Reseller News NZ

FUJIFILM Business Innovation New Zealand finds sweet-spot in AI-augmented process automation https://lnkd.in/gvFM4Z8F #ResellerNews Fujifilm Business Innovation’s focus on process automation appears to be paying dividends with revenue from services accelerating in the year ended 31 March last year, the company’s most recently filed New Zealand accounts show. The local unit’s process automation team boasts around 40 specialists covering finance automation, healthcare sector solutions and document digitisation and information extraction, head of process automation Irene Direnko-Smith told Reseller News.

HP amps-up its Amplify partner programme with boosted rewards https://lnkd.in/gZT-2meY #ResellerNews

Google Cloud and Wiz join forces in US$32B deal https://lnkd.in/g5nAFhRZ #ResellerNews This acquisition represents an investment by Google Cloud to accelerate two large and growing trends in the AI era: improved cloud security and the ability to use multiple clouds.

According to Schneider Electric EVP international operations Manish Pant, four key trends shaping industries today including regional supply chains; infrastructure development; climate change; digitisation and artificial intelligence. During Schneider Electric Innovation Summit Sydney 2025, Manish said the need for digitisation, electrification, and energy efficiency to meet decarbonisation goals of net zero by 2050 is reshaping business and technology strategies. #sustainability #digitisation #AI #ESG https://lnkd.in/gMABXysM

There's so many wāhine toa in the New Zealand channel and we highly encourage to get their nominations in for #WIICTA ⏱️ There's still time! Tell us your story, career aspirations and journey so far! 📝 All the forms and information can be found here! https://lnkd.in/gK3V_D3s

Nutanix has appointed former Conviva vice president for Asia Pacific Jay Tuseth as its vice president and general manager for Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ). https://lnkd.in/gdSu8BQY Reporting directly to Nutanix chief revenue officer Andrew Brinded, Tuseth takes over from Aaron White. He enters the role with over 25 years of experience at IT companies such as Oracle, Dell Technologies, Autonomy, Vignette and GE Access in addition to Conviva.

The The Access Group has bought tradie software specialist Geo. Founded in 2009, Geo now serves over 10,000 users across Australia, News Zealand, the US and the UK. It’s products are designed for tradespeople, enabling them to efficiently schedule and manage jobs, coordinate their teams, and communicate with clients. #businesssoftware #enterpriseresourceplanning #ERP https://lnkd.in/g6XR9nhF

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) are three words that have been used to create pushbacks government, with private companies following. However, when done correctly, DE&I can diversify talent, skills and innovation in the ever-changing local IT channel landscape. Fabric Brand Partners and GTIA - Global Technology Industry Association's Warwick Grey; Crayon Channel APAC (formerly rhipe) Rhonda Robati; Imagetext - Business IT Specialists Edwina Mistry; Both Brains Jenni Powell share their views on the importance of DE&I. While DE&I strategists and experts Dharshi Harindra, Darshana Parekh provide a view of what exactly is DE&I. Gartner's Jasleen Kaur explains how inclusion balances and mitigates the barriers that have disproportionately and negatively been impacted by systems and processes. Take2 also brings diverse workers into the tech space. Some of New Zealand's top IT companies are now being led by women, including Lenovo New Zealand country general manager Victoria Mahan, HP New Zealand managing director Shannon Harris, Microsoft Australia and New Zealand chief partner officer New Zealand managing director Vanessa Sorenson and Dell Technologies New Zealand country manager Leanne Buer. It's only right to educate on what DE&I is and how it benefits the NZ tech space. https://lnkd.in/gm-gCfVB

https://lnkd.in/gM7NiQx5 Sixty-nine per cent of New Zealand-based partners said their customers were looking for specialised cloud skills, according to a new survey by Westcon-Comstor. However, only 51 per cent were confident of fulfilling this demand, with the remaining 49 per cent describing skill shortages as a challenge. #cloudcomputing #traininganddevelopment #ICTskills

https://lnkd.in/gsTJES6p Regional fibre companies Enable Networks, Tuatahi First Fibre and Northpower Fibre could see amendments to their constitutions of to expand permitted activities to align with Chorus NZ Limited. #telecommunications #broadband #ISPs