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In Pictures: Amazon Web Services Sydney Summit

Billed as Australia's largest Cloud event, the Amazon Web Services Summit was held at a variety of venues including the Hordern Pavilion, Sydney Cricket Ground and Bavarian Bier Cafe.

In Pictures: Amazon Web Services Sydney Summit
In Pictures: Lost in the Clouds - 7 examples of compromised personal information

While having instant access to your information via the Cloud is a major bonus to productivity and convenience, there's a risk that the security trade-off will be too high.

In Pictures: Lost in the Clouds - 7 examples of compromised personal information
IN PICTURES: Staples Ignite conference, Hunter Valley, NSW (+30 photos)

The Staples Technology Solutions team hosted its 2015 Ignite sales conference at the beautiful Chateau Elan At The Vintage in the Hunter Valley from March 11-13. Staples' teams flew in from around Australia and NZ and the company's three most strategic partners along – Microsoft, Lenovo and HP - all attended, along with along experts in Cloud, MSP and mobility presenting who presented at the events. Here are some highlights. Photos courtesy of Staples.

IN PICTURES: Staples Ignite conference, Hunter Valley, NSW (+30 photos)
In Pictures: Microsoft CEO's most momentous moments of his first year at the helm

The Microsoft of today is not the same as the Microsoft as yesterday, and Satya Nadella's appointment as CEO was the catalyst.

In Pictures: Microsoft CEO's most momentous moments of his first year at the helm
In Pictures: Top tech turkeys of 2014

Just be thankful you aren’t associated with any of these people.

In Pictures: Top tech turkeys of 2014
In Pictures: Hot products from AWS re:Invent

As the show gets rolling this week, here are some of the products on display

In Pictures: Hot products from AWS re:Invent
IN PICTURES: 2014 VMware vForum, Luna Park, Sydney, Day 2 (+14 photos)

The 2014 VMware vForum was held at Sydney’s Luna Park. It is the 10th anniversary of the Australian event and VMware expected more than 7200 attendees. ARN photographer, Ian Sharp, filed this slideshow of highlights of day two of the event and its associated tradeshow.

IN PICTURES: 2014 VMware vForum, Luna Park, Sydney, Day 2 (+14 photos)
In Pictures: 2014’s biggest Cloud deals (so far)

The most important cloud acquisitions this year have one thing in common: OpenStack.

In Pictures: 2014’s biggest Cloud deals (so far)
IN PICTURES: 2014 VMware vForum, Luna Park, Sydney (+29 photos)

The 2014 VMware vForum has kicked off in Sydney’s Luna Park. It is the 10th anniversary of the Australian event and VMware is expecting more than 7200 attendees. ARN photographer, Ian Sharp, filed this slideshow of highlights.

IN PICTURES: 2014 VMware vForum, Luna Park, Sydney (+29 photos)
In Pictures: How giant companies see the Cloud

16 large enterprises talk about their use of the Cloud, their plans, challenges they've run into and how they're approaching the skills issues.

In Pictures: How giant companies see the Cloud
In Pictures: 14 tips to secure Cloud applications

Enterprises are now clamoring for the corporate security gateway to give way to the new Cloud application security gateway.

In Pictures: 14 tips to secure Cloud applications
IN PICTURES: The new Microsoft under Satya Nadella

Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella, has set new goals, taken some decisive actions, moved ahead with works already in progress and made Wall Street happy.

IN PICTURES: The new Microsoft under Satya Nadella
IN PICTURES: Westcon Imagine 2014, Sydney (+64 photos)

The second leg of Westcon Imagine 2014 landed in Sydney at the Hilton Hotel. More than 450 attendees heard from a broad range of speakers including Westcon MD A/NZ, Dave Rosenberg, and Asia-Pacific (APAC) services and Cloud solutions director, Darryl Grauman. Famed pilot, Richard de Crespigny, detailed how the collaborative efforts of pilots, air hosts, and air traffic control led to the effective risk assessment which resulted in the safe landing of an Airbus A380 (Qantas Flight QF32) after it suffered uncontained (and at the time, unexplained) engine failure after leaving Singapore Changi Airport. There were also panel discussions on Data Privacy in 2014 and Making Cloud Profitable. Photos by IAN SHARP.

IN PICTURES: Westcon Imagine 2014, Sydney (+64 photos)
In Pictures: Hot products at VMworld 2014

Click through all the products being released at VMworld this week

In Pictures: Hot products at VMworld 2014
IN PICTURES: ARN Insight Series - Sydney (3)

ARN’s new Insight Series kicked off with a packed room at the Establishment in Sydney. The first of the networking and educational events, set to become a regular on ARN’s red hot events calendar, drew more than 80 people to hear industry expert, Channel Dynamics’ Moheb Moses, deliver timely and vital insights on how to transition your channel to the Cloud. Post-event feedback confirmed the need for the Insight series with strong attendee feedback regarding both the high quality of information disseminated and the number of new and important contacts made.

IN PICTURES: ARN Insight Series - Sydney (3)