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• F5 boosts NZ channel team with partner manager hire

  F5 Networks has appointed Jodie Tran as partner manager for New Zealand, based in Auckland, as the company builds its local headcount.

• Finance moves to the cloud “much faster than expected”

  A major shift is taking place in how enterprises select financial management applications, with a migration to cloud happening faster than expected.

• New Kiwi tech start-up tackles SMB IT issues

  Origin IT spin-off aims to service IT needs of struggling small business owners.

• ​SAP brings partner applications under one roof for customers

  Customers can discover, try, buy and manage partner solutions within a digital marketplace.

• Apple and SAP hope to create a new class of iOS developers

  Apple and SAP are looking to foster a new breed of enterprise iOS developers by simplifying backend systems integrations and moving business services to the cloud.

• How to sort your Facebook feed by time on mobile

  Weddings. Job promotions. News articles. Facebook thinks it knows what the best stories are to drop in your news feed. But some users might want to see things their own way.

• This isn't your father's enterprise software

  When Patrick Benson joined Ovation Brands back in September 2013, he was given a tall order: modernize an array of legacy IT systems that could no longer keep up with the restaurant-chain conglomerate's business processes.

• First look: Photos for OS X brings easier navigation and more powerful editing

  Last June, Apple announced that it would stop development of its Aperture and iPhoto apps and offer a single photo app in their place - Photos for OS X. Now, developers are getting their first glimpse of Photos, as it's bundled with the beta version of OS X 10.10.3.

• Chip and PIN: No panacea, but worth the effort – and the cost

  Relief is in sight for the beleaguered U.S. Payment Card Industry (PCI). By October 2015, chances are that America will no longer have the dubious distinction of leading the world in credit card fraud.

• Cloud BI: Going where the data lives

  Historically, cloud BI has been mostly used by smaller businesses, but larger enterprises are starting to make the trek.

• 3D printing makes its move into production

  The use of 3D printing for finished goods is about to disrupt manufacturing and supply chains in a big way. Here's why, and here's how IT will be critical to that transition.

Whitepapers about applications

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  SSL Performance Advantage

  Unfortunately, not all Application Delivery Controllers (ADCs) are equal. While most can offload computationally expensive SSL processing responsibilities from web and application servers to speed the delivery of SSL-protected applications, others don't deliver fast processing - particularly for applications protected with 2048-bit SSL. In this whitepaper, we look at how to judge the performance of competing solutions. Click to download!