Microsoft scraps channel changes following partner backlash
Microsoft has rescinded plans to stop providing partners with internal use rights on products, following global uproar from the channel ecosystem.
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Nick Verykios sets Arrow exit date
Nick Verykios has revealed plans to vacate his role as managing director of Arrow ECS ANZ, following more than 15 years running the distributor.
Dell Technologies honours leading regional partners
Dell Technologies has honoured leading partners across Asia Pacific and Japan, following a year of growth through the channel.
Dell edges closer to Microsoft with VMware as anchor point
Dell Technologies and Microsoft have unveiled an expanded in-market partnership with VMware acting as an anchor point across cloud and digital technologies.
- Dell is creating a channel built on cross-sell
- Security spending set for 20 per cent boost, but where’s the money going?
- ‘Misleading’ Spark slapped with $675K consumer fine
- Female leaders assume positions of tech power in NZ
- Mystery buyer eyes Wellington's Snapper transport card
- Air NZ up, up and away with 3D printing trial
- More change at the top as Spark appoints new customer director
- Kiwi MSP Base 2 crosses the Tasman with Australia CEO
- $34B NZ unicorns fertilise a growing innovation ecosystem
- WorkSafe writes off another $1.2M, plans $40M investment
- Why you should attend Emerging Leaders
- Spark bombshell: Simon Moutter resigns
Resolving the challenges in providing a superior Microsoft CSP billing experience
Subscription services – in which a customer gains access to a product or service on an ongoing basis in exchange for a monthly fee – are exploding in popularity across both consumers and enterprise customers.. Read more
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Securing the cloud amid a vanishing perimeter in NZ
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Bumper channel crowd kicks off first After Hours of 2019
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Partners turn out in force as IBM outlines Kiwi channel priorities
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Tech industry comes out in force as Lancom turns 30
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The making of an MSSP: a blueprint for growth in NZ
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Reseller News Platinum Club celebrates leading partners in 2018
Features
Dream your own dream - the Nick Verykios story
<i>2012 ARN Hall of Fame inductee, Nick Verykios, is a rock’n’roll survivor, poet, Buddhist and philanthropist, as well as co-founder of the $250 million Distribution Central. This is his story.</i>
Germany's IFA show, debut ground for numerous new products, hits 90 years old
When German radio manufacturers gathered in 1924 to show off their products, just a year after regular broadcasting began in the country, they probably didn't imagine they were sowing the seeds for what eventually would become IFA.
This robot from Zuta Labs may change the way you print
The future of portable printing is rolling slowly across a piece of A4 paper on a hot Thursday afternoon in Jerusalem's early summer. After what seems like an eternity compared to an inkjet device, the prototype creates seven characters with two spaces; the end result looks like it was spit out of an aging dot matrix printer.
The best iPhone lens kit: Put a little DSLR on the front of your iPhone
Thanks to the ubiquity of our smartphone cameras, we're all taking more photos than ever. But those photos are largely confined to the iPhone's one-size-fits-all, somewhat wide angle lens; gone are the days when most of us were willing to schlep around an SLR with multiple lenses, or even a single bulky zoom lens. You can recapture some of your SLR's interchangeable lens flexibility, however, with a set of add-on lenses for your iPhone. We've rounded up 6 of the most popular options and put them to the test: Here are our recommendations.
Where's my robot butler? Good (high-tech) help is hard to find
If you're looking for signs of our collective robotic future, it's either terrifyingly near or forever just around the corner.
Opinions
Watson shows the power of intelligent computing
At IBM's Think Forum in New York, CEO Ginni Rometty took us through the success and future of Watson, IBM's automated decision engine. This technology fascinates me because it's the first major step to change the basic computing paradigm.
Latest gadgets ease the cruelty of travel
Luckily, gadget-makers understand the cruelty of travel, and are always creating new devices that help the mobile worker/road warrior ease the pain of a hotel room with few outlets, or expensive in-room Wi-Fi. Here are three gadgets I've recently tested that can help you on your next trip:
Reviews
The HTC One (M8) smartphone gets MirrorLink compatibility for safer car use
Here's why it's important to know that HTC's flagship One (M8) smartphone will be compatible with MirrorLink, even if you don't know what MirrorLink is.
Sony SmartWatch 2: A teeny, tiny step in the right smartwatch direction (9 photos)
Don't look now, but Sony has quietly released a new smartwatch, and I'm almost surprised to report it's not a total disaster.
