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Unit4 ramps up local leadership team with two new appointments

Wed, 26th Jul 2017
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Unit4 has appointed two new sales directors who it says will work closely with channel director Chris Tithof to support local customers and resellers.
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Webroot launches SecureAnywhere certification program

Wed, 26th Jul 2017
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Webroot has launched a free SecureAnywhere Business Endpoint Protection certification program, saying it will enable reseller to improve revenues.
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Double glory for Fusion5 at Microsoft Inspire

Wed, 26th Jul 2017
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Fusion5 returned home from Microsoft Inspire with a regional Dynamics award - and entry into the exclusive Microsoft Dynamics Inner Circle.
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emt Distribution and NinjaMSP team up for local opportunities

Tue, 25th Jul 2017
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Emt has inked a deal with NinjaMSP which it says addresses eroding MSP value propositions by serving up new cybersecurity revenue opportunities.
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Canalys launches white-labelled event app to make partner events easier

Tue, 25th Jul 2017
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Canalys is serving up a new event app, for use by technology vendors and their channel partners, to improve attendees experience at partner events.
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Public cloud investment pays dividends as Rhipe posts solid growth

Tue, 25th Jul 2017
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Rhipe's public cloud investment is paying dividends, with the distie reporting strong growth in the segment, while EBITDA soars 167%.
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SkyCity goes Dynamic with Intergen and Microsoft to gain data-driven insights

Tue, 25th Jul 2017
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Intergen has inked a deal with SkyCity Entertainment Group which will see it delivering Microsoft Dynamics 365 to 6,000 users across ANZ.
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Galaxy Note 7 issues fail to dampen bumper Samsung Electronics NZ profit

Tue, 25th Jul 2017
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Samsung Electronics New Zealand has reported a bumper profit increase on the back of solid revenue growth – despite the Note 7 issues.
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Microsoft cloud has a silver lining for NZ's Umbrellar as it gains new competency

Tue, 25th Jul 2017
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Umbrellar has been elevated to Microsoft Silver Cloud Platform ranks, joining a 'small percentage' of Kiwi partners to gain the competency.
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CenturyLink rolls out enhanced managed security services platform

Thu, 20th Jul 2017
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CenturyLink is rolling out Managed Security Services 2.0 suite, with advanced security monitoring, threat detection and incident response, across APAC.
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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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South Korea, Singapore and NZ tops for IoT readiness

Thu, 20th Jul 2017
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South Korea, Singapore and New Zealand have topped IDC's list of Asia Pacific countries most ready and capable to harness internet of things.
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ANZ markets forecast to log higher IT spending growth over coming year

Wed, 19th Jul 2017
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IT spending across Australia and New Zealand is forecast to exceed the global average this year, with Australian spend up 3.7% yoy and NZ up 2.7%.
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Cogent inks direct channel deal with NEC unified communications

Wed, 19th Jul 2017
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Cogent bolsters its unified comms offerings, partnering directly with NEC to provide cost-efficient, high-quality solutions.
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Veeam hits 60% growth in ANZ as enterprise availability business heats up

Wed, 19th Jul 2017
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Veeam's enterprise push is paying off locally, with the availability vendor clocking 60% year on year growth in total revenue bookings across ANZ.
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Darren Adams departs Tech Data; Michael Costigan takes on interim role

Tue, 18th Jul 2017
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Darren Adams has left the top Australia and New Zealand job at Tech Data, with Michael Costigan taking on the interim general manager position.
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NextGen snaps up digital marketing agency Bang

Tue, 18th Jul 2017
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Distributor NextGen has snapped up Bang Australia as it seeks to expand its digital marketing, demand gen and branding services.
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It's a wrap: 11 Kiwi partners weigh in on Microsoft announcements

Tue, 18th Jul 2017
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From Azure stack to a renewed vertical focus, there was plenty to keep the Kiwi channel buzzing at Microsoft Inspire 2017. So what caught their eyes?.
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Fuji Xerox Printers appoints Mo Kandeel to head ANZ sales

Mon, 17th Jul 2017
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Fuji Xerox Printers has appointed Mo Kandeel as ANZ general manager of sales as it seeks an increased presence in the IT and system integrator arenas.
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Studio Proper eyes commercial retail and education as it ups local push

Mon, 17th Jul 2017
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Studio Proper is eyeing aggressive growth in commercial sales within large retailers along with the education market locally.