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Microsoft has rescinded plans to stop providing partners with internal use rights on products, following global uproar from the channel ecosystem.
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Pat Devlin takes on Aruba A/NZ leadership role
HPE subsidiary Aruba is to revamp its Australia and New Zeland leadership with the appointment of Patrick Devlin as director of South Pacific.
IBM closes Red Hat deal for $34 billion
IBM has officially gobbled up Red Hat for $34 billion, a technology acquisition considered one of the largest in history.
VMware fortifies data centre software with Avi Networks buy
VMware has punched up its data centre network virtualisation capabilities by unveiling plans to buy Avi Networks for an undisclosed amount.
- Nick Verykios sets Arrow exit date
- Michael Dell slams multi-cloud credentials of HPE
- Dell Technologies honours leading regional partners
- Dell EMC revamps partner program to widen tech portfolio
- Dell edges closer to Microsoft with VMware as anchor point
- Dell is creating a channel built on cross-sell
- Nutanix channel chief Rodney Foreman exits
- 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
Resolving the challenges in providing a superior Microsoft CSP billing experience
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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
4 numbers that stood out in VMware’s earnings
: VMware this week updated investors on the progress of emerging technologies playing an increasingly significant role in the company’s earnings. VMware’s product mix includes not just compute virtualization, but network virtualization, cloud management and end user computing.
Customer demand shifts from hardware to software as data centre change heightens
“Industry-standard server (ISS) has a growing impact on the global data centre hardware market."
Google cloud chief on tackling the enterprise
Google's cloud leader discusses one of the biggest IT challenges related to enterprise cloud deployments and offers advice on how companies can identify the business functions that are best suited for the cloud.
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>
Vendors search for “pockets of growth” amidst “volatile” spending economy
“With the global economy entering a new and uncertain phase, IT spending will be heavily influenced by economic cycles and wild cards over the next five years."
Opinions
I don’t like being force-fed Windows 10
The nagware announcements are gone, but Microsoft, along with AMD and Intel, has made darn sure you’ll be running Windows 10 and not Windows 7 on the next PC you buy.
Why HP is failing and Dell is winning
This week was Dell's Annual Analyst Conference (DAAC) and next week is HP Discover [disclaimer: I've worked with HP and Dell for over a decade and covered both firms extensively], but this year I'll pass on the HP event and will be at VCE's analyst conference in Chicago. Here's why.
Reviews
Hands on: The iPad Pro -- It's a laptop! It's a tablet!
With the arrival this week of the iPad Pro, Apple launches a salvo in the hybrid, 2-in-1 wars. It's clearly a great tablet, but will it replace a laptop?
Benchmarking Amazon EC2: The wacky world of Cloud performance
Before turning to the world of Cloud computing, let's pause to remember the crazy days of the 1970s when the science of the assembly line wasn't well-understood and consumers discovered that each purchase was something of a gamble.
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