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Executives holding Kiwi businesses back from being 'agile'

Executive leadership, or rather the lack of it, is preventing New Zealand businesses from planning and deploying Agile management methodologies.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Mon, 12th Oct 2015

New Zealand Qualifications Authority

Mixed results for NZQA online maths exam

Over 11,000 New Zealand students have completed a digital maths assessment, with mixed results, according to the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA).

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Fri, 9th Oct 2015

Global Stories

Australian stories

Distribution Central

Emerson appoints new channel head, launches new program and adds distie

Emerson Network Power energises ANZ channel with Mo Kandeel at the helm, launching an innovative program and a new distributor.

By Anthony Caruana • 3 min read • Tue, 13th Oct 2015

Microsoft

Microsoft adds three cloud services resellers to lineup

Microsoft has appointed Ingram Micro, Insight and SoftwareOne has cloud services resellers, on the back of high demand for cloud services.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Mon, 12th Oct 2015

Facebook

Facebook to verify Pages for Kiwi businesses

The feature allows businesses to show users their Page is authentic, and shows users they're interacting with the authentic Page of a business.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Mon, 12th Oct 2015

Unified Communications

Spark NZ trials virtual annual meeting in ANZ first

Spark New Zealand, a leading digital services company, is trialling a virtual meeting for its 40,000 shareholders.

By Shannon Williams • 1 min read • Fri, 9th Oct 2015

Cloud / Communication Service Providers

Ingram Micro extends CSP promotion on back of high demand

Ingram Micro is extending its CSP Accelerator promotion through to December 31 after experiencing high demand from resellers.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Fri, 9th Oct 2015

Superloop

Superloop snaps up ApexNetworks in $5.8m deal

Dark fibre provider Superloop has snapped up ISP ApexNetworks in an effort to rapidly deploy managed services capability for channel customers.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 8th Oct 2015

Unified Communications

Aspect ramps up local business with second appointment

Aspect Software makes another local appointment as the contact management and workflow optimisation software vendor ramps up its ANZ business.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 8th Oct 2015

Document Management

Worldox service comes to Aussie with Matrix and NextDC

Worldox Cloud will be has been made available in Australia via NextDC's S1 and M1 data centres, offering Aussie law firms local hosting.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 8th Oct 2015

Hyperscale

Rackspace launches AWS managed service offerings

Rackspace signs deal with AWS to offer tools, expertise, application management and operational support for AWS customers.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 8th Oct 2015

Gaming

Meet the Surface Book, Microsoft's first ever laptop

A laptop, the Surface Book, was a surprise unveiling at a Microsoft event overnight, with the Surface Pro 4 and Lumia 950 also in the lineup.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Wed, 7th Oct 2015

Analyst report

Changing skills required for a changing channel

As the channel changes, more strategic planning, vendor evaluation, targeted skills enhancement and outcome-based delivery are key says Canalys.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Wed, 7th Oct 2015

Trend Micro

Trend Micro adds 'unique' offering to ANZ partner program

Trend Micro has added an extra - ANZ only - incentive to its channel program as it encourages local partners to expand into managed services.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 6th Oct 2015

Digital Signage

NEC's NZ business takes profit hit despite solid revenues

NEC New Zealand has seen a dramatic decline in profit for its 2015 financial year despite revenue only slightly down on a year earlier.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 6th Oct 2015

Trans-Pacific Partnership

Australia signs Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement

Australia signs controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement with 11 other countries, opening up new economic opportunities.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Tue, 6th Oct 2015

Stories from Other Regions

Australian stories

Dicker Data

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise's Australian partners celebrate

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise celebrated its partners in style at its annual Partner Executive Conference recently, with five partners taking out awards.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Fri, 9th Oct 2015