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Kiwi Stories

Africa stories

Kiwi IT specialist makes a difference in Africa – opportunities available

Read the incredible story of a young Kiwi IT specialist helping to heal Africa's poor - and further opportunities that are available.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Mon, 16th Jan 2017

DevOps

IT professionals flocking to South Island for IT jobs

The South Island of New Zealand is attracting IT professionals from overseas as they search for job opportunities, says Crew Consulting.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Wed, 23rd Nov 2016

Global Stories

Africa stories

Hyperscale

Vendor revenue from infrastructure on the up in 3Q16

Cloud IT infrastructure sales see 8.1% growth in Q3 2016, driven by increased revenue from server, storage, and Ethernet switch sales.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Mon, 16th Jan 2017

Robotics

Robotics spending set to double, market to enjoy 'tremendous' growth

Global spending on robotics and related services is set to double by 2020, with the Asia/Pacific region leading the way.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Wed, 11th Jan 2017

TechnoBind

TechnoBind increases distie network in India with new partnership

TechnoBind partners with Seclore to expand business in India and meet growing demand for data-centric security solutions.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Tue, 10th Jan 2017

Health Technologies

'Sophisticated' 3D printing market to soar on a global scale

The global 3D printing market is predicted to reach $28.9bn in 2020, according to a report by analyst firm IDC.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Tue, 10th Jan 2017

Unified Communications

UCWeb undergoes 'strategic change' with new GM appointment

UCWeb has gone through what it calls a 'strategic' change in its business, and has now appointed a new general manager, Damon Xi.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Fri, 16th Dec 2016

ShoreTel

Photo gallery: ShoreTel partners lift off for NASA space experience

Local ShoreTel partners have experienced a space odyssey at the Kennedy Space Center after winning the vendor's Great Rewards 2016 incentives program.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 12th Dec 2016

Unified Communications

Photo gallery: Avaya engages partners and customers

Local partners and customers turned out for Avaya Engage in Dubai last week, where transformation - including that of Avaya - was a key focus.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 12th Dec 2016

Microsoft

No more hurdles: Microsoft to close LinkedIn deal in 'coming days'

Microsoft's acquisition of LinkedIn has been cleared by the European Commission, completing all necessary regulatory approvals for the deal.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Wed, 7th Dec 2016

Avaya

DX is the new digital divide - so how do you avoid being caught?

Digital transformation widens the business gap, with 'haves' lagging behind 'have mores', says Avaya's Abou-Ltaif at Dubai conference.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Wed, 7th Dec 2016

Hyperscale

Global demand for data centers fuelling infrastructure market

Large scale investments by global organisations set to fuel growth in APAC's data center network infrastructure market.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Tue, 6th Dec 2016

Network Infrastructure

HPE leads declining server market, IDC says

Vendor revenue in the global server market declined 7% YoY to $12.5bn in Q3, with Japan and APeJ experiencing the only growth.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Thu, 1st Dec 2016

Small Business

SMBs shell out billions on IT spend as they look to compete with enterprise

According to IDC, SMBs will spend USD $564 billion on IT in 2016, growing to USD $668 billion by 2020, to stay competitive against larger enterprises.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Tue, 29th Nov 2016

Fintech

Xero takes home NZ international business award

Xero wins Excellence in Leadership award at New Zealand Business Awards. CEO Rod Drury accepts and emphasizes company's commitment to social challenges.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Mon, 28th Nov 2016

Marketing Technologies

Aus Gov gets serious about late payments, launches national inquiry

The Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman, Kate Carnell, has launched an inquiry into the late payment of small businesses.

By Jonathan Cotton • 3 min read • Mon, 21st Nov 2016

Network Infrastructure

PCCW chooses Dijbouti Data Center to connect AAE-1 undersea cable

Hong Kong telco PCCW Global has chosen an African data center to further colocation and undersea fibre networks in Asia, Africa, Middle East & Europe.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Thu, 17th Nov 2016