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Highlights from another action-packed week in the Aussie channel
Partner Programmes

Highlights from another action-packed week in the Aussie channel

Another week in the Aussie channel goes by full of distie deals, vendor offerings, executive appointments and exciting future predictions.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Fri, 7th Apr 2017
International subsea cable going ahead – including acquisition of the driver
Network Infrastructure

International subsea cable going ahead – including acquisition of the driver

AARNet, Google, Indosat Ooredoo, Singtel, SubPartners, and Telstra have entered into an agreement to build a new international subsea cable system.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Thu, 6th Apr 2017
James Hennah appointed by BT to lead South East Asia operations
British Telecommunications

James Hennah appointed by BT to lead South East Asia operations

He will lead BT's South East Asia team from Singapore, focusing mainly on Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand and the Philippines.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Thu, 6th Apr 2017
Motorola Solutions launch next-gen features at channel partner conferences
Partner Programmes

Motorola Solutions launch next-gen features at channel partner conferences

A thriving partner community of more than 800 attended the events across Asia Pacific, making them a great success.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Wed, 5th Apr 2017
Consulting partner Versent wins big at the AWS Partner Summit
Hyperscale

Consulting partner Versent wins big at the AWS Partner Summit

Versent clinches AWS Consulting Partner of the Year, heralding cloud innovation with their promising Stax tool.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Wed, 5th Apr 2017
NTT Data and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to form new IT company
NTT Data

NTT Data and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to form new IT company

The deal will see the two corporations collaborate to establish a new company, based on the existing MHI Information Systems Company.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Tue, 4th Apr 2017

Global Stories

Written by Ashton

Okta celebrates going public on the Nasdaq Stock Market
Identity and Access Management

Okta celebrates going public on the Nasdaq Stock Market

The enterprise software company is quickly becoming a household name in APAC with great inroads in Australia and New Zealand.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Mon, 10th Apr 2017
IDC: Worldwide cloud IT infrastructure spend jumps almost 10% in 2016
DataCentre infrastructure

IDC: Worldwide cloud IT infrastructure spend jumps almost 10% in 2016

Vendor revenue from sales of infrastructure products for cloud IT grew to $32.6 billion in 2016, with Japan leading the way and APAC above average.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Fri, 7th Apr 2017
Schneider Electric wins court case over DPSA's unpaid debts - thanks existing partners
DataCentre infrastructure

Schneider Electric wins court case over DPSA's unpaid debts - thanks existing partners

Schneider Electric emerges victorious in court battle with data center infrastructure distributor DPSA over unpaid debts.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Fri, 7th Apr 2017
ManageEngine integrates IT service desk to make life easier for MSPs
ManageEngine

ManageEngine integrates IT service desk to make life easier for MSPs

ServiceDesk Plus MSP has now been fused with ManageEngine's sales and finance apps (Zoho CRM), Zoho Books and Zoho Invoice.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Thu, 6th Apr 2017
Tech Data and Westcon-Comstor make the cut as APJ distie partners for Datadobi
Partner Programmes

Tech Data and Westcon-Comstor make the cut as APJ distie partners for Datadobi

Datadobi recently announced the appointment of Tech Data and Westcon-Comstor as their distribution partners for Asia Pacific and Japan.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Thu, 6th Apr 2017
MessageMedia Group hones in on channel with new CSO appointment
Channel Infrastructure

MessageMedia Group hones in on channel with new CSO appointment

MessageMedia Group boosts exec team, tapping Andrew Mumford as CSO to spearhead tech-driven global sales expansion.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Wed, 5th Apr 2017
Gartner: 90% of organisations to adopt hybrid infrastructure by 2020
Hyperscale

Gartner: 90% of organisations to adopt hybrid infrastructure by 2020

​Gartner's report contains a series of predictions about IT infrastructure services that could have some serious implications on the industry.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Wed, 5th Apr 2017
McAfee officially goes it alone as independent company - backed by two giants
Cloud Access Security Broker

McAfee officially goes it alone as independent company - backed by two giants

McAfee is now officially an independent company, with TPG owning 51% and Intel 49% in a transaction valuing the business at approximately $4.2b.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Wed, 5th Apr 2017
New company emerges from CSC and HPE Enterprise Services merger
Hewlett Packard Enterprise

New company emerges from CSC and HPE Enterprise Services merger

DXC Technology is a new organisation that has been created by the merger of CSC and the Enterprise Services business of HPE.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Tue, 4th Apr 2017
Acronis announces features to open new revenue opportunities for MSPs
Disaster Recovery

Acronis announces features to open new revenue opportunities for MSPs

Acronis claims to have the world's only data protection solution designed for service providers in the booming cloud backup market.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Tue, 4th Apr 2017
Ericsson appoints new market head for Oceania, South East Asia & India
Ericsson

Ericsson appoints new market head for Oceania, South East Asia & India

​Ericsson recently declared it was making some substantial changes to its business strategy, structure and executive team.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Tue, 4th Apr 2017

Stories from Other Regions

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