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• Palo Alto grows SD-WAN platform, snaps up CloudGenix for $420M

  With an eye towards significantly bolstering its edge networking offerings, Palo Alto has entered into an agreement to buy CloudGenix for $420 million.

• Private cloud reimagined as equal partner in multi-cloud world

  A new generation of private cloud options, including Outposts, Azure Stack and Anthos, is leading enterprises to rethink hybrid cloud strategies.

• Wipro builds out Microsoft practice, with cloud at the core

  Wipro has launched a dedicated business unit specialising in the deployment of Microsoft technologies, with a specific focus on enterprise cloud services.

• Trade Me goes all-in on the cloud with Google

  New Zealand’s largest online auction and classifieds website, ​Trade Me, is heading into the cloud, ditching its local datacentres in favour of Google.​​.

• NTT unveils dedicated Cloud Communications division

  NTT has launched a new Cloud Communications division designed to drive customer adoption of workplace solutions at enterprise level.

• ​Selling Cloud - Why it’s time to change the sales compensation

  Channel Dynamics co-founder, Moheb Moses, believes Cloud computing calls for a new approach to sales compensation.

• ​Customer demand shifts from hardware to software as data centre change heightens

  “Industry-standard server (ISS) has a growing impact on the global data centre hardware market."

• ​Chance for channel growth as SaaS remains dominant Public Cloud type

  “Over the past several years, the software industry has been shifting to a Cloud-first (SaaS) development and deployment model."

• ​Red Hat: Top 5 trends for the channel to capitalise on in 2016

  "There's a re-think among channel suppliers about what they offer as part of their core business and how to offer it."

• Why oil price collapse will accelerate datacentre investment in 2016

  “Datacentres, with their monolithic energy consumption, will benefit from cheaper electricity as wholesale gas prices decline."

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