News

• APC by Schneider Electric appoints Andrew Sylvester and Grant Barnes

  By Nermin Bajric | 06 March, 2012 10:31

  Integrated critical power and cooling services provider, APC by Schneider Electric, has appointed Andrew Sylvester as sales manager for datacentre software, and Grant Barnes as professional services and engineering solutions manager for the Pacific region.

• In brief: Former Nortel Asia CIO takes the reigns at Avaya

  By CIO Staff | 16 February, 2012 13:44

  Former Nortel Asia CIO, Rick Seeto, will take the reigns at Avaya as managing director for Australia and New Zealand, following the departure of Rob Wells.

• Avaya hires Elliot as new A/NZ channel manager

  By Julia Talevski | 13 July, 2011 12:11

  The unified communications vendor has also hired Matt Miller to locally head up its data business

• HP reveals new enterprise services leadership line up

  By Julia Talevski | 15 June, 2011 10:22

  HP has made a raft of new appointments in the Asia Pacific region.

• Leader of the pack: Kwok steers Asia Pac ship

  By Jennifer O'Brien | 24 November, 2010 09:11

  Bernard Kwok is Symantec's senior vice-president of the Asia-Pacific and Japan (APJ) geography, responsible for driving its sales and business development across more than 17 countries. He is no stranger to leading a team – wearing the 'boss hat' at a host of tech companies. He caught up with ARN to reflect on his professional achievements, some of the hurdles along the way and the way forward.

• Distribution Central launches iUnity

  By Julia Talevski | 28 October, 2010 16:59

  Distribution Central has introduced four vendors, Polycom, Telstrom, Zeacom and Plantronics, to its portfolio as part of its new iUnity initiative.

• Aria Technologies expands into Perth market

  By Julia Talevski | 09 July, 2010 18:00

  Aria Technologies is expanding its presence in Australia through opening an office in Perth.

• The hospital resellers helped to build

  By David Ramli | 02 July, 2010 08:00

  Macquarie University Hospital (MUH) cost around $250 million to build, is one of the Australia’s most advanced medical facilities and used a range of resellers to get the job done.

• Westcon Cisco chief flags partner engagement overhaul

  By Nadia Cameron | 10 June, 2010 14:24

  Westcon Group’s newly installed Cisco business manager has flagged better tier-two partner engagement and a fresh to-go-market plan as top priorities.

• Henderson joins Express Data

  By Nadia Cameron | 10 June, 2010 11:47

  Express Data has appointed former Westcon Group manager, Michael Henderson, as its new Western Australia state manager.

• Commander reignites Samsung partnership

  By Julia Talevski | 13 April, 2010 13:00

  M2 subsidiary, Commander, and Samsung Communications have renewed their partnership to supply business telephony products to customers.

• New HDS channels exec spurns reseller recruitment drive

  By Spandas Lui | 09 April, 2010 12:19

  Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) has promoted Wendy Watkinson as its new executive of channels.

• Avaya's distributor rationalisation approved by partners

  By Julia Talevski | 17 March, 2010 14:02

  Avaya resellers have applauded the vendor’s decision to cut down distribution numbers following its acquisition of Nortel.

• Microsoft appoints new server business leader

  By Julia Talevski | 16 March, 2010 12:41

  Microsoft Australia has appointed Philip Goldie as head of its server business group. He replaces Martin Gregory.

• Updated: Avaya culls Avnet and Ingram from distributor list

  By Julia Talevski and Nadia Cameron | 16 March, 2010 11:29

  Avaya has slashed its Australian and New Zealand distribution line-up from five to three following a review of its Avaya and Nortel channel partnerships.