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Music streaming service Pandora shuts down services for ANZ

Pandora to shut down in Australia and New Zealand. Despite signing local deals, the company struggled to compete with Spotify.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 2 min read • Thu, 29th Jun 2017

Global Stories

United States (US) stories

Microsoft

Microsoft partners with IBM for Surface support; launches Surface Alliance

Microsoft is ramping up its push for partner Surface sales, launching a new service and support offering, via IBM, and a Surface Reseller Alliance.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 11th Jul 2017

DevOps

SafeStack snags Google, Microsoft cybersecurity experts for new advisory board

New Zealand-based cybersecurity firm SafeStack has signed up major talent to its advisory board to help the company achieve further growth.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Tue, 11th Jul 2017

Partner Programmes

NZ channel meet at Microsoft Inspire in Washington, DC

Over 90 New Zealand channel partners gathered at Microsoft Inspire in Washington, DC, hearing Ambassador Tim Groser discuss global expansion opportunities.

By Sean Mitchell • 1 min read • Tue, 11th Jul 2017

Cybersecurity

Singapore & Germany to collaborate on cybersecurity's future

Singapore now has Germany on board as the latest partner to sign a joint declaration pledging stronger cybersecurity.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Mon, 10th Jul 2017

DevOps

Appetite for innovation: The Instillery appoints new business development manager

Whitmore will contribute to the ongoing growth of The Instillery by focusing on cloud infrastructure, automation, connectivity and security.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Mon, 10th Jul 2017

Agricultural Technology

Dairy farming: NZ Food Innovation Network incubates clean-tech idea

New Zealand Food Innovation Network collaborates with Hydroxsys to develop new membrane technology for dairy industry.

By Julia Gabel • 3 min read • Thu, 6th Jul 2017

Dicker Data

Exclusive: Dicker Data NZ announces Wild Horses winners

Route 66 is beckoning for the nine winning resellers in Dicker Data NZ's wildly popular Wild Horses promo. So who will be driving the iconic route?.

By Heather Wright • 1 min read • Thu, 6th Jul 2017

ADVA Optical Networking

ADVA Optical Networking acquires MRV Communications

Germany's ADVA Optical Networking set to acquire US-based MRV Communications, expanding its reach in the network solutions market.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Tue, 4th Jul 2017

DevOps

Securing assets and applications in the cloud

Hard-coding and embedding credentials in the code or a script can initially make them easy to use – but this represents a significant vulnerability.

By Jeffrey Kok • 5 min read • Mon, 3rd Jul 2017

Platform-as-a-Service

IDC: The only way for traditional ICT sales is down but innovation accelerators will lift us up

Traditional ICT revenue streams are drying up, IDC says, with future growth coming from 'innovation accelerators' - and Asia Pacific leading the way.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Mon, 3rd Jul 2017

Company-X

Hamilton company bags Air NZ exporting award

Company-X received the Services Exporter of the Year award, open to businesses with export revenue of up to $10 million.

By Kai Ping Lew • 2 min read • Fri, 30th Jun 2017

Google

Google News site revamp makes it easier deep-dive into topics you actually care about

Google News has gone through the makeover treatment not only to make it better-looking, but to help readers get different perspectives on news issues.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Thu, 29th Jun 2017

Fintech

Australia - world leaders in FinTech adoption, ahead of U.S & Hong Kong

Australia is leading the way in FinTech market penetration, ahead of Hong Kong, Singapore and the US, according to a report by FinTech Australia.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Wed, 28th Jun 2017

Malware

Petya ransomworm's rapid spread: What the experts know right now

The Petya ransomware uses the EternalBlue exploit to not only infect files, but an entire system's drive. We get the latest from the experts.

By Sara Barker • 5 min read • Wed, 28th Jun 2017

EduTech

Desktop conversion still king in ANZ despite increasing smartphone traffic - Adobe

Despite a surge in smartphone traffic, consumers in Australia and New Zealand still predominantly make purchases via desktop, Adobe's new report reveals.

By Kai Ping Lew • 3 min read • Wed, 28th Jun 2017