Acquisition stories - Page 159

Gartner has recognised Vonage for its completeness of vision and ability to execute in naming the company as a Visionary in the 2015 Magic Quadrant.

National leader in New Zealand primary labelling, Jenkins Labels has accepted an offer by Sato NZ to purchase the business.

Rhipe has recorded an after tax loss of $2.3 million for the year ending 30 June, as it invests to transition to a 'whole of cloud' wholesaler.

Dicker Data's New Zealand operations contributed AU$58 million to the distributor's ANZ revenues in the first half of 2015, with profit of AU$1.9m.

Paessler AG has launched a new partner program to make it more 'financially rewarding' for solution provider channel partners.

Digital business leaders are 'pulling ahead of the pack' and leaving those still in the planning stage in their wake, according to a Gartner survey.

Building and monetising your own IP is a crucial factor in the success of channel partners, Microsoft says, with the company outlining some options.

In-building wireless solutions are in greater demand as the need to improve the quality and reliability of indoor voice and data connections increases.

Pluralsight opens new headquarters in Sydney to support aggressive global expansion as demand for technology professionals grows.

Interactive Intelligence has managed to gain market share and sees more than half of its new customers choosing to deploy its solutions in the cloud.

The WLAN market contracted in Q2, as anticipation of wave two of 802.11ac and economic uncertainty took hold, while HP WLAN uncertainty saw HP drop.

Dicker Data NZ is transforming itself with a heavier focus on the volume and cloud businesses - and it's looking for resellers to help it on the way.

Consolidation reshapes NZ IT distribution: Foreign-owned companies now dominate, capturing 73% of the market. Ingram Micro leads with NZD $562m revenue.

Hills says the loss of its key supplier has impacted its latest financial results and will continue to impact the company into its FY2016 results.

Citrix is leading the way in business mobility solutions and working to empower a new-age workforce, according to Frost & Sullivan.

Avaya has been positioned in the Leaders section of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications for 2015.

Trade Me posted a similar profit for its 2015 financial year to 2014 as increased spending ate into bigger revenues.

Brocade has signed an OEM deal with Lenovo which will see its Gen 5 Fibre Channel SAN solutions being sold through Lenovo and its channel partners.

Seagate Technology has acquired Dot Hill Systems, a supplier of software and hardware storage systems, for approximately $694 million.

Auckland-based national IT services company CodeBlue has been snapped up by Australia's CSG in a deal worth up to $15 million.