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RBA hold cash rate at 2.25%, says further easing 'may be appropriate'

The Reserve Bank of Australia held its cash rate unchanged, having cut the benchmark to a record low last month, saying further cuts may be appropriat.

By Pattrick Smellie • 2 min read • Tue, 3rd Mar 2015

Westpac

UPDATE: Fonterra Shareholders' Council relieved at dairy forecast being maintained

Farmers will be relieved at today's decision by Fonterra Cooperative Group, the world's largest dairy exporter, to maintain its forecast payout to fa.

By Pattrick Smellie • 4 min read • Thu, 26th Feb 2015

Partner Programmes

Fonterra kicks off $144 million partnership with Dutch cheese maker

Fonterra Co-operative Group, the world's largest dairy exporter, has commissioned a new dairy ingredients plant in Heerenveen, in the north of the.

By Pattrick Smellie • 2 min read • Tue, 17th Feb 2015

Jobs

Douglas Pharmaceuticals diversifies, shoots for near quarter-billion dollar turnover

Douglas Pharmaceuticals, New Zealand's largest developer and manufacturer of generic pharmaceuticals, is targeting annual revenues of $244 million.

By Pattrick Smellie • 5 min read • Fri, 13th Feb 2015

Exxon Mobil

While you were sleeping: Optimism for Greek debt deal

Equities on both sides of the Atlantic advanced amid speculation Greece and its international lenders will reach a deal soon that would safeguard t.

By Pattrick Smellie • 3 min read • Wed, 11th Feb 2015

EduTech

NZ Government taps into international education market

The New Zealand Government is set to invest nearly NZD $450,000 in 12 new international education growth initiatives, focusing on the US and Asian markets.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Tue, 3rd Feb 2015

Global Stories

United States (US) stories

Document Management

Printer market flourishes in digital-first world

Printing isn't dead yet, with IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Production Print Tracker showing significant growth in the print market.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2015

DataCentre infrastructure

Vector chair Stiassny calls for regulatory change to incentivise electricity innovation

Michael Stiassny, chairman of Auckland lines company Vector, says current regulation doesn't incentivise the electricity sector to foster new technolo.

By Pattrick Smellie • 4 min read • Thu, 5th Mar 2015

Facebook

Cricket World Cup buzzing on Facebook

Millions flock to Facebook to revel in Cricket World Cup fever, with 36 million engaging in 341 million interactions globally.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Wed, 4th Mar 2015

Silver Fern Farms

Weak global demand weighs on New Zealand sheep, cattle prices

Weakening demand in China and Europe, combined with the impact of a nine-month port strike on the US West Coast, have eroded farmgate prices for sheep.

By Pattrick Smellie • 3 min read • Tue, 3rd Mar 2015

Promapp

Promapp pushes into US market with new hire

Promapp Solutions has hired Sarah Berkowski as chief marketing officer to help drive the company's tilt at the US market.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Tue, 3rd Mar 2015

Hyperscale

Rackspace adding new data centre, expecting rapid growth

Rackspace's aspirations are taking a big leap forward with the company planning to launch a second data centre in Australia in early 2015.

By Anthony Caruana • 3 min read • Mon, 2nd Mar 2015

Unified Communications

2degrees attempts to reel in customers with new mobile plans

2degrees has launched its 2015 mobile plans and says they are simplified, provide customers with the latest technology and up to triple the value.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Fri, 20th Feb 2015

Gaming

The Battle of the Bulge in CoH2: Ardennes Assault

Relic's WWII saga continues in CoH2: Ardennes Assault with immersive RTS gameplay and potent historical narrative.

By Darren Price • 4 min read • Wed, 18th Feb 2015

Fintech

Russell Jones: Banking on technology

ASB's Russell Jones mixes tech and human touch to shape future banking, focusing on customer-centric innovation beyond just the bits and bytes.

By Heather Wright • 7 min read • Tue, 17th Feb 2015

Firewalls

Barracuda's 'dirty little secret'

On the security side, Hughes says it's a 'tough' job for the channel with cloud changing the security landscape.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 11th Feb 2015

Partner Programmes

Trend Micro looks to channel partners to drive growth in Kiwi market

Ferguson of Trend Micro champions partnerships to enhance NZ cyber security stature, amidst the rising demand for advanced threat protection.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 5th Feb 2015

Hyperscale

Megaport platform now available in Auckland data centre

Megaport's network fabric now empowers Auckland's 6 Orbit Drive tenants, enhancing their cloud and data services reach.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Thu, 5th Feb 2015

Storage

Trend Micro urges partner action

Trend Micro is urging resellers to take a proactive role in advising customers of a zero-day vulnerability under attack affecting Adobe Flash Player.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Tue, 3rd Feb 2015