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Consumer confidence is high leading into Christmas trading, with spending expected to be up on last year, but tech isn't top of Santa's list.

A US private equity firm has taken a major stake in Kiwi global payment solutions provider Transaction Services Group, which includes Debitsuccess.

The feature allows businesses to show users their Page is authentic, and shows users they're interacting with the authentic Page of a business.

United States telecommunications service provider D&S Communications has acquired the assets of Mako Networks from the company's receivers.

Hesitant consumers are prompting a 1% drop in global device shipments, with only mobile phones bucking the trend, Gartner reports.

IT security spend will soften this year as US exchange rate-driven price increases of up to 20% and commoditisation of mature technologies bite.

ESET has bolstered its encryption abilities with the acquisition of award winning encryption company, DESlock+ as demand for the technology soars.

LiveTiles lists on ASX, eyes rapid partner network growth and 'very large addressable market' of SharePoint's 200 million users.

Cloud-based document and email management company NetDocuments is launching two new data centres in Australia, in a colocation deal with NextDC.

Wi-Fi on public transport is driving mobile transactions, with Juniper Research warning online sales are not just for pure play online retailers.

SSL description was the most common type of attack at hot tourist destinations, while Android devices are more likely to be exposed than iOS.

eDMs don't work. They invade people's inboxes. They can get labelled as spam. They're more expensive and less effective than editorial integration.

Cloud-based email security, management and hosting specialist Mailprotector eyes voice and data resellers following distie deal with VExpress.

Certus Solutions has appointed Kiwi businessman Trevor Janes as its new chair, to help drive the IBM system integrator's growth.

Unleashed Software, a trans-Tasman SaaS developer, has secured USD $4.5 million in new capital, marking its most significant funding round to date.

Hortonworks is 'significantly' expanding its Australian operations in an effort to drive adoption of enterprise Apache Hadoop throughout Asia Pacific.

VMware Horizon Air expands to Australia, setting the stage as the industry's top distributed desktop-as-a-service provider.

IT and security management can no longer count on well-defined network security perimeters to protect their organisations.

Wynyard currently expects revenue in the range of $40 to $45 million for FY15. Wynyard reported revenue of $26 million in FY14.

Cisco has partnered with a university in the United States to improve online communication security, including securing VoIP systems.