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Gold coins

All that glitters not gold for Exclusive Networks NZ

Tue, 28th Jul 2015
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Exclusive Networks New Zealand operations have reported total income of $2.2 million for financial 2014, posting a loss of $41,438 for the year.
Cloud money

AWS pulls in US$1.8 billion revenue for Amazon

Tue, 28th Jul 2015
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public cloud
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Amazon Web Services generated US$1.8 billion last quarter – up 81% on the US$1 billion reported for the same period a year ago.
Door to cloud

Westcon: Cloud creates an even bigger role for disties

Tue, 28th Jul 2015
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Westcon has outlined its vision of the role of the distributor in cloud, saying cloud in fact increases the necessity for distributors.
Couple watching movie on computer

2degrees launches broadband assault

Tue, 28th Jul 2015
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2degrees has unveiled its first broadband plans, debuting two consumer plans, with business offerings to follow soon.
Img 2568

Dicker Data NZ resellers join the party

Mon, 27th Jul 2015
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distributors
Auckland Museum provided the backdrop for Dicker Data New Zealand as the distributor stepped into its future with a reseller launch party.
Up

New distie deal brings new opportunities for resellers

Mon, 27th Jul 2015
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Connector Systems inks deal for next generation IP data revenue generating network gateway and says the deal brings new reseller opportunities.
Dolph westerbos westcom

Westcon: New brand, expanded cloud focus and bumper financials

Mon, 27th Jul 2015
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distributors
Westcon has recorded solid Q1 growth as it increases its cloud focus and gears up to launch its Comstor brand locally.
Security

Imperva garners sole 'leader' rank in WAF Magic Quadrant

Mon, 27th Jul 2015
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
Imperva has been named the sole leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for web application firewalls, garnering the top spot for two years running.
Graeme muller nztech

New faces join NZTech board

Mon, 27th Jul 2015
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education, learning & training
NZTech's new board features a number of new faces, including some from Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Services and Spark.
Huawei

Apple retailer Yoobee offers up Huawei Android flagship P8

Mon, 27th Jul 2015
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Yoobee customers now have access to a premium Android option, with the Apple retailer offering Huawei's flagship P8 device.
Fallback

You're invited to Ingram Micro Showcase 2015

Fri, 24th Jul 2015
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microsoft
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showcase
From an Apple Watch to a data centre, it's all on show at the Ingram Micro Showcase and the time to pre-register to attend is now.
Money

Dicker Data NZ: Temporary revenue dip although optimism high

Fri, 24th Jul 2015
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Dicker Data sees Kiwi revenues decline with a drop in Cisco revenue and the changed New Zealand government IT procurement regulation blamed.
Cloud

Dicker Data reveals headline acts for cloud marketplace

Thu, 23rd Jul 2015
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Dicker Data has revealed the first of vendors it will launch its Cloud Marketplace with later this year, including Microsoft, HP, Cisco and Citrix.
Iaas

exeed's IaaS offering: Giving resellers an immediate ROI

Thu, 23rd Jul 2015
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Moving to IaaS, rather than leasing hardware, has had an immediate payoff for IT services company BlueBerryIT.
Fibre

Vocus brings new offerings to table following Amcom buyout

Tue, 21st Jul 2015
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Vocus is ramping up its offerings as it completes its largest acquisition and adds managed services, cloud and security solutions to its lineup.
Smartphones

Cheap smartphones dominating handset race

Tue, 21st Jul 2015
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Smartphones will account for 95% of handset sales by 2020 - and it's not the expensive flagship models leading the way.
Crm in field

Microsoft acquires FieldOne for Dynamics offering

Tue, 21st Jul 2015
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microsoft azure
Microsoft has acquired field service management solution provider FieldOne to bolster its Dynamics CRM offering.
Money2

Software defined storage demand drives DataCore to new highs

Mon, 20th Jul 2015
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storage
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datacore
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software-defined storage
Increasing demand for software defined storage has bolstered DataCore's local sales by 50% year on year and lead to expansion of its ANZ operations.
Data centre

Megaport takes the ExpressRoute with Azure

Mon, 20th Jul 2015
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cloud services
Megaport has become a Microsoft ExpressRoute partner, enabling partners to offer customers faster, more secure private connections to Azure.
Pc

'Healthy' second half on the way for PC market

Mon, 20th Jul 2015
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pc market
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analyst report
There's good news on the way for PC resellers according to IDC's latest PC market report, though for Apple resellers the good times are already here.