Stories by Heather - Page 4
Vocus New Zealand, Aussie data centres on the chopping block
Tue, 24th Oct 2017
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Vocus NZ is up to be put up for sale, with Australian parent Vocus Group also looking to sell the company’s Aussie data centre assets.
Cisco snaps up BroadSoft in US$1.7b collaboration push
Tue, 24th Oct 2017
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Cisco is acquiring BroadSoft for US$1.7 billion in a deal designed to enhance Cisco’s collaboration offerings.
Endpoint, IAM and managed services among winners in soaring security spend market
Tue, 24th Oct 2017
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Endpoint security IAM and vulnerability management are set to dominate security software spend this year as overall security spend jumps 10.3%.
Westcon-Comstor gets on the bike to support mental health
Wed, 18th Oct 2017
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Westcon-Comstor is throwing its weight behind the Mental Health Foundation, linking its latest Cisco promotion with fundraising for the charity.
Ingram Micro NZ and Lenovo cut the cake in Doubtful Sound
Wed, 18th Oct 2017
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Ingram Micro NZ has celebrated the ThinkPad's 25th birthday in the remotest and most southern place in the world.
Exclusive: Duo business booms on back of heightened security demand
Wed, 18th Oct 2017
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Kiwi distributor Duo is logging triple digit growth as demand for security soars. So how can resellers capitalise on the booming security market?.
Photo gallery: Lenovo and channel celebrate 25 years of ThinkPad
Wed, 18th Oct 2017
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Lenovo celebrated 25 years of ThinkPad at Sydney's Ivy, with Kevin Beck outlining its impactful history and future innovation in mobile computing.
MSPs must get automated or face extinction says BitTitan
Wed, 18th Oct 2017
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BitTitan has used its inaugural user conference, Elevate, to lay down the gauntlet for MSPs, saying it’s time to get automated or face extinction.
Ingram Micro NZ appoints industry veteran to Lenovo role
Wed, 18th Oct 2017
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Ingram Micro New Zealand has appointed former Distribution Central NZ boss Stewart Williams to its Lenovo team.
Kaspersky, Symantec, Cylance and ESET tops for endpoint protection
Wed, 18th Oct 2017
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Kaspersky takes top honours in Gartner's Peer Insights Customer Choice Awards for EndPoint Protection Platforms awards.
SD-WAN benefits extend beyond eliminating MPLS
Wed, 18th Oct 2017
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While reducing spend on MPLS is often cited as a key reason for SD-WAN, there are other key benefits, says Silver Peak’s Jim Metzler.
Ruckus just got louder with Connector Systems and Ingram Micro
Tue, 17th Oct 2017
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Connector Systems is ensuring Ruckus gets a lot louder in the local market, with the distie recruiting new partners and offering Foo Fighters tickets.
Carbon Black and IBM Security tighten partnership with rapid response tool
Tue, 17th Oct 2017
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An expanded partnership between Carbon Black and IBM Security aim to provide increased cyberattack visibility and accelerated incident response times.
Photo gallery: Ingram Micro resellers go off the grid with Lenovo
Tue, 17th Oct 2017
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What happens when you take resellers away from their mobile phones, internet and the demands of everyday life?.
Customisation key as SaaS, PaaS demand takes off in Aussie enterprise
Tue, 17th Oct 2017
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Demand for PaaS and SaaS is growing among local businesses, according to Telsyte, which says enterprise software budgets are also on the increase.
UltraServe seeking $5m capital to fund international growth
Tue, 17th Oct 2017
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UltraServe has launched a $5 million capital raising as it seeks to ramp up its international growth and increase its foothold in the US and Europe.
Simplifying cloud migration with objective-defined storage and AI
Tue, 17th Oct 2017
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Are MSPs and organisations cloud ready? ioFabric’s Greg Wyman says objective-defined storage and AI can help ease the path.
Solid results for Arrow ECS post Distribution Central buy
Mon, 16th Oct 2017
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Arrow ECS NZ boasts strong half-year results, with a pre-tax profit of £634,927 following its Distribution Central acquisition.
Cisco dominates resurgent Indian networking market
Mon, 16th Oct 2017
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Cisco has snapped up the WLAN market lead in India, adding to its dominant position in the Ethernet switch and router markets.
SaaS, IaaS growing fast, but cloud advertising dominates public cloud spend
Mon, 16th Oct 2017
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Software- and infrastructure-as-a-service may be growing fast, but it’s cloud advertising which dominates the public cloud services revenue.