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Interview: Westcon-Comstor NZ on the Cisco opportunity

Wed, 30th Aug 2017
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Dave Rosenberg outlines Westcon-Comstor's plans and the opportunities available for Cisco resellers following the distie's exclusive appointment.
Firewall

Pacific Tech ups value added services with new firewall monitoring offering

Wed, 30th Aug 2017
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network infrastructure
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sdn
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naas
Pacific Tech has launched a cloud based value added service providing next-gen firewall device health monitoring, alerting and threat intelligence.
Warehouse

Hills to return to profit next year, takes control of supply chain

Tue, 29th Aug 2017
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supply chain
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healthtech
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hills
Hills expects to return to profitability in the next financial year, and will take full control of its supply chain from early next year.
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Solid growth for Dicker Data business, but restructure ahead for NZ

Tue, 29th Aug 2017
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data analytics
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martech
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iot
Dicker Data has posted solid revenue growth of 7.1% for the first six months of 2017, as it looks to SaaS and IaaS and specialisation to drive growth.
Cloud black

Veeam takes Availability Suite to new VMware Cloud on AWS

Tue, 29th Aug 2017
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virtualisation
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hyperscale
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public cloud
Veeam integrates with VMware's AWS cloud service to enhance hybrid cloud flexibility and streamline data center transitions.
Pc

Indian PC market hits all-time low on back of GST implementation

Mon, 28th Aug 2017
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network infrastructure
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lenovo
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hp
Traditional PC shipments in India have slumped nearly 19% quarter on quarter to an all-time low on the back of the recent GST implementation, IDC says.
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Australian mobile phone market exceeding expectations with 18% growth

Mon, 28th Aug 2017
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apple
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samsung
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huawei
Australia's mobile phone market romped in ahead of expectations in Q2 2017, growing 18.4% thanks to the launch of new Android devices.
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Kordia ramps up RedShield push with new appointments

Mon, 28th Aug 2017
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cybersecurity
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kordia
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redshield
Kordia has upped its cybersecurity play with the appointment of a cyber security country manager and a channel manager to push RedShield.
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HPE one stop cloud shop kicks off locally, Microsoft joins the party

Mon, 28th Aug 2017
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cloud services
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Local partners have signed up for HPE's Cloud28+ initiative, with Microsoft also joining the party to provide dedicated lead gen and sales enablement.
Leads

Seven tried and true ways for MSPs to generate leads

Mon, 28th Aug 2017
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partner programmes
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storagecraft
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managed services
The more quality leads, the more results you're likely to see. But where do you find those leads in the first place? StorageCraft's Marina Brook offer.
Laptop tablet

Win 10 detachables, commercial providing relief in ailing market

Mon, 28th Aug 2017
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pc hardware
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notebook
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mobility
Windows 10 detachables and the commercial segment are providing some relief in the ailing personal computing device market.
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Service providers drive new managed SD-WAN services

Mon, 28th Aug 2017
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network infrastructure
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sd-wan
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sdn
SD-WAN provides service providers a new way to address the changing enterprise connectivity needs. Silver Peak's David Hughes outlines the drivers.
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Veeam and Cisco tighten partnership; Cisco resellers to onsell Veeam

Wed, 23rd Aug 2017
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virtualisation
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cisco
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veeam
Veeam is being added to Cisco's global price list from October, enabling Cisco resellers to deliver complete pre-validated solutions from the vendors.
Au money up

Data#3 joins billion dollar club - and posts record profit

Wed, 23rd Aug 2017
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cloud services
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data#3
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financial results
Data#3 has joined the $1 billion club, clocking up revenue of $1.1 billion for the year ended 30 June – and posting a record profit to boot.
Ai robot brain

Exclusive: Frost & Sullivan talks AI, robo-advisors and frictionless shopping

Tue, 22nd Aug 2017
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uc
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martech
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ai
AI is here, right now. Frost & Sullivan ANZ head of research for DX Audrey William sits down to chat with us about how AI is changing business.
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The changing value proposition of SD-WAN

Tue, 22nd Aug 2017
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network infrastructure
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sd-wan
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sdn
Analyst Zeus Kerravala, writing for Silver Peak, outlines SD-WAN purchase drivers - and why 2017 signals a change in the value proposition of SD-WAN.
Backup data

MSP NetCare reaps benefits from move to new backup vendor

Tue, 22nd Aug 2017
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dr
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cloud services
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storagecraft
Sydney managed service provider NetCare says it has slashed the time it takes monitoring and maintaining backups after moving to StorageCraft.
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Newgen, Ikara winners at ExtraHop partner awards

Tue, 22nd Aug 2017
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data analytics
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martech
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planning
Newgen and Ikara clinch top honours at ExtraHop's APAC partner event, highlighting their success in network analytics achievements.
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DNA looks to flexible financing to drive digital transformation deals

Tue, 22nd Aug 2017
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cloud services
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financing
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resellers
DNA Connect's new financing offer – designed to help channel partners accelerate customer DX strategies – has helped finance $6m in three months.
Multiple acquisitions

Cisco to acquire hyperconverged software vendor Springpath in US$320m deal

Tue, 22nd Aug 2017
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hyperscale
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converged infrastructure
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dc
Cisco has continued its buying spree, this time snapping up hyperconvergence software company Springpath to bolster its data centre portfolio.