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Broadcom-Brocade deal delay; knock-on effect for Extreme Networks-Brocade deal

Thu, 20th Jul 2017
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Broadcom's US$5.9b acquisition of Brocade has stalled, with a knock on effect for Extreme's acquisition of Brocade's data centre networking business.
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Rahi Systems to distribute data center moving equipment across China

Wed, 19th Jul 2017
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Rahi Systems secures deal with ServerLIFT to distribute products in China, building on existing distribution agreements in Southeast Asia and India.
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Westcon-Comstor adds Juniper Networks UCC solutions to portfolio

Tue, 18th Jul 2017
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Westcon-Comstor has added Juniper networks to its Unified Communications and Collaboration (UCC) Practice to address the channel space.
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Everything-as-a-Service 'the next big cloud opportunity'

Mon, 17th Jul 2017
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Everything-as-a-service is the next big cloud opportunity according to 451 Research, which says there are significant opportunities for the channel.
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HP ousts Lenovo to reclaim top spot as PC market continues to decline

Mon, 17th Jul 2017
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HP has reclaimed top spot in the worldwide PC market from Lenovo, which has suffered its biggest year on year shipment declines according to Gartner.
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Compusoft and Propalms take out IAMCP 2017 global partner-to-partner awards

Thu, 13th Jul 2017
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Microsoft's channel partners have been honoured at IAMCP's annual partner to partner awards, with Compusoft and Propalms taking out awards.
Spring

Asia Pacific leads the way as IT spend rebounds

Thu, 13th Jul 2017
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IDC is forecasting IT spend to rebound from the second half of 2017, so what technologies are on the up - and which are dragging the market down?.
Surface

Microsoft partners with IBM for Surface support; launches Surface Alliance

Tue, 11th Jul 2017
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Microsoft is ramping up its push for partner Surface sales, launching a new service and support offering, via IBM, and a Surface Reseller Alliance.
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NZ channel meet at Microsoft Inspire in Washington, DC

Tue, 11th Jul 2017
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Over 90 New Zealand channel partners gathered at Microsoft Inspire in Washington, DC, hearing Ambassador Tim Groser discuss global expansion opportunities.
Wild horse

Exclusive: Dicker Data NZ announces Wild Horses winners

Thu, 6th Jul 2017
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Route 66 is beckoning for the nine winning resellers in Dicker Data NZ's wildly popular Wild Horses promo. So who will be driving the iconic route?.
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IDC: The only way for traditional ICT sales is down but innovation accelerators will lift us up

Mon, 3rd Jul 2017
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Traditional ICT revenue streams are drying up, IDC says, with future growth coming from 'innovation accelerators' - and Asia Pacific leading the way.
Financials improvement

Profit increase for Distribution Central NZ pre Arrow acquisition

Wed, 21st Jun 2017
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Distribution Central – now Arrow ECS – recorded an increased profit for its Kiwi business last financial year, despite a small drop in revenue.
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emt Distribution inks deal for Thycotic enterprise password management solution

Tue, 13th Jun 2017
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emt Distribution has ramped up its local operations after signing a master distribution deal with US priviliged account management vendor Thycotic.
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Exclusive: Polycom global boss talks a return to growth, new markets and women in tech

Mon, 12th Jun 2017
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Polycom is promising new products and entrance to new markets in the coming months as it seeks to return to growth after a US$2 billion takeover,.
Business win

DattoCon: Top ANZ partners honoured and new products released - photos

Fri, 9th Jun 2017
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At one of the world's largest MSP focused events, Datto has honoured ANZ's top partners and released new products to support the needs of MSPs.
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SOLD: Synnex acquires Westcon-Comstor stake

Tue, 6th Jun 2017
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Synnex is taking a minority stake in Westcon-Comstor's local business with a 10% stake in Westcon International and 100% of North America and Latam.
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NEC opens global security intelligence centre in SA

Thu, 1st Jun 2017
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NEC has opened a $4.38 million global security intelligence centre in South Australia which is expected to create 50 new jobs.
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Personal computing devices will return to growth - but not until 2019

Mon, 29th May 2017
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Commercial notebooks and detatchable tablets will help drive the personal computing device market back to growth – but it won't be until 2019.
Merger and acquisition

NZ headquartered business opens up shop in Singapore through co-op

Sat, 27th May 2017
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EverEdge and IP ValueLab have agreemed to cooperate on providing strategic intellectual property and intangible asset advisory services in Singapore.
Cyber forensics

MPA signs sole distie deal with cyber-forensics vendor Guidance

Mon, 22nd May 2017
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An new distribution deal between MPA and US-based Guidance Software will make it easier for local companies to expose cyber-crims the companies say.