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Heather Wright

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DWS snapping up SMS in $124 million deal
Mergers and Acquisitions

DWS snapping up SMS in $124 million deal

DWS is acquiring SMS Management and Technology to create a 'leading' IT services provider with the size and capability to fully service market.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 27th Feb 2017
Exclusive: Distributor eyes Indonesia as test bed for 'business in a box offerings'
Infrastructure-as-a-Service

Exclusive: Distributor eyes Indonesia as test bed for 'business in a box offerings'

Westcon-Comstor is looking to Indonesia to pilot new programs, following its launch of Blue Sky cloud services in Indonesia and Singapore last year.

By Heather Wright • 4 min read • Mon, 27th Feb 2017
Australian VR headset market facing 'chicken and egg' scenario
Gaming

Australian VR headset market facing 'chicken and egg' scenario

More than 200,000 VR headsets were sold in Aussie in 2016 – but the market is being impacted by the number of offerings and lack of killer content.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 23rd Feb 2017
Services focus boosts Data#3 results; health practice plans on track
Data#3

Services focus boosts Data#3 results; health practice plans on track

An increased focus on growing services is paying off for Data#3, which has recorded solid growth for the latest half year.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 23rd Feb 2017
Rhipe wins Microsoft CSP, SPLA rights in South Korea
Microsoft

Rhipe wins Microsoft CSP, SPLA rights in South Korea

Rhipe has won Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider and SPLA rights for South Korea in a deal the distie says will help partners grow their cloud business.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Wed, 22nd Feb 2017

Global Stories

Written by Heather

Record revenue, profit as Dicker Data eyes telco, as-a-service
Dicker Data

Record revenue, profit as Dicker Data eyes telco, as-a-service

Dicker Data has posted a 25% after-tax profit increase on the back of a 10% increase in revenue and is eyeing up new opportunities.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 28th Feb 2017
Access4 offers up new channel-focused BroadSoft CC-One deployment
Unified Communications

Access4 offers up new channel-focused BroadSoft CC-One deployment

Access4 is hosting BroadSoft's new CC-One in a move it says enables its partners to offer a data driven contact centre and telephony solution in one.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 27th Feb 2017
Empired profit soars as company eyes opportunity from competitors' M&A activity
Empired

Empired profit soars as company eyes opportunity from competitors' M&A activity

Empired has logged a $1.1 million profit for H1 FY17 with the company bullish about market opportunities in the wake of local M&A activity.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Mon, 27th Feb 2017
New boss for Aruba as Steve Coad departs and Tony Smith takes on ANZ role
Wireless Networks

New boss for Aruba as Steve Coad departs and Tony Smith takes on ANZ role

Aruba has a new South Pacific general manager, with Anthony Smith taking over the role as Steve Coad exits the business after five years.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 27th Feb 2017
Vocus revenue, profit soar on back of acquisitions
Vocus group

Vocus revenue, profit soar on back of acquisitions

Vocus has seen a massive boost in its revenue and profit for the latest H1 thanks to recent acquisitions and organic growth.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 23rd Feb 2017
Enghouse offering local resellers new hosting opportunity
Unified Communications

Enghouse offering local resellers new hosting opportunity

Enghouse Interactive is about to launch a new self service IVR platform locally and it's on the hunt for resellers to provide hosted versions.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Thu, 23rd Feb 2017
Public cloud to see growth seven times greater than IT spend growth
Public Cloud

Public cloud to see growth seven times greater than IT spend growth

Public cloud services spend will grow at seven times faster than overall IT spending out to 2020 according to IDC – with APAC leading the way.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Wed, 22nd Feb 2017
Certus takes out IBM Choice Award for Transformation
IBM

Certus takes out IBM Choice Award for Transformation

Certus Solutions has taken out IBM's Choice Award for Transformation for its work helping businesses transform using cognitive, cloud and XaaS.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 22nd Feb 2017
HPE acquisition of SimpliVity closes, what lies ahead?
SimpliVity

HPE acquisition of SimpliVity closes, what lies ahead?

HPE's US$650 million acquisition of hyperconverged infrastructure vendor SimpliVity has closed, with HPE promising the first combined offerings in May.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 21st Feb 2017
Hills revenue declines as company becomes 'solely' technology VAD
Surveillance

Hills revenue declines as company becomes 'solely' technology VAD

Hills saw its revenue slip for H1 of FY17, with the company saying it is now 'solely focused on the value added distribution of tech and services.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 21st Feb 2017

Stories from Other Regions

Written by Heather

Airpoints for Business comes to Kiwi channel in exclusive Exeed deal
Exeed

Airpoints for Business comes to Kiwi channel in exclusive Exeed deal

Exeed resellers will be able to earn Airpoints Dollars on purchases in an exclusive deal the distie hopes will garner it increased market share.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Tue, 28th Feb 2017
Microsoft NZ survey outlines state of play for cloud and security
Hybrid Cloud

Microsoft NZ survey outlines state of play for cloud and security

New survey data from Microsoft NZ shows a growing preference for hybrid cloud as IT leaders juggle legacy infrastructure and tightening budgets.

By Heather Wright • 4 min read • Mon, 27th Feb 2017