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Amazon has acquired Ring, a prominent smart home security company, aiming to make security devices more accessible and fight crime in neighbourhoods globally.

Amazon introduced over 50 tools in 2019 to support SMBs, leading to a 20% increase in firms surpassing USD $1 million in sales, boosting global SMB growth.

As luxury car brands move away from their own voice assistants to partnering with Google or Amazon, we may find Alexa riding with us all soon.

Smart speakers have moved into people’s homes and are ready to pay off as smart networks begin to spread throughout the household.

Following the trend set by Vodafone and Spark, 2degrees is trying to lure customers into a contract with the promise of access to streaming content.

While these vendors have had great success in the market, other vendors like Samsung, Huawei, and Apple have failed to capitalise.

Kim Voon claims New Zealand companies need to get off their bums and get on with adopting new marketing tech or face being left behind by their global peers.

Global demand for data surge fuels a boom in hyperscale data centres, with 132 new facilities set to bolster the current 430, a rise led by Amazon and Google.

One of the larger scandals within IT circles took place this year with Bloomberg firing shots at Supermicro - now Supermicro is firing back.

There was a lot to unpack at the Canalys APAC Channels Forum keynote. This long-form piece tries to cover all the most relevant points for ANZ.

Amazon QLDB is a new class of database that provides a transparent, immutable, and cryptographically verifiable ledger.

The old proverb ‘you have to spend money to make money’ could never be truer than in the hyperscale data centre industry.

A 'technical error' at Amazon has exposed customer names and email addresses, leaving many irate and questioning if it was a data breach.

Amazon's potential separation from AWS may not have a significant impact on the cloud market, says Unitas Global's Grant Kirkwood.

New Zealanders pay US$5.99 for Amazon Prime Video but get fewer titles compared to the US, which has the largest library at US$12.99 per month.

While the market is seeing strong growth, it's coming at the expense of small-to-medium sized cloud operators.

Larry Ellison claims the rest of the cloud market is based on decade old technology with poor security, comparing Oracle's new offering with Amazon.

Supermicro vows to test its motherboards for alleged spy chips amid strong denials from Apple and AWS, who demand Bloomberg retract its claims.

Gartner predicts that AI projects will remain alchemy, face recognition will reduce missing people, and social media scandals will have little impact.

The dust still hasn't settled on the report that caused Supermicro's stocks to collapse, and now Apple is stressing its innocence.