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Major Chinese technology challenger Huawei was rewarded for its efforts in June and July 2017 by surpassing Apple to take No.2 smartphone sales spot, but can the position be kept in the face of 2017 iPhones?

Hot on the heels of its win in finally being part of Telstra’s range, Oppo is proudly boasting its top two Android smartphones were the top two Android sellers in July 2017.

The Australian (and presumably global) smartphone market is about to explode with yet another iPhone super-cycle, with Augmented Reality the new battleground as 1 in 3 already use AR apps – and more to come.

Most people think Office Space is a cult hit movie from 1999, and while it is that, we’re talking about Australian co-working “The Office Space” successfully helping accelerate Australian businesses.

COMMENT All the doomsayers who predicted iPad sales were in a death spiral and that even if Apple Watch sold, it wouldn’t matter, look silly now.

If you’ve been hassled by high-pressure sales tactics, the Victorian Government wants you to know “It’s OK to walk away".

Global low-code application development platform and digital transformation company OutSystems has opened its first direct sales office in Sydney as part of its global expansion strategy.

Don’t worry, Microsoft is in no danger of going away: what will go is thousands of jobs mostly in sales, mostly outside the US, mostly to benefit cloud growth.

Australian-listed telecommunications services company Norwood Systems has expanded its sales team with the appointment of a former Telstra senior executive to head the company’s sales effort in the North American market.

A Melbourne-based IT solutions provider is replacing its in-house salespeople with SalesTribe's Sales as a Service.

Enterprise cloud company ServiceNow has appointed Hamish Miles to a newly created position of New Zealand country manager.

It is the "closest quarter ever between Samsung and Apple" as Apple regains the top global smartphone sales spot after eight quarters, with the added bonus of global sales growing by 7%.

Cyber security solutions provider Cylance has beefed up its Australian and New Zealand business with a raft of new hires to drive the company’s regional sales and solutions delivery to market.

Global software company CA Technologies has appointed 20-year IT industry veteran Ken Martin as vice-president, Solution Sales, Agile Central, Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ).

Alcatel Lucent Enterprise (ALE) has undertaken a major change to its worldwide sales structure, forming regional sales organisations to focus on servicing four major market sectors — healthcare, education, government and transportation — including in the Asia Pacific region.

US telco and global communications giant Verizon has elevated former sales chief George Fischer to president of Verizon Enterprise Solutions (VES).

Oracle Australia's forthcoming digital sales hub in Sydney will involve 200 new jobs.

Overall game software sales are expected to be up 8% in 2016 to US$79 billion despite a slowdown in sales of package game software, and to keep growing through 2020.

Emerging markets are powering smartphone sales, according to forecaster GfK, with full year global smartphone sales for 2016 set to increase from US$400.7 billion to US$426 billion, up 5%.

Amazon has smashed market expectations by posting a profit for the fifth straight quarter — US$857 million on revenue of US$30.4 billion — for the second quarter of the 2016 fiscal year.