Chief Executive Officer (CEO) stories - Page 103
Oracle provider PrimeQ appoints David MacLeod to its board
Mon, 19th Feb 2018
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cloud services
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oracle
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primeq
In addition to his governance role, MacLeod will work closely with the PrimeQ NZ management team in a mentoring and business development capacity.
NBN Co names Paul Tyler as its new chief customer officer
Thu, 8th Feb 2018
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smartphones
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uc
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dei
NBN Co has appointed Paul Tyler as its new chief customer officer for business, taking over from the retiring John Simon; Karina Keisler also set to depart.
Alibaba sets out to eradicate poverty in China through eCommerce
Mon, 5th Feb 2018
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martech
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commerce systems
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alibaba
Alibaba launches a CNY ¥10 billion fund to lift impoverished Jeminay County through eCommerce, enhancing agricultural sales and infrastructure development.
Hitachi Vantara announces key executive promotions
Fri, 2nd Feb 2018
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storage
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cto
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hitachi
Hitachi Vantara promotes Brian Householder to CEO and Scott Kelly to COO, effective April 1, 2018, as current CEO Ryuichi Otsuki steps into new roles.
Huawei Australia appoints new CEO to push 5G and IoT
Thu, 1st Feb 2018
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uc
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iot
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5g & beyond
The company says the appointment is in line with their global practice of rotating senior executives across different countries.
TechnologyOne pumps $49.9 million into R&D
Wed, 31st Jan 2018
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r&d
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culture
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technologyone
The R&D investment exceeds the market average of approximately 12% and equates to 18% of the company’s revenue.
Tourists feel the chill of Antarctica in Air NZ’s next safety video
Wed, 31st Jan 2018
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martech
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cleantech
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digital marketing
Air NZ’s next safety video will highlight the fundamental importance of Antarctica in understanding global climate change.
IT salaries on the rise, gender pay gap getting smaller
Tue, 30th Jan 2018
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dei
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healthtech
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westpac
New Zealand sees a 10% rise in IT salaries to NZD $90,000, while the gender pay gap narrows to 4.5%, down from 7.2% in 2015.
NZ-developed paging solution goes live in North Shore and Waitakere Hospitals
Tue, 23rd Jan 2018
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healthtech
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alcidion
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smartpage
Smartpage is comprised of three software modules, for clinical, orderly and emergency staff messaging and task management, delivered via the cloud.
Enterprise finance applications finding their way to the cloud - MYOB
Tue, 23rd Jan 2018
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fintech
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financial systems
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erp
Mid-to-large enterprises are rapidly adopting pure cloud-based finance solutions, driving productivity and profitability gains, reports Gartner.
HPE helps Eni deploy world’s most powerful industrial supercomputer
Fri, 19th Jan 2018
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datacentre infrastructure
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digital transformation
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hyperscale
Installed at the oil and gas company’s green data centre, the new HPC4 supercomputer has a peak performance of 18.6 petaflops.
NTT MSC launches new state-of-the-art data center expansion
Fri, 19th Jan 2018
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hyperscale
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dc
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colocation
NTT MSC celebrates launch of Cyberjaya4 Annex Data Center, expanding Malaysia's role as regional data center hub.
Aus payments fintech Verrency signs long-term agreement with UnionPay
Fri, 19th Jan 2018
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fintech
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martech
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commerce systems
Australian fintech Verrency has inked a long-term deal with UnionPay International to integrate its value-added services into UnionPay's UPI Wallet across Asia.
Digital Realty appoints Erich Sanchack as EVP
Thu, 18th Jan 2018
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hyperscale
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colocation
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centurylink
Digital Realty appoints Erich Sanchack as Executive Vice President, Operations, overseeing global portfolio operations and service implementation.
McAfee named a ‘Leader’ in Magic Quadrant for IDPS
Tue, 16th Jan 2018
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casb
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cybersecurity
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mcafee
The inclusion of the company in the Leader category is based on Gartner’s criteria, including completeness of vision and ability to execute.
McAfee completes acquisition of SkyHigh Networks
Mon, 8th Jan 2018
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cloud security
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iaas
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multi-cloud
McAfee finalises its acquisition of Skyhigh Networks, bolstering its cloud security offerings with advanced CASB technology under its new cloud business unit.
The importance of IT firepower to business outcomes & how to get it
Mon, 18th Dec 2017
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hpe
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hudsonalpha
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composable infrastructure
HudsonAlpha wants to help eradicate childhood genetic disorders and cancer – but do that, it needed a more flexible infrastructure.
Megaport's latest collaboration with IBM Cloud
Fri, 8th Dec 2017
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public cloud
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cloud services
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ibm
IBM partners with Megaport to offer high-speed network connections to IBM Cloud from any of Megaport's 179 global data centers.
Hosted Network appoints Aileen Paterson as new channel head
Thu, 7th Dec 2017
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edge computing
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partner programmes
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managed services
Paterson will be driving the strategy and execution across our partner channel and full accountability for sales revenues and service usage.
Digital Realty bolsters renewable energy initiatives
Wed, 6th Dec 2017
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power / energy
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cleantech
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digital realty
Digital Realty to source 324,000 MWh of renewable energy annually for US data centres via new solar and wind deals. Asia expansion details remain unclear.