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Kiwi Stories

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Ingram Micro Showcase 2017 As it Happens: Hello to the new IBM Software

Ingram Micro New Zealand's IBM Software senior market development manager has a message for Kiwi resellers: IBM isn't just for the big guys.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Wed, 12th Jul 2017

IBM

Falling sales drag IBM NZ revenue down but sale of subsidiary drives profit up

IBM NZ's operating revenue dropped more than $35 million last year, but the divestiture of businesses saw a profit boost for the company.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 3rd Jul 2017

Agricultural Technology

IoT could be worth more than $2 billion over 10 years

A lack of awareness is slowing investment, even though just nine IoT uses could add NZD $2.2 billion to New Zealand’s economy over 10 years.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Thu, 29th Jun 2017

Global Stories

IBM stories

Disaster Recovery

The renaissance of magnetic tape storage: IBM Research sets new world record

The tape storage has the potential to record up to about 330 terabytes (TB) of uncompressed data on a single tape cartridge.

By Julia Gabel • 3 min read • Wed, 9th Aug 2017

Data Analytics

IBM named a global leader among Salesforce implementation partners

Forrester Research recently released a report that delved into the world of Salesforce implementation partners and selected 11 of the best.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Mon, 7th Aug 2017

Virtualisation

Veeam enterprise push gains further strength with Magic Quadrant leadership ranking

Veeam's enterprise push has received another boost, with the vendor a Leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Data Center Backup and Recovery Solutions.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Mon, 7th Aug 2017

DataCentre infrastructure

AWS, Microsoft and Google extend cloud dominance

The top four hyperscale players continue to pull away from the chasing pack in the cloud infrastructure services market - with two doubling revenue.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 31st Jul 2017

Software-as-a-Service

Cloud infrastructure services skyrocket 47% - AI to be big future player

The global cloud infrastructure services market continued its rampant growth in Q2 2017, surging 47 percent year-on-year to reach US$14 billion.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Fri, 28th Jul 2017

DataCentre infrastructure

IBM expands global presence with two new data centres in London

IBM has expanded its global presence with four new IBM Cloud data centres – two in London, one in San Jose and one in Sydney.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Fri, 28th Jul 2017

Internet of Things

IBM X-Force takes on IoT security across connected devices - and vehicles

IBM X-Force researchers are expanding their focus to include vehicle and IoT security in response to a growing market for data connectivity in vehicles.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Wed, 26th Jul 2017

Blockchain

Could Blockchain technology disrupt everything?

Miners race to solve a cryptographic puzzle, which completes the next transaction (or block) on the chain, in hopes of capturing the coin reward.

By Ellie Martin • 4 min read • Tue, 18th Jul 2017

DevOps

Appetite for innovation: The Instillery appoints new business development manager

Whitmore will contribute to the ongoing growth of The Instillery by focusing on cloud infrastructure, automation, connectivity and security.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Mon, 10th Jul 2017

Storage

Software-defined & hardware-aware: IBM launches object data storage solution

IBM and Cisco have partnered to offer companies using Cisco UCS servers the ability to manage data-intensive workloads with IBM's Cloud Object Storage System.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Tue, 27th Jun 2017

Microsoft

IBM ceases Hadoop distribution and partners with Hortonworks

IBM has abandoned efforts to make a business of Hadoop distributions and mirrored Microsoft in making Hortonworks its supplying partner.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Fri, 23rd Jun 2017

Unified Communications

Bluewolf announces new AI telco Salesforce solution to deliver better CX

Bluewolf integrates IBM Watson APIs, Vlocity and Salesforce Einstein to improve experiences for telecommunication agents and customers.

By Kai Ping Lew • 3 min read • Wed, 7th Jun 2017

Cisco

Cisco and IBM team up in war on cybercrime

Cisco and IBM are joining forces in a collaboration to fight cybercrime which extends beyond simpl sharing information, with new applications planned.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 5th Jun 2017