Athina Mallis

Sydney

Writer at So, Apparently

pop culture dependent & chronically online ~ CEO @ so apparently ~ former managing editor at @gizmodoau

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Kelly Johnson joins Pax8 as its regional sales manager

1 week ago | crn.com.au | Athina Mallis

Plans to lean in on consultative sales with Pax8’s partners. Former Acronis general manager, Kelly Johnson has landed the role of regional sales manager at IT marketplace Pax8. At her previous role at Acronis, Johnson told CRN Australia she most enjoyed the engagement with the MSP community. She also has MSP experience with her role at the Global Technology Industry Association (GTIA), where she is the cybersecurity lead.
Cloudian shakes up APJ channel staff and joins Nextgen start-up initiative

1 week ago | crn.com.au | Athina Mallis

Anna Christensen and Victoria Meldrum step into new roles at the data lake vendor. Cloudian has shaken up its channel leads, appointing Anna Christensen as APJ head of channel and alliances and Victoria Meldrum as APJ head of marketing. Christensen, has led Cloudian’s APJ marketing program since 2022 and brings deep experience from IT distributors Nextgen and Exclusive Networks.
Informatica channel and alliances lead on how channel consolidation is impacting the Australian ecosystem

1 week ago | crn.com.au | Athina Mallis

Jacob Ven der Eyk speaks with CRN Australia exclusively about this “disruptive” trend. Channel consolidation within the Australian ecosystem is causing frustration for vendors and customers, this is according to Jacob Ven der Eyk, senior director, channel and alliances APAC at Informatica. Speaking to CRN Australia exclusively, Ven der Eyk explained how channel consolidation is changing the industry.
“The tariffs have doubled the uncertainty”

1 week ago | crn.com.au | Athina Mallis

CRN Australia asks several channel leaders their thoughts on the Trump Tariffs. As Donald Trump’s global tariffs are on pause for the next 90 days – or they may be reinstated beforehand – several Australian channel leaders reacted to the shock announcement. Earlier this month, US President Donald trump unleashed a swathe of global tariffs that sent shockwaves across stock markets and the world. That may or may not have been calculated by AI.
Ludvig Landgren appointed new head of ANZ at Ericsson

1 week ago | crn.com.au | Athina Mallis

Previously led the company’s cloud, software, services, and enterprise unit for South East Asia and Oceania. Ludvig Landgren has been appointed as the new head of Australia and New Zealand for communications giant Ericsson. Landgren replaces previous head of ANZ Emilio Romeo, who after nine years, has taken up a regional role as executive strategic advisor focused on driving growth and transformation with Ericsson’s key customers in South East Asia.
TelcoDataCloud, Reliance Communications first Aussie partners to join RingCentral’s CDP program

1 week ago | crn.com.au | Athina Mallis

Certified delivery partner program helps its partners complete the project lifecycle. TelcoDataCloud and Reliance Communications are some the first Australian partners to join RingCentral’s Certified Delivery Partner program for RingCXTM, its AI-powered contact centre as a service (CCaaS) platform. Australian partners Productivity and BlueAPACHE are also a part of RingCentral’s CDP program.
“Struggling to get out of the POC stage”: Slalom head of solutions on helping customers on their AI journey

1 week ago | crn.com.au | Athina Mallis

Stefan Buchman at the systems integrator discusses how they’re helping their customers implement an AI strategy. As artificial intelligence continues to be top of mind to implement for business leaders, many of them are still in the proof of concept stage, according to Stefan Buchman, head of solutions at Slalom. Buchman spoke to CRN Australia at AWS Partner Summit in Sydney about the issues the systems integrator’s customers are currently facing.
The partnership announcements you may have missed from Google Cloud Next 2025

1 week ago | crn.com.au | Athina Mallis

What vendors have announced new capabilities out of Google Cloud Next for Aussie partners.
Aussie Broadband and Optus sign five year wholesale mobile partnership

2 weeks ago | crn.com.au | Athina Mallis

Partnership will provide Aussie Broadband customers with full access to Optus’ mobile network, premium 5G and fixed wireless access services. NBN internet provider Aussie Broadband has extended its partnership with Optus, signing a five year contract with telco. The partnership between the companies gives Aussie Broadband the opportunity to offer Optus’ wholesale network experience. This includes access to all of its consumer, enterprise and government customers.
V2 hires Alvin Oh as AI and modernisation partner

2 weeks ago | crn.com.au | Athina Mallis

Oh has more than 20 years of technology experience under his belt. Data and AI consultancy V2 has appointed Alvin Oh as its AI and modernisation partner to strengthen the company’s client offering. Oh has more than 20 years of technology experience under his belt, where he has led multi-million dollar enterprise IT modernisation and transformation programs across industry sectors that include financial services, energy and utilities, retail and government.