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Heather Wright

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Successes flow as Innovix Hong Kong takes out five HPE and Nutanix awards
Nutanix

Successes flow as Innovix Hong Kong takes out five HPE and Nutanix awards

Innovix Distribution's Hong Kong operations have won triple glory from HPE along with two Nutanix distribution awards.

By Heather Wright • 1 min read • Mon, 6th Feb 2017
Innovix Singapore signs Nuance; wins with Dell EMC
Network Infrastructure

Innovix Singapore signs Nuance; wins with Dell EMC

Innovix Distribution Singapore has signed a deal to distribute Nuance locally, while also winning Dell EMC's Distie of the Year award.

By Heather Wright • 1 min read • Mon, 6th Feb 2017
DX to attain 'macroeconomic scale' in Australia in next three to four years
Digital Transformation

DX to attain 'macroeconomic scale' in Australia in next three to four years

Digital transformation will attain macroeconomic scale over the next three to four years and the channel will play a big part on the cloud front.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Mon, 6th Feb 2017
Dicker Data targets growing NAS and storage device market with Seagate deal
Storage

Dicker Data targets growing NAS and storage device market with Seagate deal

Dicker Data is targeting the fast growing NAS and storage device market, with a new Australian distribution deal with Seagate Technology.

By Heather Wright • 1 min read • Mon, 6th Feb 2017
Dicker Data expands security play with Trend Micro deal
Trend Micro

Dicker Data expands security play with Trend Micro deal

Dicker Data has upped its security play, signing a distie deal with Trend Micro as the vendor seeks increased mid-market and enterprise penetration.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 2nd Feb 2017
IDC Philippines on DX, cybersecurity and hyper-disruptive marketplaces
Unified Communications

IDC Philippines on DX, cybersecurity and hyper-disruptive marketplaces

IDC Philippines offers up its top predictions on major technology trends presenting opportunities and challenges to IT leaders in 2017 and beyond.

By Heather Wright • 7 min read • Tue, 31st Jan 2017

Global Stories

Written by Heather

Microsoft, Google, IBM surge but AWS still dominates public cloud services
Platform-as-a-Service

Microsoft, Google, IBM surge but AWS still dominates public cloud services

Microsoft, Google and IBM are slowly gaining on AWS in the public cloud services market, as the IaaS and PaaS infrastructure service market top US$7b.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 6th Feb 2017
Internet of things, data centre aid Intel in 'transformative' year
Semiconductors

Internet of things, data centre aid Intel in 'transformative' year

Strength in its IoT, data centre and security offerings helped drive Intel revenues for 2016 up, but weren't enough to prevent declining net income.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Mon, 6th Feb 2017
Rhipe signs up eSignature vendor DocuSign for DX and cloud gains
DocuSign

Rhipe signs up eSignature vendor DocuSign for DX and cloud gains

Rhipe has signed up digital transaction management and eSignature vendor DocuSign in a deal it says enables partners to help customers get paid faster.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 6th Feb 2017
HDS focuses on government with new appointment
Storage

HDS focuses on government with new appointment

HDS is putting the focus on the government sector with a new appointment – snapping up a second former HPE staffer in a week in the process.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 6th Feb 2017
Avnet ups vSphere ante with CloudPhysics signing
Virtualisation

Avnet ups vSphere ante with CloudPhysics signing

Avnet has signed a deal with CloudPhysics providing resellers with a new tool to help customers gain operational insights to their vSphere environment.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 1st Feb 2017
Synnex ups data centre play with Vertiv deal
Synnex

Synnex ups data centre play with Vertiv deal

Synnex Australia bolsters its data centre offerings, forging a strategic Vertiv alliance to fortify power protection solutions.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 1st Feb 2017
Datto acquires Open Mesh for new managed networking offerings
Datto

Datto acquires Open Mesh for new managed networking offerings

Datto has acquired cloud-based networking provider Open Mesh in a deal designed to provide channel partners with new managed networking services.

By Heather Wright • 4 min read • Wed, 1st Feb 2017
Vaughan Nankivell: A man who was passionate in all he did
Express Data

Vaughan Nankivell: A man who was passionate in all he did

Vaughan Nankivell is being remembered as a man who threw himself into life and was passionate about all he did.

By Heather Wright • 4 min read • Tue, 31st Jan 2017
Selling your IT services business? CompTIA tells how
Data Analytics

Selling your IT services business? CompTIA tells how

CompTIA offers up seven steps to sell your IT services business - and says it isn't just those selling that can benefit from getting ready for a sale.

By Heather Wright • 4 min read • Tue, 31st Jan 2017

Stories from Other Regions

Written by Heather

Exclusive: The four CES trends that have Noel Leeming excited
Digital Signage

Exclusive: The four CES trends that have Noel Leeming excited

Four key trends stood out for Noel Leeming's team attending CES. Jason Bell tells us what they were - and what they mean for the local market.

By Heather Wright • 5 min read • Wed, 1st Feb 2017
Exclusive: Sektor eyes up new opportunities with Axis deal
Axis Communications

Exclusive: Sektor eyes up new opportunities with Axis deal

Sektor has been appointed a distributor for Axis Communications as IP cameras move into the business, rather than being just a security offering.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Tue, 31st Jan 2017