Kiwi Stories

Gaming

Interview with pro League of Legends player Derek 'Raydere' Trang

PlayOn NZ had the opportunity to interview Derek 'Raydere' Trang who is a professional League of Legends player.

By Damian Seeto • 6 min read • Sat, 21st Mar 2015

Global Stories

Fintech

Xero to double turnover to $200M this year, says CEO Rod Drury

New Zealand accounting software pioneer Xero expects to double global revenue to more than $200 million in the year to March 2016.

By Pattrick Smellie • 4 min read • Thu, 23rd Jul 2015

Data Analytics

Kiwi firm's tool for sales team productivity

New Zealand-based Qotient's innovative cloud and app tool boosts sales team productivity by codifying best practices, now eyeing North American expansion.

By Sean Mitchell • 2 min read • Mon, 29th Jun 2015

Mobility

BlinkMobile wins in London, amps up expansion plans

BlinkMobile's Blink Mobility Platform has won 'The Best Enterprise Mobility Solution' at this year's Cloud World Series Awards ceremony in London.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Fri, 26th Jun 2015

DataCentre infrastructure

Schneider Electric broadens partnership portfolio

Schneider Electric has announced it has joined the HP Composable Infrastructure Partner Program in a move to further broaden its partnership portfolio.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Thu, 11th Jun 2015

Supply Chain

UXC Eclipse's Dynamic success in retail

UXC Eclipse's investment in Microsoft Dynamics is paying dividends, with the company inking $20 million of retail business in the past four months.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 3rd Jun 2015

Partner Programmes

Orion Health reports $61M full-year loss, beats prospectus on recurring revenue

Healthcare system software developer Orion Health reported a $60.8 million loss in line with its strategy to grow revenues before becoming profitable.

By Pattrick Smellie • 5 min read • Tue, 26th May 2015

Software Development

Serko's annual loss widens, targets profitability in 2017

Auckland-based travel firm Serko reports annual loss of $6.4m, but expects to be profitable in H1 2017. Revenue up 55% to $10.4m.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Mon, 25th May 2015

Network Infrastructure

Ruckus Wireless reports disappointing revenue for Q1

In the first quarter of 2015 Ruckus Wireless had a reported revenue of $82.1 million, which is an increase from the first quarter of 2014.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 1st May 2015

Fintech

Xero changes recruitment tactics as unsuitable US head, CFO depart, Drury says

Xero boss Rod Drury says the accounting software developer has changed its tactics for hiring senior executives after the departure of a US chief exec.

By Pattrick Smellie • 5 min read • Fri, 1st May 2015

Fintech

Xero shares extend decline, as investors digest FY, US CFO departure

Shares of cloud-based accounting software firm Xero have dropped to the lowest level as investors digest sudden departure of another US-based exec.

By Pattrick Smellie • 3 min read • Wed, 29th Apr 2015

Public Cloud

Microsoft backs VMob's America plans

Microsoft will contribute additional funding and resources to enhance VMob's sales, marketing and product development programme.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Wed, 29th Apr 2015

Storage

Violin Memory aims to make sweet music with NZ channel

Violin Memory has 'started again' in New Zealand, with promises that this time, the flash storage provider plans to 'take it all the way'.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Tue, 24th Mar 2015

Promapp

Promapp pushes into US market with new hire

Promapp Solutions has hired Sarah Berkowski as chief marketing officer to help drive the company's tilt at the US market.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Tue, 3rd Mar 2015

DevOps

Rackspace launches DevOps Automation Service

Designed to enable developers to get products & features to market faster by deploying, scaling & testing new configurations in hours rather than days.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Mon, 2nd Mar 2015

Delegat

Winemaker Delegat says increased sales due to North American consumers trading up

Consumers trading up to premium wine and an improved economy is behind a 19 percent boost in North American sales to 425,000 cases.

By Pattrick Smellie • 3 min read • Fri, 27th Feb 2015

NZX

Winemaker Delegat posts 45% drop in 1H profit despite rising sales

Delegat Group, New Zealand's largest listed wine company, has posted a 45 per cent drop in first-half profit, mainly caused by a $10.

By Pattrick Smellie • 3 min read • Fri, 27th Feb 2015

NZX

Vista annual profit falls less than forecast as sales climb 55%

Vista Group International, the cinema software and analytics company, reported a smaller drop in annual profit than forecast in last year's offer docu.

By Pattrick Smellie • 3 min read • Fri, 27th Feb 2015