Mako Networks continues growth with new U.S. office
Posted on 11-Sep-2013 17:03 News, Computing
After operating from the Kiwi Landing Pad in San Francisco for the past 18 months, Mako Networks continues to accelerate its international growth with the opening of a new office in the city.
HP and VMware to deliver a federated network solution
Posted on 9-Sep-2013 18:42 News, Computing
Federated software-defined networking and network virtualisation solutions will provide common infrastructure and operations model across physical and virtual networks.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months
Posted on 24-Aug-2013 10:15 News, Computing
Microsoft Corp. announced that Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer has decided to retire as CEO within the next 12 months, upon the completion of a process to choose his successor.
Unisys and Intel join forces on secure computing platform
Posted on 9-Aug-2013 15:16 News, Computing
Aiming at multi-billion-dollar market, Unisys and Intel are combining secure partitioning and processor technologies in an innovative mission-critical platform designed to reduce server sprawl and power the data centre of tomorrow.
Ministry of Education renews Microsoft Schools Agreement
Posted on 7-Aug-2013 22:42 News, Computing
Teachers and students across the country have greater access to modern e-learning tools through the renewed Microsoft Schools Agreement and the know-how to use these tools, thanks to Microsoft’s significant commitment to the education sector.
MetService acquires shares in MetOcean
Posted on 6-Aug-2013 09:03 News, Computing
The similarities between the two companies will allow MetService to expand its research capability for product development, and enable MetOcean to grow international revenues while keeping its IP in New Zealand.
IBM unveils new PowerLinux System for analytics and cloud computing
Posted on 30-Jul-2013 17:36 News, Computing
IBM is accelerating its Linux on Power initiative with a new high-performance PowerLinux server as well as new software and middleware applications geared for the growing number of clients embracing big data, analytics and next generation Java applications in an open cloud environment.
Wynyard Group lists on New Zealand Stock Exchange
Posted on 19-Jul-2013 08:16 News, Computing
Wynyard Group, a company that specialises in intelligence-led software and solutions for protecting companies and countries from threat, crime and corruption, will today list on the main board of the New Zealand stock exchange.
Internationally recognised computing experts joins NeSI team
Posted on 17-Jul-2013 17:12 News, Computing
NeSI is New Zealand’s national high performance computing (HPC) platform and its director Nick Jones says its nine-person computational science team brings together the largest group of scientific computing specialists ever to support New Zealand research.
Belkin licenses New Zealand technology for pointing devices
Posted on 17-Jul-2013 16:10 News, Computing
Swiftpoint Limited has signed a global licensing agreement with Belkin international which will see Swiftpoint’s patented GesturePoint hardware and software technology integrated into devices for sale by Belkin to customers worldwide.
The power of technology gives kiwi youth a voice
Posted on 16-Jul-2013 18:46 News, Computing
More than 60 young New Zealanders from over 20 schools are set to uncover their talents, increase their technology skills and learn from some of New Zealand’s best technology brains, at this week’s High Tech Youth Meet Up.
New Zealand-based IT providers recognised globally at Microsoft event
Posted on 12-Jul-2013 11:27 News, Computing
Auckland-based Kinetics Group is a global winner after taking out a supreme award for Small Business Partner of the Year at the annual Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference. At the same conference Datacom won the Country Partner of the Year award for New Zealand.
EMC to acquire ScaleIO
Posted on 12-Jul-2013 08:45 News, Computing
ScaleIO accelerates EMC's strategy to deliver Flash across the entire server and storage infrastructure.
EMC introduces and improves storage products
Posted on 11-Jul-2013 10:44 News, Computing
EMC advances its data protection portfolio for enterprise with a broad array of new hardware and software products that enable customers to deploy new Protection Storage Architectures that address data protection challenges.
Lenovo overtakes HP in PC sales, says IDC
Posted on 11-Jul-2013 09:59 News, Computing
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 75.6 million units in the second quarter of 2013, down -11.4% compared to the same quarter in 2012 but slightly better than expected, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker.
