CRN Australia

Founded in 1998, CRN serves as a key hub for news and insights tailored for IT resellers, systems integrators, managed service providers, IT solution firms, and distributors. We engage with our audience through various platforms, including print, online articles, awards, mobile media, roundtable discussions, and webinars. CRN is a well-respected name, recognized internationally while maintaining a strong focus on the specific challenges and opportunities relevant to the Australian IT channel. The content in CRN—both in the magazine and online—is designed with a channel-centric approach, offering education and updates on the latest developments, trends, and products in the industry. CRN magazine stands out as a leading publication in the IT business sector. It prioritizes the reader experience and invests significantly in high-quality editorial content, delivering insightful analysis, expert commentary, and cutting-edge technology recommendations. The CRN website is your go-to source for real-time news in the IT domain, consistently catering to the needs of the channel.

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8x8 GM CPaaS on the evolving market and how partners have an important role to play

5 days ago | crn.com.au | Athina Mallis

Stephen Hamill discusses how the CPaaS business uses partners. With everyone working from home during the pandemic, the CPaaS market was thriving but according to Stephen Hamill, general manager, CPaaS, 8x8 the market has changed. But with this change comes the opportunity to leverage partners to help them reach core customers. “It was easy pickings for a long while. That's changed in the sense that the industry can't get away with easy money in the way it did,” he explained.
Qualtrics’ chief partner officer on why he loves the Australian market

6 days ago | crn.com.au | Athina Mallis

Sean Holcombe spoke to CRN Australia at the recent X4 conference in Sydney. Experience management platform Qualtrics sees Australia as a massive partner market, with a slew of opportunity that they haven’t taken advantage of yet. This is according to Sean Holcombe, chief partner officer at Qualtrics, speaking with CRN Australia at X4 Sydney, he said the country is the centre of the company’s market opportunity and growth. "To be honest, we have not yet fully captured the opportunity.
New Riverbed APJ VP of sales on his channel plans for the year

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

Paul Crighton tells CRN Australia how they will deepen partner engagement. AI observability platform Riverbed has appointed Paul Crighton has its new VP sales for the APJ region, where in his new role he aims to drive measurable growth and impact through their channel system.
Bitdefender revamps partner programs in response to changing market dynamics

1 week ago | crn.com.au | Rosalyn Page

The security firm wants stronger alignment with partners, to reduce complexity and improve enablement in a fast moving market. Bitdefender has rolled out a slew of changes to its reseller and MSP programs for business security tools in a bid to accelerate partner growth, reward top partners and streamline deal registration. Following partner engagement across events, advisory boards, surveys and one-on-one distributor calls, the firm saw a need to simplify and enhance its offerings.
Atturra acquires SAP partner DalRae solutions

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

Deal to help the MSP continue its expansion within the SAP ecosystem. Managed services provider Atturra has acquired SAP partner DalRae solutions in a move to help the company continue its expansion within the SAP ecosystem. Brisbane-based DalRae is an award-winning SAP partner, known for providing SAP software solutions to the Asia Pacific market.
Why Qualtrics is overhauling its partner program

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

After listening to their partners, the new program is set to be launched in July. After speaking with partners and hearing their feedback, Qualtrics realised their partner program was no longer properly servicing their partners. In January this year, the experience management platform went back to square one. Sean Holcombe, chief partner officer at Qualtrics told CRN Australia at X4 in Sydney that he doesn’t believe the company did the best job in investing in their partners.
Beyond Blue picks ThingsAt for communications overhaul to improve hybrid collaboration

1 week ago | crn.com.au | Rosalyn Page

The mental health organisation was struggling with a legacy platform that was not fit for purpose. Beyond Blue has partnered with ThingsAt to overhaul its videoconferencing and meeting room management platform enabling hybrid all-staff town hall meetings, remote connectivity and collaboration with external partners and contacts.
How partners are playing an important role at Asana

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

Jo Gaines, head of channel APJ discusses the new partner program and how channel is playing an important role for the vendor. Workplace management platform Asana has undergone a transformation where it has gone from solely a product-led growth (PLG) company to a hybrid of PLG and sales-led, with partners playing an important role. Jo Gaines, head of channel APJ at Asana told CRN Australia about the company’s channel transformation and how the new partner program works.
How Monday.com uses its partners to evolve their product offering

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

Carly Giltrap, director APJ partnerships also discusses the burgeoning APAC market for the company. When project management software company Monday.com releases products, it uses partner feedback to evolve their CRM and work management tools. Carly Giltrap, director APJ partnerships, Monday.com spoke to CRN Australia exclusively on the important relationship the software company has with its partners.
Yadi Narayana appointed as APJ CTO at Datadog

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

Collaboration with partners an important part of his newly-created role. Datadog has hired Yadi Narayana as its field CTO for Asia Pacific Japan (APJ), a newly created role for the company. In this role, Narayana will leverage his more than 20 years of global experience in business development, product development and solutions engineering to advise on and deliver tailored solutions for midmarket organisations and enterprises.