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Heather Wright

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BroadSign gears up for international growth with new execs
Digital Signage

BroadSign gears up for international growth with new execs

BroadSign escalates global ambitions, enlisting top execs Beloff and Dollevoet to foster pivotal account relations and EMEA growth.

By Heather Wright • 1 min read • Fri, 26th Feb 2016
Photo gallery: HPE partners' super time at the Super Bowl 50
Dimension Data

Photo gallery: HPE partners' super time at the Super Bowl 50

HPE NZ is upping the ante for its partners, offering up 'sportacular' incentives, as winning partners attending last week's Super Bowl 50 can attest.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Fri, 26th Feb 2016
Booming health media market spurs Medical Channel acquisition
Digital Signage

Booming health media market spurs Medical Channel acquisition

Medical Channel snaps up rival, becoming Australia's top health-focused digital signage player, doubling its network presence.

By Heather Wright • 1 min read • Thu, 25th Feb 2016
Disconnection anxiety hitting home for Kiwis
Unified Communications

Disconnection anxiety hitting home for Kiwis

A new survey reveals just how much of an impact the internet is having on Kiwis - and our anxiety when disconnected.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 25th Feb 2016

Global Stories

Written by Heather

Oracle expands cloud business with new acquisition
Infrastructure-as-a-Service

Oracle expands cloud business with new acquisition

Oracle is acquiring cloud software company Ravello Systems in a deal designed to help speed customers' transition to the cloud.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Fri, 26th Feb 2016
Atomy harnesses Brocade vTM for global growth
Brocade

Atomy harnesses Brocade vTM for global growth

South Korean beauty and wellness company Atomy has revved up its application performance using Brocade's vADC as it seeks international expansion.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Fri, 26th Feb 2016
Ingram Micro records Q4 sales drop
Fintech

Ingram Micro records Q4 sales drop

Ingram Micro reports a 19% drop in Q4 sales to USD $11.3 billion as last year's figures were boosted by sales bonuses and exited business ventures.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Fri, 26th Feb 2016
Dick Smith: Fall of a giant
Dick Smith

Dick Smith: Fall of a giant

Everyone knows Dick Smith Electronics. So where did it go so wrong? We look back at the company from its early successes to eventual decline.

By Heather Wright • 4 min read • Fri, 26th Feb 2016
Breaking: Dick Smith stores to close; 3000 jobs gone
Dick Smith

Breaking: Dick Smith stores to close; 3000 jobs gone

Dick Smith is to close all its stores across Australia and New Zealand after failing to receive any acceptable offers for the business.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 25th Feb 2016
Digital signage accessorises with geo-locator bracelets
Digital Signage

Digital signage accessorises with geo-locator bracelets

iGotcha and LG are gearing up to showcase geo-locator bracelets, real time mobile-to-screen connectivity and gaze-tracking digital signage solutions.

By Heather Wright • 1 min read • Thu, 25th Feb 2016
BMC updates mapping tool to optimise data centers
Hyperscale

BMC updates mapping tool to optimise data centers

BMC Software has upgraded its IT discovery and dependency mapping tool to help create optimised and more agile data centers.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 25th Feb 2016
Toshiba debuts high capacity drives with embedded 15nm NAND chips
Storage

Toshiba debuts high capacity drives with embedded 15nm NAND chips

Toshiba has stepped up its enterprise and data center play, launching a new series of read-intensive solid state drives.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 25th Feb 2016
Global Cloud Xchange expands into Aussie with NextDC deal
Hyperscale

Global Cloud Xchange expands into Aussie with NextDC deal

The world's largest private undersea cable system, Global Cloud Xchange, has expanded its global footprint into Australia via NextDC's data centres.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 25th Feb 2016
Dell EMC acquisition clears US antitrust hurdle
Virtualisation

Dell EMC acquisition clears US antitrust hurdle

Dell's mega merger with EMC has cleared another hurdle after being given the greenlight by the United States Federal Trade Commission.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 25th Feb 2016
UXC Oxygen celebrates SAP ANZ Partner Excellence win
SAP

UXC Oxygen celebrates SAP ANZ Partner Excellence win

UXC Oxygen has taken top honours at SAP's partner kick off meeting, winning SAP ANZ Overall Excellence in Partner Sales.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 25th Feb 2016

Stories from Other Regions

Written by Heather

Tecala seeks high growth with new appointment
Productivity

Tecala seeks high growth with new appointment

Cloud and managed ICT company Tecala has appointed a new general manager of sales and marketing, whose expertise lies in high growth companies.

By Heather Wright • 1 min read • Thu, 25th Feb 2016
Dicker Data expands operation with new warehouse and offices
Dicker Data

Dicker Data expands operation with new warehouse and offices

Dicker Data bolsters its capacity with an £18m acquisition of new Kurnell lands for office and warehouse expansion.

By Heather Wright • 1 min read • Thu, 25th Feb 2016