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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Rackspace Technology appoints APJ GTM leader, Wade Wierman joins as Aussie data lead

1 week ago | crn.com.au | Aaron Raj

Rackspace Technology’s Adhil Badat has been appointed the role of Managing Director, Asia Pacific and Japan. Rackspace Technology has appointed Adhil Badat as the new Managing Director Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ). Badat was previously Rackspace Technology’s Chief Operating Officer for the APJ region.
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.
Nvidia: We Will Build Entire AI Supercomputers In US With Partners

1 week ago | crn.com.au | Dylan Martin

Nvidia says that it plans to ‘produce up to a half trillion dollars of AI infrastructure’ in the U.S. within the next four years. Nvidia said it will build entire AI supercomputers in the United States for the first time thanks to investments it’s making with Taiwanese manufacturing partners TSMC, Foxconn and Wistron.
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.