Sales Archives - Hosted Network

Hosted Network named a Cloud finalist at the ARN Innovation Awards 2026

September 03, 2026

ARN has revealed the finalists for the 2026 Innovation Awards, and Hosted Network is up in the Vendor category for Cloud. Winners are announced on 28 October at Ilumina in Sydney. The finalists in Cloud are Commvault, Dynatrace, Genetec, Hosted Network, OpenText, Veeam and Wasabi Technologies. We’re the only Australian company on that list. What […]
 
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Hosted Network named an Innovative Vendor finalist at the GTIA ANZ Spotlight Awards

September 03, 2026

GTIA has announced the shortlist for the ANZ Spotlight Awards 2026, and Hosted Network is a finalist in the Innovative Vendor category. The awards are held on 17 September at the Hyatt Regency in Sydney, on the same night as the CRN Channel Awards Australia, where Hosted Network is also shortlisted for Vendor of the […]
 
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Hosted Network shortlisted at the CRN Channel Awards Australia 2026

September 02, 2026

CRN Australia has announced the shortlist for the first CRN Channel Awards Australia, and Hosted Network has been named a finalist in two categories. Hosted Network is a finalist for Vendor of the Year, and our CEO Ben Town is a finalist for Channel Leader of the Year. Winners are announced on 17 September at […]
 
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The new Partner Portal: what’s changed and where to find things

July 29, 2026

The Partner Portal has had a complete refresh, with every page redesigned around a cleaner, faster interface. The information is all the same as you’re used to, just presented more clearly. Most things are exactly where you left them, though seven areas have moved or been simplified.If something isn’t where you expect it, global search […]
 
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Catalyst Sydney 2026 Recap: A Customer-Led Reality Check for MSPs

July 06, 2026

On 3 June 2026, around a hundred MSP owners and operators gave up a full working day to sit in one room at Sydney Swans HQ with people who do the same work and were willing to talk openly about it. The fact that they showed up for the very first Catalyst, an event we […]
 
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How to Buy or Sell an MSP: A Practical M&A Guide

How to Buy or Sell an MSP: A Practical M&A Guide

June 10, 2026

MSP M&A is everywhere right now. Private equity is rolling up the sector, international buyers are circling and deals like the Integris and First Focus merger are reshaping the channel. Yet most MSPs aren’t ready for either side of the table. In a recent MSPs in Conversation session, three owners who’ve grown by every route, […]
 
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Why MSPs Should Bundle nbn, Not Quote It Standalone

April 21, 2026

If you’re an MSP quoting standalone nbn services, you’re playing a game you can’t win. The price is public, the customer knows it, and the moment the conversation becomes about megabits and monthly cost, the only direction it goes is down. Bundle It. And Make the Bundle Yours. The answer to commodity pricing isn’t to […]
 
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Why is hiring MSP salespeople such a lottery

Why is hiring MSP talent such a lottery?

December 21, 2022

I  recently took a meeting with the sales director of an IT distributor who told me that constant downward pressure on margins – which are already razor thin – were his biggest worry. So I asked them what they were doing about it and he said his team needs more training, and need to be […]
 
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MSP customer experience

How to reduce your MSP’s service load and provide a better client experience

December 13, 2022

As an industry we are stuck! We are stuck in our mindsets, our process and our actions! Us MSPs are still managing our operations the same way we mature MSPs were around 2010! I want to change this and shift everyone’s thinking to being a modern TSP instead. So lets start with understanding why we […]
 
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How pain can help your MSP sell

How pain can help your MSP’s salesperson close deals

November 24, 2022

Imagine you are meeting with an operations manager and finance director, pitching a cloud solution that will help the organisation to increase revenues by moving its data in an off premise storage and running its business systems in the cloud.  You start to provide benefits and case studies of how the cloud solution has helped […]
 
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