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Dexter

Budding Whenuapai entrepreneur harnesses roadside tech

Thu, 12th Nov 2015
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A seven-year-old Whenuapai entrepreneur has turned to technology to solve the problem of a cashless society's impact on his roadside stall.
Ms1

Today's the day: Microsoft unveils its Sydney Flagship store

Thu, 12th Nov 2015
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Microsoft takes the wraps off Sydney flagship store today. We've got a sneak peak for those unable to join the masses at the opening.
Data sea

EMC takes Data Lake to the edge for remote offices and cloud

Thu, 12th Nov 2015
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EMC has expanded its Data Lake offerings beyond the data centre to encompass edge locations such as remote office and the cloud.
Deep security

Trend Micro adds Deep Security to VCE converged systems

Thu, 12th Nov 2015
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Trend Micro is bundling its Deep Security offering with the VCE converged and hyper-converged systems to help companies secure cloud environments.
Thumbs down

Big name tech retailers fail to win customer support in Consumer survey

Wed, 11th Nov 2015
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dick smith
New Zealand's big name electronics stores have been slammed in a new Consumer NZ survey, with only 40% of some store's customers recommending them.
Tm winner

Trend Micro reseller drives away with top prize

Wed, 11th Nov 2015
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managing director
The competition was fierce, but there could only be one winner. So who drove away with a new 2015 Nissan Mica in Trend Micro's Switch & Win incentive?.
Silos

Are information silos costing your business?

Wed, 11th Nov 2015
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education, learning & training
Empired is urging organisations to cultivate a culture of sharing to prevent silos of information which can cost the business money.
Communal work

Wellington gains new tech hub and Collider program

Wed, 11th Nov 2015
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bizdojo
Wellington's innovative businesses have a new place to call home, with the launch of a new $3 million tech hub tonight.
Acquisition11

Blue Coat strengthens cloud security play with Elastica acquisition

Wed, 11th Nov 2015
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Blue Coat Systems is acquiring cloud security company Elastica for US$280 million in a move designed to strenghten the security vendor's cloud play.
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Enterprise driving IoT hardware and services spend

Wed, 11th Nov 2015
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theatre
Enterprises will lead the way with IoT spend next year, with Gartner predicting 5.5m new 'things' will connect to the internet of things every day.
Ma

US company takes major stake in NZ's Debitsuccess

Wed, 11th Nov 2015
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private equity
A US private equity firm has taken a major stake in Kiwi global payment solutions provider Transaction Services Group, which includes Debitsuccess.
Curiosity

Kiwi lack of curiosity impacting tech innovation

Wed, 11th Nov 2015
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Curiosity may have killed the cat, but a lack of curiosity is killing technology potential for Kiwi businesses according to a new survey.
Jigsaw

New billion dollar Cisco-Ericsson partnership 'aggressive' move

Wed, 11th Nov 2015
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research director
A new partnership between Cisco and Ericsson to create 'the networks of the future' has been dubbed an 'aggressive move' - but one with big rewards.
Hadoop

Bumper growth for MapR as companies seek value from data

Tue, 10th Nov 2015
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hadoop
Big data and Hadoop expert MapR Technologies has reported record bookings for Q3 as companies look for revenue growth and efficiencies from data.
Disruptive

Resellers urged to get onboard with new disruptive storage offerings

Tue, 10th Nov 2015
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connector systems
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infinio
A new wave of disruptive technologies is changing enterprise storage, and resellers are being urged to get onboard and reap the early rewards.
Eset

ESET offers up secure USB drives with built in antivirus

Tue, 10th Nov 2015
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data protection
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encryption
ESET has debuted a new range of secure USB drives to aimed at preventing malware from spreading via portable drives.
Smb

SME internet satisfaction drops but online benefits are increasing

Tue, 10th Nov 2015
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financial systems
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myob
Kiwi SMEs are increasingly unhappy about internet access speeds and reliability but those with an online presence are reaping the benefits.
John donovan forgerock

VMware's John Donovan forges new role at ForgeRock

Tue, 10th Nov 2015
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vmware
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forgerock
Forgerock has snapped up former VMware ANZ channel boss John Donovan, as the identity management provider seeks to accelerate its regionalj expansion.
Network security1

Sophos synchronises network, endpoint security with Heartbeat

Tue, 10th Nov 2015
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
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network security
Sophos' latest offering synchronises real time threat information between endpoints and the network firewall or UTM to provide faster threat detection.
Bd

Big data demand soars as companies become data driven businesses

Tue, 10th Nov 2015
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data analytics
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martech
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planning
Big data continues to be big business with IDC forecasting strong growth across big-data related infrastructure, software and services.