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Tech Data achieves Professional Services Certification across APAC

Mon, 10th Apr 2017
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​Tech Data announced that it has made further inroads in the APAC region - specifically India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
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Queensland's Connected Care Program prospers with Simient partnership

Mon, 10th Apr 2017
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Leveraging Microsoft Dynamics CRM, they have established a single consolidated information system to ensure access to clinical real time information.
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Huawei outlines cloud strategy for the Pacific Islands - including new partnership

Mon, 10th Apr 2017
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​Huawei recently announced its cloud strategy to help telecom operators and governments drive digital transformation in the Pacific Islands.
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Okta celebrates going public on the Nasdaq Stock Market

Mon, 10th Apr 2017
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The enterprise software company is quickly becoming a household name in APAC with great inroads in Australia and New Zealand.
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Highlights from another action-packed week in the Aussie channel

Fri, 7th Apr 2017
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Another week in the Aussie channel goes by full of distie deals, vendor offerings, executive appointments and exciting future predictions.
Cloud money

IDC: Worldwide cloud IT infrastructure spend jumps almost 10% in 2016

Fri, 7th Apr 2017
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Vendor revenue from sales of infrastructure products for cloud IT grew to $32.6 billion in 2016, with Japan leading the way and APAC above average.
Business tug of war

Schneider Electric wins court case over DPSA's unpaid debts - thanks existing partners

Fri, 7th Apr 2017
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Schneider Electric emerges victorious in court battle with data center infrastructure distributor DPSA over unpaid debts.
Global data

International subsea cable going ahead – including acquisition of the driver

Thu, 6th Apr 2017
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AARNet, Google, Indosat Ooredoo, Singtel, SubPartners, and Telstra have entered into an agreement to build a new international subsea cable system.
Plane clouds

James Hennah appointed by BT to lead South East Asia operations

Thu, 6th Apr 2017
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He will lead BT's South East Asia team from Singapore, focusing mainly on Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand and the Philippines.
Merging businesses

ManageEngine integrates IT service desk to make life easier for MSPs

Thu, 6th Apr 2017
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ServiceDesk Plus MSP has now been fused with ManageEngine's sales and finance apps (Zoho CRM), Zoho Books and Zoho Invoice.
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Tech Data and Westcon-Comstor make the cut as APJ distie partners for Datadobi

Thu, 6th Apr 2017
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Datadobi recently announced the appointment of Tech Data and Westcon-Comstor as their distribution partners for Asia Pacific and Japan.
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MessageMedia Group hones in on channel with new CSO appointment

Wed, 5th Apr 2017
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MessageMedia Group boosts exec team, tapping Andrew Mumford as CSO to spearhead tech-driven global sales expansion.
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Gartner: 90% of organisations to adopt hybrid infrastructure by 2020

Wed, 5th Apr 2017
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​Gartner's report contains a series of predictions about IT infrastructure services that could have some serious implications on the industry.
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Motorola Solutions launch next-gen features at channel partner conferences

Wed, 5th Apr 2017
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partner conference
A thriving partner community of more than 800 attended the events across Asia Pacific, making them a great success.
Winner trophy

Consulting partner Versent wins big at the AWS Partner Summit

Wed, 5th Apr 2017
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Versent clinches AWS Consulting Partner of the Year, heralding cloud innovation with their promising Stax tool.
Big data future

McAfee officially goes it alone as independent company - backed by two giants

Wed, 5th Apr 2017
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McAfee is now officially an independent company, with TPG owning 51% and Intel 49% in a transaction valuing the business at approximately $4.2b.
Merging

New company emerges from CSC and HPE Enterprise Services merger

Tue, 4th Apr 2017
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DXC Technology is a new organisation that has been created by the merger of CSC and the Enterprise Services business of HPE.
Rosy future

Acronis announces features to open new revenue opportunities for MSPs

Tue, 4th Apr 2017
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Acronis claims to have the world's only data protection solution designed for service providers in the booming cloud backup market.
Business meeting

NTT Data and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to form new IT company

Tue, 4th Apr 2017
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The deal will see the two corporations collaborate to establish a new company, based on the existing MHI Information Systems Company.
Big announcement

Ericsson appoints new market head for Oceania, South East Asia & India

Tue, 4th Apr 2017
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​Ericsson recently declared it was making some substantial changes to its business strategy, structure and executive team.