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  IN PICTURES: Channel carves through Queenstown canyon as WatchGuard honours top-performing trans-Tasman partners

  Local distributors Dicker Data and Exclusive Networks in Australia, and Exeed in New Zealand joined a host of top performing trans-Tasman partners in Queenstown last week, for an adventure packed WatchGuard Australia and New Zealand Partner conference.

  IN PICTURES: Channel carves through Queenstown canyon as WatchGuard honours top-performing trans-Tasman partners
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  IN PICTURES: Cisco Live! 2016 customer appreciation evening (+22 photos)

  ​Cisco recently hosted a customer appreciation evening for some of its valued partners at its annual Cisco Live! 2016 event in Melbourne. Here are some snaps from the evening.

  IN PICTURES: Cisco Live! 2016 customer appreciation evening (+22 photos)
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  IN PICTURES: Trend Micro networking Events, Melbourne and Sydney (+10 photos)

  Trend Micro and its partners kicked off the year with a bang at two partner networking evenings in Melbourne and Sydney. The partner evenings, held at the Mon Bijou Penthouse in Melbourne and The Ivy Penthouse in Sydney, offered partners an informal opportunity to celebrate the year ahead and network with the Trend Micro channel team. Trend Micro unveiled its 2016 road map on the evening, along with new partner benefits and rewards available to its partners this year. The company also launched its new partner portal. (Photos courtesy of Trend Micro)

  IN PICTURES: Trend Micro networking Events, Melbourne and Sydney (+10 photos)
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  IN PICTURES: Top global partners unite as Cisco kicks off Partner Summit 2016 in San Diego

  Cisco kicked off its Partner Summit 2016 in San Diego this week, an invite-only premier partner event gathering top resellers from around the world.

  IN PICTURES: Top global partners unite as Cisco kicks off Partner Summit 2016 in San Diego
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  IN PICTURES: Brocade partners with EMC, Hitachi Data Systems, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and IBM at inaugural Storage Networking Roadshow

  Brocade held its inaugural Storage Networking Roadshow with key global storage partners to outline the benefits of what new storage technologies can deliver.

  IN PICTURES: Brocade partners with EMC, Hitachi Data Systems, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and IBM at inaugural Storage Networking Roadshow
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  IN PICTURES: Citrix Summit 2016 partner appreciation party

  On the last day of the Citrix Summit 2016, partners were treated to a partner appreciation party with a guest performance from 1990's rockers, The Goo Goo Dolls. The Summit, which ran from January 11 - 13, was held at the MGM Grand with more than 4000 delegates in attendance. Julia Talevski attended as a guest of Citrix.

  IN PICTURES: Citrix Summit 2016 partner appreciation party

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News about Networking

• How to combat counterfeit network gear

  Tips for avoiding fake gear and what to do if businesses discover phoney devices on the network.

• Top trends set to impact infrastructure and operations in 2023

  SASE, wireless, cloud, platform engineering among trends driving I&O changes, Gartner says

• Google Cloud adds networking, security features for enterprises

  Google Cloud has rolled out 20+ new features including Layer 7 security, policy analysis, and expanded network-connectivity options.

• Software vulnerabilities pose risk to network infrastructure

  IT pros need to require software bills of materials for the open source networking software used in their enterprises to guard against potential threats.

• 7 ways businesses can fight network tool sprawl

  Managing a bevy of overlapping tools can create inefficiencies for network teams, but there are ways to address the problem.

• Network mistakes and misconfigurations cost companies millions

  Titania research pegs losses from misconfigurations at average of nine per cent of annual revenue.

Interviews about Networking

• ​Basil Reilly - The Integration Game

  Fresh from buying Thomas Duryea Consulting, Logicalis Australia CEO discusses the human side of an acquisition.

• ​INSIGHT: How will Ericsson / Cisco partnership impact CSPs?

  "Both players have strong complementary CSP product portfolio capabilities."

• ​Aruba kicks off local trans-Tasman conference with raft of new wins

  Hewlett Packard Enterprise company announces new customers Dick Smith, Crown Resorts, Fed Square and UTAS.

• INSIGHT: Why HP’s China deal threatens Huawei/Lenovo dominance

  "If the new H3C effectively manages the transition to leverage the strengths of each company, they will be poised to become a new giant."

• Extreme Networks CEO touts open SDN strategy, robust wireless as key assets in changing net market

  How software-defined networking is reshaping the industry

• Cisco describes its SDN vision: A Q&A with Soni Jiandani

  Jiandani is Senior Vice President of Cisco's Insieme business unit, the group pushing the company's Software Defined Networking vision.

Features about Networking

• Meg Whitman tells IT leaders everything they need to know about HP Enterprise

  In a recent interview, HP Enterprise CEO Meg Whitman discusses her firm's RD strategy and how it differentiates itself from other IT vendors in areas ...

• ​Cisco stays clear of HP and Juniper as ethernet switch market growth flattens

  “Overall revenue and port shipment growth rebounded somewhat in 3Q15..."

• ​Delving deep into the datacentre... The definitive trends of 2016

  “Data centre technologies are emerging and evolving at an astounding pace."

• ​Rich history of channel innovation as Westcon Group turns 30

  “It is with tremendous pride that we celebrate this milestone in the history of our company."

• BYOD is as entrenched (and complicated) as ever

  But companies might not save as much as expected by pushing hardware costs off to employees

• ​Data centre priorities change as Software-Defined Networking adoption rises in enterprise

  "Traditional approaches to wide-area networking no longer meet the needs of business."