EDGE 2018: New buyers equal new rules
The channel is trapped in a continuous cycle of acknowledging change yet failing to respond, with EDGE Research uncovering misalignment between customer demand and partner ...
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Reseller News Innovation Awards - Channel Choice voting closing soon
Channel Choice voting for the Reseller News Innovation Awards closing soon, running until close of play on 21 September.
After "shocker" recruitment process, NZTech suggests a DIY CTO
The head of industry alliance NZTech is calling on the country to set up a chief technology advisor, rather than a CTO, without the support ...
TPT Group acquires Wellington-based IT Engine
TPT Group has bought Wellington-based service provider IT Engine amid plans to roll the brand out across all of its IT services offerings.
- Partners must get straight to the point with buyers, or lose them
- Tech IPOs in vogue, and set to continue
- End of an era as Darryl Swann retires from CCL
- EDGE 2018: Employee centricity key to customer centricity
- Reseller News Innovation Awards: and the finalists are…
- EY goes on the hunt for Kiwi tech talent
- 4 reasons why Reddit is the top social media platform for the channel
- Vendor programs losing credibility with partners
- EY invests billion dollars in tech innovation drive
- Dell EMC's global CTO reveals 6 ‘big ideas’ on future of ICT industry
- Geoff Wright exits as Dell EMC channel leader
- Kiwi business confidence dips to decade-low
Why SSL inspection needs to become the new standard for businesses
In a world where data security is key, it is vitally important that every business has the best protection possible for its incoming and outgoing data and that means using Secure Sockets layer (SSL) encryption, decryption and inspection. However, it is now no longer enough to trust that encrypted data transmission is completely secure because hackers and other criminals have found a way to use it to their benefit.. Read more
Slideshows
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EDGE 2018: Kiwis kick back with Super Rugby before NZ session
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EDGE 2018: Kiwis assess key customer priorities through NZ research
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EDGE 2018: Golfers go for glory in the EDGE Cup with HP
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EDGE 2018: 300 tech leaders come together for Dinner Under the Hangar
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Security, cloud and IoT on show at Ingram Micro One
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EDGE 2018: Networker and Connector sessions create new partnerships across the channel
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.
