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Photo Gallery - Westcon-Comstor's IMAGINE 2018

24 May 18

Ben Moore

Westcon-Comstor’s IMAGINE event has finished for 2018, a successful event with over 20 sessions presented by a wide variety of major vendors including, IBM, Cisco, VMware and more.

Plus, keynotes from futurist Anders Sorman-Nillson and Southern Spars general manager Peter Batcheler.

Held in the TSB Arena in Wellington on May 17, you can see some photo highlights from the event below.

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