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Heather Wright

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Kiwi Stories

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Fintech

Hewlett-Packard NZ racks up the losses in final year as combined company

Declines in sales revenue in Hewlett-Packard NZ's final year as a combined entity and losses related to the split saw the vendor rack up big losses.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 4th May 2016

Jobs

From tech to cars: 2 Cheap Cars on the hunt for DSE staff

Dick Smith's Kiwi staff could find jobs from an unlikely source with 2 Cheap Cars liaising with liquidators to open contact channels to recruit staff.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Fri, 29th Apr 2016

Global Stories

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Dimension Data

Australia first to get DiData Blue Coat cloud security service

Dimension Data and Blue Coat's managed cloud security service, designed to extend web security controls to the cloud, is rolling out first in Aussie.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 4th May 2016

Dick Smith

Dick Smith back online as Kogan relaunches brand

The new online Dick Smith brand has launched with new owners Kogan.com promising to 'rebuild the legacy of the brand' as a leading tech retailer.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 4th May 2016

Converged Infrastructure

EMC snaps up Nutanix channel boss to lead local flash channel

EMC has hired former Nutanix channel manager Darrin Edkins to head up its all flash midmarket and channel business across ANZ.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 4th May 2016

Connector Systems

Connector Systems snaps up new vendor, eyes future potential

Connector Systems is opening the doors to new opportunities for Kiwi resllers, with new vendors, new promotions and a new rewards offering.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Tue, 3rd May 2016

Hyperscale

Exclusive: Lenovo ups data centre play with local channel

Lenovo is gearing up to 'own' the data centre market locally - and it's planning on taking its channel partners along for the ride.

By Heather Wright • 4 min read • Tue, 3rd May 2016

Microsoft

Apple still tablet king - and beating Microsoft at its own game

Apple is racking up the wins on the detachables side of the tablet market, taking an early lead in the only growing segment of the tablet market.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Fri, 29th Apr 2016

Firewalls

Fortinet unveils 'security fabric' for distributed security in an IoT world

Fortinet has unveiled its security fabric, which it says will arm global enterprises with pervasive, adaptive cybersecurity from IoT to cloud networks.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Fri, 29th Apr 2016

Storage

IBM ramps up flash storage solutions

IBM reinvents data storage, unveiling ultra-fast all-flash arrays to accelerate business operations in the data-driven Cognitive Era.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Fri, 29th Apr 2016

Vocus group

Vocus' Commander rolls out 'innovative' new phone offering

Vocus' Commander business and UCaaS BroadSoft have teamed up to develop an IP key phone replacement product, which they say is an Australian first.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Fri, 29th Apr 2016

DataCentre infrastructure

ChinaCache launches first of its kind internet exchange in China

ChinaCache unveils a pioneering internet exchange, CHN-IX, promising efficient content delivery amid China's surging web traffic.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Fri, 29th Apr 2016

Internet of Things

Cisco, IBM and Intel top 2016 IoT M&A action as market soars

With nearly two dozen major acquisitions in first four months of 2016, it's shaping up to be a big year - with Cisco, IBM and Intel leading the way.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Fri, 29th Apr 2016

Cybersecurity

Symantec CEO exits as company reduces revenue forecast

Symantec chief executive Michael A Brown is exiting the company, with the vendor also revising its Q4 revenue forecast downwards by US$12 million.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Fri, 29th Apr 2016

Firewalls

ANZ leading the pack as Fortinet logs bumper Q1 revenue

Fortinet has posted a 34% increase in global revenue for the first quarter of 2016, with local results tracking even higher.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Fri, 29th Apr 2016

Infrastructure-as-a-Service

Viatek wins Sydney Motorway ICT-as-a-service contract

Well structured and easy to understand service offerings and flexible and attractive as-a-service consumption pricing helped Viatek win a key ICT deal.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 28th Apr 2016