New Zealand (NZ) stories - Page 163

Cisco's USD $3.3 billion acquisition of Tandberg to enhance its telepresence capabilities, with major New Zealand market and productivity impacts anticipated.

Symantec reveals winners of its 2010 Asia Pacific and Japan Partner Awards, honouring top partners like Jainam Technologies and Datastor across the region.

The distributor has been recognised as a leading channel partner at Symantec's Inaugural APJ Partner Conference 2010.

Sales of HP's performance optimised datacentre could bring with it new channel partnerships, Country Manager Jeff Healey has said.

Internet New Zealand has backed the Commerce Select Committee and Minister Hon Simon Power's view that software should not be patentable.

The government favours fibre in the Rural Broadband Initiative (RBI) with a USD $300 million investment to boost connectivity in rural schools.

Epicor Software has appointed Craig Charlton (pictured) to the new role of Vice President of Operations for the Asia Pacific region.

ATA boss slams offshoring call centres, citing loss of customers and cultural mismatches, at Zeacommunity 2020. Urges keeping centres local.

Union blasts TelstraClear's plan to offshore 170 jobs to the Philippines, citing major concerns for NZ workers and customer service quality.

TechnologyOne secures eight major NZ customers, sealing deals worth millions over the past year, boosting its local workforce and outperforming rivals.

The public is to get an official peek at the controversial,<br />and largely secret, ACTA negotiations later this week.

Internet usage in New Zealand has skyrocketed, with 80% of Kiwis online and over a million homes now on broadband, latest stats reveal.

Imperva has added nearly 100 new enterprise customers, driven by a 51% surge in Q1 2010 bookings, with ANZ markets seeing remarkable growth.

VP of Channel, David Dzienciol (pictured), has told The Channel why the company's move to offer its consulting business to the channel is a win-win situation.

Thousands of New Zealanders have signed PublicACTA's petition urging the government to reconsider its role in the secretive ACTA copyright negotiations.

Three virtualisation and management events have been scheduled for Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch next week.

Adam Bradley has been appointed Managing Director for Australia and New Zealand to support partner growth in the channel.

An online TV show made in New Zealand has scored a major coup, becoming the first ever NZ production to win an International Emmy Award.

Hitachi Data Systems appoints Wendy Watkinson as Executive of Channels for Australia and New Zealand, aiming to strengthen channel business and partnerships.

KEA’s new virtual network aims to turn one million Kiwi expats into ambassadors for New Zealand’s Rugby World Cup 2011 run-up, offering NZD $300,000 in prizes.