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ACCC action sees reseller banned from entering indigenous communities
Payment Technologies

ACCC action sees reseller banned from entering indigenous communities

A reseller whose conduct was deemed 'unconscionable' has agreed not to enter indigenous communities to sell product and will pay $20,000 in redress.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 10th May 2016
Kloud and BNW help Pact harness Microsoft cloud
Public Cloud

Kloud and BNW help Pact harness Microsoft cloud

Pact Group has upped its efficiency, reduced required storage capacity and costs and added flexibility with a shift to cloud technology.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Mon, 9th May 2016

Global Stories

Written by Heather

MapR reports record quarter as big data analytics demand soars
MapR

MapR reports record quarter as big data analytics demand soars

Rising demand for next-gen data analytics, as companies seek to but their data to work, is propelling big data specialist MapR to new highs.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 10th May 2016
Unisys ramps up services and consulting for ServiceNow enterprise cloud
Data Analytics

Unisys ramps up services and consulting for ServiceNow enterprise cloud

Unisys has added new ServiceNow enterprise cloud platform consulting and advisory services, as it seeks to drive digital business transformation.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 9th May 2016
Cloud infrastructure services market booming; AWS leads way
Platform-as-a-Service

Cloud infrastructure services market booming; AWS leads way

Data centers providing cloud infrastructure services will take up over 50% of servers shipped in 2016 but there's an impact for vendors and channel.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 9th May 2016
Exclusive: Too much lip service; too little action in digital innovation
Talent Unleashed

Exclusive: Too much lip service; too little action in digital innovation

Local organisations are too often paying lip service to digital innovation and face 'potentially catastrophic' risks because of their inaction.

By Heather Wright • 4 min read • Mon, 9th May 2016
Kaseya launches IDaaS to help MSPs capture 'explosive' market
IT Automation

Kaseya launches IDaaS to help MSPs capture 'explosive' market

Kaseya has launched its cloud-based identity and access management solution for MSPs, aiming to capture a share of the booming IDaaS market.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 9th May 2016
Exclusive: Veeam's all grown up and 'very much an enterprise player'
Virtualisation

Exclusive: Veeam's all grown up and 'very much an enterprise player'

Veeam is taking on the enterprise, and workload orchestration, but it wants resellers to move the customer conversations from backup to availability.

By Heather Wright • 4 min read • Fri, 6th May 2016
Reinvention of the reseller: Readify builds annuity business with 'IP factory'
Physical Security

Reinvention of the reseller: Readify builds annuity business with 'IP factory'

A new 'IP factory' is enabling Aussie tech services company Readify to capture and commericalise IP to build new annualised revenue streams.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 4th May 2016
ABTC takes out top APAC distie awards for Konftel
Unified Communications

ABTC takes out top APAC distie awards for Konftel

ABTC Group named top Asia Pacific and Australia distributor for audio conferencing provider Konftel - and Best Growth for Asia Pacific and Australia.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 4th May 2016
Rhipe reaps returns from Microsoft CSP program
Microsoft

Rhipe reaps returns from Microsoft CSP program

Rhipe recorded around $400,000 in subscription revenue from CSP in March and expects the program's subscription revenue to overtake SPLA returns.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 4th May 2016
AWS leaves cloud infrastructure services competitors in its wake
Hyperscale

AWS leaves cloud infrastructure services competitors in its wake

AWS continued to dominate the cloud infrastructure services market Q1 of 2016, leaving all its followers including Microsoft and Google in its wake.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 4th May 2016
Single deal fills phase one of Digital Realty Osaka data center
Hyperscale

Single deal fills phase one of Digital Realty Osaka data center

Data center provider Digital Realty has fully leased phase one of its Osaka data center with a single customer taking all of the initial space.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 4th May 2016
Ingram Micro wins big as Jabra celebrates ANZ partner successes
Unified Communications

Ingram Micro wins big as Jabra celebrates ANZ partner successes

Ingram Micro took out the top distie award at Jabra's ANZ partner awards - so who else made the winning lineup?.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 4th May 2016

Stories from Other Regions

Written by Heather

Kiwi lessons to be learned from booming edtech market
Schools

Kiwi lessons to be learned from booming edtech market

The booming education technology market will be under the microscope at a NZTech education technology summit in July.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 10th May 2016
CCL racks up another first with second Citrix specialisation
Computer Concepts Limited

CCL racks up another first with second Citrix specialisation

CCL has become the first New Zealand partner to hold two Citrix specialisations, proving its got both book smarts, and street smarts.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 10th May 2016
Warnings for Intagr8, director as ComCom finds evidence of Fair Trading breach
Commerce Commission

Warnings for Intagr8, director as ComCom finds evidence of Fair Trading breach

Formal warnings have been issued against failed Intagr8, its director and former staffer after ComCom finds evidence of Fair Trading breach.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 9th May 2016