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Microsoft New Zealand has cancelled its annual Ignite tech event, with a spokesperson saying the cancellation is a 'commercial decision'.

The Kiwi developers of a new security assessment and compliance system are on the hunt for resellers wanting to offer more holistic security services.

Broadcom's US$5.9b acquisition of Brocade has stalled, with a knock on effect for Extreme's acquisition of Brocade's data centre networking business.

Everything-as-a-service is the next big cloud opportunity according to 451 Research, which says there are significant opportunities for the channel.

HP has reclaimed top spot in the worldwide PC market from Lenovo, which has suffered its biggest year on year shipment declines according to Gartner.

Microsoft's channel partners have been honoured at IAMCP's annual partner to partner awards, with Compusoft and Propalms taking out awards.

IDC is forecasting IT spend to rebound from the second half of 2017, so what technologies are on the up - and which are dragging the market down?.

Microsoft is ramping up its push for partner Surface sales, launching a new service and support offering, via IBM, and a Surface Reseller Alliance.

Route 66 is beckoning for the nine winning resellers in Dicker Data NZ's wildly popular Wild Horses promo. So who will be driving the iconic route?.

Traditional ICT revenue streams are drying up, IDC says, with future growth coming from 'innovation accelerators' - and Asia Pacific leading the way.

Kiwi businesses have the opportunity to pack six months of tech interviews into one day at Ingram Micro's upcoming Showcase 2017.

Distribution Central – now Arrow ECS – recorded an increased profit for its Kiwi business last financial year, despite a small drop in revenue.

emt Distribution has ramped up its local operations after signing a master distribution deal with US priviliged account management vendor Thycotic.

Polycom is promising new products and entrance to new markets in the coming months as it seeks to return to growth after a US$2 billion takeover,.

Synnex is taking a minority stake in Westcon-Comstor's local business with a 10% stake in Westcon International and 100% of North America and Latam.

NEC has opened a $4.38 million global security intelligence centre in South Australia which is expected to create 50 new jobs.

Commercial notebooks and detatchable tablets will help drive the personal computing device market back to growth – but it won't be until 2019.

An new distribution deal between MPA and US-based Guidance Software will make it easier for local companies to expose cyber-crims the companies say.

HPE has unveiled the world's largest single-memory computer – all 160 terabytes of it - as it looks to create a new technology paradigm.

SMBs grapple with monthly cloud costs despite the lure of enhanced efficiency and support, finds a SkyKick survey.