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Green tick

Equinix wins for green innovation leadership

Mon, 19th Oct 2015
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clean technologies
Equinix has been awarded Frost & Sullivan's 2015 Asia Pacific Data Center Green Innovation Leadership award for the second year in a row.
Dcentre

Converged infrastructure set to dominate in Q4

Mon, 19th Oct 2015
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Converged infrastructure is the server infrastructure of choice for many in Q4, with VCE Vblock leading in adoption and Cisco prevalent.
Security lock

Judging panel announced for iSANZ awards; still time to enter

Mon, 19th Oct 2015
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industrial
A who's who of New Zealand's information security community are among the judging panel for the inaugural iSANZ InfoSec awards.
Evolve

Exclusive: Resellers must 'stretch and evolve' to win big in IoE

Fri, 16th Oct 2015
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The internet of everything offers 'tremendous' opportunity for the reseller channel - but it may require some stretching and evolving says one expert.
Fibre heart

Christchurch's fibre love continues as rollout passes halfway

Thu, 15th Oct 2015
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Enable has completed more than 50% of its fibre rollout across Christchurch, with families and small businesses among those taking up the offering.
Phone

ALE expands cloud services reach with Nexon deal

Wed, 14th Oct 2015
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microsoft
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cisco
Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise has signed Nexon as an enterprise cloud solutions and services partner - with more to come.
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Fortinet teams with Cisco for SDN security

Wed, 14th Oct 2015
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firewalls
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network infrastructure
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network security
Fortinet is upping the ante in advanced threat protection for agile data centres, integrating its firewall into Cisco's SDN architecture controller.
Drive forward

Lenovo ups Kiwi investment as it seeks top rank in servers

Tue, 13th Oct 2015
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datacentre infrastructure
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servers
Lenovo's enterprise business group is looking to the Kiwi channel to help drive it forward in its 'fairly lofty' local - global ambitions.
Byod

Five steps to maximise BYOD benefits without compromising data

Tue, 13th Oct 2015
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cybersecurity
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Unlock the potential of BYOD with Acronis' five steps, ensuring flexibility without forsaking corporate data security.
Target

HP: Dell's proposed EMC acquisition will cause chaos

Tue, 13th Oct 2015
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emc
HP's Meg Whitman has taken aim at Dell's US$67 billion purchase of EMC, saying it will 'cause chaos in the channel' and leave Dell saddled with debt.
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Dell buys EMC in US$67 billion deal

Tue, 13th Oct 2015
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network infrastructure
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it automation
Dell confirmed overnight what rumours have suggested for days: Dell is acquiring EMC in a US$67 billion deal - one of the biggest tech deals seen.
Handing cloud

Microsoft adds three cloud services resellers to lineup

Mon, 12th Oct 2015
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Microsoft has appointed Ingram Micro, Insight and SoftwareOne has cloud services resellers, on the back of high demand for cloud services.
Wifi people

Cambium expands wireless broadband offerings

Fri, 9th Oct 2015
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Cambium Networks has added three new models to its ePMP platform, as it seeks to add 'unique capabilities at various price points'.
Dynamics day

Dynamics Day: Bringing you systems of intelligence

Fri, 9th Oct 2015
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microsoft dynamics
Intergen's Dynamics Day 2015 heads to Auckland this month, offering the chance to hear all the latest Dynamics news, and how it can help your business.
Pou

ESET warns of fake apps bypassing Google Play security

Fri, 9th Oct 2015
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malware
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cybersecurity
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google
Android users have been getting more than they bargained for when downloading some apps, with Google Play security failing to pick up some malware.
Fibre

Superloop snaps up ApexNetworks in $5.8m deal

Thu, 8th Oct 2015
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fibre
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superloop
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founders
Dark fibre provider Superloop has snapped up ISP ApexNetworks in an effort to rapidly deploy managed services capability for channel customers.
Threat

CyberArk acquires privilege management vendor Viewfinity

Thu, 8th Oct 2015
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connector systems
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partners
CyberArk is acquiring privilege management and threat detection vendor Viewfinity, with the deal welcomed by local distributor Connector Systems.
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Aspect ramps up local business with second appointment

Thu, 8th Oct 2015
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aspect software
Aspect Software makes another local appointment as the contact management and workflow optimisation software vendor ramps up its ANZ business.
Emm

Enterprise mobility management taking over traditional IT

Thu, 8th Oct 2015
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mobility
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strategy analytics
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smartphones
Enterprise mobility management is about to take over many traditional IT management and security functions in the enterprise.
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Worldox service comes to Aussie with Matrix and NextDC

Thu, 8th Oct 2015
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document management
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ecm
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hyperscale
Worldox Cloud will be has been made available in Australia via NextDC's S1 and M1 data centres, offering Aussie law firms local hosting.