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From a security perspective IoT devices are fundamentally flawed. And the bad guys are getting pretty good at exploiting them.

The global smartphone market experienced growth in Q4 2016, with vendors shipping a total of 428.5 million units, according to IDC.

The Government of India is working to bring cost-effective broadband services to all its citizens, through the use of white spaces.

5G service will have 25 million subscriptions globally, with the U.S, China, Japan and South Korea dominating the market.

UCWeb has gone through what it calls a 'strategic' change in its business, and has now appointed a new general manager, Damon Xi.

Local partners and customers turned out for Avaya Engage in Dubai last week, where transformation - including that of Avaya - was a key focus.

The Dijbouti Data Center will support China Telecom Global's expansion and the Southeast Asia-Middle East-Western Europe (SEA-ME-WE 5) cable.

Microsoft's acquisition of LinkedIn has been cleared by the European Commission, completing all necessary regulatory approvals for the deal.

Large scale investments by global organisations set to fuel growth in APAC's data center network infrastructure market.

Vendor revenue in the global server market declined 7% YoY to $12.5bn in Q3, with Japan and APeJ experiencing the only growth.

The Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman, Kate Carnell, has launched an inquiry into the late payment of small businesses.

Hong Kong telco PCCW Global has chosen an African data center to further colocation and undersea fibre networks in Asia, Africa, Middle East & Europe.

Avnet becomes key global distributor for HGST in China, offering a range of hard-disk drives and storage products.

Ovum's ICT Enterprise Insights 2016/17 report shows a clear desire to use emerging Internet of Things technologies.

Global market for big data and business analytics set to exceed $203bn by 2020, says IDC forecast. Banking and manufacturing driving growth.

Traff1k D1g1tal has become one of the country's latest international success stories, and now the company has been recognised by Amy Adams.

Technavio recently released a report that details the forecast for the global data center infrastructure management (DCIM) market.

The market is growing significantly with major contributions from cloud service providers (CSPs) & telecommunication & colocation service providers.

These factors have really affected the demand for advanced and efficient network and cyber security solutions.

Radware has been positioned as a leader in Gartner's 2016 Magic Quadrant for Application Delivery Controllers.