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Data#3 has launched a dedicated security practice on the back of customer demand and the increasing adoption of cloud and mobility services.

Moving to IaaS, rather than leasing hardware, has had an immediate payoff for IT services company BlueBerryIT.

Data centre and colocation provider Digital Realty has acquired US data centre colocation and interconnection provider Telx in a $1.8 billion deal.

Fifteen Australian Microsoft partners will be experiencing Australia Partner Conference in luxury this year after winning all expenses paid trips.

Vocus is ramping up its offerings as it completes its largest acquisition and adds managed services, cloud and security solutions to its lineup.

Smartphones will account for 95% of handset sales by 2020 - and it's not the expensive flagship models leading the way.

Microsoft has acquired field service management solution provider FieldOne to bolster its Dynamics CRM offering.

Cloud Distribution has signed a distie deal with Eagle Eye Networks, bringing 'simple, reliable, affordable, accessible surveillance' to the channel.

Increasing demand for software defined storage has bolstered DataCore's local sales by 50% year on year and lead to expansion of its ANZ operations.

Megaport has become a Microsoft ExpressRoute partner, enabling partners to offer customers faster, more secure private connections to Azure.

There's good news on the way for PC resellers according to IDC's latest PC market report, though for Apple resellers the good times are already here.

Hills has further bolstered its network camera offerings, winning master distribution for IP surveillance company Vivotek.

Former VMware and Citrix director Bede Hackney is taking on the storage market as Nimble Storage's first ever ANZ managing director.

Avnet staff spent a day at the Amazement Farm and Fun Park on the Central Coast last week – and it was all for a good cause.

Windows Server 2003 EOS has come and gone, but the opportunities persist with a survey showing many businesses gearing up to move off the platform.

The increasing move to compute and storage closer to the network edge has prompted Emerson Network Power to get closer to its channel partners.

Odin becomes one of the first to enable Microsoft Azure Services through the CSP program, with OzHosting.com already on-board.

New IDC research, commissioned by Microsoft, shows 'tremendous demand' for resellers even as customers move to the cloud.

Bluechip Infotech has inked a deal to distribute Alcatel-Lucent's fixed access network portfolio, aiming to drive fibre ultra-broadband adoption.

Microsoft will offer a premium Office 365 Enterprise Suite this year, with Skype for Business, analytics and security bundled in.