Global Stories

The road ahead

As unified communications (UC) adoption grows, tech providers must guide resellers to support and educate businesses for effective deployment and ongoing use.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Wed, 1st Feb 2012

Unified Communications

Selling value-added unified communications

NZ's Unified Communications market set to hit $212.2m by 2017, driving demand for value-added services amid technology commoditisation.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Wed, 1st Feb 2012

PC Hardware

POS versus standard desktops

A standard PC may look like a cheap option for customers, but resellers may want to advise them of the real costs says Varun Dhani, account manager, Sektor.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Wed, 1st Feb 2012

Marketing Technologies

Accounting for point of sales

NZ retailers focus on self-checkout and mobile POS over biometrics for efficiency and customer experience, says IDC analyst Louise Francis.

By Heather Wright • 6 min read • Wed, 1st Feb 2012

Apple

Samsung ousts Apple

Samsung, Fuji Xerox and LED monitors have come out on top in three IDC reports on the New Zealand and Australian markets in Q3 2011.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Wed, 1st Feb 2012

Software-as-a-Service

Messaging intelligence not anti-spam says vendor

Email security vendor TrustSphere is gearing up to tackle the Australian and New Zealand market; we explain the company's key product.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Mon, 30th Jan 2012

Data Analytics

CIOs using tech to 'amplify' their enterprises

CIOs are leveraging tech for innovation rather than just organisation, despite tight budgets, according to a new Gartner survey of 2335 tech leaders.

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Thu, 19th Jan 2012

Network Infrastructure

Apple rises in ANZ PC rankings

HP still leads the pack, although analysts acknowledge 'PSG spin-off debacle' has hurt the company's reputation.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Fri, 16th Dec 2011

Document Management

Business productivity through printing

Printers offer a greater opportunity to enhance business productivity than many realise, says Carmel Mosser, general manager, Lexmark Australia and New Zealand.

By Staff Writer • 5 min read • Thu, 1st Dec 2011

Health Technologies

Mixed times for printer market in 2011

NZ printer market sees $55M in Q2 2011, with an 8% rise by 2014 driven by inkjets, despite the digital shift and tablet impacts.

By Staff Writer • 5 min read • Thu, 1st Dec 2011

Virtualisation

Investment and Return on Investment in the Cloud

Increased agility. Faster time-to-market. Increased business value. Phrases like these pepper cloud computing marketing literature.

By Staff Writer • 5 min read • Thu, 1st Dec 2011

Open source

Ten things you didn't know about Sourcefire

A few interesting facts about the open source network security specialists most famous for intrusion detection tool Snort.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Fri, 25th Nov 2011

Connectivity

Huawei's 'Telepresence 2.0'

System based on open standards offers 30% lower bandwidth consumption than industry average, Australia boss says.

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Wed, 16th Nov 2011

Distribution Central

Extreme Networks regains 'thought leader' mantle

Extreme Networks lauded for innovation, reclaiming its position as a thought leader in data center solutions, says regional boss.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Fri, 4th Nov 2011

Virtualisation

Virtualisation: Meeting the demands of a maturing market

With virtualisation maturing, large enterprises embrace it as essential. Gartner forecasts it as key tech in 2011; 91% already use it for production workloads.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Tue, 1st Nov 2011

Health Technologies

Making it virtual

With server virtualisation reaching maximum penetration in mature markets like New Zealand, now is the time for resellers to look to other virtualisat.

By Staff Writer • 5 min read • Tue, 1st Nov 2011