Recent articles by Simon Sharwood

Cisco’s WebEx Teams still wobbling, a week after wipeout

Cisco’s WebEx Teams still wobbling, a week after wipeout

Bright Sparks still trying to fix it all, but the flame is sputtering.
Simon Sharwood Oct 3 2018, 11:50AM Cloud
Splunk channel to sprout OEM and SI program

Splunk channel to sprout OEM and SI program

The rest of you get a mobile app and new products to play with.
Simon Sharwood Oct 3 2018, 6:48AM Software
Huawei scoops Geoff Wright, former Dell EMC channel chief

Huawei scoops Geoff Wright, former Dell EMC channel chief

With 5G gone, enterprise is the new opportunity.
Simon Sharwood Oct 2 2018, 12:01PM Strategy
Royal Commission scorns banks' compliance tools

Royal Commission scorns banks' compliance tools

Banks had little visibility of compliance.
Simon Sharwood Sep 28 2018, 4:41PM Finance
Cisco Webex wipes out: goes down for more than a day

Cisco Webex wipes out: goes down for more than a day

CEO declares outage 'unacceptable' as room systems and apps crash, hard.
Simon Sharwood Sep 26 2018, 6:05PM Cloud
Microsoft punts passwords, LinkedIn contacts to Outlook

Microsoft punts passwords, LinkedIn contacts to Outlook

New certification types coming soon too.
Simon Sharwood Sep 25 2018, 7:05AM Servers & Storage
ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie ejected

ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie ejected

Google-fu didn’t provide leadership the board wanted.
Simon Sharwood Sep 24 2018, 10:29AM Strategy
Dell helps channel poach from its rivals’ partners

Dell helps channel poach from its rivals’ partners

Pledges faster deal registration and reveals channel sales outpace direct.
Simon Sharwood Sep 21 2018, 6:30AM Servers & Storage
Linux developers adopt proper Code of Conduct

Linux developers adopt proper Code of Conduct

To replace brief, loose, ‘Code of Conflict’.
Simon Sharwood Sep 20 2018, 6:39AM Software
UK vendor targets Australian MSPs through South African distie with NZ support

UK vendor targets Australian MSPs through South African distie with NZ support

Data management market gets even more crowded.
Simon Sharwood Sep 19 2018, 9:39AM Servers & Storage
Dell Australia loses another senior channel exec

Dell Australia loses another senior channel exec

Senior partner sales manager Chris Moyle jumps to Tableau Software.
Simon Sharwood Sep 17 2018, 6:00AM Servers & Storage
Microsoft patches plenty, including nasty Elevation of Privilege problem

Microsoft patches plenty, including nasty Elevation of Privilege problem

Advises of un-patched “FragmentSmack” problem in Windows, too.
Simon Sharwood Sep 12 2018, 11:43AM Security
Dell extends hardware loyalty to hyperconverged kit

Dell extends hardware loyalty to hyperconverged kit

Don’t get too excited, server-owners, it’s storage-centrism that counts.
Simon Sharwood Sep 10 2018, 6:35AM Hardware
Reseller punts football sponsorship after players’ drunken antics

Reseller punts football sponsorship after players’ drunken antics

Jaycar puts Canterbury Bulldogs in the sin bin.
Simon Sharwood Sep 7 2018, 2:54PM Sales & Marketing
IBM Australia tells staff to come back to the office

IBM Australia tells staff to come back to the office

“Culture vision sprints” lead to call for “increased physical connections”.
Simon Sharwood Sep 3 2018, 12:00PM Services
Plutus Payroll contractors fear for payouts as Deloitte issues $3m bill

Plutus Payroll contractors fear for payouts as Deloitte issues $3m bill

‘Likelihood of a distribution to any class of creditor remains uncertain’.
Simon Sharwood Sep 3 2018, 7:26AM Finance
Geoff Wright exits as Dell EMC's Aussie channel chief

Geoff Wright exits as Dell EMC's Aussie channel chief

Former APJ channel lead Shant Soghomonian steps in, for now.
Simon Sharwood Aug 31 2018, 10:44AM Strategy
VMware pitches new ‘Platinum’ vSphere at partners

VMware pitches new ‘Platinum’ vSphere at partners

vSphere upgrades become security upsell opportunities.
Simon Sharwood Aug 30 2018, 7:52AM Security
AWS to manage on-premises databases

AWS to manage on-premises databases

With a little help from VMware.
Simon Sharwood Aug 28 2018, 10:10AM Cloud
VMware brings Horizon cloud services to Australia

VMware brings Horizon cloud services to Australia

Unveils security-focused "platinum" version of vSphere.
Simon Sharwood Aug 27 2018, 10:24PM Cloud

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