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Building the skills to thrive in the modern channel

This exclusive ARN Roundtable, in association with Microsoft, outlined the skills and strategies required for partners to thrive and be profitable in today's modern channel.

Building the skills to thrive in the modern channel
Bumper channel crowd kicks off Ingram Micro One APAC in Singapore

More than 1300 business leaders from across Asia Pacific came together for the second running of Ingram Micro One APAC in Singapore.

Bumper channel crowd kicks off Ingram Micro One APAC in Singapore
Synnex unveils TaaS offering alongside Microsoft and HP

Synnex unveiled its technology-as-a-service (TaaS) offering to the Australian channel, alongside Microsoft, HP and Managed Services Finance.

Synnex unveils TaaS offering alongside Microsoft and HP
Google and Microsoft tackle triple value play at Synnex Alliance 2018

This Synnex Alliance roadshow, in association with Google and Microsoft, started with the end-user and worked back to define the notion of value, outlining the lucrative partner opportunities ahead in 2018.

Google and Microsoft tackle triple value play at Synnex Alliance 2018
Meet the top performing Aussie Microsoft partners

Microsoft unveiled the winners of its latest local awards on 14 November during its annual Microsoft Summit event in Sydney, naming Advance Computing, GIS People, Insync, Avanade, Cloud Collective and Single Cell among the Microsoft Australia Partner Awards winners for 2017.

Meet the top performing Aussie Microsoft partners
Dicker Data delves deep into digital transformation as TechX 2017 unlocks IoT opportunities

Dicker Data welcomed over 1,000 partners to TechX 2017 in Sydney, with leading vendors - Cisco, HP, Microsoft, Dell EMC, Lenovo and Hewlett Packard Enterprise - outlining the future opportunities around digital transformation and the Internet of Things. Photos by Maria Stefina.

Dicker Data delves deep into digital transformation as TechX 2017 unlocks IoT opportunities
Examining the changing job scene in the Aussie channel

Typically, the New Year brings new opportunities for personnel within the Australian channel. 2017 started no differently, with a host of appointments, departures and reshuffles across vendor, distributor and reseller businesses. As a result, the job scene across Australia has changed - here’s a run down of who is working where in the year ahead…

Examining the changing job scene in the Aussie channel
Top 15 Aussie tech storylines to follow in 2017

The New Year brings the usual new round of humdrum technology predictions, glaringly general, unashamedly safe and perpetually predictable. But while the industry no longer sees value in “cloud is now the norm” type projections, value can be found in following developments of the year previous, analysing behaviours and patterns to formulate a plan for the 12 months ahead. Consequently, here’s the top tech storylines to follow in Australia during 2017.

Top 15 Aussie tech storylines to follow in 2017
Top 50 defining moments of the Australian channel in 2016

ARN looks back on a tumultuous 12 months for the Australian channel, assessing the fallout from a year of sizeable industry change. Whether it be local or global mergers and acquisitions, public splits or job changes, the channel that started the year differs somewhat to the one set to finish it - ARN assesses the key moments that made 2016.

Top 50 defining moments of the Australian channel in 2016
IN PICTURES: Meet Microsoft's leading Aussie partners of 2016...

Microsoft recognised its top performing Australian partners in 2016, revealed on the opening day of the tech giant’s Australia Partner Conference in Gold Coast.

IN PICTURES: Meet Microsoft's leading Aussie partners of 2016...
IN PICTURES: Channel converges on the Gold Coast as Microsoft kicks off APC 2016

Over 1,300 delegates descended on the Gold Coast as Microsoft kicked off its 2016 Australia Partner Conference, honouring its top performing partners ahead of four days of conferencing.

IN PICTURES: Channel converges on the Gold Coast as Microsoft kicks off APC 2016
2016 ARN ICT Industry Awards - Meet the finalists...

ARN is proud to announce the finalists for the 2016 ARN ICT Industry Awards, celebrating the success of vendors, distributors and partners during the previous 12 months, while also acknowledging outstanding individuals and their achievements. With the celebration dinner set for September 15 in Sydney, here's a full rundown of the finalists...

2016 ARN ICT Industry Awards - Meet the finalists...
IN PICTURES: Staples and partners prepare businesses for millennials (+15 photos)

Staples recently hosted its CEO Connect "Preparing your business for the Millennials" breakfast event, where 73 CEOs from the NSW chapter of the CEO Institute leant about how their companies should be prepared for a new generation in their workforce. Staples vice-president of sales, Tim Sleep, together with Lenovo Asia-Pacific CMO, Nick Reynolds; Microsoft’s Brett Fraser; and Generation E’s Biagio LaRosa delivered a compelling message to these leaders around preparing their business for millennials. Discussion themes included Cloud, activity based working and social media, which were comprehensively covered by the speakers.

IN PICTURES: Staples and partners prepare businesses for millennials (+15 photos)
IN PICTURES: Staples Technology Solutions Ignite 2016 heads to Kingscliff

Kingscliff on the NSW north coast was the backdrop for the Staples team from Australia and New Zealand who gathered together with the company’s strategic partners - Microsoft, Lenovo and HP. With a strong focus on innovation, the event drove an agenda that fostered growth and capitalisation on market opportunities in end user computing, Cloud, unified communications and managed print and content services.

IN PICTURES: Staples Technology Solutions Ignite 2016 heads to Kingscliff
IN PICTURES: Ingram Micro brings Experience to Sydney channel (+21 photos)

Royal Randwick Racecourse played host to the Sydney leg of the Ingram Micro Experience 2016 national tour. Partners from across the city and interstate turned out to see new offerings from vendors and attend workshops on Cloud, Business development, Aruba and Microsoft. Pictures by Chris Player.

IN PICTURES: Ingram Micro brings Experience to Sydney channel (+21 photos)