Kiwi Stories

Mercury unlocks world of choice for Kiwis and their businesses

Mercury begins construction on R-D centre in Auckland to showcase solar, battery storage and energy technologies.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Mon, 3rd Oct 2016

Kiwi company strengthens cloud offerings with new acquisition

SecureCom, a Kiwi cloud service leader, bolsters its offerings by acquiring struggling Auckland firm, Atmospheric, and adds skilled staff.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Thu, 29th Sep 2016

Global Stories

Data Analytics

Revera: Re-engineering New Zealand's future through data & the cloud

Revera is reshaping NZ's digital landscape, harnessing cloud technology to power government and enterprise growth.

By Sara Barker • 4 min read • Tue, 11th Oct 2016

Data Analytics

Salesforce's Microsoft Office killer explained

Salesforce's Quip may just dethrone Microsoft Office as the go-to suite for business productivity and collaborative work.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Mon, 10th Oct 2016

Hyperscale

Verizon close to $3.5B data center sale to Equinix, reports say

Verizon Communications may sell its data center business to Equinix for $3.5bn, according to Cowen & Co. analyst Colby Synesael.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Fri, 7th Oct 2016

Artificial Intelligence

Samsung wades into AI waters with latest acquisition

Samsung has agreed to acquire Viv Labs, a startup that has developed an open AI platform for digital assistants.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Fri, 7th Oct 2016

Cloud Services

Akamai ramps up security strategy with latest acquisition

Akamai Technologies acquires Soha Systems to enhance its cloud security strategy and accelerate enterprise applications.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Thu, 6th Oct 2016

Data Analytics

Looking beyond the numbers: How CoreLogic turns data into actionable insights

Delivering meaningful data is CoreLogic's modus operandi. It's not just about serving data anymore, it's now about serving it with action.

By Sara Barker • 4 min read • Wed, 5th Oct 2016

Hyperscale

Lenovo evolves to captilise on data center market disruption

Lenovo has an opportunity to expand its share of the data center market as customers look for alternate infrastructure options.

By Shannon Williams • 7 min read • Wed, 5th Oct 2016

Customer Relationship Management

'Onwards and upwards' for CRM & data as Salesforce acquires Krux

Salesforce enhances CRM capabilities with Krux acquisition, vowing to create the 'smartest Marketing Cloud' and promising growth for all.

By Sean Mitchell • 2 min read • Tue, 4th Oct 2016

Unified Communications

You've heard of Slack; we explain the tool

Launched in 2013, Slack is revolutionising team collaboration with integrations from Google Drive to Trello, boasting over a million daily active users today.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Tue, 4th Oct 2016

Customer Relationship Management

The eight product lines that make up Salesforce

Discover the eight diverse 'Clouds' powering Salesforce's rise as a titan in cloud-based enterprise solutions since 1999.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Tue, 4th Oct 2016

Cybersecurity

BlackBerry bows out of hardware as smartphone business turns sour

The move gives BlackBerry a chance to survive as a pure software and services company, following years of losses for its hardware business.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Mon, 3rd Oct 2016

Internet of Things

SOTI Altitude Channel Partner Awards 'great news' for ANZ channel

SOTI honours channel partners at recent conference, recognising their contributions to the company's global network of resellers.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Thu, 29th Sep 2016

Unified Communications

Polycom's 'momentous day' as Siris Capital completes $2 billion acquisition

Polycom has announced the completion of its acquisition by Siris Capital, in a $2 billion deal. Mary McDowell set to take over as Polycom CEO.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Thu, 29th Sep 2016

High Performance Computing

Exclusive: HPE doubles down on partner efforts

HPE is doubling down on its partner efforts. Chris Trevitt, HPE Pacific region director of partner sales and commercial business gives us the lowdown.

By Heather Wright • 6 min read • Wed, 28th Sep 2016