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Versent has landed a project with WA-based transit ticketing system provider Vix Technology, moving them into the AWS cloud and providing a data reporting solution on the Snowflake platform. With […]

Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) Outposts has launched in Singapore with the fully managed service available through select channel partners. Expert consulting providers include Blazeclan Technologies, Sourced Group and Versent, in addition to global system integrators (GSIs) such […]

Melbourne-based cloud consultancy Versent has added consulting to the list of services it offers on the AWS Marketplace. The company joined the ranks of the AWS Marketplace Consulting Partner Private […]

To help fulfil demand for cloud professionals, RMIT Online has teamed up with the AWS Academy to introduce two cloud computing courses, AWS Cloud Practitioner and AWS Cloud Architect. The […]

Service NSW is planning to push as many of its on-premises workloads into Amazon Web Services as possible under a multi-year migration project aimed at improving the scalability and resilience […]

Forward-thinking companies are increasingly coupling cloud-based solutions with the possibilities offered by artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Versent confirmed as a finalist in “Enterprise Partner” and “Customer Value” categories.

As a certified AWS Managed Services Provider, Versent provides next-generation services for organisations with AWS hosted workloads and applications. Insentra, a 100% channel based professional and managed services organisation, brings six Microsoft Gold competencies, Citrix, Symantec, Veritas and RedHat capabilities. The combined managed services offering provides a breadth of industry-leading capabilities to the most common services required for any market.

The demand to move to the cloud for energy giant Woodside was driven by a couple of main points – to speed up the time to process and interpret large seismic data sets, and providing analysis. And to help achieve this, AWS premier consulting partner Versent was brought on-board to guide them through and map out their cloud journey.

The partnership also involves the use of Stax offering insights into cloud usage…

“The acquisition of Contexti will boost Versent’s ability to respond to the increasing demand for machine learning, data analytics and data aggregation solutions. Our deep expertise in Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud, and automation, combined with Contexti’s proven track record delivering automated AI solutions, big data development and data warehouse solutions for Australian enterprise, means we can now offer our customers a complete data and analytics solution.”

In terms of overall revenue, identity and access management vendor Ping was top of the table. This unexpected result can be explained due to Ping’s importance to Versent.

The 2018 CRN Fast50 Leader Award, recognising the biggest company on the list, was Cirrus Networks, returning after taking out Leader honours last year. The Editor’s award was won by Versent. CRN’s Icon Award, as voted for by the CRN Fast50 companies themselves, went to Brennan IT.

Versent, a Melbourne-based consultancy which helps enterprises manage computing in an Amazon Web Services environment, has developed courses in partnership with RMIT to plug skills gaps in augmented reality, virtual reality and its brand of “server-less” cloud-based computing architecture.

Cyber Security interviews Ricki Burke and Versent’s Sarah Young, co-organisers of the AllSec Meetups in Melbourne. This 15 minute podcast dives into Ricki’s BSides Workshop and Sarah’s SecDevSecOpsSec session.

Three new leadership hires will help shape Versent’s growth trajectory. Versent has made a string of strategic new leadership hires following strong market growth, amid plans to expand into the US within the next couple of months.

RMIT Online has added artificial intelligence to the growing list of technology subjectson offer at the university, teaming up with US technology giant Amazon to deliver theworld’s first short course in virtual reality and augmented reality. Students will also receive hands­ on guidance from information technology consultancy Versent, a member of Amazon’s Partner Network.

Versent made #7 on LinkedIn’s Top Startup List in Australia. To be considered for this year’s list, companies needed to be privately held, seven years old or younger and have 50 or more employees. LinkedIn then looked at the activity of its more than 500 million users to factor in employee growth, job seeker interest and engagement with the company on the platform, as well as how well the upstarts were able to attract talent away from the established players on LinkedIn’s Top Companies list.

The LinkedIn rankings were based on employment growth, the number of non-employee views and follows on the start-up’s LinkedIn page and how many non-employees are viewing staff profiles from the company, the number of people viewing and applying for jobs at the company and the number of employees the start-up has recruited away from LinkedIn Top Companies, as a percentage of the start-up’s total workforce.

Thor Essman, Founder and CEO of Versent, wonders if digital consumers have already become so used to services like Netflix and Spotify that they would take the shift to open banking – and the experiences that would generate – as a given.

Lapid acknowledges the importance of business mentors, but instructs that they’ll only be valuable if you’re giving as well as receiving. Her advice to young female grads: “a mentor will help you, but only if you put in what you expect to get out. A mentorship goes two ways.”

Australia is a market easily influenced by marketing and bamboozled by statistics. Yet for Thor Essman, the very notion of digital remains misguided.

After launching in 2014, Australian tech consultancy Versent experienced a meteoric rise, which saw them open a swanky new office on O’Connell Street in the Sydney CBD. Riley Smith of the company’s People and Culture department filled us in on the details – “We were looking for a lot of space to grow into, and that could be used to host events like meetups. We also needed an easily accessible, central location.”

Ping has named Versent, a Melbourne-headquartered technology, managed services and PaaS provider, “Partner of the Year” for the Asia Pacific market.

