Verdon Kelliher discusses the NZ IT scene
23 February 2010
Optimation's Northern Region GM Verdon Kelliher talks to Reseller News about his varied career in the technology sector, the ever-changing face of the local IT scene, and, of course, rugby.
He notes the cyclical trend of acquisition is one he has experienced in his career, and he believes it will be accompanied by the rise of emerging players.
“Every seven years you’re going to see a whole lot of companies coming together. It happened when IBM purchased Logical and Gen-i was in acquisition mode.
“That was seven years ago and in between a number of new players have started to emerge such as Axon, Maclean Computing and Datacraft. Datacraft is a really good example of these smaller companies moving up into the enterprise space and challenging the IBMs and HPs of this world.”
Kelliher predicts more acquisitions over the next couple of years as the market consolidates.
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