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Exclusive: HPE NZ on drive for growth as it gets its mojo back
Storage

Exclusive: HPE NZ on drive for growth as it gets its mojo back

Enablement is a key word for HPE NZ channel manager Cedric Edwards, as the company looks to drive local business via its channel.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Wed, 2nd Mar 2016
Fly Buys heads to AWS cloud for speed and agility
Hyperscale

Fly Buys heads to AWS cloud for speed and agility

Services for more than two million Fly Buys members are heading to the AWS cloud as Loyalty NZ seeks increased speed and agility - and new programmes.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 2nd Mar 2016
New Dove signing offers high margin opportunities for resellers
Dove Electronics

New Dove signing offers high margin opportunities for resellers

Dove Electronics has signed to distribute OKI in New Zealand as the distributor ramps up its print business – and takes resellers along for the ride.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 1st Mar 2016
Digital Caddies and Snapp Digital pair up for ad content in golf carts
Digital Signage

Digital Caddies and Snapp Digital pair up for ad content in golf carts

Digital Caddies has formed a strategic alliance with Snapp Digital which will see real time advertising content served up on digital signage in golf c.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 1st Mar 2016

Global Stories

Microsoft NZ 2016 Awards: And the finalists are…
Partner Programmes

Microsoft NZ 2016 Awards: And the finalists are…

Microsoft has revealed the finalists in this year's hotly contested Microsoft New Zealand Partner Awards. So who's in the running?.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Thu, 3rd Mar 2016
Cloud app security high priority for businesses
Data Loss Prevention

Cloud app security high priority for businesses

Trend Micro expands Cloud App Security to Box, Dropbox and Google Drive to enhance content security against cyber attacks.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 3rd Mar 2016
Embrace VoIP and help customers escape the clutches of large telcos
Unified Communications

Embrace VoIP and help customers escape the clutches of large telcos

Rescuing customers from the high cost and inflexibility of traditional telecommunications services presents IT resellers with great new opportunities.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Thu, 3rd Mar 2016
Dimension Data Australia claims Cisco APJ Partner award
Cisco

Dimension Data Australia claims Cisco APJ Partner award

Dimension Data Australia has taken out the top Asia Pacific and Japan award at the Cisco Partner Summit global awards.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 3rd Mar 2016
Cisco flexes data center muscle with new offerings
Storage

Cisco flexes data center muscle with new offerings

Cisco is jumping into the hyperconverged market – and re-entering the storage market – with a raft of new data center offerings.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Wed, 2nd Mar 2016
Top five cloud backup and recovery software vendors revealed
Software-as-a-Service

Top five cloud backup and recovery software vendors revealed

IaaS and on-demand cloud providers will significantly boost the global cloud and backup and recovery software market.

By Catherine Knowles • 5 min read • Wed, 2nd Mar 2016
Brocade ups speed with 'next wave of storage innovation'
Storage

Brocade ups speed with 'next wave of storage innovation'

Brocade has launched what it says is the industry's first Gen 6 fibre channel switches for storage networking, featuring 100 million IOPs.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 2nd Mar 2016
FireEye and ForeScout enter strategic partnership
Unified Communications

FireEye and ForeScout enter strategic partnership

FireEye and ForeScout Technologies have partnered to combine advanced threat detection with device visibility for better threat response.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Wed, 2nd Mar 2016
Centrify ups fight against enterprise attacks with 'MFA Everywhere'
Multi-factor authentication

Centrify ups fight against enterprise attacks with 'MFA Everywhere'

Centrify has launched a new initiative to secure enterprise identities against the most prevalent source of cyber attacks - compromised credentials.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 2nd Mar 2016
Is there a way to sync, share and control data securely?
Storage

Is there a way to sync, share and control data securely?

As employees and partners collaborate through file sync and sharing services, sensitive data is often put at risk of compromise and non-compliance.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Wed, 2nd Mar 2016
Database-as-a-Service a win-win for both providers and enterprises
Data Analytics

Database-as-a-Service a win-win for both providers and enterprises

New data management solutions are needed as data creation and processing increase, says Frost - Sullivan. Cloud-based DBaaS is becoming popular.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Tue, 1st Mar 2016
Blackboard expands virtual classroom offerings with new partnership
EduTech

Blackboard expands virtual classroom offerings with new partnership

Blackboard has partnered up with Skytap to provide cloud-based, on-demand virtual training labs via Blackboard Learn, the company's flagship LMS.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Tue, 1st Mar 2016

Stories from Other Regions

Leader Computers scoops Crucial ANZ distributor award
Micron Technology

Leader Computers scoops Crucial ANZ distributor award

Leader Computers has taken out Crucial's ANZ Distributor of the Year with Micron heaping praise on the distie which 'barely put a foot wrong' in 2015.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 1st Mar 2016