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Demand for cloud brokers is driving new opportunities for service providers and IT departments. But what makes a successful cloud broker?.

Customers will be in the driving seat this year as digital transformation ramps up – but first technology issues will need to be addressed.

Lenovo Australia's office turned into a canine haven to boost morale and support rescued pups with its Dog Days of Summer.

Hemisphere Technologies has been acquired in a deal the security distie says provides partners with increased market opportunities.

Dave Rosenberg will head up Westcon-Comstor's Kiwi operations next year, with the distributor currently looking to hire an Aussie managing director.

Another year older, a little bit wiser? We take a look back at 2016 and the stories that shaped the Australian channel.

Dell Wyse has added Ingram Micro to its line-up of Australian distributors, in a deal which Ingram Micro says rounds out its commercial offering.

After 21 years, Pip Marlow departs Microsoft Australia for Suncorp role, handing reins to Steven Worrall come January.

Avaya is ramping up its mid-market push with a new version of its contact centre platform featuring significant report and installation enhancements.

Avaya International boss Nidal Abou-Ltaif tells customers and partners the vendor is bullish and confident as it continues to forge a new path.

Australia's CCNA and Macquarie Bank have picked up key Avaya awards, with a slew of Asia Pacific partners and customers also claiming glory.

Local ShoreTel partners have experienced a space odyssey at the Kennedy Space Center after winning the vendor's Great Rewards 2016 incentives program.

UltraServe is ramping up its plans for international growth with a new VP of operations to manage senior project engineers and general ops.

Local partners and customers turned out for Avaya Engage in Dubai last week, where transformation - including that of Avaya - was a key focus.

Avaya is ramping up its push to drive SDN networking skills development - and DX - with the expansion of its Ace-Fx training.

Ingram Micro is now part of Chinese giant HNA Group after the US$6 billion acquisition announced back in February successfully closed this week.

Digital transformation widens the business gap, with 'haves' lagging behind 'have mores', says Avaya's Abou-Ltaif at Dubai conference.

Veeam boosts enterprise reach via strategic partnership with HPE, offering integrated data solutions to APAC customers in 2017.

Changing ICT priorities are driving Aussie infrastructure-as-a-service spend rapidly upwards, with Telsyte forecasting spend to surpass $1b by 2020.

Queensland's Tech Project is serving up Alcatel Lucent Enterprise's OpenTouch Enterprise Cloud as ALE pushes its new consumption-based offerings.