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Dell is selling its IT services arm, Dell Services, to Japan's NTT Data, in a US$3.05 billion deal, freeing up cash for its EMC acquisition.

Distribution Central resellers are being offered the chance to help customers take advantage of legacy and new dark fibre networks with new signing.

Veeam has launched its Direct Restore to Microsoft Azure offering, enabling on-premise migration or restoration to the cloud.

Fujitsu has bagged itself both VMware's global Strategic Alliance Partner of the Year award, and the APJ Service Provider of the Year award.

Igel has moved into third place in the thin client market in Australia and New Zealand, with its eyes firmly on growth for 2016.

Dell and HP continue to dominate the thin client market - a market where Asia Pacific was the only region to see an increase in shipments last year.

Play equipment provider Playtime has launched interactive LED play panels designed to engage children at shopping centres and childcare facilities.

Kiwi tech firm Virsae nabs £2.4M for global push, targeting $2B market with its cloud services after impressive US gains.

The long-running battle between HPE and Cisco for dominance in the cloud infrastructure arena continues with both vendors seeing strong growth in Q4.

Digital signage is helping patients at a United States healthcare facility on their road to recovery and helping staff avoid burnout.

Qualcomm invests in Israeli startup Stratoscale and its next generation software defined data center solution.

Revera has harnessed Western Digital's HGST Active Archive System for its cloud storage backend for its Vault offering.

Cogent has acquired professional services company Network Pro, for an undisclosed sum in a deal aimed at adding managed services depth and scale.

Adaptation by vendors in the purpose-built backup appliance market is helping drive the market which remains completely dominated by EMC.

ViewSonic has teamed up with digital signage software vendor Best Wave to deliver 'do-it-yourself' solutions that make digital signage more accessible.

Window shopping has gone high-tech in New Zealand with two Auckland real estate agents employing interactive storefronts to keep customers engaged.

Google has announced a dramatic expansion of its global data center network, with 12 new cloud platform regions coming online in the next 18 months.

The data center blade server market is expected to see CAGR of 8.7% out to 2021, on the back of increasing adoption of virtualisation solutions.

Duo has spun off a new security professional services business, PS Duo, to help fill a skills shortage in the local security market.

Dell NZ partied the night away with partners and customers last week as it celebrated its 20th year in New Zealand with a glam evening in Auckland.