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Telstra and VMtech have added to their trophy cabinets, each garnering several awards at Equinix's Asia Pacific Partner Awards.

Gigamon has snapped up former Dell EMC sales executive Burney Barker to head its worldwide sales, including direct and indirect sales teams.

The ASD has formally certified 40 Microsoft Azure and Office 365 services for inclusion on its Certified Cloud Services List.

Fuji Xerox Printers has revamped its partner program, with new benefits for gold and platinum partners and access to additional marketing resources.

Dimension Data has won a multi-million dollar managed services agreement with Australian industry superannuation fund Hostplus.

WatchGuard has garnered visionary status in the latest Gartner Magic Quadrant for UTM, SMB multifunction firewalls. So how did other vendors fare?.

Microsoft clocks up two more education wins with Catholic Education Western Australia and The University of the Sunshine Coast.

Wavelink is ramping up its focus on Fortinet, appointing two new staff to help expand the distributor's Fortinet security business.

Microsoft has certified more Polycom offerings for Office 365, enabling users to incorporate Polycom audio and video into Skype for Business.

Lenovo has promoted Brendan Lau to head its PC and smart devices consumer and SMB division, including overseeing the vendor's retail and SMB channel.

Hyperconverged sales are roaring ahead, logging 65.7% year on year growth in the first quarter, generating US$665.1 million in sales.

Google has launched its Sydney region, promising round-trip reductions in latency of 80% to 95% for Australian and New Zealand customers.

Big Switch Networks has appointed a new global channel manager as the vendor looks to expand its channel program.

Apple is leading the pack as the largest IT vendor in the world, according Gartner, with Google leapfrogging both Microsoft and IBM.

Channel change is bringing with it new opportunities for resellers, who remain well placed to capitalise on the insatiable need for technology.

Tech Data's Technology Solutions business, previously part of Avnet, has taken out top distie honours at Citrix' APJ Partner Summit.

D-Link has snapped up former Xirrus and Netgear manager Phil Tarbox as it seeks to drive grow its business solutions foothold via its local channel.

Gabriel Breeman joins F5 to spearhead partner sales in Asia Pacific, bolstering the firm's push on mobility and app demand.

Tech Data Technology has inked an exclusive distribution deal to bring Informatica's full suite of data management products to market across ANZ.

DX initiatives are helping drive IT services spend across Asia Pacific, with the market set to exceed US$95b by 2021 - with DXC a 'strong contender'.