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HP wrestles top spot away from Lenovo as PC shipments grow - yes, grow

HP has ousted Lenovo to take top spot in the PC shipment market, as global PC shipments see their first growth in five years.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Wed, 12th Apr 2017

Software Development

Christchurch company expands with New York ferry contract

Christchurch's Connexionz secures a tech deal for NY ferries, with passenger counting and 'infotainment' services to set sail soon.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Tue, 11th Apr 2017

Ingram Micro

Ingram Micro NZ Cure Kids Charity Golf soars to new fundraising heights

Ingram Micro New Zealand's Cure Kids Charity Golf Tournament has soared high for the third year in a row, raising more than $59,000 for the charity.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Mon, 10th Apr 2017

Fintech

Lease is more: The reseller benefits in leasing

With consumption based buying de rigueur, leasing too is seeing growth, with resellers being urged to capitalise on the demand.

By Heather Wright • 6 min read • Mon, 10th Apr 2017

Artificial Intelligence

Consumers confused about AI, businesses must adapt, survey finds

Companies should find effective ways to expose customers to the benefits of AI that work to change their misperceptions and establish trust.

By Julia Gabel • 3 min read • Fri, 7th Apr 2017

DataCentre infrastructure

IDC: Worldwide cloud IT infrastructure spend jumps almost 10% in 2016

Vendor revenue from sales of infrastructure products for cloud IT grew to $32.6 billion in 2016, with Japan leading the way and APAC above average.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Fri, 7th Apr 2017

Fintech

Relaunched Simply Leasing ready for aggressive market share grab

Atlas Gentech's leasing arm, Simply Leasing, has relaunched with the company promising it will be aggressively pursuing increased market share.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Fri, 7th Apr 2017

Dicker Data

Dicker Data resellers walk the walk on the Milford Track

Three Dicker Data New Zealand resellers took to the great outdoors last week after winning the distributor's Walk the Walk promotion.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 6th Apr 2017

Software Development

Kiwi-based software company gets back to its roots in Chch

Software firm Trineo returns to its Christchurch roots, thriving post-quake with global success and innovative drive.

By Sam Worthington • 3 min read • Thu, 6th Apr 2017

Power / Energy

Google data centers: 100% renewable is just the beginning

That's bigger than many large utilities and more than twice as much as the 1.21 gigawatts it took to send Marty McFly back in time.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Wed, 5th Apr 2017

Cybersecurity

Security spend accelerating: Who's spending and on what?

Global firms to up security budgets to $105bn by 2020, with banks leading spend in battle against cyber threats, says IDC report.

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

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Hewlett-Packard New Zealand back in black - despite halving of revenue

Hewlett-Packard New Zealand has posted a $10.0 million profit for the latest financial year – despite seeing revenue nearly halved.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 3rd Apr 2017

Encryption

Gemalto's Breach Level Index: '1.4 billion compromised data records'

Gemalto's Breach Level Index proves once again that data breaches across the world continue to increase in scale and severity.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Mon, 3rd Apr 2017

Health Technologies

LoB IT spend to nearly equal IT dept spend on back of IoT, AI

LoB buyers will have almost equal IT spend as their IT departments come 2020 according to IDC, thanks in part to 'innovation accelerators' such as IoT.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Mon, 27th Mar 2017

Unified Communications

Selling broadband to millennials: Market schemes and outlook for 2017

To market broadband services to millennials, broadband companies need to acknowledge their preferences and buying habits or tendencies.

By Shannon Williams • 5 min read • Mon, 27th Mar 2017

Printing

Exclusive: Epson EcoTank SMB push offering opportunities for resellers

Epson's SMB EcoTank printer push offers local resellers upfront margins on hardware and ink, upsell opportunities and a unique offering, says NZ boss.

By Heather Wright • 4 min read • Thu, 23rd Mar 2017

Health Technologies

Espionage expert offers five viewpoints on state-sponsored hacking

Carbon Black sits down with former CIA operative Eric O'Neill to talk state sponsored attacks and why the ANZ regions is probably not a future target.

By Staff Writer • 5 min read • Wed, 22nd Mar 2017