Fear not the startup, but the cashed-up company behaving like one
Old-world businesses are reinventing themselves, says technology futurist Chris Riddell.
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Wellington businesses buoyed following post-election slump
Confidence among Wellington businesses bounces back after a significant decline post-election, with local companies more enthusiastic about future prospects.
A Kiwi global CIO’s framework for building a change-ready, growth-minded ICT team
John Bell takes a ‘transform from within’ approach for his 400 staff at Fletcher Building.
Let's talk about deal registration in the channel
Going off the record to reveal the unspoken realities impacting partners, vendors and distributors.
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- IBM veteran to take the global reins of Tech Data
- Emerging technologies set to push global spending into the trillions
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- Entries open as Microsoft overhauls NZ Partner Awards
- Software investment increases as NZ tech spend nudges $12B
- World-renowned customer value expert to headline EDGE 2018
- Reseller News 2018 Women in ICT Awards - Nominations open...
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- Reseller News launches new-look 2018 Women in ICT Awards
- Innovation on show as Cisco honours top performing A/NZ partners
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BrandPost
Security in the hybrid cloud
Cloud services are not new. Many of the technologies, such as remote access to applications, ready-to-use infrastructure and pre-configured environments have been around for many years. What has changed is the scope of different services and the scale they can offer. And the idea of having to size a system before deploying it is disappearing as new cloud platforms offer almost infinite scalability. Read more
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Data breach notification laws in NZ: How can partners prepare?
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Kiwi channel comes together as After Hours hits Auckland
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Meet the leading StorageCraft partners across A/NZ
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Reseller News welcomes industry figures for 2018 Hall of Fame lunch
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Reseller News launches Partner Marketing Workshop initiative
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Microsoft outlines future of modern workplace at Elevate 2018 in Auckland
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.
