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Slideshows about SMBs

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  IN PICTURES: ARN Breakfast Briefing: Cloud Services

  ARN's latest Breakfast Briefing focused on Cloud Services and was sponsored by NewLease. Attendees were treated to a tasty breakfast ensemble at Sydney's Ivy Sunroom. The event highlighted some tips and key steps to help customers plan for their individual Cloud futures, which Cloud infrastructure and software licensing models work best, and what steps are needed to ensure a smooth transition. Guest speakers included ARN Senior Editor Allan Swann, Tim Sheedy, Forrester's Principal Analyst serving CIOs, Stephen Parker, NewLease's Head of Cloud Strategy, Joel Camissar, McAfee's Director/Service Provider, MSP and Cloud, Asia Pacific, and Michael Diaz, Veeam's ANZ Hosting and Cloud Provider Manager. Photos by Ian Sharp.

  IN PICTURES: ARN Breakfast Briefing: Cloud Services
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  IN PICTURES: ARN Breakfast Briefing, Sydney

  ARN hosted a Breakfast Briefing, Cloud Backup Services Made Easy, with co-sponsors IBM and Front-Safe. Speakers talked about how services providers can best position a back-up-as a-service offering to target businesses both small and large enterprises.

  IN PICTURES: ARN Breakfast Briefing, Sydney
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  In pictures: SMB virtualisation roundtable

  ARN recently held a roundtable on selling virtualisation to SMBs. Attached are highlights from the recent event.

  In pictures: SMB virtualisation roundtable

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News about SMBs

• Should SMBs worry about a recession?

  In a word, no. Companies that think they have to pull back on investments and cut head count are on the wrong track.

• NBN Co funnels $150M to Aussie telcos in ‘hardship’ package

  $50 million pledged to fund discounts for SMBs

• 'Highly impacted' NSW SMBs eligible for $10K coronavirus grant

  SMBs with up to 19 staff can apply

• Federal Govt to launch fairness ‘checklist’ for ICT procurement

  Three new policies launched under procurement reform

• SMBs to get bigger slice of ATO technology contracts

  Tax office to split contracts into smaller bundles

• Optus ups SMB collaboration focus with Sydney innovation hub launch

  The Optus Innovation Hub is aimed at hooking up SMBs and start-ups with technology to drive innovation

Interviews about SMBs

• Profile: Ingram Micro’s APAC Cloud Boss, Richard Duggan

  Discusses the distie’s Cloud launch, and its new partner program

• Interview: Sophos CEO, Kris Hagerman, on the channel, and a world of Cloud-based security

  The CEO also had some choice words for Symantec

Features about SMBs

• MobileMe may find its niche in small business

  Apple's suite of cloud-based tools has a business-friendly feel.

• SMB Virtualisation: Taking the virtualisation journey

  ARN investigates take-up of virtualisation in the SMB sector

• The cheat sheet for small business networks

  The key steps to setting up a small business network