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Room for partners to break agencies from ‘vicious’ legacy system cycle

Agencies facing “significant challenges migrating from outdated applications and databases".

MacTel signs on to be distributor for Broadcom-owned VeloCloud products

All services will be direct from MacTel either as a white-labelled solution or co-sold under its brand

Sat.One launches multi-constellation LEO service

Designed to integrate into partner offerings.

ARN WIICTA 2025: Meet the Winners

Highlights from ARN WIICTA 2025.

Distributor Chillisoft adds Armis security to its A/NZ toolkit

Partnership allows Chillisoft to meet the needs of critical infrastructure sectors.

Dell maps out transforming the partner experience with AI

CPO Denise Millard is focused on bringing AI to lead management; collaboration and engagement; and quote-to-order capabilities.

Sophos crowns A/NZ Partner Awards 2025

Winners have made a significant contribution to the delivery and sale of its products and solutions

Comms Group acquires TasmaNet for $10M

Deal will see enhanced network capabilities and expanded service offerings in managed services

Dell launches AI Factory updates with managed services

New products aim to speed AI enterprise adoption

In Pictures ARN WIICTA 2025: Industry celebrates female excellence

Highlights from ARN WIICTA 2025

Sophos launches MSP partner program

Includes access to its MDR Bundle solution, discounted Network-in-a-Box hardware bundles, growth-based rebates and more.

NTT Data sees GenAI as more than a solution to sell

Goes beyond a hammer and nail approach when discussing AI to clients.

Logicalis Australia caps off new org structure with Peter Cardassis

Hired as technical services director

Aussie businesses to spend $26B on public cloud services in 2025

Public cloud services continue to be a critical driver of innovation.

Barracuda hires ex-Ivanti Michelle Hodges to lead global channel strategy

Comes into the role with two decades of experience in channel-related positions.

Canon Business Services achieves six Microsoft designations

The six designations is a significant opportunity for CBS and customers like the SA Motor Sport Board. 

David Dicker steps down as CEO

Co-founder Fiona Brown takes up an executive chair role. 

Buckle up Aussie MSPs: Microsoft digital products are complex

CSP licensing changes deliberate, navigate around these changes

Australia punching ‘way above its weight’ paving way for partner iteration

According to Pat Casey, one of ServiceNow’s founders and current CTO and DevOps EVP.

WIICTA Plus empowers next generation of female talent

Expansion of WIICTA program to provide key career advice, tips and mentoring opportunities.

The economics and challenges of cloud migration never been more in focus

Need for awareness of the economic and commercial challenges.

Experteq’s Pat Murphy to take over as CEO as Shane Baker looks to depart

Change over set for September

Winners revealed for ARN WIICTA 2025

More than 500 attendees graced Doltone House at Jones Bay Wharf in Sydney on 15 May, placing female achievement and accomplishment in the spotlight.

Optus bolters regional 5G network with Nokia tech

From its Habrok 32 Massive MIMO radios and its Levante ultra-performance baseband solutions from its AirScale portfolio.

AUCyber promotes Joshua Tahana to CFO

After working at the business group for nearly three years.

Former Logicalis head of marketing Lara Barnett joins Kinetic IT

Key step in the company’s strategic growth journey.

Acer launches new A/NZ partner program to align with a renewed go-to-market

"The program offers compelling benefits – such as partners earning rewards from dollar one."

Gartner’s top 6 trends that will shape the future of the cloud

Seize the opportunities ahead.

Yadi Narayana returns to Datadog as APJ field CTO

Was previously its APJ head of post sales from August 2020 to August 2023.

Centorrino Technologies plans more acquisitions after DQA merger

Looking to finalise four additional mergers by end of August

Pax8 on marketplace innovation, new generation buyers and MSPs with AI

Pax8 is helping partners navigate how the ‘buyer journey’ has continued to shift and change.

Microsoft to cut an estimated 6,000 employees

Layoffs to affect all levels, teams, and geographies, the company said.

AWS streamlines and aligns APJ partner strategy

Director of partnership for the region discusses growth, cloud migration and partner programs,

Notitia gets analytics boost with Astrato

Considers the platform to be a “smart addition” to its analytics ecosystem.

OpenText expands Nextgen distribution deal

The expanded portfolio features enterprise cybersecurity, analytics and AI, information archive, content management (formerly Documentum), capture, share and e-signature.

Interactive expands Dicker Data deal for data centre services

Latest instalment in the eight-year partnership.

Netpoleon identifies risks and governance with SailPoint

Bringing SailPoint to A/NZ.

Telstra Health expands ecosystem with Salesforce and Snowflake

Putting the pieces together for a unified platform

Nutanix’s opportunity for mid-market MSPs in the cloud

How do MSPs make benefit from the interplay between Nutanix and vendor partners?

Steven Worrall joins Telstra InfraCo as CEO

Replacing Brendon Riley who is retiring in September.

Atturra addresses data management for UTS with Denodo

The Denodo platform allows users to access data from multiple sources.

Distributors key to Nutanix’s APJ partner support

Growth of customers accelerating.

Fiona Hodges joins Fifteen, aims to redefine distribution

Aims to help partners simplify how they deliver advanced cybersecurity and cloud offerings,

Nextgen Connect inks Freshworks distie deal

The partnership marks a key step in helping businesses get a return on their AI investment.

efex strengthens cyber security play with Datcom acquisition

The deal marks efex’s fifth acquisition in the past 18 months, further cementing its aggressive and targeted growth strategy.

HAT adds NinjaOne to portfolio

Nutanix creates cloud flexibility to show its range as a vendor

More than just a VMWare competitor

Ip.Glass achieves Fortinet EPSP designation

Becomes the first Australian partner to do so.

Deloitte Australia leads multi-year ServiceNow project for Rio Tinto 

Spent three years working with teams in Australia, the UK, New Zealand and the Philippines. 

IBM CEO: Smaller, domain-specific genAI models are the future

At its annual Think Conference in Boston, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said his company is focused on using smaller genAI models integrated with edge networking capabilities to address cost, speed and security issues.