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US Air Force Academy Falcons fly high with new digital display

Fri, 26th Feb 2016
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The US Air Force Academy Falcon fans are flying high thanks to a digital signage upgrade at Colorado's Falcon Stadium.
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BroadSign gears up for international growth with new execs

Fri, 26th Feb 2016
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BroadSign escalates global ambitions, enlisting top execs Beloff and Dollevoet to foster pivotal account relations and EMEA growth.
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Oracle expands cloud business with new acquisition

Fri, 26th Feb 2016
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Oracle is acquiring cloud software company Ravello Systems in a deal designed to help speed customers' transition to the cloud.
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Photo gallery: HPE partners' super time at the Super Bowl 50

Fri, 26th Feb 2016
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HPE NZ is upping the ante for its partners, offering up 'sportacular' incentives, as winning partners attending last week's Super Bowl 50 can attest.
Financials

Ingram Micro records Q4 sales drop

Fri, 26th Feb 2016
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finance, leasing & rental
Ingram Micro reports a 19% drop in Q4 sales to USD $11.3 billion as last year's figures were boosted by sales bonuses and exited business ventures.
Exit

Dick Smith: Fall of a giant

Fri, 26th Feb 2016
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Everyone knows Dick Smith Electronics. So where did it go so wrong? We look back at the company from its early successes to eventual decline.
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Breaking: Dick Smith stores to close; 3000 jobs gone

Thu, 25th Feb 2016
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retail
Dick Smith is to close all its stores across Australia and New Zealand after failing to receive any acceptable offers for the business.
Igotcha

Digital signage accessorises with geo-locator bracelets

Thu, 25th Feb 2016
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iGotcha and LG are gearing up to showcase geo-locator bracelets, real time mobile-to-screen connectivity and gaze-tracking digital signage solutions.
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Booming health media market spurs Medical Channel acquisition

Thu, 25th Feb 2016
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Medical Channel snaps up rival, becoming Australia's top health-focused digital signage player, doubling its network presence.
Mapping

BMC updates mapping tool to optimise data centers

Thu, 25th Feb 2016
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BMC Software has upgraded its IT discovery and dependency mapping tool to help create optimised and more agile data centers.
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Toshiba debuts high capacity drives with embedded 15nm NAND chips

Thu, 25th Feb 2016
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Toshiba has stepped up its enterprise and data center play, launching a new series of read-intensive solid state drives.
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Disconnection anxiety hitting home for Kiwis

Thu, 25th Feb 2016
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A new survey reveals just how much of an impact the internet is having on Kiwis - and our anxiety when disconnected.
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Dell EMC acquisition clears US antitrust hurdle

Thu, 25th Feb 2016
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Dell's mega merger with EMC has cleared another hurdle after being given the greenlight by the United States Federal Trade Commission.
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UXC Oxygen celebrates SAP ANZ Partner Excellence win

Thu, 25th Feb 2016
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UXC Oxygen has taken top honours at SAP's partner kick off meeting, winning SAP ANZ Overall Excellence in Partner Sales.
Cloud backup

Ingram Micro offers new revenue potential with Acronis cloud offering

Wed, 24th Feb 2016
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Ingram Micro has added Acronis' cloud backup and disaster recovery solutions to its Cloud Marketplace, offering up new revenue potential for resellers.
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Nimble jumps into all-flash storage with predictive arrays

Wed, 24th Feb 2016
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storage
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flash storage
Nimble Storage has jumped into the all-flash array market, with a new series of predictive all flash arrays it claims 'leapfrog' the competition.
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IBM and VMware team up for hybrid cloud

Wed, 24th Feb 2016
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virtualisation
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hybrid cloud
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it automation
IBM and VMware are teaming up to help drive enterprises into the cloud by enabling VMware customers to migrate data to IBM Cloud without modification.
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Emerson snaps up Distribution Central NZ boss for channel role

Wed, 24th Feb 2016
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Emerson Network Power has snapped up Distribution Central NZ country manager Stewart Williams as its first New Zealand channel manager.
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Exclusive: New Kiwi team, new training as Veeam ramps up local investment

Wed, 24th Feb 2016
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education, learning & training
Veeam is recruiting its first in-country NZ field marketing manager as the company looks to deepen its relationships with the local channel.
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Oracle stakes claim on local storage market; seeks new partners

Wed, 24th Feb 2016
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Oracle has appointed a new storage channel business development manager and is looking for new partners as it eyes up the local storage market.