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Dell Boomi appoints managing director for Asia-Pacific and Japan

Dell Boomi appoints Ajit Melarkode as managing director for Asia-Pacific and Japan, eyeing revenue growth and addressing demand for cloud-based integration.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Tue, 27th Aug 2019

Unified Communications

Chorus CEO to resign after successful company transformation

Chorus CEO Kate McKenzie to resign at year's end after tripling fibre connection volumes and leading the company to a USD $53 million profit.

By Sara Barker • 5 min read • Mon, 26th Aug 2019

Hybrid Cloud

NetApp appoints new GM for Asia Pacific as it looks to drive growth

NetApp has named Sanjay Rohatgi as senior VP and GM for Asia Pacific, aiming to bolster growth and deepen engagements with regional customers and partners.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Fri, 23rd Aug 2019

Data Analytics

AlphaCert & Refinitiv bring data to better investment decisions

AlphaCert and Refinitiv are now offering new data management solutions to New Zealand and Australian investment management sectors.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Fri, 23rd Aug 2019

Storage

New managing director for Hitachi Vantara ANZ

Johnson is responsible for managing business and operations in ANZ, with a focus on nurturing the partner ecosystem and charting business strategy.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Thu, 22nd Aug 2019

Clean technologies

Is the government putting Kiwi SMEs on struggle street?

Kiwi SMEs are facing strain due to anticipated government regulations and social engineering, warns OneHQ's Vinay Iswar, urging businesses to plan ahead.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Wed, 21st Aug 2019

Robotic Process Automation

Automation Anywhere to provide RPA for Wipro Automation Lab

The Lab will be a playground for co-creating business solutions with Wipro and leading automation providers like Automation Anywhere.

By Ben Moore • 2 min read • Wed, 21st Aug 2019

Marketing Technologies

Instalment service provider PartPay acquired by Australian player Zip

The acquisition gives Zip exposure to four key geographies – New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States and South Africa.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Tue, 20th Aug 2019

DevOps

Changing skill sets become major driver of business restructures

Changing skill sets are leading nearly half of organisational restructures in New Zealand and Australia, reports Hays, as firms adapt to new business needs.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Tue, 20th Aug 2019

Digital Transformation

Microsoft and Jio sign 10-year partnership with sights set on India

Microsoft and Jio ink a decade-long agreement targeting India's digital transformation through cloud services, connectivity, and AI-driven solutions.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Mon, 19th Aug 2019

DataCentre infrastructure

Digital Realty welcomes EMEA managing director

Digital Realty has appointed Jeffrey Tapley as the permanent EMEA managing director, solidifying his role in leading their regional operations from London.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Tue, 13th Aug 2019

Customer Relationship Management

RingCentral Australia signs with Mia Distribution

Specialist unified communications distributor automates local hardware fulfilment and provisioning for RingCentral partners and customers.

By Ben Moore • 2 min read • Mon, 12th Aug 2019

Stories from Other Regions

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Human Capital Management

Employees around NZ working overtime without pay

A new report shows that overtime has increased in 30% of organisations and nearly half of those working overtime (48%) are unpaid for their extra hours.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Thu, 22nd Aug 2019

Distributed Denial of Service

Second Akamai scrubbing centre opens in Melbourne

Akamai bolsters its DDoS defences in the ANZ region with the opening of a second scrubbing centre in Melbourne, enhancing cybersecurity resilience.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Wed, 21st Aug 2019

Virtualisation

Catalyst Cloud becomes NZ's first Kubernetes Certified Service Provider

Catalyst Cloud has become New Zealand's first Kubernetes Certified Service Provider, marking a major milestone in the country's cloud computing industry.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Wed, 21st Aug 2019

DataCentre infrastructure

Lenovo PC & DCG divisions announce top Australian partners

The national awards recognise the achievements and contributions of Lenovo's PC and DCG partner community over the past year.

By Staff Writer • 5 min read • Thu, 15th Aug 2019

Virtualisation

VMware welcomes Angela Cunneen as NZ country manager

Cunneen brings with her more than 25 years experience in senior ICT roles from companies including Dell and EMC.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Wed, 14th Aug 2019

Digital Transformation

Former Revera chief to lead Leaven, Spark's new DX consulting firm

Spark launches Leaven, a new digital transformation consultancy led by ex-Revera CEO Robin Cockayne, with a focus on cloud adoption and innovation.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Tue, 13th Aug 2019

Microsoft

Exeed to distribute Samsung NZ's entire line of business products

Exeed will now distribute Samsung New Zealand's full range of business products, including mobile phones, strengthening their IT distribution coverage.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Tue, 13th Aug 2019

IT Automation

Tech better than policy for SMBs, says GoDaddy research

73% of small business owners say they are not likely to lose their jobs or be negatively affected by artificial intelligence (AI) and robots.

By Ben Moore • 4 min read • Tue, 13th Aug 2019