Examining Westcon-Comstor NZ’s year ahead
A look at the forces set to shape Westcon-Comstor New Zealand’s year ahead, as the company eyes new opportunities in a disrupted market.
Profiles
How Merge made it into the Kiwi distribution space
When local communications solutions provider Merge found its supply of two key product offerings on shaky ground, it took on the role of distributor and transformed its business.
Talent war to push CIOs towards consultancies and MSPs
As organisations struggle to find IT talent to fill their needs, CIOs will find they have little choice but to outsource work, according to a new IT spending forecast.
16 irresistible cloud innovations
The public cloud is teeming with the latest and greatest development, devops, and AI tools for building better and smarter applications faster.
Do customers trust in-house security staff more than MSSPs?
Enterprises have a substantially lower level of confidence in their managed security services provider support than they do in their in-house capabilities.
Vendors commence battle as fractured edge-gateway market starts to heat up
As 2022 kicks off, the vendor battle to own the enterprise edge is taking shape among enterprise incumbents, lower cost alternatives, and start-ups.
Top 8 cyber security predictions for 2022
Seeing opportunities in the mass move to remote work, cyber attackers are updating their tactics, compelling security leaders to respond.
Microsoft and Amazon lead global 2021 vendor enterprise revenue ladder
Microsoft and Amazon have been ranked as the top IT vendors in terms of global enterprise revenue and revenue growth, respectively, during 2021.
Red Hat hunts for APAC partners to grow ‘aggressively’
Red Hat’s recently promoted head of Asia Pacific, Marjet Andriesse, is on the lookout for new partners to “aggressively” grow its presence in the region.
What should HashiCorp do now?
Going public may open the company up to being acquired by one of the big players, and GitHub is the cautionary tale.
Unit4 recommits to New Zealand, targeting ERP mid-market and verticals
Unit4's APAC regional partner manager, Allison Fairkettle, is on a mission to revitalise mid-maket ERP player Unit4's operation across APAC, particularly in A/NZ.
How the public clouds are innovating on AI
The three big cloud providers want developers and data scientists to develop, test, and deploy machine learning models on their clouds.
The mechanisms behind the making of the modern channel
Ingram Micro Cloud's senior vice president, Victor Baez, discusses the evolving role of the partner in an era of accelerated evolution.
Ingram Micro paints clear picture of a cloudy future
How should partners remain relevant amid a fast-evolving market? Ingram Micro Cloud has some ideas.
How much does AWS, Microsoft and Google Cloud spend on cloud?
Recent capital expenditure reports show that the hyperscalers’ spending brings new meaning to ‘pay to play.’
One deal every 52 hours as A/NZ goes M&A crazy
The channel is entering M&A activity at an average rate of one deal every 52 hours across Australia and New Zealand, as a perfect storm of expansion and exit strategies collide at pace post-pandemic.
Microsoft's very bad year for security: A timeline
So far, 2021 has proved to be somewhat of a security annus horribilis Microsoft, with numerous vulnerabilities impacting several leading services.
VMware gears up for a challenging future
As VMware prepares for VMworld 2021, it faces questions about cloud strategy, the evolution of NSX networking software and executive upheaval.
HP pins channel growth on intelligence platform, shaped by billions of partner data points
HP is placing data at the heart of channel growth plans through the launch of a new intelligence platform designed to convert partner information into strategic customer insights, leveraging more than one billion data points provided by the ecosystem on a weekly basis.
Will Google Cloud ever win over the enterprise?
The no.3 cloud vendor continues its attempts to attract more enterprise customers and grow market share amid stiff competition from AWS and Azure.
SMEs Need Their Managed Services Partners More than Ever: N-able
Research into New Zealand’s SME space and cybersecurity has produced some worrying results, with recent reports finding that businesses need to lift their cyber security awareness and performance. This is despite the known financial risks and reputational damage.. Read more
