New Zealand (NZ) stories - Page 99

Premium releases on way as Huawei NZ claims 15% smartphone share
Thu, 29th Oct 2015
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Huawei New Zealand garners 15% share of the Kiwi smartphone market, with New Zealand now among the top performing markets for the Chinese vendor.

New, collaborative ICT conference comes to Wellington
Tue, 27th Oct 2015
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Next July a major ICT conference will take place in Wellington. Known as ITx, the event will bring together 12 tech-related conferences and bodies.

New peer-to-peer lender aims to shake up the market
Tue, 20th Oct 2015
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peer-to-peer lending
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sme
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startups
Lending Crowd arrives to disrupt NZ's P2P lending, focusing on better rates and efficient loans for SMEs and borrowers.

Auckland and Christchurch global smart city winners
Tue, 20th Oct 2015
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smart cities
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licensing
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gis
Christchurch's Sensing City and an Auckland City smart zoning initiative have been named among the most outstanding smart city projects in APAC.

Ruckus Wireless unleashes at Clooneys
Mon, 19th Oct 2015
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network infrastructure
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wireless networks
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network management
Resellers headed to Clooney's on Friday night to hear about Ruckus Wireless' plans for the local market and catch up with Ruckus CEO, Selina Lo.

VMware ANZ channel chief moves on
Fri, 16th Oct 2015
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virtualisation
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it automation
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vmware
John Donovan departs as VMware's ANZ channel chief for a US security firm after shaping the company's regional strategy for 5 years.

Do parents hold the key to Kiwi students' success?
Tue, 13th Oct 2015
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edutech
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studentit
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parental control
The strongest educational resource available to Kiwi kids is cultural expectations, closely followed by physical resources, according to a new study.

New general manager for Actifio on back of 'strong demand'
Tue, 13th Oct 2015
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contracts
Actifio is ramping up its efforts in the region after appointing Patrick O'Donnell as vice president and general manager for Asia Pacific.

Police join fight against cyberbullying
Mon, 12th Oct 2015
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cyberbullying
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schools
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police
Cyberbullying is a threat to students in New Zealand, and the police are getting involved in educating young people throughout the country.

Executives holding Kiwi businesses back from being 'agile'
Mon, 12th Oct 2015
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devops
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apm
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software development
Executive leadership, or rather the lack of it, is preventing New Zealand businesses from planning and deploying Agile management methodologies.

Irish IT solutions provider opens doors in Auckland
Mon, 12th Oct 2015
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ateed
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westbourne it global services
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professional services
There's a new player in the channel, with Irish IT solutions provider Westbourne IT opening its first international office - in Auckland.

Meet the Surface Book, Microsoft's first ever laptop
Wed, 7th Oct 2015
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gaming
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digital entertainment
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personal computing devices
A laptop, the Surface Book, was a surprise unveiling at a Microsoft event overnight, with the Surface Pro 4 and Lumia 950 also in the lineup.

Tuanz sets ambitious goal for Kiwi business digital tech use
Tue, 6th Oct 2015
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uc
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cloud services
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government
Tuanz has set itself the bold goal of making sure that New Zealand is among the top 10 countries for digital technology business use by 2020.

Changes to NZ's early education could require significant investment
Fri, 2nd Oct 2015
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learning
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early education
Education Minister releases report on improving early learning transitions, but NZEI Te Riu Roa warns of need for funding boost.

Sales and services revenue up for Lenovo NZ
Fri, 2nd Oct 2015
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ibm
Lenovo's New Zealand operations have posted healthy increases in sales and services revenues to record a solid increase in profit.

CompTIA offers collaboration, connections for channel skills gap
Wed, 23rd Sep 2015
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candidates
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partners
CompTIA ANZ plans to help the channel overcome a skills gap with collaboration and connections after a survey showed 96% are impacted by a skills gap.

Synnex NZ plans for future as vendors debut their new offerings
Wed, 23rd Sep 2015
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personal computing devices
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synnex
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distributors
Synnex NZ took to the floor in front of a full house of resellers last night to outline its plans for the future and new vendor offerings.

Is the CMO becoming the new IT buyer?
Wed, 23rd Sep 2015
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digital transformation
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cloud services
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cmo
There's a new IT buyer on the block, with ANZ CMOs increasingly making IT decisions – and managing their own IT budget – according to a new survey.

Security vendor sets its sights on local market
Mon, 21st Sep 2015
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financial institutions
Cyber threat intelligence company iSight Partners is eyeing up the local market, launching an Australian sales office and a threat analysis centre.

Aussie takes out Most Disruptive CTO award
Wed, 16th Sep 2015
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data analytics
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iot
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e-learning
Velpic’s Russell Francis has been named Most Disruptive CTO in the global Talent Unleashed awards, with three other Aussie companies claiming awards.