Sasha Karen

Sydney

Senior Journalist at ARN

Senior Journalist at @ARNnet, covering movements in the Australian IT channel. Also gaming nerd. Opinions my own. Email me at [email protected]

Articles

Ping Identity overhauls partner program

1 week ago | arnnet.com.au | Sasha Karen |Lilia Guan

Credit: Ashley Diffey (Ping Identity) Ping Identity has redesigned its Nexus Partner Program to include new offerings, go-to-market opportunities and benefits for partners of all types. The digital identity security software vendor’s redesigned program embraces the needs of its partner ecosystem, ranging from resellers, global systems integrators (GSI), regional systems integrators (RSI), service providers and technology partners. It will reward and recognise partners for their deep knowledge...
Google Cloud Next 25: partner go-to-market refined, agentic AI marketplace launched – ARN

2 weeks ago | arnnet.com.au | Sasha Karen

Google Cloud has honed its partner go-to-market approach and has launched a new marketplace for AI agents amid a bevy of other announcements at its ‘Next 25 conference.
DXC Technology to offer and manage Tanium’s AEM platform

3 weeks ago | arnnet.com.au | Lilia Guan |Sasha Karen |Rob O'Neill

Credit: DXC Technology DXC Technology has partnered with Tanium to deliver endpoint security to organisations via the vendor’s autonomous endpoint management (AEM) platform across Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ). The partnership has enabled DXC to consolidate tools, streamline operations and ensure cyber resilience for customers, according to the global service provider’s head of security for Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa, Kylie Watson. “With almost 100 trained Tanium engineers in...
Workday partners with Rimini Street to reduce support burden for customers

4 weeks ago | arnnet.com.au | Sasha Karen |Lilia Guan

Credit: Workday.
Gartner considera que la IA está “sobrevalorada” si sólo se pretende aumentar la productividad

4 weeks ago | computerworld.es | Sasha Karen

De hecho, ha afirmado que no hay suficientes ejemplos de implementación de IA que muestren explícitamente ganancias de productividad. También ha destacado que el auge de DeepSeek a principios de este año, una solución más asequible y con un menor impacto en comparación con los modelos de otras empresas, ha contribuido al aumento en general hacia la IA.
L'IA surestimée pour les gains de productivité selon Gartner

4 weeks ago | lemondeinformatique.fr | Sasha Karen

Selon Luke Ellery, vice-président analyste chez Gartner, le temps où l'intelligence artificielle était considérée comme un simple moyen de résoudre les problèmes de productivité est révolu. Il estime que cette technologie doit plutôt être mise en œuvre dans des cas d'utilisation spécifiques. S'adressant à notre confrère ARN, Luke Ellery a déclaré qu'il considérait que les gains de productivité annoncés par la GenAI étaient surestimés dans le...
Yirigaa and OpenText forge partnership to empower First Nations in tech

4 weeks ago | arnnet.com.au | Sasha Karen |Lilia Guan

Sovereign Aboriginal Australian-owned ICT service provider Yirigaa has partnered with OpenText to address the technological and digital gap in access, resources, and opportunities for First Nations leaders and organisations. The partnership will see Yirigaa integrate OpenText’s information management capabilities with its culturally informed IT services.
Kyndryl's strategic focus on hyperscalers and embracing OEMs to meet market demand

1 month ago | arnnet.com.au | Lilia Guan |Rob O'Neill |Sasha Karen

Credit: Kyndryl Kyndryl is honing its partnerships with major hyperscalers while also expanding its vendor alliance base to include more original equipment manufacturers (OEM). This is according to the the global IT services firm’s Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ) head of strategic partnerships and alliances, Kimberley Marlay, who has been with Kyndryl since it split from IBM in 2021 but entered her current role in November last year. She said the firm’s current strategy involves tapping into...
Rapid7 charges partner efforts with new program and APJ channel sales director

1 month ago | arnnet.com.au | Lilia Guan |Julia Talevski |Sasha Karen

Rapid7 is bolstering its partner efforts with its new PACT program and the promotion of David Quist to Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) director for channel sales. The vendor claims the new program contains a modernised partner portal, tailored engagement programs and specialisations and a new Partner Training academy.
MSPs face skills gap as they try and develop cloud capabilities

1 month ago | arnnet.com.au | Sasha Karen |Lilia Guan

An overwhelming 89 per cent of Australia-based respondents see developing a cloud practice as a priority, but nearly half feel they lack the tech right technical skills to meet customer needs. In Westcon-Comstor’s latest Mastering the Maze report, Australia ranked higher than most other surveyed countries when it came to partners viewing an in-built cloud practice as a priority.