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Agile Integration has become the first Kiwi company to earn Avaya Platinum Partner status, but its 'business as usual' for the system integrator.

Nearly half of Australian and New Zealand IT managers believe they are now dealing with weekly cyber breaches, according to a new report.

Avaya has found its new ANZ managing director from within, with Jeff Sheard, previously enterprise and government director, stepping into the top job.

Check Point collaborates with VMware to bolster data centre security, streamlining protection against cyber threats for enterprises.

Wireless networking vendor Cradlepoint has signed its first Australian distributor with promises of big margins and opportunities for local resellers.

iiNet wins deal to provide internet services for Tasmanian Government departments plus 36 non-crown customers including local councils.

Microsoft's Cloud Solution Provider programme grows, adding Dynamics CRM to elevate cloud offerings alongside Azure and Office 365.

Connector Systems' new distribution deal with Rittal opens the doors to new offerings - and the chance for resellers to set up as mini data centres.

Dicker Data has moved into the components market with a deal to distribute select Intel products, including NUC, 2-in-1s and compute sticks.

Fortinet has appointed Ingram Micro Australia as its second trans-Tasman distributor, as it targets new sectors and aggressive growth.

IT professionals want to upgrade security, but a lack of specialised knowledge and justifying budgets are barriers - and an opportunity for resellers.

Microsoft is slashing its workforce and has taken a US$8.3 billion hit as the global giant pulls back from its phone business.

Tuanz is calling on the government to have 'an ambitious vision' for rural connectivity and accept that connectivity is a right, not a want.

Intel Security had launched an Office 365 channel kit, to help resellers up-sell, while also providing dramatically faster protection for customers.

The good news for resellers dealing in servers, storage and Ethernet switches for cloud IT infrastructure continues.

A new report shows Kiwis are an altruistic bunch, happy for social media information to be monitored 'for the greater good' - but not for marketing.

Analytics and big data may be hot topics for resellers, but your customers may want to think twice when it comes to social media monitoring...

Big growth ahead for big data software as Hadoop distributions and fast growing ecosystem of technologies point to bright future for big data.

Quantum elevates channel commitment in ANZ, taps industry veteran Greig Guy to spearhead partner growth and bolster regional strategy.

Synnex New Zealand has continued its bumper revenue growth in its latest financial figures, reporting revenue of $115 million for the 2014 FY.