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Financials22

Ingram Micro bullish on Q3 financials

Fri, 30th Oct 2015
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finance, leasing & rental
Ingram Micro says it grew its global cloud business by more than 100% year on year in Q3, with the Asia Pacific business remaining strong.
Money jump

Kiwi tech sector nears $9 billion, Datacom key player

Thu, 29th Oct 2015
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datacom
The Kiwi technology export sector have recorded record sales growth of $609 million last year, adding nearly 2500 new jobs along the way.
Incentive

Dell debuts sweeping new channel programs and investments

Thu, 29th Oct 2015
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storage
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network infrastructure
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financing
Dell is continuing to ramp up its channel business, with 'sweeping new programs and investments' to accelerate the channel business in 2016.
Smartphone

Premium releases on way as Huawei NZ claims 15% smartphone share

Thu, 29th Oct 2015
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analyst report
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Huawei New Zealand garners 15% share of the Kiwi smartphone market, with New Zealand now among the top performing markets for the Chinese vendor.
Wifi desk

New global CEO steps up for Tomizone

Tue, 27th Oct 2015
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Tomizone's new chief executive, Geoff Wanless is eyeing up opportunities presented by internet of things to drive Tomizone growth moving forward.
Viticulture

UXC Eclipse expands viticulture reach with WineDirect buy

Tue, 20th Oct 2015
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microsoft dynamics
UXC Eclipse has continued its buying spree, snapping up WineDirect's ERP business to become the global leader in Dynamics NAV for the wine industry.
Ruckus2

Ruckus Wireless unleashes at Clooneys

Mon, 19th Oct 2015
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network infrastructure
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wireless networks
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network management
Resellers headed to Clooney's on Friday night to hear about Ruckus Wireless' plans for the local market and catch up with Ruckus CEO, Selina Lo.
Empty desk

VMware ANZ channel chief moves on

Fri, 16th Oct 2015
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virtualisation
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it automation
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vmware
John Donovan departs as VMware's ANZ channel chief for a US security firm after shaping the company's regional strategy for 5 years.
Shake

KKC brings Tranxition desktop migration software to ANZ

Fri, 16th Oct 2015
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ANZ company Komputer Kraft Consulting has inked a deal with Tranxition to distribute its Windows desktop migration software in ANZ and beyond.
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UltraServe highlights PaaS growth with rapid expansion

Thu, 15th Oct 2015
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cloud services
'Unprecedented' expansion has seen UltraServe more than double its contracted base of customers in the past year, adding 15 new staff along the way.
Three trophies

Kiwi companies big winners at global digital innovation awards

Tue, 13th Oct 2015
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wipster
Three Kiwi companies have won awards at the UN-sponsored World Summit Awards for digital innovation, with another three making finalist stage.
Pc market

Q3 PC shipments: Who won, who lost?

Fri, 9th Oct 2015
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pc shipments
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tablets
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analyst report
Lenovo leads Q3 PC market despite shipment decline; HP, Dell secure top spots while Apple gains market share and Acer faces significant drop.
Handing resellers cloud

Ingram Micro extends CSP promotion on back of high demand

Fri, 9th Oct 2015
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distributors
Ingram Micro is extending its CSP Accelerator promotion through to December 31 after experiencing high demand from resellers.
Sold

Mako Networks sold to US provider

Wed, 7th Oct 2015
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physical security
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risk & compliance
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United States telecommunications service provider D&S Communications has acquired the assets of Mako Networks from the company's receivers.
Big fish

CSC to acquire UXC in $428 million deal

Tue, 6th Oct 2015
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it services
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uxc
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csc
CSC is in negotiations to acquire UXC in a $428 million deal which would create one of the region's largest IT services companies.
Sale

'Aggressive' channel pricing - not Server 2003 EOS - spurs server sales

Tue, 6th Oct 2015
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datacentre infrastructure
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windows server 2003
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servers
Server shipments around the Windows Server 2003 EOS record less than expected spike - driven not by EOS but by 'aggressive' channel pricing.
Cloud22

Cloud IT infrastructure market booming

Mon, 5th Oct 2015
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datacentre infrastructure
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modernisation
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analyst report
Asia Pacific is experiencing high growth in cloud IT infrastructure sales, with sales of server, storage and Ethernet switches up 49.9% in Q2.
Handshake22

UXC Eclipse acquires Kiwi Dynamics AX and BI business

Thu, 1st Oct 2015
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UXC Eclipse has continued its acquisition trail, snapping up the Microsoft Dynamics AX and Business Intelligence divisions of NZ's Koorb Consulting.
Revenue

Revenue climbs for Westcon Group NZ

Thu, 1st Oct 2015
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fintech
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finance, leasing & rental
Westcon Group NZ has reported a 7.1% increase in revenue, but seen profit after tax slide 9.8% for the year ending February 28, 2015.
Simplified comms

ShoreTel simplifies partner program ready for ANZ cloud launch

Wed, 30th Sep 2015
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partner programmes
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contact centre
ShoreTel is revamping its partner program, paving the way for local partners to easily incorporate its cloud offerings when they become available here.