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Beehive

Fujitsu and Microsoft team up for Skype for Business for government

Wed, 20th Jan 2016
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Fujitsu has partnered up with Microsoft to create a new Government unified communications service based on Skype for Business.
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Certus builds digital business services with Core Technology buy

Wed, 20th Jan 2016
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IBM systems integrator Certus Solutions snaps up Kiwi consultancy Core Technology to bulk out its digital business services offerings.
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LED stadium screens growth digital signage market

Mon, 18th Jan 2016
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LED stadium screens are a growth market, with Asia Pacific forecast to be the fastest growing geography for the screens in the coming years.
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Public cloud infrastructure spend gaining strength

Mon, 18th Jan 2016
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Public cloud is strengthening its market hold with new figures showing infrastructure spend for public cloud increasing ahead of private cloud.
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New ANZ boss to lead new Nokia

Mon, 18th Jan 2016
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Nokia, which last Thursday celebrated its first day of combined operations with Alcatel-Lucent, has appointed Ray Owen as its ANZ head.
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Avnet ups IoT play with new appointment

Mon, 18th Jan 2016
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Avnet ramps up internet of things push with the appointment of Eric Williams to the newly created role of vice president of IoT.
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Dick Smith creditors in the dark over likely return

Mon, 18th Jan 2016
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Creditors of Dick Smith's New Zealand operations have been told it's still to early to provide any details about the likely return to creditors.
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Seagate targets cloud data centers with 10TB helium-filled drive

Fri, 15th Jan 2016
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Seagate has unveiled its first 10TB enterprise capacity hard disk drive as the vendor seeks to address storage demands of cloud-based data centers.
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Exeed gears up for strong, and agile, year with the two HPs

Fri, 15th Jan 2016
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Exeed took out the top Kiwi distributor awards for both HPE and HP New Zealand last year - and it's planning for more HP magic this year.
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IT services are evolving. Are you?

Fri, 15th Jan 2016
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IDC is warning the future for IT services providers is changing as APAC businesses ring up $2 billion in cloud related services in a year.
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Broadsign wins Asia Pacific DOOH deal

Thu, 14th Jan 2016
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Broadsign International has won a deal which will see its digital out of home platform powering QMS Media's advertising network across Asia Pacific.
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Growth promised as private equity firm takes US$187m stake in StorageCraft

Thu, 14th Jan 2016
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StorageCraft is promising accelerated growth with new products and services and additional channel investment as TA Associates takes a majority stake.
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Centrify delivers federated privileged access for outsourced IT

Thu, 14th Jan 2016
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Centrify ups protection for outsourced IT with first secure federated privileged access for outsourced IT, providing USP for resellers.
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Microsoft ramps up Skype for Business with Aussie tech buy

Thu, 14th Jan 2016
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Microsoft has snapped up tech assets from Event Zero to help expand and improve Skype for Business' built-in management tools and analytics.
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Cisco, HPE tighten hold on enterprise infrastructure market

Thu, 14th Jan 2016
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Cisco continues to dominate the enterprise infrastructure market with a 33% share in the past year. So which other vendors got a look in?.
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DeskAlerts ups ante for digital signage for employee communications

Wed, 13th Jan 2016
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Internal comms specialist DeskAlerts is adding digital signage to its repertorie, making its software compatible with any internet-capable device.
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IaaS and PaaS lead cloud market to US$110 billion spend

Wed, 13th Jan 2016
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Synergy Research Group has dubbed 2015 'the year when cloud became mainstream' with the the cloud market hitting $110b last year.
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Exclusive: Data centre specialist hits Kiwi market; seeks resellers

Wed, 13th Jan 2016
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Sweden's Bergvik, which makes seismic bacing, raised floors and structural ceilings for data centres, is taking on the New Zealand market.
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Photo gallery: The products that grabbed Kiwi attention at CES

Wed, 13th Jan 2016
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Drones fly high at CES 2016, intriguing Kiwi consumers; Noel Leeming keen to introduce innovative tech including a modular band and smart fridge.
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CES 2016: What's coming to New Zealand?

Wed, 13th Jan 2016
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CES 2016 served up a plethora of consumer electronics. But what caught the eyes of the Noel Leeming team - and what might hit NZ shores this year?.