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Printer market flourishes in digital-first world

Printing isn't dead yet, with IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Production Print Tracker showing significant growth in the print market.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2015

Data Analytics

Gartner's view: When it comes to BI, it's not about the software

Gartner's Schlegel highlights the need for skill over software in the evolving landscape of Business Intelligence success strategies.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Mon, 2nd Mar 2015

Internet of Things

Internet of Things: Why identity is critical to success

Resellers take note: the devil is in the detail for the IoT and its success will rest on managing identities and access.

By Donovan Jackson • 4 min read • Mon, 2nd Mar 2015

Data Loss Prevention

IDC's take on the security paradox

Despite CIOs claiming security as a priority, IDC reveals a startling gap between their concerns and actions in New Zealand.

By Heather Wright • 6 min read • Fri, 27th Feb 2015

Cyber attacks

Kiwi CIOs need to develop formal plans to address aggressive cyber attacks

Although the frequency of a cybersecurity attack on a large scale is low, by 2018, 40% of large enterprises will have formal plans in place.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Thu, 26th Feb 2015

Apple

Smartphones: Could bigger screens herald the end of tablets?

The concomitant move towards bigger screens in smartphone handsets may be about to throw a further spanner in the works.

By Donovan Jackson • 2 min read • Thu, 26th Feb 2015

iOS

Android and iOS inch toward world domination

Android and iOS are continuing to move toward total domination of the worldwide smartphone market following results from 2014.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 25th Feb 2015

Supply Chain

Smartphone vendors need to take a look at secondhand market

As the secondhand smartphone market surges to £14 billion, vendors must strategise for the growing appetite for refurbished tech.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Thu, 19th Feb 2015

Payment Technologies

M-commerce and wearables drive the growth of mobility

According to IDC, mobility is primed for faster growth in consumer and enterprise markets in the Asia/Pacific region.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Wed, 18th Feb 2015

Network Infrastructure

Software Defined Networking to be a billion dollar market by 2018

According to IDC the Software-Defined Networking (SDN) market will surpass the $1 billion mark by 2018 in the APEJ region alone.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Mon, 16th Feb 2015

Unified Communications

Mega trends boost unified communications market

Frost and Sullivan has identified 'mega trends' that will support unified communications (UC) market growth in the APAC region.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 11th Feb 2015

Risk & Compliance

A CIO isn't enough, enterprises need a CDO as well

Digital surge redefines roles; Gartner urges firms to appoint Chief Data Officers alongside CIOs to spearhead data strategy.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Tue, 10th Feb 2015

Lenovo

Tablet market falls for the first time ever

Samsung's struggles continue as low-cost vendors are quickly proving that mid- to high-priced Android tablets simply aren't cut out for today's tablet market.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Wed, 4th Feb 2015

Unified Communications

New players pose threat to established unified comms vendors

Emerging UC players set to shake up the New Zealand market, challenging giants like Microsoft and Cisco with fresher cloud-based solutions.

By Heather Wright • 4 min read • Wed, 28th Jan 2015

Converged Infrastructure

IDC names Nutanix world leader in hyperconverged solutions

Nutanix crowned by IDC as top dog in hyperconverged solutions, commanding a hefty 52% market share in H1 2014.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Tue, 27th Jan 2015

Analyst report

IDC says vendors will drive growth in managed print services market

According to IDC, the managed print services market in the Asia Pacific region will grow as vendors move into mid-market and offer value-add solutions.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Thu, 22nd Jan 2015

IT Budget

IT spending set to reach the trillions, with devices a big game changer

Worldwide IT spending on the rise and is set to be $3.8 trillion by 2015, according to Gartner, with the amount spent on devices forecast to be the mo.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 21st Jan 2015