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Eaton celebrates top channel talent at Partner Awards

Recipients included Dicker Data and StreamTech Knowledge.

Brennan modernises Australian Psychological Society’s financial reporting system

Helped the national psychologist body implement Power BI paginated reports with dynamic receipt subscriptions, fully automating the generation and distribution process.

Ex-SentinelOne channel director Shabeel Shah joins Obsidian Security

His appointment will strengthen the Australian team

AirTrunk celebrates 10 years with social fund launch

Business success and societal benefits go hand in hand

Deloitte and Accenture tapped for Essential Energy Oracle integration

Integrated Oracle Cloud ERP and Oracle Cloud HCM and Oracle Utilities WACS, respectively.

SoftBank to buy Ampere for US$6.5B, fuelling Arm-based server market competition

The move follows Arm’s recent foray into direct chip sales with the Meta deal, signalling a major shift in the data centre processor landscape.

TD Synnex’s Jaideep Malhotra on maintaining market momentum, AI and services play

Kaseya continues to drive MSP success

"There's very little doubt that Kaseya 365 will be ubiquitous with every MSP in the industry over the next two, three years," Voccola said.

IBM and Specialisterne empower neurodivergent learners with skills training

Actionable insights on skilling up and creating an inclusive workspace

HP amps-up its Amplify partner programme with boosted rewards

Amplify AI programme boosted with new resources and use cases to help partners accelerate adoption.

IDC: 80% of companies plan to buy AI PCs this year

Because of the high costs and security risks around cloud AI deployments, more companies are planning to roll out AI on PCs this year, according to a new IDC study.

Google Cloud and Wiz join forces in US$32B deal

Once the deal is done, Wiz will join Google Cloud.

Nvidia details its GPU, CPU and system roadmap for the next three years

Nvidia is going larger and grander with its upcoming chips and systems through 2028, but power consumption is still a question.

Schneider Electric: Four key trends to a sustainable future

Digitisation and AI play key roles

Merge Technologies extends to Brisbane with VC Systems acquisition

Expands footprint from its Sydney and Melbourne bases.

5 alternatives to VMware vSphere virtualisation platform

Following Broadcom changes to VMware software licensing, tech analyst firm DCIG digs into VMware vSphere alternative solutions from Hive, Microsoft, Nutanix, Scale and VergeIO.

AirTrunk CFO: Cloud and AI drive data centre demand

Prashant Murthy discussed the increasing complexities of data centres at Schneider Electric’s Innovation Summit Sydney 2025

Orro launches DAD managed service for OT

Latest offering is part of its OT division established in October last year.

Brennan steps up Canberra play with CBR Cyber purchase

Will fully integrate the CBR Cyber management and team into the existing Brennan business on completion of the deal.

Nutanix hires ex-Conviva APAC VP Jay Tuseth as APJ leader

Takes over from Aaron White.

archTIS acquires US-based Direktiv’s assets in US$750K deal

Obtains technology, employees and customers.

Finalists revealed for Women in ICT Awards 2025

186 finalists from a pool of over 102 organisations and more than 300 nominations submitted.

Mastering M&A: MSPs in the spotlight as local activity heats up

Focus on quality revenue, securing larger customer deals and expanding capacity.

Baidam achieves Social Traders certification

Reinforcing its commitment to social inclusion.

Cisco and NVIDIA partnership expedites enterprise AI adoption

Australian enterprises are poised to embrace AI adoption, says Cisco A/NZ managing director of partner and routes to market sales Rodney Hamill.

Glass Wall Lab streamlines practice management for Bentleys Tasmania

Taking a European solution and making it fit an Australian business.

Palo Alto Networks investing in cloud across APJ

Integrating its Prima Access Browser into infrastructure in Australia, Indonesia, Japan and Singapore.

Bluechip Infotech adds miniOrange to Aussie portfolio

To meet demand for identity security measures in the local market.

Oreta makes strategic multi-telco partnership move

After years of being an exclusive Telstra partner, Oreta is shifting its partnership strategy.

Rapid7 charges partner efforts with new program and APJ channel sales director

Promotes A/NZ southern region senior manager David Quist.

MSPs face skills gap as they try and develop cloud capabilities

Hurdles for partners who want to develop cloud practice

Top A/NZ partners highlighted at SAP Partner Excellence Awards

In total, 16 accolades were handed out to 11 companies.

Regional comms group cautions against relying solely on satellites

RRRCC says UOMO is an important step forward but is not a silver bullet.

DTA highlights 110 active govt projects worth $12.9B

This includes $5.6B of digital budget

Dicker Data adds CrowdStrike to portfolio

Falcon platform presents large business opportunity across enterprise, mid-market and SMB segments.

CrowdStrike recognises top A/NZ partners

Sekuro scored APJ Partner of the Year

Optus strengthens female leaders in tech teams with dual promotion

Right balance of women in tech leadership roles, said CIO Mark Potter

Genetec crowns top Aussie partners at ElevatePRO

Melbourne-headquartered Fortis Security took home A/NZ Partner of the Year

SonicWall celebrates top A/NZ partners

Five partners from Australia received top honours.

Ingram Micro to distribute Scality’s ARTESCA across A/NZ

The distributor is also providing support its for partners across the sales process.

Optus moves to the cloud with Microsoft, Tech Mahindra and Databricks

CIO Mark Potter talks ecosystem support from the consortium, cloud cost management and training staff

CrowdStrike flexes services opportunities amid program update

Features enhanced revenue opportunities, exclusive discounts, rebates, training credits and frictionless, predictable pricing models.

Seccom Global inks LMNTRIX partnership

Combining its own cyber security expertise with LMNTRIX’s MXDR offering.

Synnex Australia signs StickmanCyber for MSP security boost

Delivered by StickmanCyber’s Cybersecurity as a Service offering.

inTechnology brings Spectralink’s enterprise mobility products to APAC

Expanding into the region is a strategic priority

Aussie start-up MultiPortal eyes US and European markets

The platform offers service providers a viable alternative for VMware Cloud Director

CrowdStrike hires Rhys George as new A/NZ distie leader

Joins after seven years at NetApp

Top partners celebrated at Elastic’s 2025 A/NZ Partner Awards

Seven awards were handed out.

Telstra to provide disaster assistance packages to flooded Queensland, NSW

Working closely with authorities to restore services.

Proofpoint pushes human centric security

Humans should be a net positive, not a negative.