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JAMES EXPLAINS:
WHY VENTURE CAPITALISTS ARE RECALIBRATING

VC funding in the region is undergoing a notable deceleration. With the reported year-on-year decline of 28.9% in disclosed VC deals during H1 2023, the industry is experiencing a strategic shift which requires our attention.

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September 7, 2023

ED#4: Enterprise Tech Investment: FOLLOW THE MONEY with James Cunial

Join NEXTGEN Group CTO and strategist James Cunial as he dives into the febrile world of Enterprise Tech investment to find out what the smartest investors on the planet are getting excited about.

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September 7, 2023

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ED#3: Enterprise Tech Investment: FOLLOW THE MONEY with James Cunial

Join NEXTGEN Group CTO and strategist James Cunial as he dives into the febrile world of Enterprise Tech investment to find out what the smartest investors on the planet are getting excited about.

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August 10, 2023

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NEXTGEN achieves AWS Advanced Tier

We are thrilled to announce that the NEXTGEN team has soared to new heights in our partnership with AWS, attaining Advanced Tier in the AWS Partner Program. This achievement reflects our unwavering commitment to excellence and our dedication to delivering unparalleled services to our valued channel partners.

July 13, 2023

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Connect with WIICTA WINNER Veronica Kruze

Veronica manages a complex and competitive set of business partners, consistently delivering results that have a significant positive impact on NEXTGEN’s key metrics including revenue, margin, brand awareness, and partner experience.

July 13, 2023

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Connect with WIICTA WINNER Sally McIntosh

Sally joined NEXTGEN in 2012, when NEXTGEN was 8 people, in sales operations. She has been instrumental in NEXTGEN’s growth and success, being promoted to Sales Operations Manager in 2016. Sally has become the hub and a key custodian of the NEXTGEN Culture & Core Values and Behaviours.

13 July, 2023

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ED#2: Enterprise Tech Investment: FOLLOW THE MONEY with James Cunial

Join NEXTGEN Group CTO and strategist James Cunial as he dives into the febrile world of Enterprise Tech investment to find out what the smartest investors on the planet are getting excited about.

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July 5, 2023

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NightDragon, NEXTGEN Group Form Strategic Partnership to Bring Innovative Cyber Technology to Australia, New Zealand Region

NightDragon, a dedicated cybersecurity, safety, security and privacy investment and advisory firm, today announced a new partnership with NEXTGEN Group, a channel services and technology distribution company, to help NightDragon portfolio companies expand their go-to-market capabilities to the rapidly growing Australian and New Zealand markets through the company’s unique channel services model and capabilities in the region.  

 

April 20, 2023

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ED#1: Enterprise Tech Investment: FOLLOW THE MONEY with James Cunial

Join NEXTGEN Group CTO and strategist James Cunial as he dives into the febrile world of Enterprise Tech investment to find out what the smartest investors on the planet are getting excited about.

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June 6, 2023

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Record WIICTA Finalists for NEXTGEN in ANZ

In 2023, WIICTA is hosting the largest celebration of female excellence within the technology channel across Australia and New Zealand -- surpassing a record-breaking finalists haul in 2022 by more than 20 per cent. Given this upsurge of participation and competition NEXTGEN is enormously proud to have achieved a whopping 9 finalists this year - 4 in New Zealand and 5 in Australia.

March 22, 2023

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Regulatory Obligations

So…what’s a SOCI?

By Mick Lehmann,
NEXTGEN General Manager, Government

Like other countries, Australia’s economic, social, and political futures will be significantly digital. To help secure these futures, Government has strengthened the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act (SOCI) through two large amendments.

These two amendments are broad and far-reaching in their impact on business in Australia’s 11 new critical infrastructure sectors. 

March 24, 2023

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Regulatory Obligations 

There's now an 18-month deadline to implement a critical infrastructure Risk Management Program

By Mick Lehmann,
NEXTGEN General Manager, Government

The implementation of Australia’s #criticalinfrastructure reforms (SOCI 2018) is continuing and gaining practical momentum. On 17 Feb, Minister Claire O’Neil activated the legislation’s Risk Management Program (RMP) obligations for 13 specific critical infrastructure asset classes, including data processing and storage, and payment systems.

