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NetApp appoints new GM for Asia Pacific as it looks to drive growth

"Sanjay's skills in partnering with APAC teams and understanding the APAC business landscape will be key to driving our continued growth.More

23 Aug

Intel to release 10th gen mobile CPUs later this year

Comet Lake CPUs will be available later this year in more than 90 designs for use in laptop and two-in-one devices.More

22 Aug

New managing director for Hitachi Vantara A/NZ

Johnson is responsible for managing business and operations in A/NZ, with a focus on nurturing the partner ecosystem and charting business strategy.More

22 Aug

Discord between execs and IT holding back digital transformation efforts

"An organisation is its own worst enemy, so any change has to be supported by pragmatic, self-aware leadership who are themselves changing."More

Dynatrace A/NZ Software Intelligence Award winners announced

Instalment service provider PartPay acquired by Australian player Zip

Popular enterprise printers riddled with security risks

The Instillery and Origin merger: Origin CEO to become Chief Sales Officer

Sennheiser's business ceiling microphone certified for Microsoft Teams

Dell takes zero-footprint design to latest all-in-ones

Asked and answered - How FAQ Bot will save you time and money

With customer expectations sky-high, the FAQ Bot is the perfect solution for customers who need answers to common questions, 24x7.More

Kubernetes Explained! New Video - how it works and business benefits

With the rapid growth in multi-cloud use internationally, watch this video to find out why Kubernetes is becoming vital to New Zealand businesses, brought to Aotearoa by home-grown Catalyst CloudMore

Telcos must step up with stronger protections on user data – Fortinet

The capability for service providers to up their security game is in place right now and New Zealand telcos and ISPs don’t need to stop at personal protection.More

Whitepaper: Digital transformation priorities for the coming IT landscape

Unified IT is no longer a luxury. It is a critical business need for today’s competitive environment.More

Changing skill sets become major driver of business restructures

Restructure, restructure, restructure. That seems to be the message that almost 900 New Zealand employers and 3400 Australian employers are taking away from the continuous need to keep up with changing business needs.More

How to use chatbots to free your staff from client FAQs

FAQ Bot answers the questions that are asked most often, and can be simply and easily resolved, but place a load on customer service staff.More

HCL - the Global IT company with a growing A/NZ presence

We look at the local role of the massive corporation in ANZ IT departments.More

Kordia Group CEO Scott Bartlett steps down amid health battle

Effective immediately, the announcement comes following a recent diagnosis of multiple tumours on the brain, treatment for which is currently underway. More

Company-X creates new reality for AR & VR technologies

“Pepper Creative and Company-X share some fundamentals that really confirm to me that this decision is the right one,” says Pepper Creative founder Lance Bauerfield. More

Automation Anywhere to provide RPA for Wipro Automation Lab

The Lab will be a playground for co-creating business solutions with Wipro and leading automation providers like Automation Anywhere.More

Kubernetes Explained! New Video - how it works and business benefits

With the rapid growth in multi-cloud use internationally, watch this video to find out why Kubernetes is becoming vital to New Zealand businessesMore

Mobile Mentor solution lets you manage Windows 10 like a smartphone

The solution gives IT managers the ability to holistically manage all endpoints to improve security and employee experience.More

Kiwi employees embracing a future of AI

Kiwi employees are the most secure in their roles when it comes to embracing artificial intelligence in the workplace, compared to all other countries surveyed including, Australia, USA, UK, Germany and Japan. More

More than half of personal data breaches caused by human error

"The biggest cause of breaches remains the fallibility of people and an inherent inability of employees to send emails to the right person."More

GitHub Classroom will now work with Google Classroom & more

GitHub’s learning platform GitHub Classroom will now work with popular student platforms including Canvas, Google Classroom, and Moodle.More

You’re invited: Connect, learn, and find new opportunities at TechX

Join Dicker Data for the biennial New Zealand technology conference focused on helping businesses define their future.More

Jamf extends Apple expertise through security firm buyout

IT and Apple specialist firm Jamf has acquired Mac-focused endpoint security provider Digita Security.More

How perfect visibility lets MSPs do more with less

A cohesive RMM, PSA, and IT Documentation solution enables you to manage all essential MSP functions from a single pane of glass.More

How crucial is cloud expertise to your organisation?

