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Sliced Tech to host BlackBerry SecuSUITE in Australia

Sliced Tech has partnered with BlackBerry in Australia to host its secure communications portfolio, SecuSuite for Government. The partnership allows BlackBerry to offer a locally-hosted managed service to Australian government agencies and address data sovereignty concerns.

BlackBerry

·5 years ago

Facebook may stop sharing of news stories in Australia

Australia is drafting a new regulation that Facebook says misunderstands the dynamics of the internet and will do damage to the very news organisations the government is trying to protect. In response, Facebook has said Australian users will no longer be able to post news stories on its platforms in protest of proposed media bargaining legislation.

News

·5 years ago

Huawei cancels Canberra Raiders sponsorship

Huawei has quit its major sponsorship of rugby league club the Canberra Raiders in Australia, decrying the "continued negative business environment" towards the company in the country. The company, which sponsored the Raiders for almost a decade, signed a new two-year deal to be the main sponsor of the club last year, but will end the deal one year early at the conclusion of the 2020 season.

Huawei

·5 years ago

Huawei Mate Xs 5G available to pre-order in Australia

The Huawei Mate Xs 5G is now available to pre-order from today (14th March, 2020) in Australia. Huawei Mate Xs 5G is a luxury foldable smartphone, and a reworked version of Huawei’s smartphone that unfolds into a tablet, which directly competes with Samsung’s Galaxy Fold rather than the South Korean firm’s newer, smaller Galaxy Z Flip folding phone.

Devices and OS Huawei

·5 years ago

BlackBerry oppose Baby company using the letters BB

BlackBerry has filed an opposition to Australian company Baby Bunting's application for a logo representing "the silhouettes of two pregnant women".

BlackBerry

·5 years ago

Reece Group deploys BlackBerry Cylance

Security consultant Cyber Risk has signed a deal with Australian plumbing and bathroom supplies distributor Reece Group, centred around Reece’s adoption of BlackBerry Cylance’s platform, with Cyber Risk advising on tuning in best operational practices, developing the zones and policies before deployment, and contributing to the development of a proof of concept.

BlackBerry

·6 years ago

Microsoft and ServiceNow announce strategic partnership

Microsoft and ServiceNow today announced a broader strategic partnership intended to significantly enhance the integration and optimisation of the companies’ products, platform and cloud capabilities.

US Microsoft

·6 years ago

BlackBerry KEY2 and KEY2 LE available in Australia in June

TCL has announced that it will be launching the BlackBerry KEY2 and KEY2 LE in Australia in June. BlackBerry KEY2 will be available in both black and red editions, while the KEY2 will only be available in black.

BlackBerry Devices and OS

·6 years ago

BlackBerry Cylance to obtain IRAP certification

BlackBerry Cylance, a business unit of BlackBerry, today announced that it has completed an Australian Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) assessment by an accredited IRAP auditor.

BlackBerry

·6 years ago

BlackBerry Helps Advance Skin Cancer Research with Melanoma Institute Australia

BlackBerry has teamed up with Optus Business in the deployment of BlackBerry Workspaces, for medical research organisation, Melanoma Institute Australia (MIA).

BlackBerry

·7 years ago

Apple says no personal customer data exposed or compromised in Teenager hack

We reported Thursday how an Australian teenager pleaded guilty to hacking into Apple's servers after the company notified authorities of the intrusion. Apple has issued a press statement Friday confirming that no personal customer data was exposed or compromised in the incident.

Apple

·7 years ago

BlackBerry appoints David Nicol managing director across Australia and New Zealand

BlackBerry has appointed David Nicol as managing director across Australia and New Zealand. Nicol was previously director of cloud services and new business at Citrix since January 2017, having joined the vendor in May 2013 as the director of field sales, before becoming director of workspace product sales in 2015.

BlackBerry

·7 years ago

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