Kiwi Stories

OKI appoints country manager to boost NZ momentum

OKI has appointed its first New Zealand country manager in order to support Kiwi resellers and expand their local presence.

By Ben Moore • 2 min read • Wed, 30th May 2018

Gaming

Founded in an Auckland garage, acquired by global colossus

A Kiwi video game developer known worldwide for 'Path of Exile' has announced a majority acquisition from Chinese giant Tencent.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Tue, 22nd May 2018

Global Stories

Marketing Technologies

Microsoft to acquire GitHub for $7.5 billion

Microsoft agrees to acquire GitHub, creating a powerful alliance for developers and expanding Microsoft's tools and services.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 3 min read • Tue, 5th Jun 2018

Hybrid Cloud

Gartner: AIM market winners will be those with complementary solutions

The application infrastructure and middleware market experienced a surge in spending of 12.1% in 2017, reaching $28.5bn, according to Gartner.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Tue, 5th Jun 2018

Virtualisation

MEF announces significant progress in its MEF 3.0 project

Today MEF published new Ethernet and IP specifications, progressing Layer 1 projects and the first multi-vendor SD-WAN implementation project.

By Ashton Young • 5 min read • Sat, 2nd Jun 2018

Hyperscale

Update: MYOB formally withdraws Reckon merger application

The sale and purchase agreement included conditions, including regulatory conditions, which had to be satisfied prior to completion.

By Kai Ping Lew • 4 min read • Fri, 1st Jun 2018

Marketing Technologies

Out with the old: Melbourne IT officially relaunches as Arq Group

Melbourne IT has officially re-launched as Arq Group to reflect its evolution beyond domain hosting, with 99.35% shareholder support for the change.

By Patrick Martlew • 3 min read • Wed, 30th May 2018

EduTech

Bridging the digital skills gap in the AEC industry

With the construction industry projected to grow by more than 120,000 jobs in the next five years, having a workforce of skilled employees is a must.

By Mike Russell • 3 min read • Wed, 30th May 2018

DataCentre infrastructure

PCCW Global to offer automated provisioning & routing with acquisition

PCCW Global acquires Console Connect, enhancing its global telcom network with advanced software-defined solutions.

By Sean Mitchell • 2 min read • Wed, 30th May 2018

Marketing

Cloud marketing company Seismic acquires key competitor

Total headcount for Seismic will increase to more than 450 across eight offices in the United States, Europe, and Australia.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Fri, 25th May 2018

Network Infrastructure

How a WAN can enable commercial strategy execution

When assessing capabilities to execute commercial strategy, including the capacity to scale the operation and resources, consider the WAN.

By Graham Schultz • 4 min read • Fri, 25th May 2018

Open source

Exclusive Interview: Oracle on cloud ERP in ANZ

General manager for ERP/EPM Saas John Leonard talks about how ANZ organisations are adopting ERP and how AI will make an impact on the technology.

By Patrick Martlew • 8 min read • Thu, 24th May 2018

Digital Transformation

Ex-Dimension Data executive secures new sales role at Kordia Solutions

Kordia Solutions New Zealand appoints Glen White as head of sales, bringing 17 years of international ICT experience to the role.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Thu, 24th May 2018

Cisco

ThreatQuotient appoints ex-Cisco security sales chief to lead APAC expansion

ThreatQuotient has chosen Australia as its Asia pacific base. Former Cisco security sales chief Anthony Stitt will lead operations.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Wed, 23rd May 2018

Customer Relationship Management

Global CX company claims stake in ANZ market with acquisition of local boutique

US customer experience platform InMoment expands into the ANZ market by acquiring Melbourne-based BrandXP, setting sights on APAC growth.

By Julia Gabel • 3 min read • Wed, 23rd May 2018

Data Analytics

DXC Red Rock looking for NZ analytics leadership after M-Power acquisition

The company says the opportunity to employ an 'experienced consulting leader' has come about as a result of the M-Power acquisition.

By Patrick Martlew • 2 min read • Tue, 22nd May 2018

Hyperscale

Cloudscene releases Q1, 2018 data center operator leaderboard

Cloudscene unveils Q1 2018's top data centre ops; Equinix leads, followed by significant shifts in Asia-Oceania.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 2 min read • Tue, 22nd May 2018

Unified Communications

Vocus picks up ex-Telstra executive as new CEO

Vocus has named ex-Telstra exec Kevin Russell as new CEO, starting 28 May 2018, with a GBP £1.1 million salary and incentives. Mark Callander joins the board.

By Patrick Martlew • 3 min read • Mon, 21st May 2018

Risk & Compliance

Study: Focusing on risk aversion? It may be doing you more harm than good

A study carried out by Frost & Sullivan has highlighted the benefits associated with being an agile business, instead of a risk-averse one.

By Patrick Martlew • 2 min read • Fri, 18th May 2018

Data Science

Oracle bolsters AI and ML capability with DataScience.com acquisition

DataScience.com is a platform that enables data scientists to deliver business-changing insights while leveraging big data and ML.

By Patrick Martlew • 2 min read • Thu, 17th May 2018