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Heather Wright

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Kiwi Stories

Unified Communications

Five becomes one as Datacom consolidates into new Auckland office

Datacom is bringing staff from five Auckland office together in one large complex in a move it says will foster greater collaboration and creativity.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Mon, 22nd May 2017

Virtualisation

Dicker Data NZ top Citrix distributor for ANZ

Dicker Data New Zealand has taken out Citrix's ANZ Distributor of the Year award, with the distie currently actively recruiting new CSP partners.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Fri, 19th May 2017

Dicker Data

Photo gallery: Dicker Data puts the fun in inaugural Cloud Festival

Resellers turned out in force yesterday for Dicker Data NZ's inaugural Cloud Festival which lived up to its promise to make ICT 'memorable'.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 18th May 2017

Software Development

Enlighten Designs gains expanded offerings in Government Web Services Portal

Waikato's Enlighten Designs has been certified for an expanded range of capabilities in the new Government Web Services Panel.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 17th May 2017

Global Stories

Cloud Access Security Broker

Exclusive: McAfee channel boss on why the future's looking good for the new McAfee

McAfee is bullish about its future following its split from Intel, and in an IoT, cloud world, as channel boss Jagdish Mahapatra tells ChannelLife.

By Heather Wright • 7 min read • Mon, 22nd May 2017

Hyperscale

Nlyte goes on-demand with new Energy Optimizer and Platinum offerings

Nlyte has released on-demand versions of its Nlyte Energy Optimizer and Nlyte Platinum offerings for data center infrastructure management.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Fri, 19th May 2017

Blockchain

SAP serves up blockchain-as-a-service in the SAP cloud

SAP is launching a 'blockchain-as-a-service', in a move it says will help businesses integrate blockchain into existing business processes.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Fri, 19th May 2017

Health Technologies

Wavelink eyes healthcare sector with Spok distie deal

Wavelink is bringing critical communications vendor Spok to the local market in a deal which will focus on healthcare opportunities.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 18th May 2017

SAP

Real-time insight push as HPE extends offerings for SAP applications

HPE has extended its solutions for SAP applications - from the digital core to the intelligent edge - as demand for real-time insight increases.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 18th May 2017

Data Analytics

Auckland becomes global support hub for enterprise cloud vendor Workday

Enterprise cloud applications provider Workday has opened a global support centre in Auckland, bringing up to 140 jobs to the city.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 18th May 2017

Virtualisation

Veeam debuts 'partner-centric' offerings, upgrades – and new partner program

Veeam has unveiled a range of offerings it says are designed to drive partner revenue growth and leverage opportunities as customers go multi-cloud.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Wed, 17th May 2017

Alibaba

Megaport Singapore and Alibaba Cloud team for integrated offering

Megaport Singapore and Alibaba Cloud have partnered to provide enterprises with direct, scalable access to Alibaba Cloud's services via Megaports SDN.

By Heather Wright • 1 min read • Wed, 17th May 2017

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

HPE unveils 160TB memory-driven computing 'Machine' built for big data

HPE has unveiled the world's largest single-memory computer – all 160 terabytes of it - as it looks to create a new technology paradigm.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 17th May 2017

Stories from Other Regions

Unified Communications

Enterprise competition drags Optus revenue and profit down

Optus has reported revenue and profit drops for the latest financial year as heightened competition in the enterprise market bites.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Fri, 19th May 2017

Unified Communications

Yes Veronica, Aussie business managers truly do understand the value of IT

Aussie business managers understand IT is a key part of the business according to a survey which shows companies are advanced in business-IT alignment.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 18th May 2017

ExtraHop

ExtraHop eyes Queensland and WA growth on back of Ikara signing

Real-time IT analytics vendor Extrahop has inked a reseller deal with Ikara Group as it seeks to further its reach across Queensland and WA.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 18th May 2017

Digital Transformation

Bendigo gains 'hospital in the cloud' using Microsoft technologies

A DX project has helped the new Bendigo Hospital streamlined processes and workflow, optimising outcomes and providing patient transparency.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 17th May 2017

EduTech

Photo gallery: Panasonic's top Australian channel partners crowned

Total Communications has taken out Panasonic and CommsPlus Distribution's top partner awards, with Nexgen and Commander Centre among the winners.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 17th May 2017

Deloitte

LiveTiles ramps up enterprise push with Deloitte reseller deal

Deloitte has signed a deal to resell LiveTile's digital workplace software to its predominantly ASX 200 focused enterprise clients across Australia.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 17th May 2017

Health Technologies

HP and Data#3 take digital connectedness to Queensland hospital

Sunshine Coast University is experiencing enhanced mobility and flexibility following a multimillion dollar infrastructure roll out by Data#3 and HP.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 16th May 2017