetti. The volume and scale of data breaches in the past 12 months is proof that current security techniques are not stopping attackers — in many cases they aren’t even slowing them down. PCI DSS compliance must be viewed as part of a comprehensive information security and risk-­‐
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Atmail partners with global spam
monitoring and spam blocking
service Spamhaus
Atmail, the Australian email provider powering more than 45 million inboxes around the world, has partnered with email security experts Spamhaus to protect customers from spam.
Spamhaus is a global spam monitoring and blocking service, Ziltering malicious emails before they arrive to the server. Founded in 1988, the award winning organisation works with Law Enforcement to identify and pursue spammers worldwide, protecting over 2 billion mailboxes globally. Of the 196.3 billion emails sent globally per day, 64 per cent are spam emails, contributing 20,100,100 tons of carbon dioxide per year. You can Zind other interesting facts about email spam in this atmail infographic. Daniel Viney, the Product Manager at atmail, wants to make customers’ IT email environment safer and free from unwanted spam, and is excited about the offering the Spamhaus package to its customers: “Spamhaus is an excellent spam monitoring and blocking provider. We are very pleased to partner with Spamhaus and offer their full "Anti-­‐Spam Datafeed Service" as an option within our product stack. The company is run by expert investigators, forensic specialists and network engineers located around the world, Unisys Teams with ServiceNow
Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) has announced that it has become a global managed services partner to ServiceNow®, the enterprise cloud company, to deliver integrated service management solutions for enterprise clients around the world. Today’s digital businesses need personalised, on-­‐demand, “always on” business and IT services to support their workers, partners and clients. To meet the growing demand for those digital services, Unisys will provide new subscription-­‐based service management solutions, integrated with the ServiceNow enterprise cloud platform, as part of the Unisys Edge Service Management offerings. Unisys has also established a new ServiceNow services practice to assist clients in planning, implementing, optimising and managing ServiceNow solutions. In addition to enhancing users’ service experience, the new Unisys solutions are designed to help organisations reduce operating costs. Clients seeking to build on their current investments in the ServiceNow platform or planning a future migration will be able to draw on Unisys’ expertise in IT strategy, enterprise solution integration, service governance, mobility, big-­‐data analytics and other disciplines to enrich the services they provide. © Dialog Marketing Services 2015 | www.rustreport.com.au | newsdesk@rustreport.com.au Page 5 | March 23, 2015
James Diamond, Managing Director, ANZ Integral Ad
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Please provide a brief overview contributors to low viewability scores in some of the company? Integral Ad Science is a global campaigns is the presence of non-­‐human trafCic. This type of ad fraud often involves bots generating page impressions and the reality is media valuation platform that enables digital buyers and sellers that advertisers are paying for ads on those pages even though there is no opportunity for to assess the value of every ad opportunity across channels and screens, and make informed the ad to be seen by a real person. We spend a lot of time helping our clients to address these problems, eliminating fraud and improving decisions that maximise return on investment.Through constant viewability.
technological innovation, key partnerships, and strong client relationships, we’re driving the What are the company’s greatest challenges right now?
industry towards realising the full potential of online advertising.
Ad fraud is a constant battle. The fraudsters are always changing their techniques and its What sets the company apart from your competitors? up to us to ensure that our fraud detection capabilities are always one-­‐step ahead of the bad guys so that we can protect our Some organisations focus just on advertisers. We recently invested in a dedicated fraud lab to conduct comprehensive viewability or brand safety, while others focus just on ad fraud. At Integral Ad Science we believe that research and development that will help advance anti-­‐fraud solutions in the advertising industry. The launch of the lab, located in James Diamond
a more holistic approach needs to be taken in the process of valuing media and that’s why we take account of other metrics like Ad Seattle, extends Integral Ad Science's leadership in data science-­‐
based fraud detection and prevention solutions. clutter, geo compliance, language type, device type and contextual relevance when assessing media quality. Different metrics are important to different campaigns and so some of our clients focus on And opportunities? speciCic metrics while others use our TRAQ score that makes use of Ad Clutter, Brand Safety, and Professionalism metrics to provide one We see a big opportunity for early adopters of media quality metrics. When one brand buys up lots of high quality ad inventory it can holistic score for media quality.
