Customers turn to MSSPs as channel rules security roost
Managed services is expected to dominate security spending in 2019, as customers turn to the channel for increased protection.
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Is Apple's PowerbyProxi buyout starting to pay off?
The first visible signs of value are flowing from Apple's $100 million-plus buyout of New Zealand wireless charging developer PowerbyProxi.
Microsoft appoints new NZ channel chief
Microsoft has appointed Sarah Bowden as new director of commercial and partner business in New Zealand, replacing the outgoing Phil Goldie.
Increased ICT costs and competition hurt QV
QV faced stiff questioning in Parliament after combination of tough competition and unexpected increases in IT costs damaged the company's performance.
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- New Zealand's newest Ministry was born Microsoft
- Security agencies GCSB and SIS merge tech directorates
- NZ ISPs work together to block footage of Christchurch shooting
- Tech industry mourns Atta Elayyan and Syed Jahandad Ali
- Simon Gillespie exits Spark to lead Dimension Data
- Reserve Bank aims to improve cyber security posture
- Kathmandu investigates suspected data breach
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- IBM appoints new NZ channel chief, deepens partner play
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Features
Ballmer hammers home Microsoft's 'high-value' strategy in final letter to shareholders
In his last letter to shareholders, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer hammered on the same themes he and other execs struck three weeks ago before Wall Street analysts.
Why Microsoft's next CEO will fail
Steve Ballmer isn't necessarily a bad CEO. After all, Microsoft's on strong financial footing. But Ballmer made enough bad product decisions - Zune, Kin, Vista and perhaps Surface - to suggest that Microsoft employees, swayed by a forced-ranking employee rating system, told him what he wanted to hear, not what he needed to hear. If that culture doesn't change, Ballmer's replacement will fare even worse than he did.
Why Bill Gates can't save Microsoft
CEO Ballmer and his predecessor shared a vision of how Microsoft could stay on top by focusing on Windows.
Windows 8 stains Ballmer's legacy
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer survived the flop that was Windows Vista, but he wasn't able to do the same after the disappointment of Windows 8.
Is Windows RT dead? Microsoft's partners pull out but Surface RT 2 is inbound
Is Windows RT dead? We investigate the past, present and future of Microsoft's cut-down mobile Windows 8 operating system.
Reviews
Windows 8.1: New version, same mess
Windows 8.1 follows Windows 8 in typical Microsoft "version 2.0" fashion, changing a bit of eye candy and dangling several worthwhile improvements -- but hardly solving the underlying problem. Touch-loving tablet users are still saddled with a touch-hostile Windows desktop, while point-and-clickers who live and breathe the Windows desktop still can't make Metro go away.
Windows 8.1 deep-dive review: Well, it's a start
Although the preview of Windows 8.1 fixes some of the problems users complained about in the previous version of the OS, is it enough? We take a close look at Microsoft's update.
