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

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.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Fri, 9th Jun 2017

Synnex

SOLD: Synnex acquires Westcon-Comstor stake

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.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Tue, 6th Jun 2017

Network Infrastructure

Megaport and Alibaba Cloud announce partnership to benefit both parties

The partnership will provide enterprises with direct and scalable access to Alibaba Cloud via the Megaport global SDN.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Fri, 19th May 2017

Cloud Security

Monthly payments among bugbears for SMBs moving to cloud

SMBs grapple with monthly cloud costs despite the lure of enhanced efficiency and support, finds a SkyKick survey.

By Heather Wright • 4 min read • Mon, 15th May 2017

DataCentre infrastructure

Megaport builds connection between enterprises in ANZ and North America

Megaport recently announced that it has delivered capacity between Sydney to Los Angeles to cater for growing demand.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Wed, 10th May 2017

Partner Programmes

Six key takeaways from Datto's 2017 State of the MSP report

Datto's State of the MSP report shines a light on the challenges faced by MSPs - and answers the age old question of Star Wars, or Star Trek?.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Thu, 27th Apr 2017

Microsoft

Microsoft appoints Insight MD as Asia Pacific vice president

Microsoft has appointed Andrea Della Mattea as its new Asia Pacific operations vice president as the company continues its DX focus locally.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 27th Apr 2017

OfficeMax

Staples buyer announces another ANZ acquisition: OfficeMax

Platinum Equity has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the OfficeMax business in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) from Office Depot.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Wed, 26th Apr 2017

Microsoft

Ingram Micro enriches reseller cloud opportunities with new deal

Ingram Micro says a new agreement with NetEnrich will allow any partners to become cloud managed services providers using Azure and other platforms.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 21st Mar 2017

Risk & Compliance

Exclusive: NZ-born RedShield inks overseas reseller deal with Connect I.T. Solutions

Kiwi web-protection specialist RedShield has signed a reseller agreement with Connect I.T. Solutions to expand its service in North America.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Fri, 17th Mar 2017

Staples

Staples ANZ business sold to US private equity firm Platinum Equity

Staples has sold its Australian and NZ businesses to private equity firm Platinum Equity, with a rebrand and 'substantial' investment promised.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 14th Mar 2017

Hyperscale

Amazon embraces sustainability with global solar energy plans

Amazon plans to install solar panels on its fulfillment centers worldwide in a new initiative to generate clean energy.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Fri, 3rd Mar 2017

Hyperscale

Hong Kong-based ROOT Data Center teams up with PCCW Solutions for multi-site colocation

Together, the two companies along with other D-Infinitum partners, intend to provide a full suite of hosting and colocation services.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Wed, 15th Feb 2017

Datagate Innovation

Kiwi cloud software start-up sets its sites on North America

Datagate Innovation has raised more than one million dollars in capital as it gears up to to enter the North American market.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Fri, 27th Jan 2017

Cybersecurity

NZ expert selected to Canadian Cybersecurity Board

NZ's top cyber brain, Prof. Sarrafzadeh, adds his expertise to Canada's elite cybersecurity board, boosting transnational digital defence ties.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Wed, 11th Jan 2017

Health Technologies

President Trump and Technology: Good or Bad? Here's what the experts say

Donald Trump's victory in the US election could have significant implications for the technology industry, say analysts.

By Shannon Williams • 5 min read • Fri, 11th Nov 2016

Gaming

Review: Save the DBZ timeline with Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2

Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 is the sequel to the popular Xenoverse. It expands on the original game adding tons of new characters and scenarios.

By Damian Seeto • 4 min read • Fri, 4th Nov 2016

Network Infrastructure

Metro cloud requires a fundamental shift in network architecture

The evolution of cloud, video scale and the explosion of mobile and the Internet of Things (IoT) are driving growth in telecom traffic.

By Jay Gill • 9 min read • Thu, 27th Oct 2016

Digital Transformation

Talking digital business, Industrie 4.0 and world trade

Digital is becoming part of government policy and focus, and thereby trade policy will gradually need to deal with its increasingly complex nature.

By Peter Sondergaard • 3 min read • Mon, 10th Oct 2016

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Wearables

Apple unveils huge new range of bands for the Apple Watch

Apple says the new offerings give customers 'more opportunity than ever' to personalise and customise their Apple Watch.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Wed, 22nd Mar 2017