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Kiwi Stories

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Westcon-Comstor

Exclusive: Westcon-Comstor eyes Kiwi growth; ups local investment

Westcon-Comstor has added two new staff, including industry stalwart Lance Primrose, as the distie sees strong growth in the local market.

By Heather Wright • 4 min read • Mon, 25th Jul 2016

Global Stories

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Infrastructure-as-a-Service

NTT Comms' Netmagic to double Indian data center capacity to 1.3m square feet

Netmagic, a subsidiary of NTT Communications, is set to double its data center footprint in India, expanding to 1.3m sq ft by 2018.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 25th Jul 2016

Acronis

Acronis snaps up Veritas exec to head local operations

Acronis has appointed former Veritas and Symantec exec Tony Drewitt as ANZ general manager as it looks to triple its size in five years.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 25th Jul 2016

Ingram Micro

Ingram Micro US$6 billion acquisition hits speed bump

Tianjin Tianhai's US$6 billion acquisition of Ingram Micro has hit a speed bump, with Shanghai Stock Exchange asking for more information on the deal.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 25th Jul 2016

Health Technologies

Australia claims triple glory in APAC tech startup awards

Three Australian companies have claimed glory in the annual Talent Unleashed Awards and will now compete in the Global Grand Final.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Fri, 22nd Jul 2016

Open source

Kiwi company named APAC's Best Startup for Social Impact

New Zealand's oDocs has been named Asia Pacific's Best Startup - Social Impact in the annual Talent Unleashed awards.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Fri, 22nd Jul 2016

Data Loss Prevention

Symantec promising profitability, predictability and new potential post-merger

Symantec's Blue Coat acquisition opens new doors for partners says Symantec's global channel boss, who is promising predictability and profitability.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Thu, 21st Jul 2016

Virtualisation

Greg Wyman to lead virtualisation vendor's local push

ioFabric has opened a Sydney office as the storage virtualisation vendor ups its ANZ push – with a familiar channel face spearheading the charge.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 21st Jul 2016

Storage

Brocade goes Gen 6 with new fibre channel directors

All flash data centers just got a superhighway, with Brocade debuting the industry's first Gen 6 fibre channel directors.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Wed, 20th Jul 2016

Carbon Black

The big security opportunity waiting to be grabbed

Carbon Black's acquisition of nextgen antivirus company Confer opens up big opportunities for the local channel says local boss Kane Lightowler.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Wed, 20th Jul 2016

Endpoint Protection

Carbon Black 'redefines nextgen antivirus' with Confer acquisition

Carbon Black has bulked up its endpoint security with the acquisition of next gen antivirus company Confer, driving nextgen security into new markets.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Wed, 20th Jul 2016