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Microsoft has announced its 2015 New Zealand Partner Award finalists, with familiar faces, and some newer ones, vying for top place.

Westcon warns Kiwi resellers' slow cloud adoption poses risks to their future, despite impressive company growth and cloud platform success.

And the move to VoIP isn't only on the satellite front. Wireless Nation says it's also seeing high uptake of VoIP via its fibre offerings.

Spark NZ sheds 60% stake in Telecom Cook Islands to Teleraro for NZ$23m, aligning with its customer-centric local focus strategy.

ASB's Russell Jones mixes tech and human touch to shape future banking, focusing on customer-centric innovation beyond just the bits and bytes.

New Zealand businesses are urged to adopt stronger cybersecurity measures in 2015, as hackers increasingly target enterprises, says Eset's latest report.

Symantec's New Zealand arm suffers a decline with profits falling to NZD $360,081 on revenue of NZD $4.6 million, down from prior year figures.

BT strides into NZ with Asnet for advanced communication solutions, enhancing global links and collaboration for local businesses.

Wellington's Rugby Sevens match sees Wi-Fi usage soar, with CityLink recording a 100% spike in data as fans flock online.

Distribution Central has added Pure Storage to its portfolio, picking up distribution rights for Australia and New Zealand.

While Microsoft was announcing reduced profits in its latest global earnings report recently, locally the company has recorded an increased profit in.

Veeam Software has clocked a 35% increase in total revenue bookings in NZ for 2014, slightly lower than the 40% seen for the company globally.

Exeed targets cloud revenue surge, expecting 5% from cloud offerings this year after major platform investment and rising reseller interest.

Bigpipe has set its sights on gaining the number three spot in the New Zealand market and says OTT services may be on the cards.

Lenovo soars with solid $253m profit, leveraging acquisitions of Motorola and IBM's server unit to diversify beyond PCs.

Apple specialist Yoobee is ramping up its focus on the commercial and education markets, employing both a commercial channel manager and an education manager.

Trend Micro is urging resellers to take a proactive role in advising customers of a zero-day vulnerability under attack affecting Adobe Flash Player.

Failing to update Java software is the number one cause of privacy and security breaches online in New Zealand.

Symantec revives the Veritas name for its newly independent information management business, generating revenue of USD $2.5 billion in 2014.

Kevin Van Gils takes the reins at CA Technologies ANZ, stepping in as the new channel chief after Carl Terrantroy's departure.