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• Aussie businesses want an open IoT ecosystem

  IoT decision makers are putting a high priority on open standards for data and connectivity and on open source software standards.

• ​HP rules as Aussie PC market bounces back

  Tech giant largely aided by superior performance in education and public sector.

• Server growth remains healthy in Q2, despite fall in midrange systems

  During the period, vendors together saw their server revenue grow by 6.1 per cent year over year, to $US13.5 billion. Meanwhile, server shipments increased 3.2 per cent from a year ago.

• Chinese vendors triple smartphone share in India

  Chinese vendors tripled shipments year-on-year in the second quarter in the Indian market, indicating that low-cost vendors are posing a challenge to global players like Apple in a very price-sensitive market.

• Android vulnerabilities are scary, but could be a blessing in disguise

  The headlines, as ever, were alarming an Android vulnerability that could compromise a phone with nothing more than a malicious text message? With no user input? That's enough to curdle the blood of the hardiest admin.

• IDC cuts forecast for mobile management software sales

  Sales of mobile management software will grow at a slower pace over the next few years but will still top $2.9 billion in 2019, according to IDC's latest forecast.

• PC makers tighten inventories, remain edgy about Windows 10

  Skittish about the impact of Windows 10, including the free upgrade-from-Windows-7-and-8.1 offer, computer makers drew down inventories and sent PC shipments plummeting in the June quarter, IDC said today.

• PC shipments decline worldwide as market readies for Windows 10

  Worldwide PC shipments in the second quarter of 2015 declined 11.8 percent compared to the same period a year ago, according to a report released by IDC on Thursday.

• Amazon makes it easier to test mobile apps in its cloud

  At the AWS Summit in New York on Thursday officials with the cloud vendor announced a new service that allows developers to test mobile applications on a range of devices.

• Data silos limit insights and raise costs: IDC

  Data silos within Asia Pacific organisations are raising IT costs and security risks, while limiting the ability of organisations to make insight-based decisions, according to IDC research released on Tuesday.

• MapR 5.0 Hadoop supports real-time applications

  With a focus on real-time applications, MapR Technologies took the wraps off the 5.0 version of its Hadoop distribution.

• HDS adds to advanced analytics portfolio with Pentaho buy

  Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) closed its acquisition of data integration, visualization and analytics specialist Pentaho, building on its growing presence in Internet of Things (IoT), operational technology (OT), big data and machine-to-machine (M2M) analytics.

• HDS adds to advanced analytics portfolio with Pentaho buy

  Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) closed its acquisition of data integration, visualization and analytics specialist Pentaho, building on its growing presence in Internet of Things (IoT), operational technology (OT), big data and machine-to-machine (M2M) analytics.

• HDS adds to advanced analytics portfolio with Pentaho buy

  Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) today closed its acquisition of data integration, visualization and analytics specialist Pentaho, building on its growing presence in Internet of Things (IoT), operational technology (OT), big data and machine-to-machine (M2M) analytics.

• Apple may have a 2-in-1 in the works

  Is Apple planning some variation of a 2-in-1 device that would combine the iPad with a detachable keyboard?