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Off-premises managed services is going to be the 'land of opportunity' for the next 12-24 months, according to IDC New Zealand.

UXC is celebrating after signing up more than $100 million in new contracts recently – with more than 60% representing new customer revenue streams.

Lenovo has announced its Windows 10 lineup, saying it will start shipping the Windows 10 loaded products immediately - Superfish not included.

2degrees has unveiled its first broadband plans, debuting two consumer plans, with business offerings to follow soon.

Westcon has recorded solid Q1 growth as it increases its cloud focus and gears up to launch its Comstor brand locally.

Imperva has been named the sole leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for web application firewalls, garnering the top spot for two years running.

From an Apple Watch to a data centre, it's all on show at the Ingram Micro Showcase and the time to pre-register to attend is now.

Moving to IaaS, rather than leasing hardware, has had an immediate payoff for IT services company BlueBerryIT.

Data centre and colocation provider Digital Realty has acquired US data centre colocation and interconnection provider Telx in a $1.8 billion deal.

Fifteen Australian Microsoft partners will be experiencing Australia Partner Conference in luxury this year after winning all expenses paid trips.

Vocus is ramping up its offerings as it completes its largest acquisition and adds managed services, cloud and security solutions to its lineup.

Smartphones will account for 95% of handset sales by 2020 - and it's not the expensive flagship models leading the way.

Microsoft has acquired field service management solution provider FieldOne to bolster its Dynamics CRM offering.

Cloud Distribution has signed a distie deal with Eagle Eye Networks, bringing 'simple, reliable, affordable, accessible surveillance' to the channel.

Increasing demand for software defined storage has bolstered DataCore's local sales by 50% year on year and lead to expansion of its ANZ operations.

Megaport has become a Microsoft ExpressRoute partner, enabling partners to offer customers faster, more secure private connections to Azure.

Windows Server 2003 EOS has come and gone, but the opportunities persist with a survey showing many businesses gearing up to move off the platform.

The increasing move to compute and storage closer to the network edge has prompted Emerson Network Power to get closer to its channel partners.

Advanced analytic capabilities are crucial for retailers to compete in the digital world, providing opportunity for resellers and retailers alike.

Around 50% of Kiwis believe organisations holding their personal data will be breached within the next year – for the channel, that means opportunity.