About Sean
Sean Mitchell
Publisher
Having started his career at Renaissance. Sean joined Apple in Melbourne for a number of years before working in the media space. This started with Review Publishing and later the tech publisher IDG Communications. In 2006 he was involved in the launch of The Channel magazine. As they say – the rest is history.
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Hands-on Review: Asustor AS6204T NAS Drive
Mon, 19th Oct 2015
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storage
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gaming
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digital entertainment
NAS Drives can be an invaluable central storage device and there's almost nothing the Asustor AS6204T NAS Drive can't do thanks to the available apps.
Hands-on Review: Paessler PRTG Network Monitoring Tool
Mon, 21st Sep 2015
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gaming
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uc
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digital entertainment
The solution seems ideally sized for the New Zealand market, with support for small organisations and scalability right up into enterprise.
Hands-on Review: Linksys Access Point 1750 Pro
Thu, 17th Sep 2015
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gaming
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digital entertainment
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router
Overall a great product which I could see being very successful in Australian and New Zealand small and medium businesses.
Dicker Data NZ ups ante with Toshiba deal
Tue, 15th Sep 2015
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dicker data
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toshiba
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distributors
Dicker Data NZ is promising more stock on hand, fast turnaround and campaigns to drive sales for partners as it ramps up its Toshiba business.
Hands-on Review: Viewsonic 4K VP2780-4K monitor
Tue, 25th Aug 2015
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gaming
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digital entertainment
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notebook
The Viewsonic VP2780-4K 4k monitor is flawless once you have the right cables, according to a journalist's review.
Good old fashioned IT reseller values – RealIT
Tue, 25th Aug 2015
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uc
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microsoft
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voip
RealIT revives classic IT reseller values, blending stellar customer service with modern offerings in VoIP and web development.
Our publisher's view on why eDMs are evil
Thu, 20th Aug 2015
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martech
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marketing
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techday
eDMs don't work. They invade people's inboxes. They can get labelled as spam. They're more expensive and less effective than editorial integration.
Why tech retailers have learnt to say no
Mon, 17th Aug 2015
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digital signage
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drones
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digital entertainment
10 years ago computer retailers filled their stores with desktop computers, monitors and rows of software. Today they're almost unrecognisable.
Opinion: It's all upside for Kordia from here
Mon, 17th Aug 2015
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edge computing
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cloud services
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hosting
A lot has happened for Kordia in recent years. We take a look at how the company has transformed itself into a key provider for large enterprises.
Why Microsoft should kill off Windows now
Tue, 21st Jul 2015
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microsoft
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windows
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tablets
Microsoft faces stark reality as Windows' relevance wanes in an era where operating systems are free and the cloud reigns supreme.
Partner centric network monitoring tool coming from Allied Telesis
Fri, 17th Jul 2015
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edutech
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network infrastructure
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connector systems
Allied Telesis launches Net.Health to tackle complex network monitoring for educational institutions and businesses in NZ.
Avaya's dirty little networking secret uncovered
Wed, 15th Jul 2015
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uc
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avaya
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contact centre
When most of us think Avaya, we think telephony. But there's more to the company than that, with Network Solutions a growing offering for the vendor.
Paessler network monitoring demo this week in NZ
Fri, 10th Jul 2015
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network infrastructure
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sdn
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naas
This week the team from the German network monitoring software vendor Paessler are in Christchurch, Wellington, Hamilton & Auckland. Join them.
It won't be cloud that kills the PBX sales model
Fri, 26th Jun 2015
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uc
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cloud services
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contact centre
Think it's cloud that will do away with the traditional PBX system? Think again. Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise has another option...
Westcon: The channel change agent
Wed, 27th May 2015
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cloud services
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westcon-comstor
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distributors
When IDC's Adam Dodds stepped up to speak at the Westcon Leap into Data Centre event, his mere presence said as much as his words.
Seagate targets Qnap in NZ with SMB focused NAS offering
Thu, 21st May 2015
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storage
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cloud services
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connector systems
Seagate targets New Zealand's SMB market with a NAS offering, partnering with local tech distributor Connector Systems, challenging Qnap and Synology.
You're invited to Seagate Cloud launch in Auckland this Tuesday
Sat, 16th May 2015
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connector systems
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seagate
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retail
Auckland based technology distributor Connector Systems is hosting a launch for Seagate's business and data centre centric solutions this Tuesday.
EXCLUSIVE: We examine how IDC operates in NZ
Wed, 18th Mar 2015
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analyst report
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research director
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acquisition
IDC's reports regularly pop up in tech news stories, but have you ever wondered how those reports are collated – or how IDC operates as a business?.
Data encryption: Safe even when lost or stolen
Fri, 27th Feb 2015
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malware
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encryption
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cybersecurity
Encryption is vital for data security, making it safe even when lost or stolen, says Chillisoft New Zealand, ESET's Oceania distributor.
TechDay's vision for 2015
Wed, 7th Jan 2015
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gaming
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digital entertainment
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apple
We explain our vision for the future of technology publishing and how we want to be the most agile technology publishing in APAC.