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Actor & Advocate Marilee Talkington Receives 2024 Helen Keller Achievement Award

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) is pleased to announce actor Marilee Talkington will be among those to receive the prestigious Helen Keller Achievement Award, which AFB will present during a special evening ceremony on April 18th in Los Angeles.

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  • WASHINGTON, Feb. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) is pleased to announce actor Marilee Talkington will be among those to receive the prestigious Helen Keller Achievement Award, which AFB will present during a special evening ceremony on April 18th in Los Angeles.
  • An acclaimed actor and activist for performers with disabilities, AFB recognizes Talkington for her continued contribution to breaking down barriers for people with disabilities in the performing arts.
  • Since 1994, the Helen Keller Achievement Award has recognized the finest thought leaders, change-makers, and performing artists committed to carrying on Keller's mission to create a world of full and equal inclusion for people with disabilities.
  • In addition to publishing the Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness (JVIB), AFB is also the proud steward of the Helen Keller Archive on www.afb.org .

Hybrid Work Lifts Microsoft Cloud Use in Australia

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Thursday, May 4, 2023

The 2023 ISG Provider Lens™ Microsoft Cloud Ecosystem report for Australia finds the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated cloud migrations at many organizations seeking to support remote work, cut costs and become more agile.

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  • The 2023 ISG Provider Lens™ Microsoft Cloud Ecosystem report for Australia finds the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated cloud migrations at many organizations seeking to support remote work, cut costs and become more agile.
  • “The Microsoft cloud ecosystem is helping Australia become a true work-from-anywhere economy by providing solutions that make both remote and in-office employees more effective,” said Ben Rossiter, ISG technology modernization lead in Australia.
  • The rise of hybrid work has sharpened Australian firms’ focus on employee experience, increasing adoption of Microsoft Teams and Viva, the report says.
  • Providers are now moving clients onto Microsoft 365 solutions faster using new Microsoft starter templates and blueprints, the report says.

Enhanced Gridsmart Cameras Introduce HDR Technology into Cubic’s ITS Product Suite

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Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Built with durability, the enhanced cameras provide all road users with a safer and more efficient intersection experience.

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  • Built with durability, the enhanced cameras provide all road users with a safer and more efficient intersection experience.
  • “These third-generation cameras have capabilities that improve image quality in challenging conditions, empowering traffic agencies with an improved product for road safety.”
    The enhanced Gridsmart cameras continue the evolution of Cubic’s ITS portfolio of congestion management solutions.
  • The FE3 is an enhancement of the Gridsmart iconic fisheye camera and now includes multi-exposure High Dynamic Range (HDR) technology that improves image quality in challenging, variable lighting conditions.
  • These enhanced cameras will begin shipping at the end of April and require Gridsmart software version 23.1.

ServiceNow’s Rapid Rise Empowers Australian Enterprises

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Friday, March 31, 2023

“ServiceNow is one of the biggest enterprise technology success stories of the past few years,” said Michael Gale, ISG partner.

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  • “ServiceNow is one of the biggest enterprise technology success stories of the past few years,” said Michael Gale, ISG partner.
  • Relatively easy configuration and ease of use by non-technical employees are important criteria for enterprises embarking on transformations.
  • In Australia, as in other countries, providers are scrambling and competing to build out resources to meet the rising demand.
  • The report also explores several other trends in the Australian ServiceNow ecosystem, such as increasing mergers and acquisitions and a set of challenges ServiceNow faces in building its ecosystem.

Public Cloud Drives Transformation at Australian Firms

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Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Cloud services are becoming especially critical to Australian enterprises that face challenges in maintaining critical SAP workloads, ISG says.

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  • Cloud services are becoming especially critical to Australian enterprises that face challenges in maintaining critical SAP workloads, ISG says.
  • Even though Australia is a global cloud leader, its cloud services market is far from saturated, ISG says.
  • “New cloud products and capabilities are announced nearly every day.”
    The report also examines other public cloud trends in Australia, such as increasingly automated capabilities and the rising importance of sustainability.
  • The 2022 ISG Provider Lens™ Public Cloud — Solutions and Services report for Australia evaluates the capabilities of 36 providers across four quadrants: Consulting and Transformation Services, Managed Public Cloud Services, Hyperscale Infrastructure and Platform Services and SAP HANA Infrastructure Services.

Australia’s March to the Cloud Energizes AWS Ecosystem

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Wednesday, January 25, 2023

The 2023 ISG Provider Lens™ AWS Ecosystem Partners report for Australia finds that the country is a leading market for cloud adoption but its cloud market is far from being saturated.

