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Kiwi music app changing the way we discover music

25 Most Played is a music discovery app that helps users find new music based on what their friends or influencers are listening to.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Fri, 19th Jun 2015

Disaster Recovery

New Facebook Prepare & Respond guide for Kiwis

Facebook launches 'disaster response guide' for New Zealand in the wake of severe weather and flooding #Facebook #disasterresponse.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Fri, 5th Jun 2015

Apple

Apple recalls Beats Pill XL over potential fire risk

Apple is recalling Beats Pill XL speakers after discovering that in some cases the battery in the speakers may overhead and pose a fire safety risk.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 4th Jun 2015

Global Stories

United States (US) stories

Bitdefender

Bitdefender planning local B2B and B2C assault

BitDefender is eyeing up the business market and planning a major push into Australia's small, medium and large businesses over the coming year.

By Anthony Caruana • 3 min read • Thu, 9th Jul 2015

Trade Me

Meet the Kiwi startup moving from strength to strength

The past six months have been non-stop for Weirdly, and this Auckland-based start up shows no signs of slowing down.

By Catherine Knowles • 5 min read • Wed, 8th Jul 2015

Cybersecurity

VExpress adds Mailprotector email security to portfolio

Cloud-based email security, management and hosting specialist Mailprotector eyes voice and data resellers following distie deal with VExpress.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Fri, 3rd Jul 2015

Health Technologies

New chair to help drive Certus Solutions' growth

Certus Solutions has appointed Kiwi businessman Trevor Janes as its new chair, to help drive the IBM system integrator's growth.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 2nd Jul 2015

BlueChip Infotech

Bluechip Infotech adds Netwrix auditing solutions to portfolio

Bluechip Infotech has inked a deal to distribute Netrix's auditing solutions in Australia, with demand for the offerings already running high.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 2nd Jul 2015

Infrastructure-as-a-Service

Westcon launches cloud offering, white-labelling available

Westcon looking to simplify cloud services for resellers and remove the business challenges in delivering cloud services to customers.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 1st Jul 2015

Microsoft

BlueSky gets brighter as Westcon ramps up cloud services

Westcon New Zealand is ramping up its BlueSky cloud services with version 4 due soon, an expanded catalogue of vendors, and cloud financing coming.

By Heather Wright • 4 min read • Tue, 30th Jun 2015

Unified Communications

United States prisons utilise VoIP technology

In the United States 99.6% of all prison and jail customers have converted to the VoIP Secure Calling Platform (SCP) provided by Securus Technologies.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Thu, 18th Jun 2015

Network Infrastructure

Hawaiki calls on French bank to secure equity for new cable

Hawaiki Cable has appointed French bank Natixis to secure the remaining equity to fund new cable, with plans for work on the cable to begin this year.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 18th Jun 2015

Software-as-a-Service

SaaS developer Unleashed Software secures $4.5 million in new capital

Unleashed Software, a trans-Tasman SaaS developer, has secured USD $4.5 million in new capital, marking its most significant funding round to date.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Tue, 16th Jun 2015

Resellers

Microbe removes reseller infrastructure woes with Eset offering

IT security distributor Microbe is taking infrastructure problems away for resellers with a new Eset MSP offering which will see Microbe as host.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Thu, 11th Jun 2015

Wireless Networks

Kiwi Wi-Fi company takes it to the Aussies

Tomizone has bolstered it's international expansion, inking a deal with Kordia Australia which will see its Wi-Fi offerings deployed across Australia.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 10th Jun 2015

Risk & Compliance

Head of cyber security becomes Deloitte partner

Deloitte appoints new partner for cyber, privacy and resilience, Anu Nayar, to lead national cyber risk initiatives.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Mon, 8th Jun 2015

Megaupload

Kim Dotcom gets interim reprieve from asset seizure

Kim Dotcom and his fellow Megaupload co-accused Bram van der Kolk have won a reprieve from having assets seized by the Crown and passed onto the US.

By Pattrick Smellie • 2 min read • Fri, 5th Jun 2015

Hadoop

Hortonworks hears Australia calling

Hortonworks is 'significantly' expanding its Australian operations in an effort to drive adoption of enterprise Apache Hadoop throughout Asia Pacific.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Fri, 5th Jun 2015