Customers stories - Page 19

Exploring why rugged devices may offer better long-term value over consumer models for enterprises despite initial costs.

Making mobility work for your customer requires five key requirements, says David Elliot, ANZ channel manager for Avaya.

Tales of court action, shareholder disagreements, employment disputes and frozen bank accounts for local ISP and hosting company.

Telcoinabox New Zealand revolutionises IT businesses by offering easy integration of telco services, promising robust new revenue streams.

IT distributor Connector Systems has acquired OrderWare Solutions to harness its software expertise and integrate value-adding services for its clients.

US firm Riverbed has acquired local software company Aptimize, known for its website acceleration tools, in a deal valued at tens of millions of dollars.

Huawei aims to dominate the New Zealand market, showcasing cutting-edge Android devices and planning to be a top five global handset vendor by 2013.

Cisco is axing its 13-month-old hosted email service, Cisco Mail, as customers shift focus to emerging collaboration tools like social software and video.

Steady progress is being made, with the majority of customers now back online, a Telecom spokesperson has said.

DUO has revamped its outdated website, focusing on real-time pricing and stock info to better meet customer needs and foster community engagement.

Orcon warns customers of a phishing scam with fake emails urging account updates to avoid suspension. The company advises against sharing details.

Vodafone New Zealand sees a dip, losing 35,000 users amid a strategy shift and recent service issues, says CEO Vittorio Colao.

Orcon loses emails for 266 customers in overnight outage, with efforts to retrieve them so far unsuccessful. #Orcon #emailoutage.

AVG returns USD $45,000 to resellers through its Direct Renewal Guarantee programme, rewarding them for customer renewals, upgrades, and licence increases.

Enable Networks sees profit growth driven by surging fibre demand and plans to expand ultra-fast broadband coverage to 85% of Christchurch businesses next year.

Splunk reports 96% growth year-over-year, adding 255 new customers including Austereo and Queensland University of Technology. New partners: Noveix and TEIQ.

HP has partnered with Toshiba to enhance its Managed Print Services in Asia Pacific and Japan, integrating Toshiba devices for high-volume enterprise clients.

Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 beta has been downloaded by over 2 million people in just two days, according to the company.

ASB bank warns thousands of customers of card fraud, with details possibly disclosed, according to letter from Head of Cards.

The Commonwealth Games are almost here, and that got me thinking about the last time they were held in New Zealand, which was in 1990.