Don’t worry, the Cloud isn’t about to clear in the foreseeable future. That’s the tip from industry experts analysing its outlook.

Big data has emerged in 2012 as a major pain point for many organisations. Feeding on Cloud, mobility and social networking trends has had everyone scrambling to find ways to manage everything that comes in. ARN sat down with some of the dominant players in the space to talk through some of the issues behind big data.

2011 was challenging. It's that simple, according to IDC A/NZ market analyst, Amy Cheah. This was despite major industry-wide stand-outs such as the launch of ultrabooks, the first look at Microsoft’s Windows 8 and the release of Google’s Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS.

Industry experts tip the key areas for the channel

IT infrastructure solutions provider, Thomas Duryea, won two awards at EMC’s recent Partner Summit: 2010 EMC Top Achiever – Vic/Tas and the 2010 EMC Specialist Partner of the Year – Unified Storage.

The ICT industry continues to be one of the best sectors for entrepreneurs both young and veteran to operate within, with relatively few barriers to entry and an ever-evolving landscape regularly creating new opportunities.

Emantra has topped a strong list of 50 technology companies bucking the global economic trend in the Deloitte Fast 50 list for 2009.

Symantec recently staged intimate partner dinners across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth to honour partners who had performed exceptionally over the past 12 months. Winners included Express Data, Thomas Duryea, L7, Dimension Data, Nexus and Data#3.

Microsoft’s cloud version of Office has sparked a mixed reaction from the channel, with passionate views emerging around Telstra T-Suite’s exclusive role in the distribution chain along with concerns over higher prices set for Australian customers.