Atlas Gentech acquired by Fortune 500 security distributor
Atlas Gentech has been acquired by Anixter International, with the global distributor of network and security solutions taking control of local operations.
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Nominations open for new-look Reseller News Innovation Awards
Nominations are now open for the Reseller News Innovation Awards, with the new-look awards reflecting the changing dynamics of the New Zealand channel.
Last chance to submit your views on the state of the A/NZ channel
Research examining the state of the IT channel across A/NZ is closing soon, with findings set to benchmark customer, partner and vendor priorities in 2018 ...
Assessing the top NZ security breaches of 2018
Inland Revenue, Z Energy and Vector, alongside Facebook, Ticketmaster and Ortbiz - Reseller News assesses six months of security breaches in New Zealand.
- Microsoft generated 11,000 co-sell wins through partners, amounting to $5B
- Wellington business confidence slumps to pre-Christmas levels
- Ingram Micro launches bumper Asia Pacific channel conference
- Amid 'Jacindamania,' Kiwi businesses' pessimism may hurt growth
- Tech shines as Auckland and Wellington face off in “wage war”
- Kiwi business confidence sinks to seven-year low
- What are the most in-demand tech skills in Auckland? (and how much are they paying)
- Facebook, AWS seek changes to New Zealand Privacy Bill
- Updated: Auckland Council software procurement - "stale and stodgy" or "agile, open and collaborative"?
- Kiwi customer data exposed as Z Energy admits breach
- Partners in sight as Telegistics unveils purpose-built new home
- Auditor-General lays bare failures of National Oracle Solution and National Infrastructure Platform
How to secure your corporate Wi-Fi
Fortinet offers a different approach that helps partners and resellers leverage a customer's existing relationship and familiarity with Fortinet.. Read more
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Meet the leading female front runners of the Kiwi channel
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Meet the top performing customer-centric Microsoft channel partners
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Reseller News launches new-look Awards at 2018 Judges’ Lunch
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Reseller News Exchange arrives in Auckland to assess GDPR implications
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Kiwi channel debates GDPR as Reseller News Exchange hits Wellington
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Ingram Micro maintains Showcase 2018 momentum in Wellington
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.
