Julia Talevski

The race to build the "agentic enterprise" is creating a major new opportunity for partners, with Snowflake revealing that customers are increasingly investing in the data, governance and infrastructure foundations needed to deploy AI at scale.

AI dominated the conversation at EDGE 2026 Day two, but it wasn't the only topic keeping channel leaders talking.

Australia and New Zealand have become Pax8’s fastest-growing market worldwide, with the cloud marketplace giant urging MSPs to reposition themselves as "managed intelligence providers" or risk losing AI opportunities to consultants and other advisory firms.

Ricoh Australia has appointed long-time executive Tina Economou as managing director, effective 1 October.

Nominations have been extended for the twentieth annual ARN Innovation Awards 2026, marking two decades of celebrating excellence across the Australian IT channel.

Partners across Australia and New Zealand are being encouraged to share their views on the future of the channel, with one respondent set to win a copy of David Gee's newly released book, How to Sell to the CIO and CISO.

Australia and New Zealand's technology mergers and acquisitions market is entering a new phase, with artificial intelligence capabilities, private equity activity and offshore investment reshaping what buyers are looking for and how deals are being structured.

Chris Sharp has departed cloud marketplace Pax8 after five years with the business, concluding a tenure that saw him establish and scale its presence across the APAC region.

Australian technology provider Infront has launched Opess, a new FinOps-led cloud cost governance and assurance offering designed to help government agencies and enterprises gain control of rapidly growing cloud and AI spending, improve compliance and strengthen accountability across multi-cloud environments.

As the channel navigates one of the most significant technology shifts in its history, exclusive research set to be unveiled at EDGE 2026 will reveal where partners can create value and drive growth in the age of AI.