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Kiwi Stories

Australian stories

JB Hi-Fi Kiwi sales, profit up

JB Hi-Fi's fortunes are in sharp contrast to its competitor Dick Smith, with sales and profit up for JB Hi-Fi's New Zealand business.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Wed, 10th Feb 2016

TVNZ

American Super Bowl but no NZ sport? What's the deal, TVNZ?

NZ First tackles TVNZ for live Super Bowl coverage whilst national sports remain sidelined for free-to-air viewers.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Tue, 9th Feb 2016

Global Stories

Australian stories

Hyperscale

Hyperconvergence demand drives SimpliVity to new highs

SimpliVity says its bookings and customer numbers are booming as demand for hyperconverged infrastructure soars and hyperconvergence goes mainstream.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 10th Feb 2016

Unified Communications

Aussie workers spending too much time on meetings

Research shows workers in Australia waste up to 30% of the working week preparing for and attending status meetings – an average of 12 hours per week.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Wed, 10th Feb 2016

Firewalls

Sophos targets mid-market resellers with Exclusive Networks deal

Sophos is expecting rapid mid-market adoption of its security offerings in Australia following the appointment of Exclusive Networks as a distributor.

By Heather Wright • 1 min read • Wed, 10th Feb 2016

KKC

Mobile Device management - get Smart, get SOTI

Co-ordinating projects and technologies, managing risk and most critically, securing data, are the challenges of the digital age.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Wed, 10th Feb 2016

Cloud Services

Channel focus with new regional MD for Check Point Software

De Laine is tasked with driving Check Point Software's business forward across the region, as well as supporting the company's channel network.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Tue, 9th Feb 2016

Surveillance

Avaya inks Aussie Treasury deal

Avaya secures a deal with the Australian Treasury to replace their outdated network with Avaya's SDN Fx architecture, enhancing efficiency and reliability.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Tue, 9th Feb 2016

Supply Chain

Is your IT strategy holding you back?

Fronde Australia's managing director warns that bigger IT strategies can hinder a company's ability to operate effectively.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Tue, 9th Feb 2016

Internet of Things

Emerson Networks builds on NZ partners in wake of IoT

Emerson Network Power boosts NZ presence with a strategic partnership, enhancing IoT and edge computing capabilities nationwide.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Tue, 9th Feb 2016

Firewalls

Fortinet signs new distie agreement to extend ANZ footprint

Fortinet boosts its ANZ market reach with a new deal, as Wavelink preps to push secure Wi-Fi solutions to multiple sectors.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Tue, 9th Feb 2016

Software AG

New Software AG ANZ managing director to drive 'ambitious' plans

Gordon Gakovic takes the helm at Software AG ANZ to steer bold expansion and digital innovation in the region.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Tue, 9th Feb 2016

Security Information and Event Management

IPSec launches LogRhythm-powered SOC for Aussie businesses

The 24/7 security operations centre (SOC) brings together IPSec's managed services capabilities and LogRhythm's security intelligence and analytics.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 5th Feb 2016

Disaster Recovery

Acronis hones in on ANZ region with new Cloud Partner Program

Acronis has launched its Cloud Partner Program in the Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) region to accelerate revenue growth.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Fri, 5th Feb 2016

Dicker Data

Local disties await outcome of HPE distribution rationalisation

Distributors across Australia and New Zealand are bracing for the outcome of a rationalisation of HPE's channel, which is being re-tendered.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Fri, 5th Feb 2016

Partner Programmes

Want to know more about networking? NETGEAR provides expert training for partners

In a world of exploding data, device and networking demands, small and medium-sized businesses need smart and adaptive IT in order to keep up.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Fri, 5th Feb 2016

Does marriage equality increase online bullying?

An Australian group is feeling the heat from mental health organisations and Twitter users after claiming same sex marriage increases online bullying.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Thu, 4th Feb 2016

Stories from Other Regions

Australian stories

Risk & Compliance

KPMG continues acquisition trail with Markets IT buy

KPGM Australia has snapped up technology consultancy, Markets IT, for an undisclosed sum, in a deal to bolster its play in the capital markets sector.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 10th Feb 2016