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IN PICTURES: Autotask's Community Live! in Miami, part 1 (+35 photos)

Autotask recently hosted its Community Live! 2015 conference in Miami, where its attendees were educated on how to manage their IT business. The conference was also an opportunity for them to socialise and share ideas with more than 800 industry leaders. Here's the first of the three part slideshow from the event. Pictures by ARN's CHERRY YUMUL.

IN PICTURES: Autotask's Community Live! in Miami, part 1 (+35 photos)

Twitter tumbles on concerns about hacking activity

Social media company says it may have been targeted by state-sponsored hackers
How Manchester United is using social to drive digital engagement

Club's widespread involvement with global online fan-base in focus
Emerging technologies set to push global spending into the trillions

New technology categories now account for a growing proportion of overall investments
Optus seeking tech start-ups with social impact

Applications now being accepted for third Future Makers accelerator program
Facebook chief concedes mistakes were made regarding users’ data

Comes after allegations that London-based political consultancy Cambridge Analytica improperly accessed user information
Trillion-dollar channel opportunity emerges as digital investments skyrocket

Partner potential increases as flagship brands such as Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Air New Zealand pursue digital agendas.

EDGE 2016: Why partners must leave legacy behind to instigate change

As a 105-year-old company, IBM is synonymous with the past.
Brocade expands EMC IP partnership as A/NZ aims to fulfill Third Platform compute model

“Legacy IP network designs were never intended for today’s New IP applications, such as cloud, mobile, social and big data."

Collaboration companies argue their case at Demo Traction

The recent event gave up and coming companies four minutes to explain why they matter, followed by Q&A with judges.
Which areas will spur IT spending in 2015?

The top focus for IT services spending in the coming 12 months will be spread across five key areas...
WebRTC close to tipping point as Cisco, Microsoft announce products

Announcements by Cisco and Microsoft this week may signal that the WebRTC project Google released in 2011 for web-based communications apps might be ready for ...