Ruckus Wireless has flagged some key opportunities within the diverse range of approaches to developing smart cities worldwide, and is set to capitalize on these with a new IoT access network launched at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.The firm said its Ruckus IoT Suite allowed organizations to readily build a secure IoT access network that... Continue Reading →

Nutanix has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire San Francisco based application visibility specialist Netsiln, as part of a push to address growing complexity resulting from the rise in multi-cloud adoption.Netsil offers a set of application discovery and operations management tools that enable improved observability in current distributed cloud environments. The closing of the... Continue Reading →

Avaya has boosted its cloud-based collaboration portfolio with the completion of the acquisition of Seattle-based contact centre-as-a-service specialist Spoken Communications. Spoken offers a suite of customer experience management applications, powered by conversational artificial intelligence capabilities. In addition, the purchase of the Spoken platform and intellectual property – comprising some 170 patents and patent applications –... Continue Reading →

Spark New Zealand is heading out onto the farm, extending its long-range Internet of Things network beyond urban centres after signing agri-tech business Levno as the network’s first customer. The new network, due to launch later this month, was scheduled to cover New Zealand’s top 20 urban centres, but has now been extended to cover... Continue Reading →

The government-owned company building Australia's national broadband network has moved to quell concerns around its performance, launching what it called a "monthly progress report" it says will allow Australians to track its performance.According to the NBN Co, the report documents its performance in "improving its service quality, co-operation with industry partners and progress with the... Continue Reading →