
Vocus to Roll Out 1.6 Tb/s Technology with Ciena’s WaveLogic 6
Upgrade will improve network power efficiency and boost capacity to support cloud and AI demands.

Property Price Growth to Slow in 2024 Before Bouncing Back in 2025: Oxford Economics Australia
2024 is expected to be a softer year for home prices than last year, increasing a muted 2.7%. Leading the pack, Perth’s property market is expected to outperform over the next three years.

Constant Contact Appoints New Leadership in APAC to Accelerate Growth in the Region
Renée Chaplin joins organisation as VP of APAC to help drive local adoption of Constant Contact and to scale its international business.

Rubrik Appoints Abhilash Purushothaman GM and VP Asia
Antoine Le Tard, Vice President, Rubrik APJ, said the role was a newly created position where Purushothaman will lead the business in India, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and across ASEAN.

Rubrik Zero Labs Finds Almost Two-Thirds of Australian Businesses Would Pay Ransomware Demand
Rubrik Zero Labs commissioned its second global study with Wakefield Research to gather insights from more than 1,600 IT and security leaders—half of which were CIOs and CISOs—across 10 countries. This study was supplemented by Rubrik telemetry, combining both qualitative and quantitative data.

Macquarie Data Centres Supersizes New Data Centre for Hyperscalers and AI
The expansion reflects Macquarie Data Centres’ ambitious expansion plans to meet rapidly rising demand for power and data-hungry AI workloads in Australia while creating the ideal home for hyperscale cloud customers.

University of Auckland Leverages Rimini ONE™
Rimini ONE™ enables the university to focus its IT workforce and budget toward a planned migration to a next generation composable ERP platform designed to expand learning program capabilities
Watterson partners with Football Writer’s Festival
Australian communications consultancy, Watterson, has partnered with Australia’s only sports writers’ festival – The Football Writers Festival – taking place ahead of the 2023 Women’s World cup in Australia/NZ.

WA’s regional energy provider partners with Macquarie to reduce data centre footprint
Macquarie Telecom and Macquarie Cloud Services, part of Macquarie Telecom Group (ASX: MAQ), have signed a deal with Horizon Power to transition its workloads to a private cloud environment and reduce its data centre footprint.

Coates Teams Up with AFLW and A-League Women’s Squads for 2023
Australia's leading equipment hire and solutions company will also offer athletes from the NAB AFLW, the Newcastle Jets Women’s and the Perth Glory Women’s A-League teams a pathway to a career with Coates. The company is targeting a female participation rate of 25 per cent in its workforce and management by 2025.
ENGIE Impact report: Australian Organisations scoring "quick wins" on decarbonisation but barriers to Net Zero remain
ENGIE Impact’s 2023 Net Zero Report finds that majority of Australian organisations are not meeting their ambitious decarbonisation goals.
Profectus Group Appoints New CIO
The appointment of Abhinov Gulati to the newly-created position will help build out the company’s technology stack and offerings, and accelerate its push into global markets

Coates Talent League to take off in 2023
Australia’s premier under-18 football pathway competition for boys and girls in the eastern states has a new naming rights partner and a new name, with Australia’s leading equipment hire and solutions provider Coates coming on board to support the Coates Talent League from 2023.
Profectus signs ANZ-exclusive reseller agreement with Xelix
Agreement brings world leading AI-powered real-time auditing toolset and reconciliation automation software to Australia and NZ for the first time, enabling Profectus to expand its market reach locally

Pax8 Announces First Annual Global Partner Event – Beyond 2023
With the theme, “One Community, Infinite Innovation,” the three-day event content is curated specifically for partners, aimed at helping them grow their businesses, increase efficiencies, and reduce risks so their businesses can thrive.
Climate Change Driving up Aussie Insurance Premiums: Decision Inc. Australia
Decision Inc. Australia’s analysis reveals that increased insurance premiums will be around for Australians “for a while yet”, adding to cost-of-living pressures for everyday Australians and additional inflationary headwinds for businesses.

Profectus Group appoints CMO to Establish Marketing Function from Scratch
The leading technology-driven services provider of compliance and recovery solutions also hires a new marketing manager to greenfield a marketing division; part of CEO’s vision to become a marketing-led organisation.

WLTH Supports Company Expansion Roadmap With Boomi
Australian fintech WLTH is using the Boomi to create an integrated data foundation to support its growth roadmap, including the launch and expansion of its finance and payments business, and future mergers and acquisitions.