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• Arq Group’s enterprise, SMB heads depart

  Arq Group’s managing director, enterprise, Peter Wright, and managing director of SMB, Emma Hunt, are both leaving the ASX-listed IT services company.

• Melbourne IT to rebrand as Arq Group, create 270 jobs

  ​Melbourne IT is rebranding as Arq Group, as it repositions itself as a ‘complete, strategic digital partner’.

• Melbourne IT announces ‘turnaround complete’ amid strong growth

  ​Melbourne IT CEO Martin Mercer announced the “turnaround complete” as the company released its full year financial results this morning.

• Melbourne IT reports increased revenue

  Melbourne IT (ASX: MLB) has reported revenue of $69.2 million for the first half of 2015, up from $59.6 million last year.

• Melbourne IT signs cloud deal with 2nd Watch

  Melbourne IT (ASX: MLB) has signed a deal with US-based Amazon Web Services (AWS) partner 2Nd Watch to offer customers secure cloud services.

• Melbourne IT to acquire UberGlobal Group

  Melbourne IT (ASX:MLB) is set to acquire Canberra-based cloud services provider, UberGlobal Group for $15.5 million.
  

• Melbourne IT eyes social media market with Tiger Pistol

  Melbourne IT (ASX:MLB) has invested $1.25 million in Melbourne-based social media marketing platform provider Tiger Pistol as the IT services firm looks to provide social media management services to customers.

• Melbourne IT posts 1H revenue of $59.6M

  Melbourne IT (ASX: MLB) has reported revenue of $59.6 million for its half year ended 30 June 2014. This compared to revenues of $51.3 million for the same period in 2013.

• Melbourne IT revenue up after Netregistry acquisition

  Melbourne's IT's acquisition of Netregistry Group contributed to a 16 per cent year-on-year revenue jump to $59.6 million for the first half of 2014, the company said today.

• Ad network compromise led to rogue page redirects on Reuters site

  Users who accessed some stories on the Reuters website Sunday were redirected to a message from hackers criticizing the news agency's coverage of Syria.

• Effective product development will help Melbourne IT turnaround: CEO

  Developing domain and hosting products that people want rather than pumping out offerings for the sake of it will help Melbourne IT’s (ASX: MLB) turnaround, according to CEO Martin Mercer.

• Melbourne IT CEO wants company to become a sales and marketing business

  Melbourne IT (ASX:MLB) CEO Martin Mercer said today at the company’s AGM in Melbourne that he wants to turn the organisation from a “product-led, technology oriented” business into a sales and marketing business.
  

• UPDATED: Melbourne IT to acquire Netregistry Group for $50.4m

  Melbourne IT (ASX: MLB) has announced its intention to acquire Web hosting provider Netregistry Group for $50.4 million.

• Martin Mercer to leave Optus for Melbourne IT CEO role

  Optus strategy and fixed managing director Martin Mercer has been confirmed as the new CEO of Melbourne IT (ASX: MLB). He will start at the online services company in April 2014.

• <i>New York Times</i> site hack shifts attention to registry locks

  One way that owners of major websites can mitigate the risk of their domains being hijacked like The New York Times' site was on Tuesday is to apply what is known as a registry lock on the domain, security researchers say.