"Staples" news, interviews, and features

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How can the channel create margin through mobility?

A top priority yet rarely maximised, the increasingly mobile workforce continues to place new strains on static Australian businesses. This ARN roundtable, in association with Zebra, HP and Brother, measured the market potential of mobility in the channel, assessing the impact of a changing workforce alongside the challenges associated with fluctuating end-user expectations. Photos by Maria Stefina.

How can the channel create margin through mobility?
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: TAS ICT and MPS Summit (+21 photos)

Staples, along with its strategic partners Microsoft, Konica Minolta, Datacore, Fortinet and The Mastermind Group hosted 60 customers and partners from the Tasmanian industry at its Summit. Representatives from Federal Group, University of TAS, MyState, TAS Sports and Local GOV were present and highly engaged in topics such as new technologies, securing IT networks, and IT asset management. Here are some pictures from the event.

IN PICTURES: TAS ICT and MPS Summit (+21 photos)
IN PICTURES: Vinnies CEO Sleepout 2015 (+34 images)

ARN caught up with the channel's tech bosses braving a brutal wet winter night as part of the 10th annual Vinnies CEO Sleepout held at Sydney's Luna Park. Photos By Allan Swann

IN PICTURES: Vinnies CEO Sleepout 2015 (+34 images)
IN PICTURES: Staples Ignite conference, Hunter Valley, NSW (+30 photos)

The Staples Technology Solutions team hosted its 2015 Ignite sales conference at the beautiful Chateau Elan At The Vintage in the Hunter Valley from March 11-13. Staples' teams flew in from around Australia and NZ and the company's three most strategic partners along – Microsoft, Lenovo and HP - all attended, along with along experts in Cloud, MSP and mobility presenting who presented at the events. Here are some highlights. Photos courtesy of Staples.

IN PICTURES: Staples Ignite conference, Hunter Valley, NSW (+30 photos)
IN PICTURES: Nutanix boss comes down under to meet partners

Nutanix's global sales vice-president, Sudheesh Nair, ended his trip to Australia with a networking evening with the vendor's business partners. In attendance were vendors with complementary product, distributor WhiteGold Solutions, and a range of specialist resellers. The event was hosted at the Argyle in The Rocks, Sydney.

IN PICTURES: Nutanix boss comes down under to meet partners
IN PICTURES: CEOs sleep out in Sydney

CEOs from around Australia gathered to help raise funds to fight homelessness at the 2013 Vinnies CEO Sleepout. In raising donations for the St Vincent de Paul Society, CEOs braced the cold with nothing more than a cardboard plank for shelter and a sleeping bag. Dinner was a bowl of soup. ARN caught up with several of the IT leaders who braved the wintery conditions for the Sydney sleepout, at Carriageworks. Are you pictured?

IN PICTURES: CEOs sleep out in Sydney