Software vendor, Kerio hosted its 2012 Partner Forum earlier this week, using the event to encourage its partner network to adopt ‘Alternative IT’ and to share its 12-month roadmap.

The face of the Australian enterprise is changing as a result of the shifting customer mindset and demand for value that comes with the adoption of Cloud, in unison with employee push for the consumerisation of IT, BYOD and mobility, according to Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) CIO, Michael Harte.

Making the Cloud productive requires the aid of external contributors in addition to a calculated strategy, according to Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) first assistant secretary, Glenn Archer.

PC vendor, Dell, has completed the acquisition of security vendor, SonicWall, and the company will operate as Dell SonicWall henceforth.

Microsoft Certified Professional and five-time recipient of the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award, Michael Jenkin, was nominated for - and won - a prestigious SMB150 2012 international award, recently.

While Google is pitching Google Apps as an ideal productivity solution for enterprises, a large majority of its early adopters are small businesses.

Canonical is focusing on cloud deployments with an upgrade to its Ubuntu Linux distribution being unveiled on Thursday.

Lenovo has partnered with distributor Dicker Data to support its continued growth in the small to medium business market(SMB) in Australia.

Ingram Micro was caught in a whirlwind of economic forces this year, and its newly installed Australian vice-president and general manager, Jay Miley, found himself quickly anchored in the middle of it.

Lexmark international vice-president and general manager of worldwide SMB and printing solutions, Kevin Goffi net, caught up with MATTHEW SAINSBURY to discuss where the SMB printer market is at, what the pain points are for channel partners working in this space, and where the opportunities lie.

2011 was a bad year for natural disasters. Several nations were rocked either by earthquakes, tidal waves, or floods. There was even a nuclear accident. But has the tumultuous year convinced businesses to bolster their disaster recovery?

The message to Cisco’s partners was simple: In it to win it.

SMBs are smaller than enterprises, but are storage requirements that much different? MATTHEW SAINSBURY reports.

With Windows 7, Microsoft (MSFT) aims to please both consumers and businesses large and small.

With cloud computing growing in popularity, SMBs are questioning whether it is more practical to co-locate their data centers or completely bypass that option and head into the cloud? First, let's briefly clarify the two:

There are few people in the IT industry that would gloat about servicing a company of less than 50 people to their global peers. There are even fewer that would do it for a 10-seat operation. But in reality, the SMB market is the backbone of the Australian economy and deserves its time in the spotlight.