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New Interactive Intelligence hire drives social media channel push

Thu, 30th Jan 2014
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Interactive Intelligence appoints Carl Price as Marketing Manager for Australia, NZ & Pacific to strengthen customer experience management.
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Analysing Yammer's year of Microsoft Office and SharePoint...

Thu, 30th Jan 2014
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18 months since acquiring Yammer, Microsoft reveals strategic integrations with Office, hinting at significant shifts ahead.
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Noel Leeming transformation to focus on Services

Wed, 29th Jan 2014
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Noel Leeming is ramping up its services offering with ambitious plans to be New Zealand's leading technology service player.
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As 7,500 jobs go to Lenovo, IBM continues “workforce rebalancing”

Wed, 29th Jan 2014
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IBM sheds 7,500 jobs to Lenovo, hinting at further cuts in a workforce rebalancing plan, amid a challenging financial period.
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How will IBM/Lenovo deal impact the Channel?

Wed, 29th Jan 2014
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Following Lenovo's US$2.3bn deal to acquire IBM's x86 server business, many leading industry analysts have questioned how this will impact the channel market.
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Lenovo agrees $2.3bn IBM server acquisition

Tue, 28th Jan 2014
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Lenovo secures a $2.3bn deal to buy IBM's x86 server business, marking another step in their longstanding partnership.
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What does Google's US$3.2bn acquisition mean for IoT?

Tue, 28th Jan 2014
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My identifying these concerns wasn't mean to depress you. But on the road to securing the Internet of Things, I think they bear consideration.
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Vodafone NZ: 4G will just get better and better...

Thu, 23rd Jan 2014
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Vodafone secures 18-year 700MHz spectrum for $66m, will continue delivering leading 4G network in New Zealand.
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Ex-Juniper VP joins Brocade's regional growth push

Tue, 21st Jan 2014
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Brocade appoints Adam Judd as Vice President for Asia Pacific, in charge of sales and business development across the region.
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Innovation and disruption ahead for mobile payments market

Tue, 21st Jan 2014
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Mobile payments set for innovation and turmoil in 2014, with tech advances and challenges in digital wallets, says Ovum report.
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Stable PC market keeps Intel in the black

Mon, 20th Jan 2014
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Intel sees a 6% profit rise amid a stabilising PC market, boasting $52.7 billion revenue and substantial shareholder returns.
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Aerohive flying high following super strong 2013

Thu, 16th Jan 2014
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Aerohive Networks soared in 2013, doubling its customer base to over 13,100 and shipping its 500,000th access point, marking 74% growth from the previous year.
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Former Symantec VP wins Arbor Networks presidency race

Mon, 13th Jan 2014
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Arbor Networks appoints Matthew Moynahan as president, replacing Colin Doherty. Moynahan has previously held various executive positions.
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Aerohive ships 500,000th access point

Fri, 20th Dec 2013
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Aerohive Networks marks a milestone, shipping 500,000th access point, adding 4,000 new customers in 2013 across key sectors.
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WatchGuard: Top 8 security predictions for 2014

Fri, 20th Dec 2013
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Could a Hollywood hack come true? Will there be a US Healthcare.gov data breach? Should you expect CryptoLocker clones?.
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Sanity over sales priority for Kiwi businesses this Christmas

Wed, 18th Dec 2013
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Local businesses are more focused on retaining their sanity than making sales this festive season – though many are confident of improved revenue.
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Anticipating the shift from paper to digital pays off for Ricoh NZ

Mon, 9th Dec 2013
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Anticipating the shift from paper to digital has paid dividends for Ricoh New Zealand as the company revealed another year of solid profits.
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Don't believe the claims about private cloud market share

Fri, 6th Dec 2013
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Claims of private cloud dominance are deceptive, a Gartner analyst finds, as the market and its maturity far diverge from reported figures.
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Expanding Debitsuccess acquires UK direct-debit provider

Thu, 5th Dec 2013
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Debitsuccess from New Zealand acquires DFC, a UK direct-debit provider, to boost its international operations and growth.
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Connector Systems: Key to success? R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Mon, 2nd Dec 2013
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Kevin Swainson, General Manager at Connector Systems, talks about the importance of relationships and respect in an exclusive interview.