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Cybercrime

$2 trillion cybercrime bill for business by 2019

Thu, 14th May 2015
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
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data breach
The cost of data breaches is expected to soar to $2 trillion globally by 2019 - and its not mobile or IoT that will be the source of most breaches...
Gavel on keyboard

Victorious Veeam slams Symantec following patent win

Thu, 14th May 2015
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virtualisation
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dr
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cloud services
Symantec's bid to 'stifle competition' because 'its legacy physical backup products could not compete' fails after Veeam wins three year patent battle.
Song tang yih a10

New A10 VP to expand company's channel operations

Thu, 14th May 2015
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firewalls
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breach prevention
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ibm
A10 has appointed a new VP of Asia Pacific sales charged with expanding the company's channel operations and taking sales team 'to the next level'.
Platform three

Third platform focus will bring 'much higher margins'

Wed, 13th May 2015
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paas
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iaas
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cloud services
Avnet is looking for double digit growth and higher margins as it eyes up the 'golden opportunity' of the third platform - and new resellers.
Au money

Strategic focus and plenty of good news for IT in Budget

Wed, 13th May 2015
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digital transformation
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ovum
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australian federal budget
Budget applauded as 'a welcome focus on strategic investment' with no shortage of good news of IT - but hold on to your tech staff.
Chain gang

Legacy infrastructure stifling agility and innovation

Wed, 13th May 2015
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network infrastructure
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devops
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sdn
Legacy infrastructure is holding companies back from achieving their businesses goals and preventing business agility and innovation say CIOs.
Woman futuristic servers

Gartner: IBM leading the way in all-flash storage

Wed, 13th May 2015
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storage
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healthtech
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ibm
IBM tops all-flash storage array vendors in 2014, shipping more petabytes and units for SSA than any of its competitors, according to Gartner report.
Access granted

Free enterprise security: Bargain or false economy?

Wed, 13th May 2015
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cybersecurity
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bitdefender
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apt
A security expert is cautioning against entrusting enterprise security to free security products saying they are a false economy.
Cloud aws

AWS partners up for NZ push

Wed, 13th May 2015
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hyperscale
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public cloud
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cloud services
AWS's Tim Dacombe-Bird tells us about the importance of channel partners, peer to peer partnering and the move into enterprise.
Ag1

Atlas Gentech tops for Huawei

Wed, 13th May 2015
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atlas gentech
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huawei
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partners
Atlas Gentech has taken out Huawei's Southern Pacific Region Excellent Partner Award, following a year of 'massive' uptake for Huawei locally.
Justin tye exeed

Exeed taking analytics to the cloud with HP software

Wed, 13th May 2015
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iaas
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cloud services
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hp
Exeed is ramping up its cloud offering, with analytics joining the line-up. Meanwhile boss Justin Tye hits back at David Dicker's HP push.
Jason philactides vend

Strong growth prompts more resource for Vend in Aus

Tue, 12th May 2015
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martech
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commerce systems
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supply chain
Strong growth across Asia Pacific has prompted a new appointment for cloud-based POS and eCommerce software provider Vend.
Smartphone with app cloud

Mobile app security offering comes to ANZ in Duo distie deal

Tue, 12th May 2015
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cybersecurity
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duo
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mobile apps
Mobile app security distribution deal opens doors for ANZ resellers to gain extra revenue streams, and eases key security headache for enterprises.
Data centre

New APAC boss for Digital Realty

Mon, 11th May 2015
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hyperscale
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dc
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digital realty
Data centre and co-location services provider Digital Realty appoints new APAC managing director as it seeks to strengthen its presence in the region.
Keyboard fibre

UFB uptake on the up

Mon, 11th May 2015
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uc
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rural broadband initiative
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ufb
More than 85,000 Kiwis had made the move to ultra-fast broadband at the end of March, as the UFB project gains traction.
Classroom

Distribution Central goes elite with Palo Alto training

Mon, 11th May 2015
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edutech
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
Distribution Central has continued its Palo Alto Networks run with an appointment to Elite Authorised Training Centre status.
Dickerdata logo for site

New brand, new promises for Dicker Data New Zealand

Mon, 11th May 2015
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dicker data
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branding
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distributors
Express Data NZ rebrands promising disruption to the volume market, new cloud offerings – while boss David Dicker calls out HP.
Hemisphere kaspersky win

Hemisphere wins top Kaspersky APAC award

Mon, 11th May 2015
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hemisphere technologies
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kaspersky
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dubai
Hemisphere Technologies clinches Kaspersky's APAC Distributor of the Year, hailed for exceptional sales and partner support.
Justin bock mapr cropped

Big data, IoT driving MapR business

Fri, 8th May 2015
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data analytics
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martech
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iot
Enterprise software company MapR Technologies is gearing up for busy times, as big data and internet of things become increasingly important.
Fibre internet

Bigpipe takes on Wellington; other cities to follow

Fri, 8th May 2015
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uc
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bigpipe
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ufb
Bigpipe enters Wellington's market with its targeted growth plan, aiming to expand further into Christchurch, Dunedin, Hamilton, and Palmerston North.