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Bulk messaging company SMSGlobal has been directed by Australia’s communication and media services regulator to comply with anti-scam rules after finding it breached the Reducing Scam Calls and Scam SMs Industry Code. 

IBM has expanded its Australia and New Zealand senior leadership team with the appointment of Dane Gambrill as Principal, Security Business Leader.

The company will address critical agility and specialisation shortages facing enterprises and consulting firms

Outsized, a global leader in the high-end Independent talent market has announced its strategic expansion into the Australian and New Zealand (ANZ) region. With a network of over 30,000 independent consultants and skilled contractors, Outsized is as the only on-demand talent platform specialising in high-end roles.

COMPANY NEWS:  Kore.ai, a leader in enterprise conversational and generative AI platform technology, today announced the appointment of Richard Oldham as Head of Pre-Sales and Technology for Australia and New Zealand further advancing the company’s presence in the region.

COMPANY NEWS: This is despite 81 per cent of security executives rating their cybersecurity defence as good or excellent

IT service provider Interactive has appointed Angela Logan-Bell as the new Head of Sales for Cloud.

Digital workflow company ServiceNow has announced new leadership in Australia and New Zealand with the appointment of Barry Dietrich as Group VP ANZ from the start of June, and former Telstra head David Thodey AO in a strategic advisory role.

Ingram Micro, American distributor of information technology products and services, has promoted Leon De Suza to the position of Managing Director for New Zealand.

An apparent focus by New Zealand’s four major banks on maintaining profit margins has resulted in ongoing underinvestment in their core technology platforms, according to the draft report from the from the market study just released by the country’s competition regulator the Commerce Commission.

Consumer electronics brand TCL Electronics, and the world's number two TV brand, has announced the world's largest QD-Mini LED TV set will be released in Australia and New Zealand later this year, the enormous 115" X955 television.

GUEST RESEARCH: Edge cloud platform Fastly has launched its new cybersecurity report which uncovered the staggering impacts of cyberattacks on businesses across the globe with Australia and New Zealand suffering an average of 49 known cyberattacks this year.

Australian Payments Plus (AP) has announced that its digital identity solution ConnectID is now available, marking an important step in helping "everyone in Australia to protect themselves from fraud and identity theft". 

ITWireTV speaks with Paessler regional manager APAC Felix Berndt about Paessler's recent research with Intuit on sustainability practices and ESG, trends in ANZ organisations, and the drivers of major organisations in our region.

Fashion production, food processing and packaging are some of the industries to have faced heightened scrutiny in recent years as a growing global consciousness has emerged regarding the environmental impact of their manufacturing processes.

GUEST INTERVIEW: With ANZ and NAB just two of the 270+ banks worldwide running on Intellect Design Arena's platform, iTWire spoke with COO of Global Transaction Banking, Uppili Srinivasan, to learn more!

GUEST INTERVIEW: With ANZ and NAB just two of the 270+ banks worldwide running on Intellect Design Arena's platform, iTWire spoke with COO of Global Transaction Banking, Uppili Srinivasan, to learn more!

COMPANY NEWS: Cameron Anderson, new General Manager - Acer Australia Commercial Business and Acer New Zealand, discusses new business model

Acer Australia and New Zealand recently announced several senior management appointments and a new business model to accelerates its local growth strategy. Acer’s local business now features three distinct business units: Commercial, Retail and Distribution and, under the new model, will strengthen its presence in the Education, Government and Corporate sectors, with a dedicated sales and support team focused on client engagement and growth. Senior appointments and promotions
include:

• Cameron Anderson, General Manager – Acer Australia Commercial Business and Acer New Zealand
• Anna Viengkham, National Retail Business Manager, heading up Acer’s new Retail Business Unit
• Ali Lokhandwala, Channel Sales Manager for the Channel and Distribution Business Unit

 iTwire had a quick chat with Cameron Anderson who spoke about the restructure and the new appointments.

Enterprise software vendor Oracle has appointed Stephen Bovis as its new regional managing director for Australia and New Zealand.

With the new year underway, 2023 will deliver several significant developments for the industry on the cloud and data fronts. cloud storage and data fabric provider, NetApp, has a watch list for cloud trends, courtesy of NetApp ANZ VP and MD Matt Hurford.

GUEST RESEARCH: ManageEngine, the enterprise IT management division of Zoho Corporation, today presented the results of its new global survey, IT at work: 2022 and beyond.