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Veeam crowned 'clear market leader' for data availability and protection in cloud era

Thu, 27th Oct 2016
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Veeam is celebrating after being named 'the clear market leader' in Ovum's new Decision Matrix for data availability and protection for the cloud era.
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Hemisphere Technologies snaps up Centrify agency

Thu, 27th Oct 2016
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Centrify has signed Hemisphere Technologies as its first ANZ wide distributor in a deal the distie says adds 'great value' for its channel partners.
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Data#3 scoops up DET contract for 12,000 HP devices

Thu, 27th Oct 2016
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Up to 12,000 HP devices will be winging their way to Queensland schools following Data#3's win of a Department of Education and Training contract.
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Microsoft Ignite NZ: IoT, data analytics, AI and the future of Microsoft Services

Thu, 27th Oct 2016
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Microsoft's Darren Hubert specialises in 'the art of the possible'. He talks IoT, data analytics, augmented reality and digital transformation.
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SD-Wan provider appoints Rhipe, Leader Computers; eyes rapid local growth

Wed, 26th Oct 2016
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Australian SD-Wan provider NetLinkz has begun an aggressive local expansion, appointing Rhipe and Leader Computers as its local distributors.
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Aussie tablet sales bounce back - and there's good PC news for the rest of 2016

Tue, 25th Oct 2016
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Australian tablet sales have seen modest growth for H1 2016 according to Telsyte, which says there's also a PC refresh on its way.
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Accelerated Concepts fires up local channel for 4G failover routers

Tue, 25th Oct 2016
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4G failover router vendor Accelerated Concepts has signed NPS as its master reseller for Australia and New Zealand as it gears up for a channel push.
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Deloitte adds network design and deployment with Plenary Networks deal

Tue, 25th Oct 2016
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Deloitte has continued its acquisition path, snapping up Plenary Networks to provide new network design and deployment capabilities.
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Exclusive: Westcon-Comstor serves up SMB 'business in a box' - and AWS margins

Tue, 25th Oct 2016
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Westcon-Comstor has debuted an SMB 'business in a box' option on the back of its work with Maestrano - and margins for some AWS offerings.
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Dicker Data joins Aussie Microsoft Surface distie lineup

Tue, 25th Oct 2016
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Dicker Data become a commercial distributor for Microsoft's full range of Surface Pro 4 and Surface book offerings.
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Hemisphere Technologies scoops up exclusive F-Secure distribution

Thu, 20th Oct 2016
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Hemisphere Technologies has inked an exclusive distie deal with F-Secure opening the door for new business opportunities for the local channel.
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Oracle takes on cloud security with Identity Cloud Service

Thu, 20th Oct 2016
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Oracle launches Identity Cloud Service, revolutionising security by shifting focus from networks to user identity in the cloud era.
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Duo adds next-gen 'human' MFA identity access management offering to lineup

Wed, 19th Oct 2016
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Duo is hoping to help resellers break 'the circle of compromise' with the signing of a distie deal for NoPassword multi-factor authentication IAM.
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Veeam continues high local growth; ups cloud push

Wed, 19th Oct 2016
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Veeam Software has continued its rapid growth, with the vendor logging a 21% increase in total revenue bookings across Australia and New Zealand in Q3.
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Exclusive: Westcon-Comstor to bring cloud and CLP together on BlueSky

Tue, 18th Oct 2016
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Westcon-Comstor is bringing cloud and CLP together under its BlueSky platform, enabling resellers to manage both from a single portal.
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Synnex gears up to help Australian resellers take advantage of IoT

Tue, 18th Oct 2016
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Synnex Australia teams up with tech giants to empower Aussie resellers in the booming IoT market, targeting commercial sectors.
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Exclusive: Ransomware isn't hard to beat - here's how

Mon, 17th Oct 2016
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Ransomware is a rapidly growing business - but it's also not hard to beat says SonicWall global evangelist Kent Shuart. He outlines how.
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Combined Logicalis-Thomas Duryea eyes new markets as integration ramps up

Thu, 13th Oct 2016
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Logicalis' new COO tells ChannelLife how the integration of Logicalis and Thomas Duryea is going - and what lies beyond.
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Distie carves new path with IoT category

Thu, 13th Oct 2016
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Distributor Exeed is reporting strong business just five months after entering Australia with a focus on category creation and IoT paving the way.
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Avnet inks Supermicro deal for server technologies

Wed, 12th Oct 2016
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Avnet has inked a distribution deal with Supermicro Computers which it says will provide resellers with profitable growth opportunities.