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Final Dick Smith stores fall as Move Airport stores close

Mon, 7th Mar 2016
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Dick Smith's final four stores have fallen, with receivers announcing the immediate closure of four Move Airport stores after asset sale failure.
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Mobile opportunities abound for channel

Mon, 7th Mar 2016
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CompTIA says workforce mobility is a growing trend in 2016, offering up plenty of new opportunities for the channel.
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Intergen celebrates six-time finalist status

Mon, 7th Mar 2016
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Intergen is celebrating its long-running success with the Microsoft NZ Partner Awards after being named a finalist for six awards this year.
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Duo bullish for 2016 as it opens Auckland office

Mon, 7th Mar 2016
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Security distributor Duo launches Auckland branch amid 'massive growth', adding to its portfolio and bolstering NZ presence.
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World's largest LED video wall creates stadium feel for Westgate

Fri, 4th Mar 2016
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Westgate Resorts is home to the world's largest LED video wall - an enormous curved 20-foot tall and 220-foot long array at Westgate Superbook.
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Christie inks deal for experiential displays for National Amusements

Fri, 4th Mar 2016
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Christie has signed an exclusive deal with National Amusements to deliver 'experiential' displays and digital posters to theatres across the US.
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Coding comes to digital signage with Slush and JCDecaux

Fri, 4th Mar 2016
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JCDecaux took coding to the tram shelter recently, helping relieve waiting passengers' boredom while teaching them to code.
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Plans to sell Dick Smith customer info sparks concerns

Fri, 4th Mar 2016
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Dick Smith receivers have been spoken to by privacy commissions on both sides of the Tasman after concerns over plans to sell customer information.
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Gartner: 2016 will be a very big year for IoT adoption

Fri, 4th Mar 2016
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After plenty of hype, 2016 looks to be the year IoT moves mainstream for many industries, but demonstrating a ROI is still a challenge.
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Lanner and Matrox target 4K digital signage with new Intel box

Thu, 3rd Mar 2016
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Lanner Electronics has launched a high-performance Intel powered box available as a turnkey video wall solution incorporating Matrox graphics cards.
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Melbourne video wall transforms visual content use

Thu, 3rd Mar 2016
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Event attendees at the Palladium at Crown in Melbourne, Australia are getting a 'revolutionary' visual experience via a 52 square metre LED video wall.
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Microsoft NZ 2016 Awards: And the finalists are…

Thu, 3rd Mar 2016
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Microsoft has revealed the finalists in this year's hotly contested Microsoft New Zealand Partner Awards. So who's in the running?.
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More accolades for industry stalwart

Thu, 3rd Mar 2016
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Fortinet continues to scoop up industry accolades, adding two more to its growing list of winning third party evaluations.
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Victim Support turns to tech to help those in need

Thu, 3rd Mar 2016
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A new IT solution is helping Victim Support keep up with increasing demand for its services, while improving its business continuity and recovery.
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Facebook launches video storytelling for SMBs

Thu, 3rd Mar 2016
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Facebook is targeting small and medium businesses with its latest video offering which enables businesses to showcase their work.
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Xirrus launches CommandCenter to simplify Wi-Fi-as-a-service

Thu, 3rd Mar 2016
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Xirrus has launched a new control function to simplify the ability to offer Wi-Fi-as-a-service, enabling increased revenue streams for MSPs.
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Dimension Data Australia claims Cisco APJ Partner award

Thu, 3rd Mar 2016
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Dimension Data Australia has taken out the top Asia Pacific and Japan award at the Cisco Partner Summit global awards.
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Cisco flexes data center muscle with new offerings

Wed, 2nd Mar 2016
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Cisco is jumping into the hyperconverged market – and re-entering the storage market – with a raft of new data center offerings.
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Exclusive: HPE NZ on drive for growth as it gets its mojo back

Wed, 2nd Mar 2016
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Enablement is a key word for HPE NZ channel manager Cedric Edwards, as the company looks to drive local business via its channel.
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Brocade ups speed with 'next wave of storage innovation'

Wed, 2nd Mar 2016
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Brocade has launched what it says is the industry's first Gen 6 fibre channel switches for storage networking, featuring 100 million IOPs.