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Female leaders honoured at ARN Women in ICT Awards in 2023

ARN is proud to announce the winners of the Women in ICT Awards (WIICTA) in 2023, honouring female excellence within the technology channel following an industry-defining celebration in Sydney. In total, 230 finalists were honoured from a pool of over 120 organisations and more than 390 nominations. Following an intensive judging process, 23 winners were selected across eight categories, in addition to 11 highly commended acknowledgements.

Female leaders honoured at ARN Women in ICT Awards in 2023
In Pictures: WatchGuard Technologies A/NZ Partner Summit

WatchGuard Technologies held its regional Apogee partner conference in Phuket, Thailand, earlier this month, which included its Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ) Partner of the Year Awards for 2022.

In Pictures: WatchGuard Technologies A/NZ Partner Summit
Australian channel celebrates Women in ICT Awards 2023

The entire Australian ICT ecosystem came together under the ARN roof to set the industry benchmark for female achievement and accomplishment during the Women in ICT Awards (WIICTA) in 2023. The program honours female excellence across all stages of the technology ecosystem. Played out in front of more than 620 attendees at the ICC in Sydney, creating the largest ever in-person audience for the market’s leading gender diversity and inclusion (D&I) awards program. Photos by: O'Neill Photographics

Australian channel celebrates Women in ICT Awards 2023
How MDR can help MSPs plug their security gaps

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How MDR can help MSPs plug their security gaps
In Pictures: IT for a Cause charity golf day

The annual IT for a Cause charity golf day was in full swing on 19 April at St Michael's Golf Club in Sydney. The IT industry rallied their support to raise $105,000 for three children’s charities - Ronald McDonald House (RMHC) Sydney, Save our Sons Duchenne Foundation and Cooper Rice-Brading Foundation (CRBF).

In Pictures: IT for a Cause charity golf day
In Pictures: Nextgen celebrates the channel - Sydney Summer Party 2023

Nextgen recently held its annual Summer Party in Sydney at the MCA drawing a record of more than 500 attendees. Stephen Bovis from Oracle joined Nextgen Group CEO, John Walters on stage to welcome everyone and get things started with the champagne tower. With the usual Nextgen Veuve flowing freely and tangerine attire as far as the eye could see, everyone got into the sprit of the occasion, which is simply to connect and celebrate. Congratulations to Best Dressed prize winners, Zoe Streeter (Telstra), Anna Christensen (Cloudian), and Tanya Hovagimian (Crowdstrike). The Lucky Door Prize winners were Divin Jantjies (Fortanix) and Shane Zoppellaro (Oracle). "As the foundation of Nextgen's annual Leadership Series, the Summer Party has been augmented in recent years by the Leadership Forum and the WISE Forum (Women Inspiring Success & Empowerment) and we're continuing to develop the concept to deliver even more value for our sponsors and attendees across Asia-Pacific and beyond."

In Pictures: Nextgen celebrates the channel - Sydney Summer Party 2023
In Pictures: ARN Influencer Network 2023

Leading figures came together under the ARN roof at Influencer Network held on 5 April at the Crown in Sydney. During the event we outlined the importance of skilling up and measuring work/life balance delivered via interactive panel discussions. Each documented the trigger points for individual success in the workplace and focused on personal and professional experiences, the importance of poise and grace, in equal measure with staying productive at home or in the office. This involved a cross-section of panelists from the industry to dissect different experiences and skill ambitions. More than 150 executives within the Australian channel attended Influencer Network as ARN launched a market-leading agenda for 2023. Photos by: Oneill Photographics.

In Pictures: ARN Influencer Network 2023
In Pictures: Schneider Electric marks A/NZ partner success

Schneider Electric recently celebrated its Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ) channel during its Innovation Summit in Sydney.

In Pictures: Schneider Electric marks A/NZ partner success
Extreme Networks offers partners glimpse into the future

Extreme Networks hosted a partner networking event on 21 February at the Cruise Bar in The Rocks, Sydney for its distributors, partners and select customers to meet CEO and president Ed Meyercord.

Extreme Networks offers partners glimpse into the future
Meraki makes partners feel appreciated at celebration night

Cisco Meraki hosted a celebration event at Doltone House, Sydney, to recognise a year of growth and partnership with over 100 partners.

Meraki makes partners feel appreciated at celebration night
Somerville brings customers and industry partners together

Somerville marked its 40th anniversary at the Zephyr Bar at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Sydney and brought together vendor and industry partners, as well as customers to celebrate the festive season.

Somerville brings customers and industry partners together
Orchestrating security success through shared responsibility

Cybercriminals pose a threat to everyone across the public and corporate world in Australia. Recent breaches at Optus and Medibank have illuminated the devastating costs and reputation impacts of these security breaches. As customers continue to outsource to partners and managed security services providers (MSSP), so too can the channel increasingly offload part of the security burden onto vendors.

Orchestrating security success through shared responsibility
HPE and Aruba Partner Awards 2022

Australian partners were celebrated across both Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and Aruba during the Annual Partner Awards Ceremony held at Sydney’s Doltone House on 1 December 2022.

HPE and Aruba Partner Awards 2022
Ricoh hails year ahead, celebrates with channel

Ricoh Australia held its 2022 Dealer Conference at the Novotel Sydney Darling Harbour. Over 50 Ricoh channel partners from across Australia attended the day-long event to hear about Ricoh’s strategy for 2023.

Ricoh hails year ahead, celebrates with channel
Building your SASE strategy - opportunities for partners

With many organisations moving to hybrid cloud and remote work environments, the threat landscape is constantly shifting, and maintaining a secure network at the edge is taking centre stage. This exclusive ARN roundtable held in association with Symantec (a division of Broadcom) outlined the state of play with SASE, opportunities for partners and supporting implementation strategies to suit customer and regulatory requirements.

Building your SASE strategy - opportunities for partners
Channel honours ecosystem excellence at ARN Innovation Awards 2022

Market-leading partners, vendors, distributors, telcos, start-ups and individuals were honoured during the Innovation Awards in 2022, as ARN raised the bar for ecosystem excellence in Australia.

Channel honours ecosystem excellence at ARN Innovation Awards 2022
Channel community unites to kick-start ARN Innovation Awards 2022

More than 700 executives came together under the ARN roof to celebrate ecosystem excellence and customer value at the Innovation Awards in 2022, recognising market-leading partners, vendors, distributors, telcos, start-ups and individuals across Australia.

Channel community unites to kick-start ARN Innovation Awards 2022
Building cyber resilience - a partner action plan

Given the scale of digitalisation and evolution of sophisticated new cyber threats, it's no longer a matter of if, but when a cyber attack will strike and how prepared are partners and customers with a cyber resilience strategy to get back up and running again.

Building cyber resilience - a partner action plan
How agility and mobility are connecting Brisbane partners and customers

Australia’s channel has had a busy two years. Indeed, Gartner predicted the local IT industry would have grown by 6 per cent at the end of FY22.

How agility and mobility are connecting Brisbane partners and customers
How greater connectivity and workplace flexibility are affecting Sydney partners

COVID-19's legacy of flexible working, unified communications and digitisation are far from over, providing Sydney partners new sources of recurring revenue.

How greater connectivity and workplace flexibility are affecting Sydney partners