IN PICTURES: Cisco and NetApp combine for Westcon-Comstor channel BBQ
Cisco, NetApp and Westcon-Comstor treated resellers to an American BBQ meat fest in Sydney, celebrating the combined companies growing channel base in Australia.
Cisco, NetApp and Westcon-Comstor treated resellers to an American BBQ meat fest in Sydney, celebrating the combined companies growing channel base in Australia.
Logicalis and Thomas Duryea held social drinks at the Tree House in North Sydney, strengthening the company's combined technology partnerships across the Australian industry.
NetApp held its Partner All Flash FAS Drive Day at Peats Ridge where winning partners from the vendor’s AFF incentive program were treated to a drive day behind the wheel of some exotic luxury cars. Photos courtesy of NetApp.
Security company, Palo Alto Networks, has appointed Simon Green as its A/NZ vice-president.
The Distribution Central history goes back to when it was founded in 1992 as Firewall Systems, an IT security services provider. The company was acquired by Scott Frew and Nick Verykios in 2004, with Frew founding LAN Systems - now Westcon-Comstor - and both founding 1World Systems and Micro Networks. This slideshow pays tribute to DC over the years, its co-founders, and the people that have graced both it and Frew and Verykios' associated companies. So here's some some DC party meltdowns plus plenty of history.
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“IT managers are recognising the need for storage transformation to meet the realities of the new Digital Economy..."
$48M in funding and Warmenhoven, Morgenthaler on board
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As companies adapt to business game-changers such as Cloud, Big Data and the Internet of Things, information, at all levels, continues to gather mission critical importance. The Kiwi channel market debated the shifting the role of storage at Gusto Restaurant, Auckland, answering how the channel can rise to the enterprise challenge - sponsored by Dell, EMC, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, NetApp and Westcon Group.
NetApp unveiled the winners of its inaugural Australia and New Zealand Partner Awards at a gala dinner in Sydney last week, honour the best of the Tasman.
NetApp unveiled winners of its inaugural Australia and New Zealand Partner Awards at a gala dinner in Sydney.
“We were very impressed by the participation in our first A/NZ awards, which made selecting finalists a challenging one."
More than 6000 partners converged on The Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas for NetApp's anual partner conference. The message was very much about the data fabric, the vendor's vision for the hybrid Cloud. Photos by Chris Player, who traveled to Insight as a guest of NetApp.