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Exeed brings Kiwi developed cloud platform to reseller base

Mon, 27th Mar 2017
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Exeed is teaming up with Waikato's LayerX Group to offer resellers a Kiwi owned and operated cloud services platform for SMBs.
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The week in channel-land: Distie deals, court action - and that $400m investment

Fri, 24th Mar 2017
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Distie deals, court cases, calls to action - and a $400 million investment in NZ courtesy of Huawei. Welcome to channel-land's week that was.
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Arrow and Unify bring Circuit mobile collaboration and comms platform to local market

Thu, 23rd Mar 2017
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Unify says Circuit, launched with Arrow Electronics, enables resellers to deliver 'powerful and intuitive' team collaboration to customers.
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UpGuard cements commitment to NZ with exclusive NEXTGEN distie deal

Thu, 23rd Mar 2017
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​UpGuard continues its streak in APAC, with the announcement that it has sealed a partnership with NEXTGEN as its exclusive distributor in NZ.
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Avnet announces new president for Asia Pacific operations

Wed, 22nd Mar 2017
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Avnet today announced the promotion of Frederick Fu to the role of president for Asia Pacific – effective immediately.
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Ingram Micro enriches reseller cloud opportunities with new deal

Tue, 21st Mar 2017
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Ingram Micro says a new agreement with NetEnrich will allow any partners to become cloud managed services providers using Azure and other platforms.
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Exclusive: The iGel opportunity for local resellers

Mon, 20th Mar 2017
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iGel has ambitious plans for the local market in the coming six months. Marc Doehnert outlines the plans - and the importance of the channel.
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Another one bites the dust: This week's Kiwi channel wrap-up

Fri, 17th Mar 2017
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While quieter than last week (perhaps everyone was out celebrating St Paddy's Day), there was still a lot going on in the Kiwi channel this week.
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Exclusive: New warehouse brings new services for Exeed resellers

Thu, 16th Mar 2017
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Exeed is gearing up to offer resellers new services, including third party logistics, after moving to a new warehouse – with new vendors also likely.
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New APAC distie and VARs boss for HDS

Wed, 15th Mar 2017
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Hitachi Data Systems has continued its channel team revamp with the appointment of a new APAC distribution and VAR lead.
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Tech Data (the former Avnet) signs distie deal with Zadara Storage

Wed, 15th Mar 2017
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Tech Data will make Zadara Storage solutions easily accessible to channel partners worldwide through its Avnet Cloud Marketplace.
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Negotiations continue for Westcon and Logicalis parent

Wed, 15th Mar 2017
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Negotiations are continuing for Westcon-Comstor and Logicalis parent Datatec for a 'significant transaction' first flagged in January.
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Nextgen Distribution takes on CA Technologies

Tue, 14th Mar 2017
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Nextgen Distribution has become sole NZ distie for CA Technologies full portfolio of offerings, with two specific product sets a key focus initially.
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Exclusive: Time for reseller thought leadership in growth cybersecurity market

Mon, 13th Mar 2017
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Duo is calling on resellers to step up to the plate and provide more thought leadership as demand for security soars locally.
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Advanced Threat Protection – Preventing unknown risks

Mon, 13th Mar 2017
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APTs compromise their target system with advanced code techniques to circumvent security barriers - and stay under the radar as long as possible.
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Microsoft commissions on offer as Ingram Micro cloud referral program arrives

Mon, 13th Mar 2017
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Ingram Micro's cloud referral program has hit the local market, enabling resellers to earn additional commissions on Office 365 subs via a new site.
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Cloud push as Polycom joins Ingram Micro unified comms stable

Thu, 9th Mar 2017
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Ingram Micro has added Polycom to its stable in a deal which sees greater emphasis on creating cloud-based solutions with partners including Microsoft.
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Exclusive: Ingram Micro NZ outlines the golden opportunities in UC

Tue, 7th Mar 2017
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Ingram Micro NZ is targeting unified comms and video collaboration as a growth market. Danny Meadows explains why - and how resellers can capitalise.
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Steady growth for Microsoft NZ as revenue cracks $100m mark

Mon, 6th Mar 2017
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Microsoft is seeing continued strong growth out of the Kiwi market, with Microsoft NZ recording solid revenue and profit increases.
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Hemisphere Technologies hires Kirk Jones to help navigate the channel

Wed, 1st Mar 2017
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Jones says the role of channel director will be both challenging and rewarding, and couldn't be more pleased to join Hemisphere Technologies.