Global Stories

Hybrid environments, the true game changer

This almost creates a hybrid type of engagement for vendors, a cross between a true cloud engagement and a typical long-term outsourcing engagement.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Wed, 7th Sep 2016

Unified Communications

Channel urged to work together on change - and view it as an opportunity

CompTIA channel members members have been told to view change as an opportunity but work collectively to ensure a strong outcome.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Thu, 28th Jul 2016

Digital Transformation

Govt IT modernisation driving public sector services

Government IT modernisation and strategic mergers are revitalising public sector services, leading to the best market outlook in five years, per TBR.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Thu, 7th Jul 2016

Virtualisation

Enterprise play opening new doors for Veeam's local partners

With enterprise now a 'key play', Veeam's ANZ channel chief Peter Bender outlines the opportunities the push provides for resellers.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Thu, 7th Jul 2016

Partner Programmes

CompTIA sets ANZ channel community meeting date

The meetings provide the local community a non-competitive forum with which to discuss the common challenges faced by the channel in Australia and NZ.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Wed, 6th Jul 2016

Multi-cloud

Line-of-business and enterprise-grade cloud solutions fuel vendor market

Line of business departments are fueling growth in enterprise-grade cloud solutions, resulting in a more diverse choice of vendors and solutions.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Wed, 22nd Jun 2016

Unified Communications

Spark Ventures recruits Remedyforce to transform business operations

Spark Ventures chose BMC's Remedyforce solution to manage infrastructure that 'powers a new generation of consumer and business digital services'.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Fri, 17th Jun 2016

Commvault

Former EMC exec joins Commvault

Commvault appoints Mark Velthuis as VP for Indirect Business in Asia Pacific and Japan, as part of its growth strategy.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Wed, 15th Jun 2016

IT Industry

'We're a technology company.' Yeah right.

In a world where banks to pharma firms are dubbing themselves tech companies, critics argue it's mere corporate rhetoric without real transformation.

By Owen McCall • 6 min read • Mon, 13th Jun 2016

Unified Communications

Is Vision Scapegoating keeping you from collaborative change?

Operational Dead Reckoning may help you get back on track, says Joe Auslander, Senior Agile Consultant at Assurity Consulting.

By Joe Auslander • 8 min read • Wed, 8th Jun 2016

Virtualisation

Exclusive: Veeam's all grown up and 'very much an enterprise player'

Veeam is taking on the enterprise, and workload orchestration, but it wants resellers to move the customer conversations from backup to availability.

By Heather Wright • 4 min read • Fri, 6th May 2016

Risk & Compliance

Implementing a big data programme in the cloud

Enterprises with limited resources may face technical and infrastructure challenges when implementing big data analytics solutions.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Wed, 4th May 2016

Software-as-a-Service

Analyst Opinion: Cloud HCM gathers momentum for enterprises

Following customer-facing applications, human capital management (HCM) systems are transitioning rapidly to a cloud-delivered SaaS model.

By Tim Jennings • 3 min read • Tue, 19th Apr 2016

Data Analytics

Why only half of CDOs are poised for success

Half of CDOs risk falling short of success amid internal resistance and lack of support, warns Gartner expert.

By Jo Bennett • 3 min read • Thu, 14th Apr 2016

DevOps

Businesses are rushing cloud migration

In order to overcome the risk of failure, organisations need to take a strong change management approach to cloud.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Wed, 13th Apr 2016

Data Analytics

New research reveals Australian CEOs top concerns

Aussie CEOs' top 2016 woes: Talented staff retention, tech disruption, and economic uncertainty, a Pronto-CEO Institute study reveals.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Mon, 4th Apr 2016

Supply Chain

Getting Ready for Industrie 4.0

Industrie 4.0 is about driving digital value chains, thus creating more agile and market focused competencies.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Thu, 3rd Mar 2016

Stories from Other Regions

EduTech

Blackboard provides a roadmap to the cloud for higher education

Blackboard has announced a transition plan at its recent Teaching and Learning Conference in Sydney to help institutions move to cloud-based services.

By Al Blake • 3 min read • Mon, 5th Sep 2016