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Daktronics snaps up Canadian digital signage company

Mon, 4th Apr 2016
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Display supplier Daktronics has acquired digital signage, interactive and marketing solutions company Adflow Networks for an undisclosed sum.
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IBM acquires Bluewolf, looks to lead Salesforce partner ecosystem

Fri, 1st Apr 2016
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IBM has announced it plans to acquire Bluewolf, with the aim of accelerating cloud-based customer experiences for Salesforce users.
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How can you enable business collaboration anytime, anywhere?

Fri, 1st Apr 2016
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webex
As the world evolves, the workplace is becoming increasingly digital and collaboration is becoming an essential part of doing business.
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Huawei on pace to take over TIS market from Ericsson

Thu, 31st Mar 2016
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The telecom infrastructure services market is on the decline across all geographies, except Asia Pacific, for the fourth quarter of 2015.
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Collaboration and partnerships are supporting the continued growth of security services

Wed, 30th Mar 2016
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The industry will benefit – and customers will see better solutions – from increased sharing of security information and data analytics.
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Spark's acquisition of 2300MHz spectrum given all clear

Wed, 30th Mar 2016
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uc
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woosh wireless
The Commerce Commission has given the all-clear for Spark to acquire the management rights to 70MHz of radio spectrum.
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Dell sheds IT services arm to NTT Data

Tue, 29th Mar 2016
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emc
Dell is selling its IT services arm, Dell Services, to Japan's NTT Data, in a US$3.05 billion deal, freeing up cash for its EMC acquisition.
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Cogent snaps up professional services company Network Pro

Thu, 24th Mar 2016
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uc
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cloud services
Cogent has acquired professional services company Network Pro, for an undisclosed sum in a deal aimed at adding managed services depth and scale.
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Honeywell acquires Movilizer, cloud platform trailblazer

Tue, 22nd Mar 2016
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Honeywell completes acquisition of Movilizer, a cloud platform for field service applications. Details undisclosed.
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New release from Microsoft promises business benefits for enterprises

Tue, 22nd Mar 2016
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cloud services
Microsoft's recently announced Dynamics AX is an enterprise-class business application architected to take full advantage of the cloud's resources.
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Ingram Micro to boost UC NetXUSA acquisition

Fri, 18th Mar 2016
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ngram Micro has acquired US-based NETXUSA, a unified communications value-added distributor focused on VOIP and IP phones for telco resellers.
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EXCLUSIVE: Behind the scenes with Enghouse CTO

Fri, 18th Mar 2016
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enghouse interactive
The secret to success in the IT Industry? It all comes down to what you can learn from other people according to Enghouse's CTO.
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Blackboard and Moodle partner up, take LMS platform to the world

Thu, 17th Mar 2016
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education, learning & training
Moodle and Blackboard join forces to strengthen open source learning platform and support education providers worldwide.
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Exclusive: Dell celebrates 20 years in NZ, so what lies ahead?

Wed, 16th Mar 2016
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network infrastructure
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As Dell celebrates its 20th year in New Zealand, Kiwi boss James Arnold reminisces about the Dell of old – and the new model going forward.
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IBM server sales surge, closes in on leaders HPE, Dell

Wed, 16th Mar 2016
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network infrastructure
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lenovo
IBM saw strong server revenue growth in Q4, while the density optimised segment of the market benefitting from continuing data center buildouts.
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Melbourne IT snaps up InfoReady for $15.4M

Wed, 16th Mar 2016
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digital transformation
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cloud services
Melbourne IT bolsters its digital edge, bagging analytics firm InfoReady in a £15.4m deal, eyeing growth in the tech transformation sphere.
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LanDesk adds endpoint security to portfolio with AppSense buy

Tue, 15th Mar 2016
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LanDesk is buying virtualisation company AppSense as it seeks to extend its unified endpoint management and add endpoint security to its portfolio.
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SOLD: Distribution Central acquired by Arrow Electronics

Mon, 14th Mar 2016
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distributors
Distribution Central and been snapped up by global distributor Arrow Electronics as the reshuffle of the distribution channel continues.
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Ingram Micro: Business as usual – and sorry Synnex and Westcon

Fri, 11th Mar 2016
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A new letter from Ingram Micro provides assurances about its sale to Tianjin Tianhai - and address previous comments about Synnex and WestconGroup.
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Lenovo, Juniper eye channel with datacenter partnership

Thu, 10th Mar 2016
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converged infrastructure
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dc
Lenovo teams up with Juniper, aiming to redefine datacenter solutions with a focus on simplicity, flexibility, and performance.