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Videoconference tablet

Ingram Micro Cloud inks PGi deal for iMeet

Tue, 19th May 2015
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Ingram Micro Cloud enhances its suite with PGi's iMeet for seamless virtual meetings, promising cost-saving and productivity boosts.
Dave rosenberg head shot cropped

Westcon moves on from EMC

Tue, 19th May 2015
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Westcon New Zealand will end its nine-year distribution relationship with EMC 'with professionalism and on a high note' says Dave Rosenberg.
Signing

Ingram Micro snaffles NZ distribution for EMC

Mon, 18th May 2015
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EMC will begin distributing EMC's full range of products and services in July, following a 'transition' period.
Fiji

Fiji calling for Ingram Micro resellers, and Hawaii is next

Mon, 18th May 2015
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Three Kiwi resellers will be winging their way to Fiji after winning Ingram Micro's Brother Tropical Fiji promotion - with Hawaii on offer next.
Clouds of gold

Boom times for cloud services as NZ businesses jump onboard

Mon, 18th May 2015
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Cloud-based services in NZ are expected to record a staggering 15-27% CAGR out to 2019 according to a new IDC report, with IT budgets also on the up.
Buy now

Zuora launches 'app store' for subscription based business

Fri, 15th May 2015
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uora has launched a relationship business management partner channel 'app store' providing resellers with a range of subscription-based app offerings.
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Wi-Fi calling dials New Zealand

Fri, 15th May 2015
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With Skype and WhatsApp snapping at their heels, mobile phone operators are turning to Wi-Fi calling of their own, aided by iOS 8 and Hotspot 2.0.
Padlocks

A security trifecta: Encryption, analytics and applications

Fri, 15th May 2015
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Data encryption, application security and analytics are offering resellers new opportunities in the burgeoning security market.
Wellington

Wellington City Council consolidates and gets SaaS-y

Fri, 15th May 2015
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Wellington City Council is consolidating many of its more than 120 current separate IT systems onto TechnologyOne's cloud platform.
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Virtual reality hits New Zealand with Samsung Gear VR

Thu, 14th May 2015
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Virtual reality comes to Noel Leeming on Saturday, with 20 stores across New Zealand showcasing the Samsung Gear VR Innovator Edition.
Hero

Distribution Central cloud offering making resellers 'heroes' again

Thu, 14th May 2015
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Distribution Central will launch its revamped DC CloudSelect Marketplace next Monday, promising potential revenue gains for resellers.
Done deal

NextGen adds SolarWinds to portfolio; enterprise push ahead

Thu, 14th May 2015
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SolarWinds inks new distribution deal with NextGen Distribution, aiming to increase reach into the ANZ enterprise data centre space.
Cybercrime

$2 trillion cybercrime bill for business by 2019

Thu, 14th May 2015
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The cost of data breaches is expected to soar to $2 trillion globally by 2019 - and its not mobile or IoT that will be the source of most breaches...
Gavel on keyboard

Victorious Veeam slams Symantec following patent win

Thu, 14th May 2015
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Symantec's bid to 'stifle competition' because 'its legacy physical backup products could not compete' fails after Veeam wins three year patent battle.
Song tang yih a10

New A10 VP to expand company's channel operations

Thu, 14th May 2015
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A10 has appointed a new VP of Asia Pacific sales charged with expanding the company's channel operations and taking sales team 'to the next level'.
Platform three

Third platform focus will bring 'much higher margins'

Wed, 13th May 2015
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Avnet is looking for double digit growth and higher margins as it eyes up the 'golden opportunity' of the third platform - and new resellers.
Chain gang

Legacy infrastructure stifling agility and innovation

Wed, 13th May 2015
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Legacy infrastructure is holding companies back from achieving their businesses goals and preventing business agility and innovation say CIOs.
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Gartner: IBM leading the way in all-flash storage

Wed, 13th May 2015
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IBM tops all-flash storage array vendors in 2014, shipping more petabytes and units for SSA than any of its competitors, according to Gartner report.
Protest

Kiwis rally for reduction in copper wholesale charges

Wed, 13th May 2015
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More than 1000 people have provided submissions to the Commerce Commission calling for a reduction in copper wholesale charges.
Access granted

Free enterprise security: Bargain or false economy?

Wed, 13th May 2015
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A security expert is cautioning against entrusting enterprise security to free security products saying they are a false economy.