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Duo reaps big returns from new office; services business

The opening of an Auckland office is reaping big returns for Duo, with the new PS Duo services business also seeing 'stratospheric' growth.

By Heather Wright • 4 min read • Wed, 15th Jun 2016

Health Technologies

Exclusive: Avnet ups Kiwi focus with new staff, new services, new vendors

Avnet is ramping up its NZ investment with new staff, services offerings - including a cloud marketplace - and vendors as it seeks big growth locally.

By Heather Wright • 5 min read • Mon, 13th Jun 2016

DTS

UFB business services – how much are ISPs really making?

How much money is being generated by ISPs in NZ from selling UFB business services, uptake of UFB business services and a few other bits and pieces?.

By Brendan Ritchie • 4 min read • Thu, 9th Jun 2016

Global Stories

Australian stories

Commvault

Former EMC exec joins Commvault

Commvault appoints Mark Velthuis as VP for Indirect Business in Asia Pacific and Japan, as part of its growth strategy.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Wed, 15th Jun 2016

Storage

How data centers are evolving to meet Information Age demands

It's time for next-generation data center infrastructure to help organisations take control of information, drive down complexity & equip themselves.

By Andrew Foot • 4 min read • Tue, 14th Jun 2016

Supply Chain

How traditional businesses can win the cloud game

Traditional businesses must embrace a hybrid cloud approach to compete with disruptive platform-based companies like Uber and Airbnb, says Red Hat.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Tue, 14th Jun 2016

Gaming

Microsoft announces new Xbox One console and more in huge E3 2016 press conference

Microsoft held its press conference at E3 2016 earlier today and it announced new Xbox One consoles and a whole lot more.

By Damian Seeto • 2 min read • Tue, 14th Jun 2016

SAP

SAP nets improved $9.6 million profit from NZ operations

SAP's NZ wing sees profits soar to $9.6m amid a cloud and software demand surge, despite a dip in gross profit.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 13th Jun 2016

Cybersecurity

Business Email Compromise hacks cost enterprises $2.3 billion

Compromised business emails have caused 17,642 enterprises worldwide to lose at least $2.3 billion, a new research paper from Trend Micro says.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Mon, 13th Jun 2016

Customer Relationship Management

Avaya automates and streamlines AIDA's contact centre systems

Australian-based AIDA Group has chosen Avaya's contact centre technology in order to transform its call centre and customer experience processes.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Fri, 10th Jun 2016

Distribution Central

Aggressive vendor expansion, new offerings for Distribution Central

One hundred days on from its acquisition by Arrow, Distribution Central is eyeing vendor expansion and new offerings for both DC and Arrow resellers.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Fri, 10th Jun 2016

Unified Communications

Spark speaks out about Vodafone Sky merger

NZ telco provider Spark has said it's business as usual for the company, after the news broke this week that Sky will be buying out Vodafone NZ.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Fri, 10th Jun 2016

eCommerce

New master at the helm for Infor South Asia & Pacific business

Helen Masters will take on expanded responsibilities in the South Asia region, assume the role of VP and MD, South Asia & Pacific.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Thu, 9th Jun 2016

Digital Transformation

Onus on HR to shift into a digital mindset

Some HR departments risk being unable to attract and retain top talent if they don't embrace digital approaches, according to WFS Australia.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Thu, 9th Jun 2016

Distribution Central

Distribution Central gears up to launch NZ cloud platform

Distribution Central's Nick Verykios tells us about his CloudSelect plans for New Zealand, and about life after the Arrow acquisition.

By Heather Wright • 4 min read • Thu, 9th Jun 2016

Customer Relationship Management

Study says investment in customer experience strategy will pay off

A joint study has found that businesses should focus on customer experience strategies to generate a healthy 3-1 return on investment.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Thu, 9th Jun 2016

Unified Communications

Rod Drury on major US banking announcement for Xero

We recently announced an integration with Wells Fargo, a bank serving more than three million small businesses and one in three households in the USA.

By Rod Drury • 4 min read • Wed, 8th Jun 2016