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Fantail Network to help Wellington business women fly
Thu, 8th Oct 2015
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women in tech
The Fantail Network spreads its wings to Wellington next week with the inaugural Wellington event for women in business offering a trio of speakers.
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Worldox service comes to Aussie with Matrix and NextDC
Thu, 8th Oct 2015
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document management
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ecm
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hyperscale
Worldox Cloud will be has been made available in Australia via NextDC's S1 and M1 data centres, offering Aussie law firms local hosting.
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Rackspace launches AWS managed service offerings
Thu, 8th Oct 2015
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hyperscale
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public cloud
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cloud services
Rackspace signs deal with AWS to offer tools, expertise, application management and operational support for AWS customers.
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Physical and virtual merge in Gartner's top 10 strategic tech trends
Thu, 8th Oct 2015
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3d printing
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analyst report
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automotive
Architecture, smart machines and the glue that binds it all together are key features in Gartner's top 10 strategic technology trends for 2016.
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Gartner: Data is dumb, welcome to the algorithmic economy
Thu, 8th Oct 2015
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data analytics
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martech
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planning
With worldwide IT spend expected to surpass US$3.6 trillion in 2016, Gartner says data is dumb - it's time to embrace algorithms.
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Aussie company Vix wins US$30m Dallas deal
Wed, 7th Oct 2015
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martech
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commerce systems
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payment technologies
Australia's Vix Technology has inked a US$30 million deal to provide a state-of-the-art fare system to the Dallas Area Rapid Transit.
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OpenText opens up marketing funds for partners
Wed, 7th Oct 2015
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partner programmes
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opentext
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partner marketing
OpenText will provide marketing development funds and new incentives for partners as it ups its channel investment to capitalise on the digital world.
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Familiar face takes on partner role for Microsoft Australia
Wed, 7th Oct 2015
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microsoft
Mark Leigh has taken over the role of Microsoft Australia’s small mid-market solutions and partner lead, taking over from David Gage.
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Aloha Hawaii for Ingram Micro Brother winners
Wed, 7th Oct 2015
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brother
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distributors
Ingram Micro Brother resellers enjoy some R&R in Hawaii recently after winning the Discover Hawaii promo. Here's what they got to...
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Meet the Surface Book, Microsoft's first ever laptop
Wed, 7th Oct 2015
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gaming
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digital entertainment
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personal computing devices
A laptop, the Surface Book, was a surprise unveiling at a Microsoft event overnight, with the Surface Pro 4 and Lumia 950 also in the lineup.
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NZ Fire Service moves to as-a-service alarm messaging with Unisys
Wed, 7th Oct 2015
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iaas
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unisys
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industrial
The as-a-service model is being called into action to deliver the New Zealand Fire Service’s national automatic fire alarm messaging system.
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Kiwi company launches data centre in a box offering
Wed, 7th Oct 2015
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hyperscale
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dc
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risk & compliance
NZ's IT Power has unveiled what it believes is the first locally developed 'data centre in a box', offering an 'affordable and flexible' option.
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IT Power takes on containerised data centre market; resellers wanted
Wed, 7th Oct 2015
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hyperscale
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dc
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it power
IT Power has unveiled what it believes is the first New Zealand developed ‘data centre in a box’ solution, offering new opportunities for resellers.
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Mako Networks sold to US provider
Wed, 7th Oct 2015
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physical security
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risk & compliance
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mako networks
United States telecommunications service provider D&S Communications has acquired the assets of Mako Networks from the company’s receivers.
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Manufacturing leading enterprise mobile charge
Wed, 7th Oct 2015
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it in manufacturing
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mobility
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analyst report
Mobile technology spend will reach $1.2 trillion by 2019 with the manufacturing sector offering the largest enterprise opportunity for mobile tech.
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Changing skills required for a changing channel
Wed, 7th Oct 2015
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analyst report
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partner marketing
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partners
As the channel changes, more strategic planning, vendor evaluation, targeted skills enhancement and outcome-based delivery are key says Canalys.
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99% of Kiwis to have 50Mbps connectivity by 2025
Tue, 6th Oct 2015
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uc
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telco
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rural broadband initiative
The New Zealand government has unveiled plans which will see 99% of Kiwis with 50Mbps peak connectivity by 2025, with 10Mbps for the remainder.
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‘Platform thinking’ now critical for CIOs
Tue, 6th Oct 2015
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bimodal it
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analyst report
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partners
CIOs must build a plan to evolve all layers of their business’ digital platform in order for businesses to survive and thrive, says Gartner.
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Trend Micro adds 'unique' offering to ANZ partner program
Tue, 6th Oct 2015
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trend micro
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qualifications
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partners
Trend Micro has added an extra - ANZ only - incentive to its channel program as it encourages local partners to expand into managed services.
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Turnbull government offers hope for digital innovation and skills shortage
Tue, 6th Oct 2015
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it training
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data analytics
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power / energy
Australia’s change in leadership is set to create new challenges for digital recruitment according to technology recruitment agency, Greythorn.