Recent articles by Simon Sharwood

Telstra Purple rattles the channel

Telstra Purple rattles the channel

CRN poll finds debut of new services business sees many turn away from Telstra,
Simon Sharwood Sep 23 2019, 5:40AM Sales & Marketing
Reseller turns cold call into hot deal

Reseller turns cold call into hot deal

Brisbane’s Techible scores with Veeam at LCR Group.
Simon Sharwood Sep 20 2019, 12:30PM Sales & Marketing
Zoho expects channel boost from new local data centres

Zoho expects channel boost from new local data centres

Has been turning away work over data sovereignty worries.
Simon Sharwood Sep 20 2019, 7:01AM Cloud
Object Consulting probably traded insolvent

Object Consulting probably traded insolvent

Administrator’s report says suitors are circling, unsecured creditors in trouble.
Simon Sharwood Sep 19 2019, 11:52AM Finance
Five tech industry groups in mega-merger

Five tech industry groups in mega-merger

ACS acquires Data-driven Marketing Association and three more data-centric orgs.
Simon Sharwood Sep 19 2019, 6:45AM Services
AWS brings 60TB flash instances to Australia

AWS brings 60TB flash instances to Australia

Data crunchers, start your engines.
Simon Sharwood Sep 19 2019, 6:24AM Cloud
Hey Google, why are you in bed with Telstra?

Hey Google, why are you in bed with Telstra?

To make mobile calls on smart speakers, that's why.
Simon Sharwood Sep 18 2019, 6:57AM Telco
Oracle Cloud becomes reseller for third-party software

Oracle Cloud becomes reseller for third-party software

And becomes a VMware cloud partner too!
Simon Sharwood Sep 17 2019, 9:35AM Cloud
Telstra plans real-time technician location updates

Telstra plans real-time technician location updates

CEO Andy Penn teases no more blind waiting around for someone to show.
Simon Sharwood Sep 16 2019, 12:00PM Telco
Microsoft makes major Azure price policy change

Microsoft makes major Azure price policy change

Cheapest prices now offered with monthly payments, not just up-front commitments.
Simon Sharwood Sep 16 2019, 6:00AM Finance
How a video camera can get you into real estate services

How a video camera can get you into real estate services

Don’t laugh: Jabra is deadly serious about its PanaCast 3.
Simon Sharwood Sep 13 2019, 6:50AM Hardware
VMware explains new ‘tier credits’ channel plan

VMware explains new ‘tier credits’ channel plan

Tries to equalise rewards for licence vs. subscription sales.
Simon Sharwood Sep 12 2019, 11:33AM Sales & Marketing
Matt Bolton named ServiceNow’s new channel lead

Matt Bolton named ServiceNow’s new channel lead

Former SAP and Qlik man takes ANZ role vacant since Jan '19.
Simon Sharwood Sep 12 2019, 10:10AM Sales & Marketing
Plutus Payroll clients furious as court demotes claims

Plutus Payroll clients furious as court demotes claims

Not considered employees so drop down the creditor queue.
Simon Sharwood Sep 11 2019, 11:46AM Finance
Tape drought ends - 30TB monsters reach Australia

Tape drought ends - 30TB monsters reach Australia

Fujifilm, Sony lawsuit settles and LTO-8 tapes go on sale.
Simon Sharwood Sep 11 2019, 6:58AM Cloud
ASUS Australia to grow commercial channel

ASUS Australia to grow commercial channel

Appoints Vai Le to new role of ANZ commercial channel manager.
Simon Sharwood Sep 10 2019, 12:00PM Hardware
The business impact of data centre decisions

The business impact of data centre decisions

PODCAST: Building on-premises resilience isn’t easy.
Simon Sharwood Sep 9 2019, 12:31PM Data centre
Dropbox plans continuous channel tweaks to lure MSPs

Dropbox plans continuous channel tweaks to lure MSPs

Shifts to emphasise SaaS integration over storage.
Simon Sharwood Sep 9 2019, 6:39AM Strategy
Oracle to channel: train on our stuff or else

Oracle to channel: train on our stuff or else

Brace for data breaches and financial woe, basically.
Simon Sharwood Sep 9 2019, 6:30AM Training & Development
CRN poll: Channel sees upside in AI, Kubernetes

CRN poll: Channel sees upside in AI, Kubernetes

But plenty shrug their shoulders about emerging tech.
Simon Sharwood Sep 8 2019, 8:30PM Strategy

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