Who are typical prospects/customers? mean that there competitors will get more low quality inventory. Ultimately, as all players in the industry start to trade on media quality it will drive up cost per impressions for the premium We believe that if the online advertising industry is to reach its full publishers but also reduce the number of ads needed to reach an audience.
potential buyers and sellers need to be talking a global standard for assessing and transacting on the value of digital media across all devices. Integral Ad Science is that global standard. As such, we work What are the core messages you want the marketplace to know about your company?
with everyone in the digital ecosystem, from brands and their agencies and trading desks, through to DSPs, exchanges, SSPs and Integral Ad Science is the only media valuation provider that has a publishers. We believe in the beneCits of an efCicient, transparent marketplace with information symmetry across buyers and sellers.
holistic approach to valuation. We can help advertisers to maximise media quality, programmatic buyers to adjust their targeting strategies to alleviate quality concerns and media sellers to When talking to customers/prospects what things are top of their agenda’s today? understand and assess the quality of ad inventory to so they can offer greater transparency that attracts top advertisers and maximise monetisation opportunities by pricing based on quality.
Across the industry a big topic right now is viewability. Our analysis shows that in some campaigns only 37% of ads have the opportunity to be seen. There are many reasons for this. The size of the ad, its position on the page, the environment it is served into (mobile, desktop) and how users consume content differently on different pages all impact on viewability metrics. One of the largest © Dialog Marketing Services 2015 | www.rustreport.com.au | newsdesk@rustreport.com.au Page 6 | March 23, 2015
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Check Point Introduces threat
extraction for zero malware in zero
seconds
Check Point Software Technologies has introduced Check Point Threat Extraction, a radical new security approach that proactively ensures documents are delivered to a network with zero malware in zero seconds. Attacks are evolving and increasing every day, however documents still pose one of the highest risks of infection for organisations. Companies need to implement stronger defenses against these attacks. The only way to ensure complete protection is to preemptively remove threats by reconstructing documents with known safe elements. Active content, embedded objects and other exploitable content are simultaneously extracted, and the document is then reconstructed without potential threats to provide 100% safe content. With Check Point Threat Extraction, organisations can protect themselves against both known and unknown threats.
In addition to receiving zero malware documents, organisations also need to know if they are under attack. Check Point Threat Emulation, Anti-­‐Bot, Intrusion Prevention and Antivirus complement Threat Extraction by detecting malware and providing full visibility and event information to any attack attempts. www.checkpoint.com
Interactive Intelligence launches
latest enterprise collaboration and
communications cloud services
Interactive Intelligence has launched its latest cloud services for enterprise collaboration and communications: PureCloud Collaborate and PureCloud Communicate. These latest services are delivered from the company’s new multitenant, enterprise-­‐
grade PureCloud platform designed for rapid deployment, unlimited scalability, and maximum reliability and security. The new services offer the following functionality: real-­‐time enterprise collaboration tools, integrated content management, sophisticated IP PBX, support for multiple voice, video and mobile endpoints and remote survivability With unlimited scalability and the ability to handle bursts of activity, PureCloud Collaborate and Communicate are ideal for the largest organisations, especially businesses that are highly cyclical. PureCloud Collaborate and Communicate are also ideal for SMBs that want a cost-­‐effective “pay for what you use” subscription model. PureCloud Communicate will include all PureCloud Collaborate functionality, and add sophisticated telephony features such as IP PBX, fax, audio conferencing, remote survivability and advanced phone features. http://www.inin.com.
Tenable Network Security unveils
Nessus Cloud
Tenable Network Security has released Nessus Cloud which brings the industry-­‐leading capabilities of Nessus vulnerability management to SaaS platforms and local systems in a Tenable-­‐
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Imation adds IronKey S1000
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family of USB storage devices
Imation has added the IronKey S1000 USB 3.0 Flash Drive to its IronKey product line. The S1000 builds upon IronKey’s history of providing the world’s most secure USB storage devices, offering customers a choice between IronKey’s industry-­‐leading USB 2.0 devices as well as the high-­‐performance USB 3.0 solutions. The S1000 protects Ziles with Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-­‐2 Level 3 (1) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)-­‐approved XTS-­‐AES 256-­‐bit encryption, ensuring compliance with the most stringent government and industry regulations while allowing workers to remain mobile. IronKey offers double the performance of competing hardware-­‐encrypted USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Zlash drives and has increased the capacity of its secure storage Zlash drives to 128GB, enabling users to store and retrieve the most data-­‐
intensive Ziles quickly and easily, thus increasing user productivity. The S1000 is backed by an industry-­‐leading lifetime warranty and is available in two versions for maximum Zlexibility: IronKey Basic S1000 and the centrally managed IronKey Enterprise S1000. Available through WhiteGold Solutions. Pricing begins at AUD$191 for 4GB. www.ironkey.com.
