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Exclusive interview: Lenovo’s Scott Tease talks AI, HPC and the power of data
Thu, 15th Mar 2018
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Data is the most valuable asset to organizations, according to Lenovo's HPC and AI executive director, Scott Tease.
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Exclusive interview: Qlik ANZ VP on her passion for partners and data literacy
Thu, 15th Mar 2018
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big data
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data analytics
Qlik’s ANZ VP Sharryn Napier explains how going private has benefitted partners and how Qlik can help users get their head around their own data.
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Digital transformation to bring $9.6b to NZ GDP by 2021 - study
Thu, 15th Mar 2018
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microsoft
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digital transformation
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idc
A Microsoft and IDC study predicts that 55% of New Zealand’s GDP will be derived from digital products or services by 2021.
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Avaya brings AI on board with acquisition of Spoken Communications
Thu, 15th Mar 2018
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contact centre
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blockchain
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ai
Avaya has closed its acquisition of Spoken Communications, boosting its cloud-based solutions and customer experience management.
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Channel dominated infrastructure shipments in 2017 with 74%
Thu, 15th Mar 2018
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storage
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network infrastructure
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network management
The value of global infrastructure shipments hit an all-time high last year with 3 vendors and the channel dominating, but direct sales are catching.
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PwC: NZ home to world’s most pessimistic CEOs
Thu, 15th Mar 2018
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pwc
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global economy
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PwC New Zealand’s 21st CEO Survey shows NZ CEOs expect the worst for the global economy but are positive about their own company's success.
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Pole Star lands in ANZ with inTechnology distribution agreement
Wed, 14th Mar 2018
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distributors
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indoor location services
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intechnology distribution
The partnership will broaden the availability of Pole Star’s suite of indoor location solutions across the Asia Pacific region.
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AWS launches image recognition AI for APAC developers
Wed, 14th Mar 2018
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cloud services
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hyperscale
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public cloud
Amazon Rekognition makes it easy to add image analysis to applications, using powerful, deep learning-based image and face recognition.
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HPE partners can now create custom Cloud28+ pages with new service
Wed, 14th Mar 2018
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cloud services
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partner programmes
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hpe
These pages will allow partners to display their brand and visual identity, while featuring apps, services, and other content.
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Need for backup services exposed as power outages surge - report
Wed, 14th Mar 2018
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cloud services
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dr
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business continuity
Eaton’s annual Blackout Tracker Report reveals 27% surge in power outages affecting more than 1.7 million people in 2017.
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How telecom providers can continue drive revenue - GlobalData
Wed, 14th Mar 2018
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telco
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amdocs
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globaldata
The new landscape could be a problem for service providers. However, it could be a boon if telcos can situate themselves at the centre of services.
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Could this new distributed ledger replace the blockchain?
Wed, 14th Mar 2018
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blockchain
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cybersecurity
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hedera hashgraph council
The Hedera hashgraph is supposedly faster and more capable of ensuring ongoing decentralisation than the existing blockchain platform.
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Millions of potential new spenders as Smartpay partners with Alipay
Wed, 14th Mar 2018
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Alipay's active user-base is >520 million and in 2016, ANZ welcomed 1.6 million Chinese visitors in total. The rollout will commence with a NZ pilot.
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Service providers’ secrecy is losing them business
Wed, 14th Mar 2018
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network infrastructure
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network management
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managed services
SD-WAN service providers should invest in marketing campaigns to promote their managed SD-WAN service offers to avoid being ‘out-shouted’ by vendors.
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Airways to pilot flying taxi tracking software
Wed, 14th Mar 2018
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cartech
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airways corp of new zealand
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uav
Airways has announced the development of a nationwide, unmanned aerial vehicle traffic management system to prepare NZ for the flying car future.
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Nutanix announces second acquisition this month
Wed, 14th Mar 2018
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cloud services
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devops
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converged infrastructure
March is turning out to be a very good month for Nutanix after making two acquisitions and publishing healthy Q2 financial figures.
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Exclusive interview: The story of Lenovo's data center business
Tue, 13th Mar 2018
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hpc
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servers
Lenovo is a multinational company with a diverse leadership team, debunking misconceptions that it is just a Chinese manufacturing company.
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NEC AU announces channel programme just for Kiwi partners
Tue, 13th Mar 2018
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NEC Australia has rolled out a new partner programme for NZ to help selected NEC UC integrators to deliver a better experience to end-users.
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CyberArk strengthens defenses against privileged account exploitation through Vaultive buyout
Tue, 13th Mar 2018
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pam
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devops
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iaas
CyberArk has bought out cloud security firm Vaultive as part of a move to extend its capabilities in the privileged account management space.
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Windows Phones officially dead as market share drops by 99.7%
Tue, 13th Mar 2018
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apple
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smartphones
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technology gifts
Windows Phone market share drops to 0%, eclipsed by Apple's iOS at 56.2% and Android's 43.8%.
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Forget gadgets: real technology innovation is in software architecture
Tue, 13th Mar 2018
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sage
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microservices
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software
The future of innovation doesn't lie in connected cars and talking robots, rather, the software linking them all together.
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Datacom takes data center services to Australia with AirTrunk
Tue, 13th Mar 2018
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cloud services
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data centre operators
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datacom
Datacom Group CEO Greg Davidson calls the deal a game changer for Datacom’s offerings in Australia and a key part of the organization’s strategy.
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Polycom brings Microsoft Teams and Alexa to ‘conference smartphone’
Tue, 13th Mar 2018
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cloud services
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uc
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microsoft
Polycom has expanded its capabilities with Microsoft, AWS, Zoom and Bluejeans to the Trio, the ‘smartphone for the conference room’.
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Dicker Data employees score $1000 in company shares
Mon, 12th Mar 2018
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dicker data
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shares
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workforce management
Dicker Data rewards staff with £1k shares for 40th year.