Asian Stories

Ex-IDC executive joins Singapore-based market research firm

In his new role, Turner will join the Ecosystm research leadership team, as well as support the firm's expansion into new markets.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Tue, 16th Jan 2018

Global Stories

Storage

Acronis strengthens local presence with new ANZ GM

Acronis appoints industry veteran Neil Morarji as GM for Australia and New Zealand, aiming to enhance local operations and strengthen partner relationships.

By Patrick Martlew • 2 min read • Tue, 16th Jan 2018

Unified Communications

Vocus reshuffle leads to separation of enterprise and wholesale

The split will result in four reportable operating segments and has lead to some leadership changes in those areas.

By Ben Moore • 2 min read • Tue, 16th Jan 2018

Software-as-a-Service

Qlik fills role after long serving CEO's resignation

Qlik names Mike Capone as CEO following Lars Björk's 17-year tenure, with Capone bringing extensive SaaS and data analytics expertise to the role.

By Ben Moore • 2 min read • Mon, 15th Jan 2018

Customer Relationship Management

Genesys appoints Tony Winterbottom to lead its government division

The former Teradata executive will help the customer experience provider grow its presence within the ANZ public sector.

By Kai Ping Lew • 3 min read • Fri, 12th Jan 2018

Virtualisation

Veeam appoints new ANZ VP as they aim to build on recent growth

The appointment of Gary Mitchell into this role reflects Veeam's plans to strengthen the company's growth momentum in the ANZ market.

By Ben Moore • 2 min read • Thu, 11th Jan 2018

Endpoint Protection

Kaspersky taps ex-Microsoft talent for APAC channel head role

Kaspersky appoints Naina Parhar, ex-Microsoft talent, as APAC head of channel sales to drive regional growth and enhance cybersecurity distribution frameworks.

By Patrick Martlew • 2 min read • Tue, 9th Jan 2018

AI Security

Cylance appoints ANZ country manager as revenue and growth soar

Cylance names Jason Duerden as ANZ country manager amid remarkable growth, with customer numbers rising 450% and revenue soaring 1323% from 2016 to 2017.

By Ben Moore • 2 min read • Tue, 9th Jan 2018

Storage

Hitachi Vantara fortify executive team with new appointments

Hitachi Vantara fortifies its executive team by appointing Mark Ablett SVP of global GTM strategy and Daniel Chong as SVP of APAC, boosting leadership depth.

By Patrick Martlew • 2 min read • Fri, 15th Dec 2017

Tech Data

Tech Data appoints new VP as they continue their APAC expansion

Tech Data appoints Samuel Poh as VP of operations, Asia Pacific, boosting their regional growth amidst recent financial fluctuations and expansion efforts.

By Ben Moore • 2 min read • Tue, 12th Dec 2017

Multi-cloud

F5 appoints NZ partner manager to sustain local growth

F5 Networks appoints Jodie Tran as partner manager for NZ to foster local growth, doubling its NZ headcount in three years amid rising app service demand.

By Ben Moore • 2 min read • Tue, 12th Dec 2017

Partner Programmes

MapR brings on former IBM sales director to manage ANZ channel

MapR Technologies has announced the appointment of Paul Bennett to the role of ANZ Country Manager where he will manage partner development.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Tue, 12th Dec 2017

Converged Infrastructure

Nutanix appoints Andrew Diamond to lead ANZ channel

Diamond promoted from Lenovo alliance manager to Lead ANZ channel and develop new partner relationships for Nutanix.

By Kai Ping Lew • 2 min read • Thu, 7th Dec 2017

Firewalls

Sophos appoints new sales engineer for channel drive

Sophos has named Steven Sparshott as the new sales engineer manager for Australia and New Zealand, reinforcing its commitment to the APAC region.

By Patrick Martlew • 2 min read • Wed, 29th Nov 2017

Stories from Other Regions

Fintech

TAS invests in growth by expanding technology leadership team

TAS has appointed five high-level team members to bolster their network engineering, IT service integration and marketing departments.

By Ben Moore • 2 min read • Mon, 15th Jan 2018

Deloitte

Deloitte calls in staff from Aussie app company to form emerging tech team

Deloitte establishes Digital Emerging Technology team in collaboration with Australian interactive engineering company.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Fri, 8th Dec 2017

Edge Computing

Hosted Network appoints Aileen Paterson as new channel head

Paterson will be driving the strategy and execution across our partner channel and full accountability for sales revenues and service usage.

By Kai Ping Lew • 2 min read • Thu, 7th Dec 2017

Sharesies

Investment platform startup Sharesies readies for growth

The business has rapidly exceeded expectations hitting $5 mil invested through the platform and has had over 8,400 customers sign up to the service.

By Kai Ping Lew • 2 min read • Mon, 27th Nov 2017

Jobs

47% of Aussie IT employees will look for new work in 2018

Nearly half of Australian IT employees plan to seek new jobs in 2018, as Clicks IT Recruitment's survey reveals high confidence in the sector's job market.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Wed, 15th Nov 2017

IBM

Industry veteran takes on Ingram Micro NZ IBM role

Steve Shaw is heading to Ingram Micro NZ to take on the role of technical business development manager for the IBM team.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 14th Nov 2017