Creating a single identity for Australians has long been a complex issue with the potential for significant backlash from the public when handled poorly.

19 April 2018, Melbourne, Australia: Versent, a technology, managed services and PaaS provider, announces it is the first Australian company to win Amazon Web Services (AWS) APAC Partner of the Year and AWS Consulting Partner for the second year running at 2018 #AWSSummit in Sydney.

Wow, what an awesome three days the AWS Sydney Summit 2018. For the first time in Australia, AWS dedicated a day of the conference to innovation. Every time I attend one of these events, I realise how fast the world is changing with technology as a major influencer.

When Mirvac came knocking, Versent tapped into its automation processes to shift over 100 workloads to AWS in less than seven months

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the winners of its 2018 Australia and New Zealand Partner Awards, with a total of 5 partners recognised across a range of categories.

Melbourne-based Versent has won the award as Amazon Web Services’ top consulting partner for the second year in a row. The cloud giant’s awards were handed out at the AWS Partner Summit in Sydney on Tuesday night, with winners elected by a panel of AWS experts.

Visit booth C4 in the CBD District at AWS Summit to learn how Versent’s cloud management tool, Stax can save businesses thousands of dollars

With 2018 whizzing by at light speed, many of us haven’t yet found the time to scratch ourselves. Some of Australia’s leading tech startups, however, have been spending their 2018 time far more wisely, and have already celebrated some big wins.

Tech jobs in Sydney have been booming in the last 12 months. We have seen tech startups and established tech business alike kick off the year with stories of investment and growth in headcount.

Are you taking the ‘right’ risks in your organisation – and therefore experiencing the rewards of these decisions? An opinion piece by Jenny Yang, Versent’s Security Architect.

From the Fast Starters perspective – recognising start-ups which commenced trading after 1 July 2013 – cloud consultancy experts Versent led the way for the industry, placing 2nd with revenue at $26 million, and growth of 30 per cent.

Versent’s ranked #2 in this year’s AFR Fast Starter Awards, and is on track to double revenue in 2017-18.

“Versent is a strong supporter of TourXOz, and the Black Dog Institute,” Coxon said. “Our shared vision of promoting mental health is why Versent is so passionate about this cause, and raising awareness and funds for an issue that affects so many Australians.”

The top Victorian entrepreneurs have taken home honors from the 2017 Entrepreneur of the Year™ Southern Region awards ceremony held last night in Melbourne. Seven finalists were chosen from an outstanding field of entrepreneurs to go through to the next round of the 2017 program.

Melbourne-based IT consultant Versent has struck up a new partnership with Google-owned API specialist Apigee in a move it says will help businesses transform customer experiences and improve digital value chains, with one big client, ANZ Bank, already benefitting from the collaboration.

Consumer digital companies such as Airbnb, Uber and Netflix are changing the way consumers interact and behave. These disrupters are shaking up the marketplace and adapting and responding to customer needs far quicker than their enterprise counterparts. So as a business, if you’re not prepared to build for disruption, you’ll be left behind.

The winners of the inaugural CRN Impact Awards were revealed on Thursday night in Sydney, recognizing IT providers for leading technology projects that delivered real benefits for Australian customers.

Operating as a cloud partner since 2014, Versent advanced through the Amazon Web Services (AWS) ranks to achieve Advanced Partner status in 2016 and in April was recognised as the AWS Consulting Partner of the Year 2017.

Melbourne-based IT consultancy Versent has delivered CA Technologies’ API management solution to Service NSW, allowing the agency to perform half of its transactions digitally.

Versent in 7th place on BRW’s Fast Starters 2016. Explore the 2016 edition of the BRW Fast Starters list, featuring the 100 fastest growing startup businesses in Australia.

An IT consultancy founded by former National Australia Bank technology executives has made a $3 million bet that Amazon Web Services will remain the most popular cloud infrastructure service.

Keeping track of cloud deployments can be tricky, as the founders of cloud consulting company Versent knew through experience. So they created the spinout software company, Stax, whose mission is to help users answer the question ‘where is my s***’.

ARN examines the companies that have risen to prominence already or are progressing beyond their start-up origins.

Melbourne co-working space Level 3 has launched its first B2B pitching night, giving startups an opportunity to present their ideas to a room of corporate executives.

From the way the startup landscape is often portrayed in the media, what startups covet above all else is funding. That may be true for some, but any investor will likely tell you that the smarter ones are after customers. Customers, however, can often be harder to come by than investors.

The New South Wales government has awarded AU$1.8 million to Melbourne-based Versent to build a new online open data hub for the state’s transport department.

Company founder says industry has a lot to learn from start-ups.

The collaborative space aims to unite tech startups with enterprises

Versent, founded by Thor Essman, James Coxon, Hamish Toll, Eddie Smith, and David Broeren, was born out of frustrations Essman has had for clients in the enterprise IT space over the last 25 years. He felt there was a gap in the market when it came to the consulting world, where firms didn’t really focus on highly available, outcome-based products for the enterprise space. Versent was founded with the credo that the company wanted to help enterprises be innovative in the same way as startups.