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Sam Worthington

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Kiwi Stories

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TeamTalk

Spark makes formal offer to acquire TeamTalk

Spark offers to buy all TeamTalk shares at NZ$0.80/share, 78% higher than last closing price, says CFO Chalmers.

By Sam Worthington • 3 min read • Thu, 9th Mar 2017

Global Stories

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Hyperscale

Nlyte says it's closer to smarter data center vision with latest release

The Command Center is an option for Nlyte Platinum and Nlyte Energy Optimizer that brings new capabilities to remotely control IT and Facility devices.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Wed, 15th Mar 2017

Customer Relationship Management

IoT adoption in Australia & New Zealand lagging behind rest of APAC

Australia and New Zealand rank lowest in IoT-enabled customer experience maturity, according to a new report by Genesys.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Wed, 15th Mar 2017

Unified Communications

RSL Queensland marks 100th anniversary with Microsoft tech transformation

RSL Queensland celebrates 100th anniversary with Microsoft technology transformation, leveraging Azure, Office 365, Dynamics365 and Teams.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Wed, 15th Mar 2017

Open source

OpenStack Foundation elects Huawei to Platinum Member status

Huawei has been elected as a Platinum Member of the OpenStack Foundation, replacing HPE among the eight Platinum Members.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Tue, 14th Mar 2017

Hyperscale

Nutanix revamps Vocus Communications' infrastructure

Vocus Communications leaps forward, upgrading its tech with Nutanix's cloud platform on Dell EMC hardware, boosting efficiency and cutting costs.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Tue, 14th Mar 2017

Unified Communications

Chorus network capacity will continue to grow to meet customer demand

The Commerce Commission just released the final decision in its review of the non‑price features of the Unbundled Bitstream Access (UBA) service.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Tue, 14th Mar 2017

Marketing Technologies

Rotorua business scores Google Partner qualification

A Rotorua digital marketing firm celebrates as the sole Google Partner in the area, exemplifying exceptional AdWords prowess and client growth.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Mon, 13th Mar 2017

Hyperscale

Seagate's enterprise-class hard drive an 'ideal component' for next-gen data centers

Seagate's new 12TB helium enterprise drives are shipping to cloud providers for evaluation, with volume shipments to begin in June.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Mon, 13th Mar 2017

Digital Transformation

HPE delves deep into digital transformation realm with new service

Hewlett Packard Enterprise launches Pointnext to help companies with digital transformation. Offers services in 30 languages.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Mon, 13th Mar 2017

Unified Communications

Juniper Networks takes home 'Supplier of the Year' at 2016 Vodafone Supplier Awards

Juniper Networks awarded 'Supplier of the Year 2016' by Vodafone Group for outstanding performance and customer support.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Mon, 13th Mar 2017

Canon

The Sitecore experience ANZ award winners for 2016

Zip Water and QIC named as winners of the Sitecore Experience Awards 2016 for Best eCommerce Experience and Digital Innovation respectively.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Mon, 13th Mar 2017

DataCentre infrastructure

Microsoft and QDT collab 'with an eye to the future' for the server market

Microsoft and Qualcomm innovate for cloud's future, joining forces on the centrepiece Qualcomm Centriq 2400 server platform.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Thu, 9th Mar 2017

Storage

Commvault teams up with Pure Storage & Cisco to optimize the data center

Commvault is integrating its Data Platform and IntelliSnap technology for Cisco and Pure Storage's FlashStack solution.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Thu, 9th Mar 2017

DataCentre infrastructure

Schneider Electric spreads automation wings with new Pacific region appointment

Neil Smith pilots Schneider Electric's industrial automation drive as Pacific Industry VP in strategic market expansion.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Thu, 9th Mar 2017

Network Infrastructure

Telstra unveils SDN partnership with US-based VeloCloud

Telstra announces partnership with VeloCloud Networks, with investment by Telstra Ventures to enhance network flexibility and agility for enterprise customers.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Wed, 8th Mar 2017