Australian Stories

ACT Government teams with SMS to roll out $8.7 million system for schools

ACT Government to invest $8.7m in new school administration system in partnership with SMS Management - Technology.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Mon, 12th Sep 2016

Microsoft APC Day 4 highlights: Women entrepreneurs, design & partner discussions

Highlights from the final day of the Microsoft Australia Partner Conference ranged from women entrepreneurs, design, empathy and partner discussions.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Fri, 9th Sep 2016

Engineering

NI's James Truchard retires as founding CEO; Alex Davern to lead the way

Alex Davern take over as National Instruments CEO and president; succeeding James Truchard - who has been CEO since the company's beginnings in 1976.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Fri, 9th Sep 2016

Partner Programmes

Check Point to host Australian channel partners in Israel

Check Point is partnering with Arrow ECS to host its inaugural Australia Channel Partner Trip to Israel next week.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Fri, 9th Sep 2016

Global Stories

Network Infrastructure

Aruba channel gets managed services push with new partner program

Aruba has launched new offerings to enable its channel partners, including the Aruba Mobile First Platform and Partner Ready for Networking Program.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Tue, 13th Sep 2016

Fintech

Xero's new offering looks to reimagine the customer experience

Xero launches Live Contacts, a platform that links the accounting platform to the public information of millions of businesses.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Tue, 13th Sep 2016

Hyperscale

How interconnection increased global data flows by 45X

Global data flows surge 45x in a decade, driving a digital economy boom and reshaping global GDP, McKinsey report reveals.

By Staff Writer • 7 min read • Mon, 12th Sep 2016

Disaster Recovery

ProphetStor disaster recovery powers IDC Frontier's Japanese data centers

IDC Frontier Japan has fully integrated ProphetStor Data Services across its nine data centers in Japan, in preparation for its cloud-based DRaaS.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Mon, 12th Sep 2016

Fintech

Party time: Winners take the stage at Xerocon South Partner Awards

It was an exciting night for Xero partners, as winners took the stage to receive their awards at Xerocon South on Friday night. We've got the pics!.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Mon, 12th Sep 2016

Hyperscale

IBM looks to drive greater data center efficiency

IBM releases new servers to drive data center efficiency & performance, collaborating with OpenPOWER Foundation.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Mon, 12th Sep 2016

Partner Programmes

Progress Software hires channel expert Trevor Rogers in senior ANZ role

Progress Software names Trevor Rogers as director of partner and alliance for ANZ, aiming to enhance channel sales and drive digital transformation efforts.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Mon, 12th Sep 2016

Exclusive Networks

Exclusive Group revenue soars with six month results equal to full 2014

Exclusive Networks' parent company is on track in its vision of doubling revenue every two years, clocking €575m in the first six months of 2016.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Mon, 12th Sep 2016

Network Infrastructure

It's 'business as usual' for RSA as it transitions through Dell-EMC merger

Interview: Antoine Le Tard speaks about 'business as usual' and RSA's continuing mission as the company becomes part of the new Dell Technologies.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Mon, 12th Sep 2016

Microsoft

Five key takeaways from Microsoft's partner conference

Four days, seven keynotes, hundreds of sessions and hours of networking opportunities... ChannelLife takes a look at the key themes at APC.

By Heather Wright • 6 min read • Fri, 9th Sep 2016

Hyperscale

Too hard basket: Australian expansion into Asia harder than expected

Nearly 50% of Australian businesses expanding into Asia fail to recognize any competitive advantage, a new study shows.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Fri, 9th Sep 2016

Unified Communications

Two companies collaborate to boost independent cyber security firm

Intel Corporation and TPG have joined forces to establish a new independent cyber security company called McAfee.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Fri, 9th Sep 2016

Stories from Other Regions

Partner Programmes

Brightpoint offers sweet music to retailers with B&O Play agency deal

Ingram Micro subsidiary Brightpoint has been appointed as B&O Play's strategic distributor for NZ as the Bang & Olufsen company ramps up its Kiwi play.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 12th Sep 2016