Info & Advice

This Cyber Smart Week (30 October – 5 November), we’re supporting CERT NZ to highlight the importance of staying secure online and showing New Zealanders what’s at stake when they don’t get their online security right.

New Zealand-based IT consulting firm Advantage was recently awarded the NZ-wide Innovation Award at the Reseller News Innovation Awards. The award recognizes partners that deliver innovative solutions to their customers headquartered outside of the three most-populated metropolitan areas in the country.

Ah, outsourcing. There’s a long and successful history and well-understood principles underpinning the now-familiar concept of outsourcing IT or any other specialist function to ‘the professionals’. It works because it makes sense: not an expert in [whatever], but [whatever] is essential? Hand it to those who are the experts. It works for general IT. And it works for security, too.

Imagine you’re working away on your PC and see a Windows update prompt. Instead of ignoring it, you take action. After all, you want to keep your device safe. But when you install what you think is a legitimate update, you’re infected with ransomware.

Advantage’s white label service allows you to offer your customers high-quality security services under your own brand, growing your brand and increasing your revenue without having to invest in resources and costly infrastructure and tools.

Advantage hires senior talent, continues to builds Security Consulting division

There’s a bit of a global cost of living crisis going on and everyone’s feeling the pinch. Even the hackers.

Advantage’s white label service allows you to offer your customers high-quality security services under your own brand, growing your brand and increasing your revenue without having to invest in resources and costly infrastructure and tools.

For the second year running, Advantage New Zealand has featured prominently in security vendor SentinelOne’s Partner Awards, taking out the Asia Pacific Japan Partner of the Year, with Advantage Auckland Regional Manager Steve Smith further accelerating the company’s accolades by being named Top APJ Sales Person of the Year.

Cybersecurity has become paramount for businesses and individuals alike. Cyber threats abound, and data breaches and malware attacks are costly. Attacks come from all vectors, including the cloud tools you use every day.

Hamilton-headquartered managed services provider Xuba knows all about the smartest way of delivering key support services: you partner with a specialist.

In today’s digital landscape, cybersecurity threats continue to evolve. They pose significant risks to individuals and organizations alike.