Matthew Oostveen exits as APJ CTO of Dell EMC
Matthew Oostveen has vacated his role as CTO across Asia Pacific and Japan at Dell EMC, exiting the vendor after five years in the role.
Breaking News
Microsoft starts auto-update of Windows 10 1809 three months late
Microsoft has finally restarted the automatic distribution of Windows 10 October 2018 Update, the problem-plagued upgrade pulled from release in October.
M&A activity in the data centre rises, tops $16B
M&A activity within the data centre market continues to increase at pace, with the number of transactions increasing during 2018.
Google ups prices for G Suite Basic and Business customers
As of early April, prices for Google's productivity and collaboration software suite are set to rise, bringing G Suite pricing closer to that of rival Office 365.
N4L's education social network Pond dries up
An award-winning social network developed for New Zealand schools is slowly dying as teachers and other users fail to engage.
Microsoft side-steps channel in direct Azure play
Microsoft will allow customers to bypass the channel and purchase Azure services direct, in a strategy aimed at increasing adoption among SMBs.
Coin mining malware can uninstall Tencent, Alibaba cloud security
A coin mining malware developed by threat actor Rocke has been found to have the ability to uninstall five different cloud security products.
NZ IT services edging towards $4B market
IT services revenue in New Zealand is expected to reach approximately $3.9 billion within four years, driven by increased cloud adoption among customers.
Microsoft expands Windows 7-to-Windows 10 app compatibility pledge
Microsoft this week announced that an application compatibility guarantee it gave to enterprises migrating from Windows 7 to Windows 10 has gone global.
Vodafone pays IBM $550M in 5G driven cloud services deal
Vodafone is teaming up with IBM to offer businesses a way to link different cloud computing systems to support the next wave of digital advances.
SAP targets counterfeit drugs with blockchain tracker
SAP has launched a supply chain tracking service based on blockchain that will enable drug wholesalers to authenticate pharmaceutical packaging.
AWS launches centralised back-up service
Amazon Web Services has announced a fully managed and centralised back-up service dubbed AWS Backup.
Microsoft recruiting for biggest channel job in NZ
Microsoft is recruiting for a new commercial and partner director in New Zealand, the largest channel-facing role in the country.
IBM calls time on Slack-rival Watson Workspace
The decision means more consolidation for the collaboration market; IBM says its team chat app failed to ‘resonate’ with users.
Cofense targets SMB security needs with MSSP program
Cyber security vendor Cofense has launched a managed security service provider program in response to changing market demands.
Enterprise will focus on four technologies in 2019
If 2018 was the year of the data breach, the thinking among IT pros is that this will be the year companies take concrete steps to prevent future breaches.
Dell EMC attacks multi-cloud market with partners in pursuit
Dell EMC is preparing to capitalise on increased demand for multi-cloud solutions in global, regional and local markets, as the channel follows in fast pursuit.
SAP global channel chief departs
SAP is on the hunt for a new global channel chief following Rodolpho Cardenuto's departure from the vendor after 10 years with the software vendor.
‘Millions’ lost as police battle to recover Cryptopia funds
Police in New Zealand are battling to recover funds lost during the security breach at Cryptopia, with media suggesting the figure to be in the ‘millions’.
KotahiNet IoT system poised to compete at Mobile World Congress
Wellington-based KotahiNet is one of 20 finalists for the 10th Innovation World Cup series and the only finalist outside of Europe and North America.
1 of 1917
next ›
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
