He announced on LinkedIn on Sunday evening that the previous Friday was his final day.
“With Friday being my last day with WatchGuard Technologies I d like to thank all the disties, partners and customers I ve had the pleasure of working with over the past 2yrs. To everyone at #WatchGuard - a huge thank you - I wish you all the best!” his post read.
“Luke Skinner was very successful in helping enable and grow the WatchGuard channel by supporting our distribution channel,” WatchGuard Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Islands regional director Anthony Daniel told CRN.
“He built great relationships within the team here at WatchGuard and by working closely with our four distributors, he continued to assist in communicating out our WatchGuard vision and ensured our distributors and partners were aligned. We do wish him the all best of luck in all his future endeavours.
Ingram Micro has been appointed as the distributor for UiPath robotic process automation (RPA) solutions globally, including across Australia.
Under the arrangement, Ingram Aus will set up a business team focused on partner enablement, demand generation, sales, pre-sales, and commercial fulfilment.
Ingram points to findings from Wikibon Research that shows the RPA market is expected to grow 10x to hit $10 billion by 2023.
“Ingram Micro is pleased to be the distributor for UiPath in Australia,” said Ingram Micro Australia senior vice president and chief country executive Tim Ament.
“The RPA market is an exciting area and we believe that by combining our resources and reseller network with UiPath’s leading technology that together we can expand the market in Australia significantly. We look forward to collaborating with our new and existing partners to grow their RPA business together with UiPath,”
Ingram Micro teams up with Veeam, IBM and Microsoft to back ISVs
Ingram Micro teams up with Veeam, IBM and Microsoft to back ISVs
For a limited time top three partners will score Mastercard rewards of $5000,$2500 and $1000.
Ingram Micro Australia cloud director, Trent Gomersall Credit: Ingram Micro
Ingram Micro has launched a new program aimed at addressing the challenges in supporting, simplifying and accelerating start-up and established independent software vendors (ISV).
Called ISV///Activate , the program is backed by Veeam, Microsoft and IBM, offering a comprehensive kit of tools, resources and connections to drive the full potential of cloud software businesses.
Synnex Australia has formed a distribution agreement with cross-platform solutions provider Parallels.
Synnex will distribute various Parallels products under the agreement including: the Remote Application Server, for virtual desktop infrastructure; Desktop for Mac Business Edition, for running Windows on MacOS devices; Desktop for Chromebook Enterprise, for running Windows on ChromeOS devices; and Mac Management for Microsoft SCCM, which allows management of MacOS endpoints through the Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager.
These solutions will be added to the Synnex cloud marketplace where partners can manage their Parallels’ products subscriptions alongside other products they provision through Synnex in a single pane of glass.
Ingram Micro turns up AI play with meldCX
Ingram Micro turns up AI play with meldCX
The Viana platform is customisable and can be used other forms of user recognition
Ingram Micro Australia cloud director, Trent Gomersall. Credit: Ingram Micro
Ingram Micro Australia has struck a deal with enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) developer meldCX to bring its Viana vision analytics solution to the channel.
Viana aims to help businesses across retail, hospitality, travel, entertainment and healthcare industries to create a better understanding of their audiences and improve their experiences.
Without revealing the user’s identity, Viana measures how people work, shop, learn and play in both digital and physical spaces.