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Channel Legends Come Out to Play

To celebrate our 15 year anniversary, we had a party at the Poolside restaurant above the iconic Andrew (Boy) Charlton Pool. Located on the fringe of the Royal Botanic Gardens. The venue has a prime position with the leafy precinct of Mrs Macquarie’s Point on one side and Woolloomooloo Bay on the other. CRN were … Continued

Channel Legends look back 15 years

To coincide with our anniversary, CRN hosted all-star panel of Channel Chiefs, to look back at what has changed over 15 years and what might come next. The line-up included Phil Cameron, Paul Harapin, Leo Lynch, Steve Martin, Karen Drewitt, Tasha Soltonovich and Ronnie Altit, and the directors of Channel Dynamics. Moderated by the enigmatic … Continued

Nice Isn’t Good Enough Anymore

When I first got into this industry, it was easy to be a channel account manager. All you needed was a half decent product, an expense account, and a nice personality. You built relationships over drinks or at a football game, and people bought from you. (It probably was a bit harder than that, but … Continued

In Memory of Alex Lopez

We farewelled a long-serving industry figure this month when our friend, colleague and Channel Dynamics Senior Consultant Alex Lopez lost his battle with cancer. An entrepreneur, mentor, triathlete and fund-raiser, Alex was a man who not only established and grew several businesses in his career, but someone who also helped others both in the IT … Continued

Three NEW Channel Skills Courses Released

As a result of the success of the recent sold-out open Dynamic Channel Excellence program, we are pleased to announce two new open courses – Dynamic Channel Presentations and Dynamic Channel Negotiation – in addition to a new date for our next Dynamic Channel Excellence course. All three courses are open to any channel professional from the … Continued

Tough Talk About Successful MSP Marketing

Robin Robins recently led a pre-conference workshop at a channel event and spoke about MSP marketing. Edward Gately has written an article discussing this workshop and detailing some of the hard truths Robin had to say to MSP’s. Robin spoke about the two MSP marketing plans she sees most often in the channel – Vulture … Continued

CompTIA ANZ Channel Meeting Speakers Confirmed

Our next CompTIA ANZ Channel Community Meetings are now locked in for November in Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland. Our theme for these meetings is “Growth” and we have some absolutely AMAZING speakers who will share their insights. As always, the Meetings are FREE to attend for all Technology Industry professionals, and provide an opportunity to … Continued

8 Tips for Partner-to-Partner Partnering

The complexity of modern hybrid cloud solutions provides significant delivery challenges for solution providers. Many partners are finding that the skills and resources required to deliver the solutions they sell, may be beyond the scope of the capabilities they have in-house. Consequently, many partners are teaming up with third parties to deliver a complete solution … Continued

How Startups Can Use AI-Powered Tools to Scale Up

AI has now become a part of mainstream business, it is no longer just a concept or something that will happen in the future. The future is now! From startups to large-scale companies, businesses of all shapes and sizes are now investing in AI technologies. Michael Georgio has written an article discussing how start-ups can … Continued