One of the founders of MYOB has boosted his stake in cloud accounting provider Xero.

Content delivery specialist Akamai has acquired Blaze Software, which has technology to optimise web page rendering.

Some subscribers just want their ISP or carrier to provide the pipes and then stay out of the way. But that tends to mean low margins, so providers are keen to provide additional services. Amdocs Connected Home allows ISPs and carriers to compete with 'over the top' providers of services such as remote security, health monitoring, and entertainment.

Eventbrite has localised its ticketing platform for Australia, and is providing event organisers with an opportunity to try its services at no charge.

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Symantec has launched its new “Identity Safe” cloud service for ID protection and simple, secure password management as a free download for Windows PCs, Apple’s iDevices and all those Androids.

Imagine being able to retro-actively identify exactly which computers were affected by some piece of malware and which others they affected as the infection propagated.  

A new survey carried out by a major analyst firm suggests CIOs in the Asia Pacific region will be relatively flush with cash compared with their counterparts in the US and Europe.

Microsoft has made available a pre-release version of their much awaited System Center 2012 suite of infrastructure management tools. With a focus on cloud computing as well as improvements to system deployment and protection, the updated suite aims to build on the success of the current versions while adding powerful new functionality.

The free tier on Amazon Web Services now includes the use of Windows Server, not just Linux.