Sponsorship

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Sponsor Bios

​​Cyclone was established in 1993 as a white-box PC assembler with the overriding premise that business can be conducted both ethically and profitably. Although we moved away many years ago from assembling our own PC’s, Cyclone has maintained its strong focus on transacting business on an ethical basis; this ethical focus is present through all of our business relationships and transactions and has been a cornerstone of our continued success in this competitive industry for so many years.
 
Cyclone is a private company, New Zealand owned and operated, employing over 115 staff in our Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin branches. Cyclone are renowned for our commitment to customers in the Education, Corporate and Government sectors. Our strength is our flexibility and our desire to “think outside of the square” to deliver the product and service requirements tailored to each of our customers’ specific needs.
 
Many organisations are now benefiting from Cyclone’s skills and experience supporting their environments for more than just procurement services. Whether they need someone onsite to provide immediate, scheduled or on-demand support, Licensing or remote Service Desk – Cyclone has it covered. IT teams face constant pressure to focus on strategic initiatives and increase productivity while keeping costs low. The Cyclone team can be with you every step of the way, from assessing site environments and long-term objectives to designing and implementing a custom solution to reduce costs and increase service. 
We find ourselves in the midst of major change. Universities are evolving to meet the expectations of a growing population of students. Higher education leaders face challenges with funding, global competition, keeping up with a connected world and legacy systems, and supporting a diverse set of students who are mobile. Smart technology solutions help you solve those challenges and transform so your campus can thrive. Speak with us to find solutions and resources to enhance campus experiences, empower faculty, and harness data to improve outcomes. Microsoft enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Our mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more
Ivanti: The Power of Unified IT.
Ivanti unifies IT and Security Operations to better manage and secure the digital workplace. From PCs to mobile devices, VDI, and the data center, Ivanti discovers IT assets on-premises and in the cloud, improves IT service delivery, and reduces risk with insights and automation. The company also helps organizations leverage modern technology in the warehouse and across the supply chain to improve delivery without modifying backend systems. Ivanti is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah and has offices all over the world. For more information, visit www.ivanti.com and follow @GoIvanti
​Huawei is fortunate to be working with NZ’s best ICT companies, helping to bring world-leading technologies to New Zealand. Huawei NZ opened its first office in 2005, growing to more than 150 full time staff. We serve all of NZ’s major mobile and fixed line broadband providers, and retail a wide range of smartphones. We are particularly proud of the engagement and relationships developed in the Education sector. During the last couple of years, we have had the privilege of working with some of New Zealand’s largest educational institutions helping them deliver world-class services to their students and staff. 
​Extreme Networks delivers software-driven solutions from the enterprise edge to the cloud that are agile, adaptive, and secure to enable digital transformation. Our 100% in-sourced services and support are number one in the industry. Even with 30,000 customers globally, including half of the Fortune 50 and some of the world's leading names in business, hospitality, retail, transportation and logistics, education, government, healthcare and manufacturing, we remain nimble and responsive to ensure customer and partner success.
HP Inc. creates technology that makes life better for everyone everywhere. Through our portfolio of printers, PCs, mobile devices, solutions, and services, we engineer experiences that amaze.
 
Driven by a commitment to improving education in New Zealand and around the world, HP designs and builds learning devices that can survive in the classroom and beyond. From science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) to the humanities, from administrators to academic staff, HP solutions for education maximise learning and create meaningful outcomes.
 
The HP New Zealand team will be at Tertiary ICT 2019 to discuss your unique technology needs and showcase our latest innovations in print, personal computing and VR. 
​Dell Technologies is a unique family of businesses that provides the essential infrastructure for organisations to build their digital future transform IT and protect their most important asset, information. The company services customers of all sizes across 180 countries – ranging from 98 percent of the Fortune 500 to individual consumers – with the industry’s most comprehensive and innovative portfolio from the edge to the core to the cloud. 
​Cisco is the worldwide technology leader that has been making the Internet work since 1984. Our people, products and partners help society securely connect and seize tomorrow's digital opportunity today.
ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW) makes work, work better for people. Our cloud-based platform and digital solutions help universities connect people, tools and ideas to nurture a new generation of innovation.
Connect services across any department in the university to deliver faster, better, app-based services for students, faculty and staff.
For more information, visit: servicenow.com
​Lenovo is a global Fortune 500 company and a leader in providing innovative consumer, commercial and enterprise technology.  Our portfolio of high-quality, secure products and services are designed to improve learning outcomes and increase operational efficiency in education institutions.  Our leading technology is designed for real-world challenges imposed by constant student use, in and out of the classroom.
Echo360 (www.echo360.com) is education’s leading classroom capture and video management solution. Millions of students in thousands of classrooms around the world rely on Echo360 to enhance their educational experience before, during and after class. The technology supports institutions wishing to deliver face-to-face, blended and/or distance learning courses, with students able to watch content and participate on any device, anywhere, anytime.
               
Developed for educators by educators, only Echo360 offers a unified solution which brings together a collection of tools designed to empower and enhance the learning moment.
 
