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The Australian Government has invested a further $3 billion into nbn® Australia Co to upgrade the remaining fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) network across Australia, https://lnkd.in/gWxJy2Ka NBN's Ellie Sweeney said, “This upgrade investment will enable us to meet the needs of Australian homes and businesses now and into the future, continuing to lift Australia’s digital participation and capability." https://lnkd.in/gWxJy2Ka

Adisyn (ASX:AI1) has finalised its acquisition of 2D Generation the owner of a patented solution enabling graphene coating at sub-300 degrees centigrade. https://lnkd.in/gVQmchys 2D Generation's founder Arye Kohavi, will join Adisyn’s board as a non-executive director upon receiving a director identification number. Blake Burton, MD Adisyn said the company “eager to execute” on its strategy and bring 2DG’s revolutionary semiconductor technology to the world. https://lnkd.in/gVQmchys

Congratulations to Christopher Smith on his recent appointment as executive vice president and managing director for the APAC region.  https://lnkd.in/gWkAbDdS Smith served as managing director at Wipro in Australia and New Zealand and held senior leadership roles at Telstra and worked with leading software companies in the UK and USA. https://lnkd.in/gWkAbDdS

We spoke with James Davis about these challenges, as well as Moheb Moses on the challenges the local channel faces in 2025. Partners who can transform and shift can position themselves for success, while those who resist change risk falling behind. https://lnkd.in/g5fhQWhB “I’ve been coaching and consulting for nearly eight years and see many companies are shrinking, losing clients, or just existing,” said Davis. “When a customer can easily get all the product information they need online, the value a partner adds is how they tailor and apply it to their customer to achieve the best outcome," said Moses. https://lnkd.in/g5fhQWhB #managedserviceproviders #systemsintegrators #valueaddedresellers

Cassandra Ashworth leaves Rapid Circle Australia & New Zealand https://lnkd.in/gz3aPJxb #ARN After six months in the top job, Cassandra Ashworth has resigned as managing director of Rapid Circle for A/NZ. Co-founder and COO, Daniel McPherson will step into an interim role, with a new hire to be announced shortly. In a statement, Rapid Circle said Ashworth’s departure was due to ‘personal’ reasons.

The Reserve Bank of Australia has put out a request for proposal focusing on the migration services transition all the applications from the RBA’s legacy data centres to a modern IT environment. https://lnkd.in/g9ZSWnbS The contract is expected to be executed in May, with services commencing in June 2025 with implementation set to be completed by December 2026 with a care period of one month following completion. https://lnkd.in/g9ZSWnbS

AI is a game changer, with tools like ChatGPT and other AI models transforming how customer relationship management systems function for organisations like Sinch MessageMedia. https://lnkd.in/gDrPUFWN Sinch's Jeremy Nagel said the ability to automate tasks like customer communication based on interaction history is revolutionising customer relationships. “AI allows businesses to create tailored messages based on a customer’s past interactions. “It’s no longer something only big companies like Amazon can afford, this level of personalisation is now accessible to most businesses.” https://lnkd.in/gDrPUFWN #AI

Towards the end of 2024, Microsoft announced several significant changes in updates to billing options for #365Copilot, price adjustments for #Teamsphones and #PowerBI, and streamlined partner offerings, a number of these come into effect in January. https://lnkd.in/gWST3K96

Telstra has collaborated with SpaceX’s STARLINK to bring satellite-to-mobile (direct-to-handset) text messaging to its customers, without the need for a specific compatible smartphone. This will complement its existing land-based mobile network offering basic connectivity in regional and rural areas. https://lnkd.in/gxbkVahj Shailin Sehgal wrote this will be most relevant to people in regional and remote areas of the country that are outside their carrier’s mobile coverage footprint.  https://lnkd.in/gxbkVahj

EXL is set to expand its Australian presence as it bolsters its Melbourne footprint. https://lnkd.in/gMSUgeq7 Vilas Sagar Madan, APAC senior vice president of growth leader insurance, said "the local business landscape is evolving rapidly and there’s a real eagerness here to adopt new technologies like AI, automation and with providers that are agile, responsive and innovative. https://lnkd.in/gMSUgeq7