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Budget 2012: What Does it Mean for Partners?

The theme of the Federal Government’s 2012/13 budget is restraint. In order to turn a $47.7bn deficit from 2010/11 into a $1.5bn surplus next year and beyond, the Government was forced to put forward a fiscally restrained and short-term budget. In the CRN article, several industry pundits, including Channel Dynamics’ Cam Wayland, weigh in on … Continued

What Really Drives Channel Growth

Recently we were engaged by vendor client to help them work through how they would achieve the growth targets they were given, and of course willingly and gratefully accepted. Therefore I thought it was worth taking a broader channel wide view of what drives growth, not only in resellers but across the entire channel ecosystem … Continued

Getting the Enterprise Ready for BYOD

With the unstoppable growth of Android SmartPhones and Tablets in the consumer and/or prosumer space, there is further pressure on the enterprise to get their Android BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) strategy right. The enterprise cannot afford to be reactive with BYOD, as there are a huge range of benefits (as well as risks) around … Continued

State of the IT Channel: What the Numbers Really Mean

The ARN State of the IT Channel report (published in March 2012 ) collected data from 315 respondents about their observations and insights of the last 12 months, and what we could expect in 2012. In this article, we sit down with ARN’s Matthew Sainsbury and Patrick Budamar to look at the data and try … Continued

ARN IT Industry Awards 2012 Launched at The Ivy

The time has come again. The sixth incarnation of the ARN IT Industry Awards has been launched with the 2012 Judges Lunch at the Ivy restaurant in Sydney. This year, ARN celebrates its 21st birthday at the Awards which for the first time will be a black tie event. And once again, the venue is … Continued

Challenge Your MDF Program Design

Recently we were asked to review the MDF program for a vendor who was concerned that they were not getting the best return for their marketing dollars. Part of the brief was to look at ideas that were “outside the box”, but could still be implemented rapidly across multiple regions. In addition, any solution had … Continued

Channel Dynamics Proudly Supports Earth Hour 2012

On March 31, hundreds of millions of global citizens, from 135 countries, will unite once again in the action of “lights out”. Channel Dynamics has pledged its support to be one of them. Earth Hour was conceived by WWF (The World Wide Fund for nature) and The Sydney Morning Herald in 2007, when 2.2 million … Continued

Does The Perfect Vendor Really Exist?

I recently had the privilege to attend the ARN roundtable discussion where Dell and Intel were the key sponsors, and so much was discussed about the development Dell’s channel engagement and program. While there was robust discussion amongst the participants about Dell’s (and other vendors’) engagement, the conversation actually began with the changes in customer … Continued

Stay Game, Stay In The Game

It would be a stunning understatement to say that much has changed since the first issue of CRN was published in Australia in early 1998. Today, for its 300th issue, editor David Binning talks with some of the leading consultants in the industry, including Channel Dynamics’ Moheb Moses, about how companies need to get better, … Continued