There are four key components that form the basis of the Echo360 solution:
  • Capture capabilities to record and/or live stream teaching content, including lectures.
  • Content management options for instructors and students to organise their content.
  • Student engagement tools to involve learners more deeply with their subject for better comprehension.
  • Learner analytics so instructors and institutions have actionable insight into content consumption.
Pure Storage helps companies push the boundaries of what's possible. Pure's end-to-end data platform - including FlashArray, FlashBlade and our converged offering with Cisco, FlashStack – is powered by innovative software that's cloud-connected for management from anywhere on a mobile device and supported by the Evergreen business model. The company's all-flash based technology, combined with its customer-friendly business model, drives business and IT transformation with solutions that are effortless, efficient and evergreen.  purestorage.com
​Veeam is the leader in Backup solutions that deliver Cloud Data Management. Veeam Availability Platform™ is the most complete backup solution for helping customers on the journey to achieving success in the 5 Stages of Cloud Data Management. Veeam has 355,000+ customers worldwide, including 82% of the Fortune 500 and 67% of the Global 2,000, with customer satisfaction scores at 3.5x the industry average, the highest in the industry. To learn more, visit https://www.veeam.com​ or follow Veeam on Twitter @veeam.​
As New Zealand’s leading retailer of technology and appliances Noel Leeming Commercial have a wide range of specialist business IT hardware, software, and all the support you need to get them up and running. 
  • We offer a wide range of top brands in IT equipment including specialist hardware and software
  • With over 50 Commercial Managers including specialist Government and Education staff across the country with the industry knowledge to help you
  • Benefit from our significant buying power for large or small purchases
  • We’re a certified Government AoG panellist and syndicated supplier
  • With over 70 stores nationwide we’re never far away - if you need something urgently just ask and we’ll see what we can do
  • We also offer a wide range of specialist services delivered by the Tech Solutions team from project management, training and help desk support to delivery and full installation - your new tech will be ready to go
​Fortinet secures the largest enterprise, service provider, and government organisations globally. Empowering customers with intelligent, seamless protection across the expanding attack surface and the power to take on ever-increasing performance requirements of the borderless network. The Fortinet Security Fabric addresses the most critical security challenges, whether in networked, application, cloud, or mobile environments. 
We Are In the Acceleration Business. We help customers use technology to slash the time it takes to turn ideas into value. In turn, they transform industries, markets and lives. Some of our customers run traditional IT environments. Most are transitioning to a secure, cloud-enabled, mobile-friendly infrastructure. Many rely on a combination of both. Wherever they are in that journey, we provide the technology and solutions to help them succeed.
Nutanix is a global leader in cloud software and hyperconverged infrastructure solutions, making infrastructure invisible so that IT can focus on the applications and services that power their business. Companies around the world use Nutanix Enterprise Cloud OS software to bring one-click application management and mobility across public, private and distributed edge clouds so they can run any application at any scale with a dramatically lower total cost of ownership. The result is organisations that can rapidly deliver a high-performance IT environment on demand, giving application owners a true cloud-like experience. Learn more at www.nutanix.com or follow us on Twitter: @nutanix
Axios Systems is committed to innovation by providing rapid deployment of SaaS and On-Premise IT Service Management (ITSM) and IT Operations Management (ITOM) software. With a global client base in mind, Axios’ comprehensive, fit-for-purpose solution, assyst, is designed to transform IT departments from technology-focused cost centres into profitable business-focused customer service teams.  www.axiossystems.com
 
Focus On Business, an assyst alliance partner, provides services and business solutions across a diverse range of organisations.  They have the knowledge and experience to add value to your organisation and give you the competitive edge.  Visit http://www.focusapac.com
NSL are specialist importers of globally trusted professional and commercial audio, video and control brands.

We exclusively distribute Shure, QSC, Williams AV, Visionary Solutions and HRT Huddle Hub throughout New Zealand – all recognised as international leaders of innovation, quality, reliability and longevity.

We work alongside AVC system integrators and consultants nationwide, providing consultation, training, and in-house design, sales and service support.
NSL is proudly 100% New Zealand owned and operated with all staff, offices and warehousing based in New Zealand.
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NZ tertiary users of NSL solutions include:University of Auckland; University of Canterbury; Otago University; Victoria University; Massey University; Waikato University; Auckland University of Technology; UNITEC; MIT. 
Instructure (NYSE: INST) is helping people grow from the first day of school to the last day of work. More than 30 million people use its Canvas and Bridge platforms for learning and employee development.
​More information at www.instructure.com.
Self-Service Laptop Charging Lockers have become increasingly popular with both universities and colleges allowing them to automate the loaning process using the LapSafe Diplomat™ range and has currently over 475 installations across the globe and are by far the most popular choice for universities and colleges.
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LapSafe® Self Service Solutions are incredibly proud to have been asked to exhibit at the Tertiary ICT Conference at the Waikato Institute of Technology, Hamilton where our Education Sales Manager, Jamie will be on hand to offer advice and help to find the correct self - service solution for your needs.
​We are a niche consultancy that focuses on providing independent advice, strategy & architecture road maps through to solution led product implementations, training and 24x7 customer support services for all middleware functions.
We address the major concerns of an ever-changing business to technology landscape. Whether moving in-house applications to the cloud or a software as a service solution; enabling secure external access for your trading partners or customers; or embarking on a consolidation or transformation of your business functions, Middleware solutions will be at the core of these initiatives.
All of our consultants have been selected for their exceptional specialist expertise both from a technology perspective as well as to fulfill key project roles in the business arena and are able to draw on their years of experience to hand craft solutions that fit your business needs. 
REANNZ is the Crown entity that delivers New Zealand's National Research & Education Network. 

The REANNZ network runs at 100Gb/sec to connect New Zealand's leading research universities, CRIs, ITP and other research organisations to each other and their data-intensive colleagues in over 120 other research networks globally.