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Channel treated to a touch of tangerine as NEXTGEN hosts Summer Party 2017

Following its success in 2016, NEXTGEN held its annual Summer Party on Bennelong Lawn in the Sydney Botanical Gardens, amidst a backdrop of Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge views. With a touch of tangerine dress code, the specialist distributor hosted Actifio, Commvault, Nimble Storage, Oracle, SAP and SolarWinds, alongside key reseller partners across the channel. Photos by Maria Stefina.

Channel treated to a touch of tangerine as NEXTGEN hosts Summer Party 2017
IN PICTURES: Four Seasons of the Kiwi Channel - A look back at Autumn 2015

Before 2016 fully gets underway, Reseller News takes a look back at what made the headlines in the New Zealand channel during 2015 - starting with Autumn...

IN PICTURES: Four Seasons of the Kiwi Channel - A look back at Autumn 2015
IN PICTURES: Hitachi Data Systems Connect 2015

Over 80 partners hit the Sheraton Noosa for the HDS annual A/NZ partner summit. Attendees heard presentations from HDS on its partner strategy for the coming year and alliance partners SAP, VMware and Veritas. The vendor also used the last night of the event to honour its most successful partners. Photos by Chris Player who travelled to Connect 2015 as a guest of Hitachi Data Systems.

IN PICTURES: Hitachi Data Systems Connect 2015
IN PICTURES: SAP Young ICT Explorers hits Townsville (+33 photos)

The fifth stop on this year’s seven part road show saw the Young ICT Explorers hit Townsville for the first regional stop of the tour, 34 students from eight schools entered 19 projects. Presenting the awards was Digital Careers program director and Young ICT Explorers founder, Dr. Karsten Schultz and SAP director in-memory database platforms & Big Data, Ryan Blackwood. Photos courtesy of Flickr

IN PICTURES: SAP Young ICT Explorers hits Townsville (+33 photos)
IN PICTURES: SAP Young ICT Explorers Sydney - Winners (+43 photos)

The SAP Young ICT Explorers event in Sydney showcased the remarkable ingenuity of NSW students in their approach to technology. Winners were awarded in five categories: years 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10 and 11-12. Prizes for first, second and third were given along with merit awards. Presentations were made by SAP A/NZ vice president and general manager of global partner operations, Greg Miller, Digital Careers national program director, Karsten Schulz and NSW MP for the district of Sydney, Alex Greenwich.

IN PICTURES: SAP Young ICT Explorers Sydney - Winners (+43 photos)
IN PICTURES: SAP Young ICT Explorers Sydney event, Show Floor (+37 photos)

Students from years three to 12 spent months working on their projects for the NSW leg of the SAP Young ICT Explorers competition 2015. From fully fledged games to help nine-year-olds with long division, to garbage cleaning robots and freshness monitors for sushi, the kids leveraged technology in innovative and exciting ways. The future is indeed bright for the ICT industry.

IN PICTURES: SAP Young ICT Explorers Sydney event, Show Floor (+37 photos)
EDGE 2015: Day One - Keynote and plenary sessions (+47 photos)

Here are pictorial highlights of the morning session, day one at EDGE 2015 featuring the keynote by former Chief of the Army, Lieutenant General David Morrison, and plenary sessions from SAP - presented by SAP VP and GM Global Partner Operations, A/NZ, Greg Miller - and Huawei, presented by John Lord AM, chairman, Huawei Technologies Australia, and Huawei Enterprise director of channel sales, Leo Lynch. Photos by Alison George

EDGE 2015: Day One - Keynote and plenary sessions (+47 photos)
IN PICTURES: EDGE 2015 reception and welcome dinner

ARN and Reseller News, along with EDGE's platinum sponsors (SAP, Huawei and VMware), welcomed delegates to Port Douglas and EDGE 2015 with a cocktail party and casual dinner on the terrace next to the beach. What better way to start the conference. Good food and good networking under the Queensland tropical skies. Photos by Hafizah Osman in Port Douglas.

IN PICTURES: EDGE 2015 reception and welcome dinner
IN PICTURES: EDGE 2015 - Scenes from the welcome dinner and day one (+ 14 photos)

ARN and Reseller News, along with EDGE's platinum sponsors (SAP, Huawei and VMware), welcomed delegates to Port Douglas and EDGE 2015 with a cocktail party and casual dinner on the terrace next to the beach. What better way to start the conference. Good food and good networking under the Queensland tropical skies.

IN PICTURES: EDGE 2015 - Scenes from the welcome dinner and day one (+ 14 photos)
IN PICTURES: ARN Roundtable - Generation Cloud: Building Next Gen Applications and Services

At an exclusive ARN Roundtable lunch select attendees discussed the evolution of the Cloud market, from the early days and its definition to the promise of the future and what apps and services are attractive to customers. Indeed, the Cloud market has moved beyond the start up phase and into mainstream usage. Cloud is no longer seen as a luxury, or an experimentation - it is now a necessity. It’s now about the implementation and execution of Cloud solutions, all with an eye to profit margins. Photos by MIKE GEE

IN PICTURES: ARN Roundtable - Generation Cloud: Building Next Gen Applications and Services
In Pictures: Bloodiest tech industry layoffs of 2014, so far

Microsoft leads the way, but has plenty of company on jobs cut front

In Pictures: Bloodiest tech industry layoffs of 2014, so far
COMMUNITY: Winners of SAP’s 2011 Young ICT Explorers competition announced

Held in conjunction with the University of Queensland, the competition brought together 73 teams of school students from around Queensland to compete for the title of Young ICT Explorers of the Year.

COMMUNITY: Winners of SAP’s 2011 Young ICT Explorers competition announced