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Dimension Data has appointed Simon Gillespie as New Zealand CEO to lead its local operations, following Robin Hartendorp's decision to join Gen-i.

Following a week of playing catch-up to rival Vodafone, Telecom looks ahead by hiring new chief financial officer.

This coming year IT buyers will be looking for stability and ways to prepare for the next five years in their business cycle.

In five years, companies will operate in a converged IT world of cloud, virtualisation and mobile computing where clouds are safe.

IT hiring in major Western markets will come predominantly from Asian-headquartered companies enjoying double-digit growth.

Director of Partner Strategy across New Zealand made redundant after eight years with the company as the software maker begins internal restructure.

8% of company's workforce to go by end of fiscal 2014. So what does CEO Meg Whitman plan to do with the money?.

<strong>Best known locally for its data recovery software, Kroll Ontrack is looking to spread its wings and offer services via a New Zealand partner.

ICT organisations will continue to reap rewards despite cautious spending in 2012 according to research company IDC.

Cisco unveils a simplified channel structure for its New Zealand partners, backing it with USD $75 million globally, including USD $15 million for Asia-Pacific.

IT managers face growing pressure to ensure 'five nines' network availability amid escalating costs of downtime, power challenges, and rising complexity.

Five key mega-trends—cloud, virtualisation, mobility, threats, and info growth—present massive opportunities for resellers, says Symantec's David Dzienciol.

SonicWALL will unveil its SuperMassive E10000 Series firewall at a Wellington event, with insights from experts on security challenges in the digital age.

Starting in July, Microsoft will start offering license mobility to extend current volume licenses to the cloud.

Thomas J. Bittman, VP at Gartner, warns that channel partners who fail to adopt cloud technology risk obsolescence as the market shifts towards cloud computing.

CEO Leo Apotheker tells an audience of entrepreneurs and venture capitalists that HP will look to make new partnerships for the cloud.

IBM unveils new skills and sales programmes to enhance partners' abilities in cloud and analytics, tapping into a network of nearly 1000 firms.

Virgin America adopts Google Apps across its workforce, cutting email system costs by half and saving over 18 terabytes of storage as it moves to the cloud.

Partners should look for opportunities to climb up the value stream, says Senior Manager ANZ Commercial Marketing, Suzanne Hansen.

Symantec reveals its new logo, merging its brand with VeriSign's iconic check mark, aiming to symbolise confidence and secure, simple information access.