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Heather Wright

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Australian Stories

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Dicker Data

UPDATED: Disties count the costs of HPE distribution reshuffle

A successful bid for full HPE distribution has one distributor expecting an additional $200m in revenue in the coming year. We get channel reaction.

By Heather Wright • 4 min read • Fri, 12th Feb 2016

Dicker Data

HPE axes three distributors; five make the cut

The decision is in, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise will have five local distributors come May, with three distributors cut from the line up.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Fri, 12th Feb 2016

DevOps

Colonial First State banks on TCS solution

Tata Consultancy Services wins Colonial First State deal, helping the bank increase agility and productivity and reduce risks.

By Heather Wright • 1 min read • Thu, 11th Feb 2016

Global Stories

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Digital Signage

Chocolates, flowers and... digital signage?

Digital signage rides to the rescue when a romantic meal, chocolates and flowers just aren't enough on Valentine's Day...

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Fri, 12th Feb 2016

Revera

Revera nets $45-$60 million Inland Revenue data centre contract

Revera has won an NZ$45-$60 million contract to design and supply data centre services for New Zealand's Inland Revenue.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Fri, 12th Feb 2016

Network Infrastructure

Dell ups channel play; offers new IAM via channel from launch

Dell is rolling out a new identity and access management solution which, for the first time ever, will be available via the channel from launch.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 11th Feb 2016

Unified Communications

New Plymouth UFB expo offering free workshops for all

A New Plymouth UFB expo is offering free workshops for students, educators, businesses and consumers next week.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 11th Feb 2016

Wave2Wave Solutions

Robotics rule the data center with new optical switches

Wave2Wave aims to remove human interventions, increasing accuracy and consistency for data center fiber connectivity with new robotic switches.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 11th Feb 2016

Hyperscale

New APAC boss for Digital Realty as demand for agile data centers soars

Digital Realty is gearing up for significant growth across Asia Pacific, as demand for agile data center infrastructure grows.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 11th Feb 2016

Clean technologies

HPE, IBM and EMC offerings herald new era in US$69b green data center market

New offerings from HPE, IBM and EMC are helping drive the green data center market to new highs and making cloud computing a reality a new report says.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 11th Feb 2016

Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise

ALE drives OpenTouch into wider SMB and hotel market

Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise says it's enabling resellers to better capitalise on the SMB opportunities with new enhancements to its OpenTouch suite.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 11th Feb 2016

Data Loss Prevention

Enterprise security spend hits a speed bump

A dip in enterprise security spend growth is forecast for 2016 - thanks in part to a lack of high profile breaches last year.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 11th Feb 2016

Public Cloud

Public cloud boom - and innovation - ahead

Public cloud spend is forecast to double by 2019 in Asia Pacific excluding Japan, growing at nearly six times the rate of overall IT spending growth.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 10th Feb 2016

Stories from Other Regions

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Digital Signage

Christie MicroTiles provide heroic 256 square foot backdrop

A 256 square foot Christie MicroTiles wall, installed by Data Display Audio Visual, has provided the backdrop for the CNN Heroes awards ceremony.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Fri, 12th Feb 2016

Digital Signage

LG stretches digital signage options with new display

LG Business Solutions launches 86-inch Ultra Stretch Signage, poised to revolutionize displays in various industries with 4K UHD and customisable content.

By Heather Wright • 1 min read • Fri, 12th Feb 2016