Interview with APC vice-president of the Pacific region, Paul Tyrer

The outstanding performance of companies in the Australian ICT industry was recognised at the 2011 Frost & Sullivan Australia Excellence Awards.

IT vendor, APC, has released its StructureWare datacentre software suite as customers demand unified management software products for their datacentres.

Tyrer is a veteran of APC, with over 16 years of experience with the vendor. He was previously the head of the vendor’s UK, Ireland and Nordics business unit.

Former APC Pacific vice-president, Gordon Makryllos, has become the new Australasia managing director at Orange Business Services.

APC promotes Kirker as A/NZ Pacific sales director

The doors of the channel have spun with considerable rapidity in recent months.

After more than five years in the top role, APC Pacific vice-president, Gordon Makryllos, will be moving on from the vendor.

APC has done the double; winning Green Vendor of the Year for a second consecutive year at the ARN awards.

APC is a regular name amongst the ARN awards winners, and this is the second time it has picked up the Specialist Vendor of the Year award.

Two-time winner at this year’s awards, APC, puts its substantial success with the channel down to two main factors – giving partners what they want, and helping organisations cut costs.

It’s the heart of the IT infrastructure and when it is beating too fast, energy – and by default money – goes to waste. For many organisations, the datacentre provides the lifeblood of operations, but when it is running ineffi ciently it eats up a signifi cant amount of dollars. In this feature, TREVOR CLARKE outlines 10 ways to help cut datacentre costs.