Tenable Network Security
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with Nessus Manager
Tenable Network Security has announced new capabilities for its award-­‐winning line of cybersecurity products with the availability of agent-­‐based scanning in Nessus Manager, a new and improved version of Tenable’s award-­‐winning Nessus vulnerability management platform designed with enterprise users in mind. With Nessus Agents, enterprises and government agencies can achieve and maintain compliance with security policies by discovering and assessing transient network assets and detecting vulnerabilities even when devices are not connected to the network. Nessus Agents are lightweight, self-­‐contained vulnerability assessment tools that run remotely on any Windows device — including laptops, mobile devices, and virtual systems along with desktops and servers. After downloading instructions, the agent performs a low-­‐impact scan on schedule whether the host device is connected to the network or not. The agent collects vulnerability and conZiguration information and sends the results to a central Nessus server the next time the device is connected to the network for a more complete view of asset conZiguration and compliance.The power of Nessus Agents lies in the ability to blend local and remote auditing in a single product, and eliminating the need for credentialed searches -­‐ no more opening the password vault to provision device-­‐speciZic scans. www.tenable.com
Riverbed announce NetShark and
NetProfiler
Riverbed Technology, the leader in application performance infrastructure, has announced the release of two SteelCentral network performance management solutions, NetShark and NetProZiler. These solutions provide visibility across the hybrid enterprise – data centres with a mix of public and private networks and both on-­‐premises and SaaS/cloud apps – and provide faster views of application performance. Hybrid architectures bring beneZits to organisations but create challenges with visibility needed across all networks as employees add devices to the IT environment. New features of the NetProZiler appliances include support for twice the number of de-­‐duplicated Zlows per minute and 10 times the number of analytics policies. Enhancements to the NetShark appliances include larger, redundant system and packet storage up to 72TB. SteelCentral is the only performance management and control suite that combines user experience, application and network performance management to provide the visibility needed to diagnose and cure issues before end users notice a problem.
Soprano Design expands capabilities
of SOPRANO GAMMA enterprise
mobile messaging solution
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MINSERVE is an integrated mining consultancy providing professional skills and support across all aspects of the surface mining industry. The Minserve team includes experienced users of leading mine planning and geological modelling software tools and has developed a range of in-­‐
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ADVENT ONE delivers IT solutions that address business objectives in three key areas: IT infrastructure, Fraud and Compliance, and Business Solutions. Clients range in size from small businesses to large enterprises. Clients include Clarendon Homes, Deakin University, Tupperware, Hallmark, Police Credit and Murray Goulburn to name a few. The company’s cloud environment is built on the only Uptime Institute Tier III Secure Data Centre in Australia. It has multiple redundant power feeds to the Data Centre and a generator and high capacity power backup to ensure enterprise class availability. www.adventone.com
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REVOLVING DOORS
GFI Software appoints David Dann
as General Manager APAC
GFI Software has appointed David Dann to the position of General Manager – Asia PaciZic . Based at GFI Software's regional headquarters in Adelaide, Dann was previously Financial Controller – Asia PaciZic for the company. He is now has overall responsibility for all aspects of GFI Software's regional operations, including sales, support, marketing, administration and Zinance. GFI Software provides web and mail security, archiving, fax, networking and security software to businesses and government organisations. A channel-­‐focused company, GFI Software has thousands of partners worldwide and an extensive channel network in Australia and New Zealand. One of Dann's main goals in his new position is increasing awareness of how GFI Software's solutions can ease the task and reduce the cost of common IT challenges across a range of industry and government sectors. Prior to joining GFI Software in 2006, Dann was Financial Controller for Imagination Games. He also worked as Financial Controller for UBI World TV and was Manager of Finance & IT for Global Television. Dann is currently completing the CPA Program with CPA Australia and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Adelaide.
Orion Health announces Australia
Country Manager
Population health management specialist Orion Health™ has announced the appointment of Darren Jones as its new Senior Vice President Australia. Based in Melbourne, Jones will be responsible for leading operations in Australia, and will leverage his healthcare management experience to enable the team to effectively deliver Orion Health solutions and products. Jones joins Orion Health with more than 25 years of healthcare information technology experience during which time he has worked both globally and across the Asia PaciZic region to implement large-­‐scale projects. These have ranged from individual hospital implementations through to large-­‐scale national and regional projects. Jones joins Orion Health from InterSystems, where during the course of 14 years he held several senior management positions, including Regional Managing Director for the Asia PaciZic region and also Director of Worldwide Markets. Within these roles, he has worked across all aspects of the healthcare IT business -­‐ including management, sales, implementation, support and overall customer service. Riverbed appoints Anderson as
Regional Sales Director ANZ
Riverbed has appointed Former Females in IT Chair, Terrie Anderson, as Regional Sales Director for Australia and New Zealand. Terrie has more than 20 years’ experience in the IT industry with companies including Symantec, RSA and Cisco. Most recently, Terrie held the role of Vice President Asia PaciZic Sales for software authentication platform, Entrust. Ian Raper, Regional Vice President, said the position was a new role which reZlected Riverbed’s ongoing success throughout Australia and New Zealand. He said the company had experienced a number of major client wins across both countries which was underscored by the expansion of Riverbed’s Australian headquarters, relocating from North Sydney to larger ofZices in the heart of Sydney late last year. “Terrie’s extensive experience in both the development and leadership of global sales teams will be invaluable as more companies turn to us to help them take advantage of the beneZits the hybrid enterprise has to offer,” Raper said. “She is extremely well respected in both the Australian and New Zealand IT industries and will play a pivotal role as we continue build on our recent successes.”
