Hill aims to 'ignite' Dell’s NZ business
Dell’s recently appointed country manager Mike Hill says he wants to give the vendor more of public face through participation in local advocacy organisations.
Stories by Amanda Sachtleben
Quality data drive spells business for e-Spatial
Wellington-based location intelligence services firm e-Spatial says there is growing demand for the technology, as companies seek better use of their information.
Partners take their Sharepoint skills to the next level
Microsoft has launched a new certification tier that gives local Sharepoint partners the chance to prove their skills are “Elite”.
$5.8m bad debt provision hurts Nortel’s NZ result
Despite marked increases in revenue and gross profit for the year ended 31 December 2008, Nortel’s local business posted an overall loss of $2.3 million for the period — greater than the previous year’s loss of $1.59 million.
Renaissance charts course to combat profit slide
Renaissance is banking on boosting its education and retail business in a continued bid to reverse a trend of falling profits.
Ex-NZ Sun head leaves to join integrator
Former Sun Microsystems country manager John Mazenier is one of five staff to have left the vendor to join NSC Group, an Australian-based integrator which is setting up two offices in New Zealand.
Apple reseller shuts doors as capital falls short
A Wellington Apple reseller has closed after just four months, failing to raise the funds required to stay in business.
Police explore multimedia contact technologies
The New Zealand Police want vendors to supply short message (SMS) and multimedia services, and a video calling communications system, as they consider the use of such technologies for public contact in emergency and non-emergency situations.
According to Registration of Interest documents, the Police don’t envisage the primary method of public contact – the telephone – changing “in the immediate future”, but “it is recognised that there are times when the telephone is not suitable and alternative communications methods may be more practical.”
“With the proliferation of mobile technologies and high uptake of SMS usage throughout New Zealand, Police wish to explore the feasibility of making SMS, and other multimedia technologies such as PXT, available for the public to contact Police in emergency and non-emergency situations,” the document says.
Potential vendors need to supply systems that satisfy Police emergency and operational response requirements, which operate continuously, and the vendor must detail how the SMS systems would interface with the Police’s IP-based network; all New Zealand-based SMS, MMS (multi-media messaging service) and video calling services providers; and any other external databases and systems.
The deadline for responses is 23 March.
Optimation stands by embattled partner Satyam
Services firm Optimation says its long-standing partnership with India’s fourth largest outsourcer Satyam Computer Services will be unaffected despite the fraud scandal which hit the Indian giant this week.
Auckland gains on overseas metropolises for ICT delivery
Auckland is making strides in the increasingly competitive Asia Pacific global delivery market, gaining ground on traditional power cities in India and China, according to analysts IDC.
Orcon unveils first LLU broadband services
Orcon has launched the first local unbundled telephone and broadband network services -- called Orcon@home -- to be available initially in five Auckland suburbs.
Online uni offers datacentre training
Network infrastructure and power systems vendor American Power Conversion (APC) says an online university which trains partners in datacentre requirements will address a skill shortage in the New Zealand market.