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Service providers struggling in declining Asia Pacific IT services market

Thu, 25th Aug 2016
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Top IT firms in APeJ grapple with market shrinkage and stiffer competition, as sector faces 2.1% slump amid economic shifts.
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High demand for cooling systems in data centers driving growth, report finds

Wed, 3rd Aug 2016
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The Asia Pacific region specifically is forecast to witness high growth due to considerable demand from the IT sector.
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APAC leads burgeoning Anything-as-a-Service market

Fri, 27th May 2016
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Asia Pacific driving rapid growth in global Anything-as-a-Service (XaaS) market, expected to expand at over 38% CAGR until 2020.
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Unisys ramps up services and consulting for ServiceNow enterprise cloud

Mon, 9th May 2016
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Unisys has added new ServiceNow enterprise cloud platform consulting and advisory services, as it seeks to drive digital business transformation.
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Unisys wins 48,000 user Merck 'people computing' deal

Wed, 27th Apr 2016
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Pharmaceutical company Merck KGaA is harnessing Unisys' 'people computing' approach in a deal involving end user IT services for 48,000 employees.
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Unified Brand to bring digital signage content to a larger market

Fri, 1st Apr 2016
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Unified Brand expands digital signage market through partnership with Rise Vision. More applications to be released. #digitalcontent #partnership.
Smart city

Meet the five vendors leading in the smart city space

Fri, 1st Apr 2016
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IoT backed smart city initiatives are driving growth in the global smart cities IT services market, says Technavio analyst.
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SMBs not happy with their IT service providers, study shows

Thu, 21st Jan 2016
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Small businesses are dissatisfied with their IT service providers but plan to increase spending, says new research.
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Third platform driving IT services spend

Mon, 14th Dec 2015
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ANZ is expected to record a small increase in IT services growth next year, with the overall APeJ IT services spend forecast to grow 6.5%.
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The end of an era for the NZ IT industry

Tue, 1st Dec 2015
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The first of December signals the end of a family's role in a business that has been delivering IT solutions to Kiwi businesses for almost 25 years.
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Are information silos costing your business?

Wed, 11th Nov 2015
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Empired is urging organisations to cultivate a culture of sharing to prevent silos of information which can cost the business money.
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Cloud to drive IT services spend up in 2016

Wed, 4th Nov 2015
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Cloud is expected to drive IT services spend up in 2016, with hosting infrastructure services a key growth area for the channel.
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Geeks on Wheels rolls into new HQ

Tue, 13th Oct 2015
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Geeks on Wheels has a new headquarters in the centre of the nation's capital, open extended hours, seven days a week.
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CSC to acquire UXC in $428 million deal

Tue, 6th Oct 2015
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CSC is in negotiations to acquire UXC in a $428 million deal which would create one of the region's largest IT services companies.
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Datacom topples Spark as NZ's biggest IT services provider

Wed, 19th Aug 2015
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Datacom, the privately-held IT services firm, surpassed Spark New Zealand as the country's biggest information technology services provider.
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CodeBlue gears up for Wellington growth with XWL buy

Thu, 13th Aug 2015
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CodeBlue is gearing up for accelerated growth in the Wellington market following its acquisition of Wellington IT services company XWL.
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Thriving IoT market heads towards trillion dollar mark

Wed, 3rd Jun 2015
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The IoT market's rapid growth is set to hit USD $1.7 trillion by 2020, driven by massive investments in devices, connectivity, and IT services, says IDC.
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Boom times for cloud services as NZ businesses jump onboard

Mon, 18th May 2015
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Cloud-based services in NZ are expected to record a staggering 15-27% CAGR out to 2019 according to a new IDC report, with IT budgets also on the up.
Information technology transformation

IRD happy with business transformation-lead Accenture

Wed, 11th Mar 2015
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The Inland Revenue Department is happy with lead provider Accenture to overhaul its 30-year-old information technology system in a major transformatio.
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Rackspace targets ANZ region with DevOps offering

Tue, 24th Feb 2015
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Rackspace, the managed cloud company, has announced it's launching its DevOps Automation Service in Australia and New Zealand.