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  • The 2023 ISG Provider Lens™ AWS Ecosystem Partners report for Australia finds that the country is a leading market for cloud adoption but its cloud market is far from being saturated.
  • AWS has been expanding its presence in Australia since opening its first location in Sydney in 2012, the report says.
  • “AWS and its partner ecosystem are growing to support even higher demand for cloud services to meet new challenges.”
    A severe IT labor shortage in Australia has heightened the need for managed services to support enterprise cloud strategies, ISG says.
  • The 2023 ISG Provider Lens™ AWS Ecosystem Partners report for Australia evaluates the capabilities of 37 providers across six quadrants: AWS Managed Services, AWS SAP Workloads, AWS Data Analytics and Machine Learning, AWS Internet of Things (IoT) Services, AWS Migration Services and AWS Consulting Services.

MITRE Australia Announces Collaborations with University Partners to Accelerate Innovation

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Thursday, December 1, 2022

accords, MITRE Australia signed agreements with new collaboration partners to foster development of whole-of-nation solutions that strengthen the defense of Australia, as well as security and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region.

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  • accords, MITRE Australia signed agreements with new collaboration partners to foster development of whole-of-nation solutions that strengthen the defense of Australia, as well as security and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region.
  • The new agreements include the Australian National University, University of New South Wales (UNSW), University of Adelaide, and Flinders University.
  • Professor Keith Nugent, deputy vice chancellor, research & innovation, The Australian National University, said, We welcome MITRE to Australia and look forward to working together to forge new engagements with the U.S. as partners under the AUKUS agreement.
  • In March 2022, MITRE established its first international applied research center The MITRE Center for Information Integrity & Defense within Lot Fourteen in Adelaide, South Australia.

Managed Services Market worth $354.8 billion by 2026 - Exclusive Report by MarketsandMarkets™

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Monday, July 25, 2022

The emergence of technologies, such as AI, ML, and analytics, are fueling the managed services adoption rate in applications, such as managed security, managed network, managed data center and IT infrastructure, managed communication and collaboration, managed mobility, and managed information services.

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  • The emergence of technologies, such as AI, ML, and analytics, are fueling the managed services adoption rate in applications, such as managed security, managed network, managed data center and IT infrastructure, managed communication and collaboration, managed mobility, and managed information services.
  • The increasing need to integrate complex IT infrastructure and digitization drives the adoption of managed data centers and IT infrastructure.
  • Australia, India, Japan, New Zealand, and China are the major contributors to the managed services market in the region.
  • Retails and consumer goods, healthcare, manufacturing, and telecom and IT are the top verticals contributing to the managed services market in the region.

Managed Services Market worth $354.8 billion by 2026 - Exclusive Report by MarketsandMarkets™

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Monday, July 25, 2022

The emergence of technologies, such as AI, ML, and analytics, are fueling the managed services adoption rate in applications, such as managed security, managed network, managed data center and IT infrastructure, managed communication and collaboration, managed mobility, and managed information services.

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  • The emergence of technologies, such as AI, ML, and analytics, are fueling the managed services adoption rate in applications, such as managed security, managed network, managed data center and IT infrastructure, managed communication and collaboration, managed mobility, and managed information services.
  • The increasing need to integrate complex IT infrastructure and digitization drives the adoption of managed data centers and IT infrastructure.
  • Australia, India, Japan, New Zealand, and China are the major contributors to the managed services market in the region.
  • Retails and consumer goods, healthcare, manufacturing, and telecom and IT are the top verticals contributing to the managed services market in the region.

Digiarty Kicks off Summer with up to 60% OFF Sale f.t. the Best DVD & Video Toolkit

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Tuesday, July 12, 2022

CHENGDU, China, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Digiarty Software, a global leading multimedia solution provider, today announced the beginning of its grand Summer Sale. Before August 15, users can save big on the world's best DVD & video toolkit which they may need for the upcoming gifting, hosting, and travel season. Multi-tiered discounts such as Buy One, Get One Free offer, up to 60% off combo discounts, and big-saving bundle deals are available for all new and returning customers.

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  • CHENGDU, China, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Digiarty Software, a global leading multimedia solution provider, today announced the beginning of its grand Summer Sale.
  • Before August 15, users can save big on the world's best DVD & video toolkit which they may need for the upcoming gifting, hosting, and travel season.
  • Digiarty knows it and offers all its best-selling movie & video tools to help users with different summer video processing needs.
  • Movie video converters: the lifetime licenses of WinX DVD Ripper and WinX Video Converter is 60% OFF now at $79.95.