March 22, 2023

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NEXTGEN Group appoints Sanny Hadinata, new country leadership for Indonesia

NEXTGEN has appointed Sanny Hadinata as Managing Director, Indonesia. Heading up business operations and market expansion, she reports into Wendy O’Keeffe, EVP & MD for Asia, NEXTGEN Group. The appointment affirms NEXTGEN Group in their growth expansion plans into Asia.

March 8, 2023

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Leadership Forum 2023: "BUILDING RESILIENCE"

Thanks to all our contributors - speakers, sponsors and attendees - for helping make NEXTGEN’s 2023 Leadership Forum such a huge success last week! First and foremost to our amazing speakers, Shane Fitzsimmons, Sudhakar Ramakrishna, Paul Symon and Lucy Hone - WOW! Such varied perspectives on our RESILIENCE theme - always insightful, delivered with sincerity, humour and pathos. Also many thanks to sponsors Oracle, AWS, SolarWinds, oSpace and Elastic Digital for your generous support of our speaker line-up.

March 2, 2023

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Shaping Australia's new Cyber Strategy through the EAB

Following on from his analysis of the Government’s review of Australia’s Cyber Security Strategy 2020 (CSS20) in September last year, Mick Lehman, NEXTGEN's General Manager of Government in Canberra, takes us through the Expert Advisory Board’s latest discussion paper for Australia’s new Cyber Security Strategy..

February 28, 2023

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Stellar Cyber signs NEXTGEN as Philippines Distributor

The Philippines is home to a growing number of businesses that are increasingly vulnerable to cyber attacks. In response to this growing threat, NEXTGEN Group has partnered with Stellar Cyber to offer a suite of cybersecurity solutions that will sit alongside NEXTGEN’s diverse and complementary best-of-breed vendor portfolio.

February 23, 2023

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Gigamon and NEXTGEN sign ANZ distribution agreement

Gigamon, the leading deep observability company announced a new value-added distribution agreement with NEXTGEN across A/NZ. The decision comes hot on the heels of the recently announced capability expansions for the Gigamon Hawk Deep Observability Pipeline, an innovation which continues to drive 68% market share for the vendor.

January 22, 2023

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Azul appoints NEXTGEN as ANZ and ASEAN Distributor

Stepping up its channel investments to meet strong growth in demand for high performance and more cost-efficient Java alternatives, Azul, the only company 100% focused on Java, has announced its first and sole distribution deal in Australia/New Zealand (ANZ) and the ASEAN region with the appointment of NEXTGEN.

November, 2022

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Increased investment in Public Sector with new ACT leadership hire

NEXTGEN Group (NEXTGEN) has appointed Mick Lehmann, CSC as its General Manager of Government, based in Canberra. NEXTGEN’s public sector business contributed approximately 40% of total revenues in FY22, providing a substantial platform to increase investment and focus with an experienced and respected Canberra-based leader.

September 22, 2022

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Gary Cox joins the NEXTGEN Group Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director

NEXTGEN Group has appointed industry veteran, Gary Cox, to the main Board of NEXTGEN as an Independent Non-Executive Director. Gary joins the Chairman, Andrew Petering, and Director, Susan Searle as fellow independent, non-executive directors to bolster the governance and industry experience for NEXTGEN.
 

September 22, 2022

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Cyber Security: Reviews, risks, and opportunity for industry in FedGov

In Canberra IT circles, there may be no more feverishly anticipated phrase than “strategy review” (apart from “MOG change” – but that’s another story). As I wrote recently, there’s a conjunction like this happening right now in the FedGov cyber space. Specifically, the Labor Government has announced a review of Australia’s Cyber Security Strategy 2020 (CSS20).

November 14, 2022

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NEXTGEN Group accelerates ASEAN expansion with major headcount investment in Philippines and Malaysia

Continuing its ASEAN regional expansion, NEXTGEN Group has appointed Jenny Diamzon as Managing Director, Cyber and Data Resiliency Philippines and Tat Lung Chan as Managing Director of its Malaysia operation.
 

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Classified Cloud & AUKUS Winds

Hot off the end-of-year press is the US DoD announcement of a USD $9 Billion IDIQ award between the competing tribes of AWS, Microsoft, GCP, and Oracle for 'enterprise-wide, globally available cloud services across all security domains and classification levels, from the strategic level to the tactical edge'. It’s a five-year gig – an eternity in tech time.
 

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