The 2015 Women in ICT Awards Judges' Breakfast was held at the Zeta Bar in the Hilton Hotel, Sydney, on November 6, with a strong roll-up from this year's judges, all of whom are industry leaders and figureheads. The event was hosted by ARN publisher and president, Susan Searle. Photos by ARN Editorial Director, Mike Gee.
Fuji Xerox Printers recently held its product solutions forum at the Sydney Olympic Park. About 60 distributors and resellers attended the event, which saw the company unveil its new Smart Series print solutions and discuss the current state of the printing industry. The attendees also sat through workshops and networked over lunch.
The Oki Data ChannelOne Dealer Forum and product launch saw the vendor's executive series channel partners learn about its new line of enterprise-class A3 multifunction printers. Oki also updated resellers on its new channel program, marketing initiatives, and price repositioning of existing products.
Nimble Storage's Asia-Pacific (APAC) partner event was held at the Chateau Elan Resort in the Hunter Valley, with 120 from 90 partner organisations in attendance. The three-day event merged shop-talk with recreation, with an awards ceremony rounding out the event. Photos: Shinara Armitage Photography
Australian distributor, Ingram Micro, will focus on opportunities in virtual workspaces and next-generation end user computing (EUC) at its upcoming VMware Accelerate seminar on June 4.
ARN's reseller-only event, Stay Ahead of the Game, was held in Perth on October 1 at the Aviary. Sponsored by Dicker Data, Microsoft, and Fujitsu, the event focused on partner know-how in virtualisation and Cloud services. The information sessions were accompanied by networking, drinks, canapes, and a live jazz band. An Xbox Kinect bundle was also given away.
Channel marketing and communications company, TechnoPlanet, celebrated its Australian launch with an event in Sydney where it hosted a selection of vendors and resellers. The small-scale event, named VARTrends, focused on evaluating contemporary trends impacting local resellers (including VARs and MSPs), and the way in which these can capitalise as the IT landscape evolves.
The second session of the ARN and Seagate NAS Summit was held in Sydney with speakers from prominent storage vendors discussing growth and opportunity in the Big Data applications, virtualisation and Cloud markets.
Themed the Seven Deadly Sins, Cisco hosted a party for its staff and partners to see off Cisco Live! 2013 with a blast. The lavish event had plenty of sins/delights to indulge in - from a money machine booth, Lamborghini, ice-cream trays, a video area with beanbags to laser tag. All this and more to a cool soundtrack as the Irish-Australian group, Potbelleez, rocked the house throughout the night.
The final leg of Altech's Summit Expo 2012 took place at the Southee Complex in Sydney's Olympic Park on Wednesday. The event featured stands from Altech's vendor line-up.