KEMP Technologies appoints ANZ
Territory Account Manager
KEMP Technologies has announced the appointment of Kieren Kemm as Australia/New Zealand Territory Account Manager. Based in Melbourne, Kemm will be responsible for sales and partner channel development as well as account planning in support of the company's inside sales, engineering and marketing functions in driving awareness and market traction for KEMP Server Load Balancing solutions and overall market opportunities for SDN, Microsoft's Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) replacement and WAF deployments. Kemm joins KEMP with more than 15 years' experience in IT sales, distribution and channel program development. He previously worked at Bluechip Infotech for a period of 12 years most recently in the role of Senior SMB Product Manager where he was responsible for product inventory © Dialog Marketing Services 2015 | www.rustreport.com.au | newsdesk@rustreport.com.au Page 10 | March 23, 2015
management, distribution partner development and channel program implementation. Prior, he was the Bluechip InfoTech Account Manager for Victoria and Tasmania with responsibility for all sales in the two states as well as channel recruitment and credit management.
Presence of IT appoints Shane
Grobler Co-CEO
Presence of IT, HR/Payroll and Workforce Management solutions provider, has announced the appointment of Shane Grobler as the company’s Co-­‐CEO alongside David Brookes. David Brookes, Co-­‐
CEO Presence of IT said: “Presence of IT has been very successful in the market because we adopted a specialist approach. We don’t try to be all things to all customers. We stick to what we know best and play to our strengths. “Shane’s background has been in sales and business operations, while mine has been in service delivery and support. Our customers and staff expect us to be more hands on and by dividing the function we can have a lot more focus and get a lot more done.” Grobler will be responsible for the sales, marketing, business development, and business operations, while Brookes will look after services delivery and support. The new Co-­‐
CEO model will allow Presence of IT to maximise the customer experience by ensuring a more customer-­‐centric approach. Previously, Grobler was Director, Business Transformation and Strategy for Presence of IT, joining the company in early 2013. The company’s transformation within the past couple of years has seen a signiZicant investment into execution capability and new talent across Australia, North America and Asia.
Silver Peak hires seasoned engineer
to drive Asia-Pacific expansion
across the region. Leveraging his three decades of extensive networking and telecommunications experience, Farndale will lead operations, channel partnerships and sales for Silver Peak in the region. Throughout his career, Farndale has held senior positions in sales, engineering, product management, business development, marketing, alliances, and services. Based in Singapore for 15 years and operating across APAC, Australia and New Zealand for 22 years, recently he worked closely with various start-­‐ups focused on public and hybrid cloud solutions. Earlier in his career, Farndale set up the APAC-­‐Japan cloud services strategy for Cisco, prior to which he worked for StrataCom. He has also held engineering, pre-­‐
sales and management roles in Europe with Texas Instruments and Case Communications.
BAE Systems Applied Intelligence
appoints Rajiv Shah as GM Australia
BAE Systems Applied Intelligence has appointed Rajiv Shah as General Manager for Australia to focus on executing the business’ growth strategy in Australia, particularly in the government, Zinancial services, telecommunications and energy sectors. Rajiv has more than 16 years’ experience in the technology industry, working with commercial and government sector customers to design and implement leading edge information intelligence solutions which help organisations in the hyperconnected world to protect and enhance their critical assets. Rajiv started at BAE Systems Applied Intelligence in 1996 as a technical consultant. He has held several positions with the company across the UK, US and Australia including: Head of Operations, National Security business unit; Head of Delivery and Operations, Electronic Systems Group; Head of Communications, Data and Security Solutions; and Telecommunications Sector Lead, Asia PaciZic. Silver Peak has appointed Doug Farndale as Vice president Asia-­‐
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