Westcon pilots cloud platform in NZ, intends global launch later this year
Distributor Westcon Group is piloting its own cloud managed services and syndication platform among reseller partners in NZ.
Distributor Westcon Group is piloting its own cloud managed services and syndication platform among reseller partners in NZ.
Westcon New Zealand and Data#3 took top honours at Symantec's 2014 Pacific Partner Awards in Sydney, winning the Distributor of the Year and Symantec Partner of the Year categories, respectively. The firms were selected judged on overall performance in revenue growth, achievement of Symantec specialisation, joint marketing activities, program adoption, technical expertise and customer service excellence. Other winners included Ethan Group, Insight, Intalock, Insentra, and Datacom NZ.
Westcon Group's resellers are now being rewarded for the artfulness of opening a deal, rather than closing one.
CA Technologies has appointed Simon Bills to head up the company’s data management business in the A/NZ region.
ARN's latest roundtable was held at the Langham Hotel, Sydney. From software-defined datacentres (SDDC) to an ever-increasing focus on sustainability, the datacentre market in Australia is thriving and undergoing massive change thanks to game-changing technologies including Cloud computing. The exclusive Roundtable discussed the latest trends in the datacentre space, predictions for 2014 and looked at areas of opportunity for channel players. Photographs by Ian Sharp
In a changing ICT sector, Weston Group New Zealand managing director, Dave Rosenberg, advises not to wait for possible changes in the market but to work with what is there.
Cisoc promotes Adams, builds on A/NZ channel strategies
What would it mean to win an ARN Personal Innovation Award? We asked this year’s finalists to tell us. Ten accepted the offer and the resulting video interviews are now online.
Back up and disaster recovery vendor, [[xref:http://www.arnnet.com.au/tag/StorageCraft|StorageCraft|All on StorageCraft]] has appointed Noel Allnutt as Sales Manager across A/NZ.
In The second of a two-part series, ARN asked a host of distributors, ranging from traditional players to niche providers, their 2011 action plans and strategies.
Storage vendor, EMC, is preparing for a major increase in SMB resellers as it introduces big changes to its partner system for 2011. It also plans to double its channel-dedicated headcount.
Storage giant, EMC, is changing its distribution model for “Signature Partners” and will require them to purchase through distributors, rather than buy directly.
Administrator documents reveal management didn't pay enough attention to the actual financial position of the business and the easy supply of cash from the parent company, leading to a lack of focus
The Australian dollar is expected to reach new highs peaking at $US1.05 in the next three to six months, according to Westpac chief economist, Bill Evans.
Westcon Imagine: Highlights of the party at converged networking, security and storage event