The third local distributor has been appointed by Security vendor, Astaro - with WhiteGold Solutions joining Softgen and TechPlus.

"The partnership would help the distributor expand its presence into New Zealand, and give it an additional cloud computing play that wouldn't compete with existing vendor partners," said WhiteGold Solutions managing director, Dominic Whitehand.

He added that the relationship, which includes New Zealand, is great for the company's plans to have a presence there by the end of the year.