Australian Stories

Dicker Data takes out Aruba award after just four months as distie

Just four months after adding Aruba to its portfolio, Dicker Data has been named the 2016 Distributor of the Year for the South Pacific Region.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 4th Oct 2016

Digital Signage

NEC invests in the future of ICT for regional Australia

NEC opens office in Wollongong, creating over 130 tech jobs in regional NSW. $25m investment to address societal challenges.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Mon, 3rd Oct 2016

Global Stories

Data Analytics

Microsoft: Data and data centers to drive fourth industrial revolution

Microsoft's chief environmental strategist, Rob Bernard, says that the cloud must be built responsibly to power a data-driven world.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Mon, 3rd Oct 2016

Malware

Planning crucial to minimising and recovering from ransomware

Ransomware attacks are becoming increasingly common, with payments increasing each day you wait. Planning ahead is crucial.

By Alan White • 5 min read • Mon, 3rd Oct 2016

Private Cloud

Arrow Electronics and Equinix introduce new hybrid cloud solution

According to the companies, hybrid cloud (the combination of public and private clouds) is rapidly becoming the standard enterprise deployment model.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Mon, 3rd Oct 2016

Cybersecurity

BlackBerry bows out of hardware as smartphone business turns sour

The move gives BlackBerry a chance to survive as a pure software and services company, following years of losses for its hardware business.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Mon, 3rd Oct 2016

Customer Relationship Management

Cyara and blackchair put customer experience monitoring under the spotlight

Cyara is taking its customer experience technology to a new level as it partners with change management specialist blackchair.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Mon, 3rd Oct 2016

Network Infrastructure

Gartner identifies data center storage protocol for the next decade

Brocade's key OEM partners Dell, EMC, Fujitsu, and NetApp are supporting the company's Gen 6 Fibre Channel storage networking solutions.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Fri, 30th Sep 2016

Unified Communications

JCurve Solutions covers ERP cloud bases with six new strategic partnerships

JCurve's ERP cloud landscape grows with strategic deals in eCommerce, banking and more, boosting SMB efficiency across ANZ.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Fri, 30th Sep 2016

Microsoft

Microsoft forms new partnership to increase customer productivity

Microsoft and Workday have announced a global strategic partnership to expand business solutions for joint customers at the Ignite conference in Atlanta.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Fri, 30th Sep 2016

Fintech

NetSuite bulks up developer tools with SuiteCloud Framework

NetSuite enhances its SuiteCloud Developer Framework, promising cloud devs increased flexibility and efficiency in a unified environment.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 29th Sep 2016

Fintech

NetSuite & Paycorp team to provide better payment processing solutions for merchants

Paycorp is coming on board NetSuite's SuitePayment program, which means New Zealand and Australian merchants now have more payment processing options.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Thu, 29th Sep 2016

Licensing

New distie partnership for Kemp opens 'exciting new markets'

Kemp Technologies partners with rhipe to offer service providers access to its cloud services, delivering optimised application delivery in the cloud.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Thu, 29th Sep 2016

Stories from Other Regions

Unified Communications

Spark NZ takes home award from one of its newest partners

Spark New Zealand has won the APAC partner of the year award at the 2016 Interactive Intelligence Partner Awards.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Tue, 4th Oct 2016

Hyperscale

Brocade welcomes Joe Poehls to principal systems engineer role

Brocade appoints Joe Poehls as principal systems engineer in APJ, focusing on application delivery and data centre networks.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Mon, 3rd Oct 2016

IBM

New chief as IBM NZ transforms how it does business

IBM New Zealand announces Mike Smith as new managing director, replacing Rob Lee who is set to retire. Smith will focus on client and partner relationships.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Mon, 3rd Oct 2016