Patriot games: NAB CTOO Patrick Wright’s tech insourcing play
In November last year National Australia Bank (NAB) announced a bold and urgent ambition: to directly hire 600 technology specialists before the year was out.
In November last year National Australia Bank (NAB) announced a bold and urgent ambition: to directly hire 600 technology specialists before the year was out.
ARN is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2015 ARN ICT Industry Awards. Competition was tough across the eight categories, with a new record of entries (460). It was a great result and nearly doubled the number of nominations from 2014.
Dicker Data has formally announced its CloudPortal, a single destination to manage subscriptions, renewals and other commitments.
The Australian market is moving towards not owning IT, and Channel Dynamics is now seeing it migrate to the Cloud and managed services.
Specialist IT distributor DPSA has struck a distribution deal with security camera manufacturer Pelco.
Citrix's partners showcased their solutions and technologies at the Citrix Synergy '13 expo. Vendor partners who displayed solutions included Cisco, NetApp, HP, Dell and Samsung. Many of the partners also detailed their solutions and how they supported Citrix's technologies.
Technology vendors were out and about showcasing their latest innovations and solutions at the recent CeBIT 2013 exhibiton in Hannover, Germany. Check out this slideshow of the general exhibition. Photos courtesy of Dominic Whitehand, WhiteGold Solutions.
WhiteGold recently celebrated its 10th anniversary southern region event, 89 floors up the Eureka Tower in Melbourne. More than 100 attendees enjoyed drinks, canapés and finger food, and were entertained by a magician as well as a caricature artist. Here are some of the pictures from the event.
Governments need to work with consumers, vendors and ISPs to make sure they understand internet and security risks and what to do about those risks, according to Attorney General Department’s secretary, Roger Wilkins.
IT shops are seeking loans and lease agreements in rapidly increasing numbers as they struggle through a recession. The worldwide market for IT financing and leasing is set to exceed US$100 billion in calendar year 2009.
Concentrating on core skills, realigning the business and establishing a consultative connection with customers are a few ways the channel plans to keep afloat in the tighter economic market.
The days of referring to the leading management software vendors as the "big four" are numbered, industry watchers predict, as challengers to BMC, CA, HP and IBM now include a variety of competitors from starts-up to software giants such as Microsoft and Oracle.