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Infrastructure related to cloud IT is proving a hot seller, with vendor revenue jumping 25.1% year on year in the first quarter of 2015.

Westcon Group NZ has inked a deal with Lenovo which will see it distributing Lenovo's PC portfolio in addition to the server and storage products.

Distribution Central has inked a deal to distribute Unify's range of integrated communications solutions across Australia and New Zealand.

Bluechip Infotech has inked a deal to distribute Netrix's auditing solutions in Australia, with demand for the offerings already running high.

Data#3 has upped its investment in Wi-Fi analytics company, Discovery Technology, to take a majority stake in the company.

Rhipe launches its Microsoft cloud solution provider offering plus services, extending cloud opportunities for its local partners.

The Commerce Commission offers up slightly reduced proposed wholesale charges to access the Chorus line - and proposes removing backdating.

Bulletproof has launched a professional services offering to provide channel partners and clients with consulting capabilities.

Juniper Networks' off-shoot Pulse Secure signs inTechnology as local distie, aiming to address 'challenging' mobile and access security issues in ANZ.

Gartner is predicting increased IT spend in Australia this year with IT services and software key areas for resellers to capitalise on.

New Zealand IT spending is predicted to decline marginally to $11.4 billion in 2015, with decreases in devices and communications services hitting.

As Cisco bulks up its IoT portfolio, New Zealand boss Geoff Lawrie spells out the importance of IoT for New Zealand resellers.

Westcon New Zealand is ramping up its BlueSky cloud services with version 4 due soon, an expanded catalogue of vendors, and cloud financing coming.

Noel Leeming is retailing broadband bundles from My Republic and Spark - and has the internet of things phenomenon firmly in its targets.

100,000 Kiwis are now onboard with UFB, with Amy Adams hailing the milestone as a huge achievement putting NZ ahead of similar international builds.

Melbourne VMware partner Intellect IT gains vCloud Air specialisation and an enterprise level partnership with the vendor.

Zebra Technologies launches support services and new managed service to enable partners to grow revenue and deepen relationships with customers.

Next-gen, high-speed services via satellite on the way after Wireless Nation signs deal with global satellite giant Gilat.

SnapperNet is ramping up its vendor portfolio to help Kiwi resellers address the burgeoning internet of things/machine to machine market.

Cloud and big data analytics are fuelling growth in the Australian software market as end users harness analytics and ERP and security demands soar.