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Ingram Micro NZ Cure Kids Charity Golf soars to new fundraising heights
Ingram Micro

Ingram Micro NZ Cure Kids Charity Golf soars to new fundraising heights

Ingram Micro New Zealand's Cure Kids Charity Golf Tournament has soared high for the third year in a row, raising more than $59,000 for the charity.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Mon, 10th Apr 2017
UltraServe appoints CommVault sales exec to grow online business
Commvault

UltraServe appoints CommVault sales exec to grow online business

Former CommVault sales exec Paul McClure is taking on the newly created position of chief revenue office as UltraServe seeks accelerated global growth.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 10th Apr 2017
Local managed security services growth topping 20.5% CAGR
Digital Transformation

Local managed security services growth topping 20.5% CAGR

IDC says demand for better security outcomes is driving demand for professional and managed security services across Asia Pacific.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 10th Apr 2017
Lease is more: The reseller benefits in leasing
Fintech

Lease is more: The reseller benefits in leasing

With consumption based buying de rigueur, leasing too is seeing growth, with resellers being urged to capitalise on the demand.

By Heather Wright • 6 min read • Mon, 10th Apr 2017
US$800m deal on table in possible Westcon-Comstor sale
Westcon-Comstor

US$800m deal on table in possible Westcon-Comstor sale

Datatec has confirmed its considering a possible US$800m sale of a major share of Westcon-Comstor. Analysts tip Synnex and Arrow as best fit buyers.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Mon, 10th Apr 2017
Relaunched Simply Leasing ready for aggressive market share grab
Fintech

Relaunched Simply Leasing ready for aggressive market share grab

Atlas Gentech's leasing arm, Simply Leasing, has relaunched with the company promising it will be aggressively pursuing increased market share.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Fri, 7th Apr 2017
Dicker Data resellers walk the walk on the Milford Track
Dicker Data

Dicker Data resellers walk the walk on the Milford Track

Three Dicker Data New Zealand resellers took to the great outdoors last week after winning the distributor's Walk the Walk promotion.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 6th Apr 2017
BitTitan looks to 'automate profitability' with expanded MSPComplete
Customer Experience

BitTitan looks to 'automate profitability' with expanded MSPComplete

BitTitan says its new expanded version of the MSPComplete platform empowers partners to increase revenue and reduce service delivery costs.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 5th Apr 2017
Data centres: Hyperscale and digitally transformed
Hyperscale

Data centres: Hyperscale and digitally transformed

IDC says 37% of Aussie data centre compute capacity will be installed in hyperscale data centres this year, with data centres taking 29% of DX spend.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 5th Apr 2017
SonicWall serves up partner program for local channel; adds new initiatives
SonicWALL

SonicWall serves up partner program for local channel; adds new initiatives

SonicWall launches SecureFirst Partner Program locally, adds new training and marketing capabilities as channel interest surges post-spin out.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Wed, 5th Apr 2017
IDC: All enterprises must understand and plan for cognitive/AI
Artificial Intelligence

IDC: All enterprises must understand and plan for cognitive/AI

IDC is urging all enterprises to understand and plan for the adoption and use of cognitive and AI systems, as spend on the technologies surges.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Tue, 4th Apr 2017
DNA Connect adds PacketLight optical networking to portfolio
Optical Networking

DNA Connect adds PacketLight optical networking to portfolio

DNA Connect has inked a deal to add optical networking vendor PacketLight Networks to its connectivity portfolio locally.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 4th Apr 2017
Former Citrix channel boss Belinda Jurisic to head Veeam's local channel
Virtualisation

Former Citrix channel boss Belinda Jurisic to head Veeam's local channel

Belinda Jurisic has been appointed ANZ head of channel sales for Veeam, with her sights set on enterprise growth for the vendor.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 4th Apr 2017
Banking, government bolster India's external storage spend
Storage

Banking, government bolster India's external storage spend

India's external storage market has been bolstered by increased banking and government spend, while companies adopt flash 'like never before'.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Mon, 3rd Apr 2017
Security spend accelerating: Who's spending and on what?
Cybersecurity

Security spend accelerating: Who's spending and on what?

Global firms to up security budgets to $105bn by 2020, with banks leading spend in battle against cyber threats, says IDC report.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Mon, 3rd Apr 2017

Stories from Other Regions

Written by Heather

The week in channel-land: New deals, channel reappearances and revenue tumbles
Virtualisation

The week in channel-land: New deals, channel reappearances and revenue tumbles

The weather outside may have been frightful this week, but that didn't stop the distie deals, vendor offerings and channel reappearances.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Fri, 7th Apr 2017
New reseller options as Lenovo PC-as-a-service launches in NZ
Lenovo

New reseller options as Lenovo PC-as-a-service launches in NZ

Lenovo's new PC-as-a-service in NZ offers firms a streamlined, managed tech lifecycle, aiming to boost efficiency and cut IT budgets.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 5th Apr 2017
Widening loss for Dimension Data NZ; reduction in $100k-plus staff numbers
Unified Communications

Widening loss for Dimension Data NZ; reduction in $100k-plus staff numbers

Dimension Data's New Zealand operations have recorded a widening loss and decreased revenue for its latest financial year.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Tue, 4th Apr 2017