The study surveys more than 950 IT decision-makers and IT pros from across the globe to better understand the barriers to increasing cloud usage.More

Spear phishing techniques evolving to execute lateral attacks – Barracuda

Barracuda’s research uncovered fresh insights into how these popular attacks are evolving and the tactics used by cybercriminals to try to make them successful.More

New research highlights third party risks facing organisations

modern risk management must account for ongoing changes in third-party relationships and mitigate risks in an iterative way — that is, on a continual basis, rather than at specified intervals."More

Nintex announces new electronic forms capabilities

The new designer makes it easier to create digital forms to power automated workflows leveraging Nintex for Office 365 and Nintex Workflow Cloud.More

Unleash the VMware effect and win

Keen for a spot of travel? Be in to win one of three $2000 Flight Centre Vouchers courtesy of VMware and Ingram Micro - all you need to do is unleash the VMware effect!More

SD-WAN the solution for lagging legacy WAN

“Australian organisations … need to find a network platform that will enable the required positive business changes. The answer is SD-WAN.“More

Moving to a low-code content future - Hyland

What was once a case of ‘build once, update seldom’ has changed to the point where constant pressure requires software to continuously evolve.More

IDC recognises PTC as leader in global industrial IoT platforms

“This report is a testament to our ThingWorx IIoT platform, corporate strategy, comprehensive road map, and key strategic alliances.”More

HCL Technologies launches first NZ delivery centre

The Hamilton facility will support global customers and partners and provide access to the latest IT services and digital business technologies.More

Gartner, Forrester name Retarus for Email Security

The information logistics firm was listed as one of the twelve most important providers of email security services in the world by Forrester Research.More

Whitepaper: The MSP solution that lets you manage your workflow from one place

Here’s how you can optimise your complete solution stack with cohesive RMM, PSA, and IT Documentation solution.More

Snowflake brings on A/NZ partner manager to support growth

Over the past year, Snowflake has signed up 15 new channel partners across Australia and New Zealand. This displays the company’s increased focus on the geographies and a greater demand for data-driven solutions.More

IDC: Commercial sector will lead ICT spending to $4.8 trillion in 2023

Digital transformation and the adoption of automation technologies will be driving investments in applications, analytics, middleware, and data management software.More

Catalyst Cloud becomes NZ's first Kubernetes Certified Service Provider

“Given our mission to foster a strong cloud native New Zealand we are delighted to have received this additional recognition of our leadership in helping organisations adopt true cloud computing.”More

CIOs – here’s how you get your IT environment digital-ready

It’s no simple task to optimise performance for an array of internal and external applications, particularly when there’s a mixture of cloud and legacy workloads that intersect.More

New QNAP appliance adds device monitoring to intranet

The QWU-100 can be used to perform Wake-on-LAN (WoL), Wake-on-WAN (WoW), and device monitoring across the LAN.More

Harmoney reshuffles senior exec team; appoints new CEO for 2020

Australasian marketplace lender Harmoney has appointed Australian-based David Stevens as its new CEO, effective early 2020.More

Report: Fortinet releases latest analysis of the cyberthreat landscape

Learn about the latest cyber-threat trends from the newest release of the Fortinet Threat Landscape Report, including remote desktop protocol vulnerabilities and why cybersecurity automation is part of a comprehensive cyber hygiene practice. Download it for FREE.More

Lenovo hits $12.5B in revenue, marking eighth year of growth

According to the company, the strong results are led by the Intelligent Devices Group (IDG). The PC and Smart Devices Group (PCSD), one of its two business units, continued double-digit (12%) revenue growth.More

Whitepaper: How to gain visibility into an organisations’ cloud spend

Optimising IT spending allows MSPs to apply the savings to actions that enhance IT competencies and achieve business goals.More

Limiting access key to minimising data breaches, says expert

"When a company provides only a minimum amount of access needed for the employees to fulfil their roles, the risk of wide-spread breach greatly diminishes."More

MSPs battle it out in 'survival of the fittest'

Charles Darwin famously said that evolution is the survival of the fittest: only those that are the best of a species will survive.More

How you can leverage cloud’s advantages while staying secure

One of the largest inhibitors to cloud adoption is concern around the security of leveraging a service provider in a multi-cloud world.More

Cyber defence techniques in fighting advanced persistent threats

Today’s cybersecurity compliance standards are only designed to protect against elementary threats.More

DXC Technology & Google Cloud drive innovation for enterprises

Enterprises now have a new way of modernising mission-critical IT and integrating digital solutions on Google Cloud Platform, thanks to DXC Technology.More

Broadband and mobile: Rural New Zealand gets more of the good stuff

Spark, Vodafone and 2degrees announce new rural broadband and mobile services in twenty locations More

Hyland a 'leader' in ECM — Forrester Wave report

Content services provider Hyland has been dubbed a ‘leader’ in the Forrester Wave Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Content Platforms Q3 2019 report.More