Networking

DiData to acquire Aussie IT consultancy 
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DiData to acquire Aussie IT consultancy
By Byron Connolly | Apr 6, 2005 | Comment Now 
Dimension Data is set to acquire Bellerephon Group, an Australian IT consulting organisation based on the NSW Central Coast.
 
Equinix expands managed services 
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Equinix expands managed services
Apr 1, 2005 | Comment Now 
US-based IP exchange operator Equinix has added two new services to its suite of managed offerings for Asia-Pacific customers.
 
EDS launches first Agility Alliance service 
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EDS launches first Agility Alliance service
Apr 1, 2005 | Comment Now 
EDS Australia has launched its first service stemming from its Agility Alliance with industry giants including Dell, Microsoft and Cisco.
 
Macquarie Telecom ups SQL cluster push 
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Macquarie Telecom ups SQL cluster push
By Fleur Doidge | Mar 31, 2005 | Comment Now 
Macquarie Telecom has deployed managed hosting for online training provider BizEd Services, in a bid to help it push into an emerging market for technology using SQL Server ...
 
Toss your Packeteer, says TechPlus 
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Toss your Packeteer, says TechPlus
By Byron Connolly | Mar 21, 2005 | Comment Now 
Niche distributor TechPlus has launched a program to encourage resellers to cross-grade Packeteer customers to Exinda Optimiser or Allot NetEnforcer platforms.
 
DiData Forum “retired” 
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DiData Forum “retired”
By Fleur Doidge | Mar 4, 2005 | Comment Now 
What was once arguably Australia’s largest IT conference, DiData Forum, has been consigned forever to the annals of history by organiser Dimension Data.
 
Former employee critiques Cisco 
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Former employee critiques Cisco
By Fleur Doidge | Mar 3, 2005 | Comment Now 
A former Cisco engineer has publicly criticised the networking giant, saying Cisco has neglected application traffic management and lost deals with important resellers as a result.
 
APC shines up channel program 
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APC shines up channel program
Mar 3, 2005 | Comment Now 
APC has announced it plans to provide more discounts to partners who had invested heavily in pre-sales.
 
SkyNetGlobal writes down $7m 
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SkyNetGlobal writes down $7m
Mar 3, 2005 | Comment Now 
Sydney broadband firm SkyNetGlobal lost $6.6 million in the half year ending 31 December, despite a 330 percent jump in operating revenue over the same year-ago period.
 
Local 3Com staff escape axe 
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Local 3Com staff escape axe
By Jennifer Hagendorf Follett, Jennifer Hagendorf Follett & staff | Mar 2, 2005 | Comment Now 
3Com is laying off about 220 employees in the United States and Europe, or roughly 12 percent of its workforce.
 
Unisys wins $12m Victoria deal 
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Unisys wins $12m Victoria deal
Feb 25, 2005 | Comment Now 
The Victorian government has awarded service provider Unisys a $12 million, three-year managed services contract for two departments' IT infrastructures.
 
Lan 1 signs Raritan 
Networking
Lan 1 signs Raritan
By Byron Connolly | Feb 22, 2005 | Comment Now 
Sydney-based specialist distributor Lan 1 has signed an agreement to distribute Raritan’s range of KVM switches, in an effort to crank up the vendor’s enterprise sales.
 
Netcomm, Bluechip part ways 
Networking
Netcomm, Bluechip part ways
By Fleur Doidge | Feb 16, 2005 | Comment Now 
Networking gear vendor Netcomm has wound up its relationship with distributor Bluechip Infotech and taken on LAN Systems in a quest to grow share through “value-added” ...
 
Tandberg unveils video communication technology for IP networks 
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Tandberg unveils video communication technology for IP networks
Feb 8, 2005 | Comment Now 
Tandberg introduced this week its Expressway visual communication technology that makes face-to-face video communications possible over IP networks.
 
Cisco gets new regional manager 
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Cisco gets new regional manager
By Byron Connolly | Jan 27, 2005 | Comment Now 
Cisco Systems Australia has appointed Suzanne Hansen as regional manager for ANZ channels.
 
Netgear offers more reseller training 
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Netgear offers more reseller training
Jan 24, 2005 | Comment Now 
Networking vendor Netgear has announced another round of training for resellers interested in convergence and digital home technologies.
 
D-Link sales chief to head Linksys 
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D-Link sales chief to head Linksys
By Byron Connolly | Jan 13, 2005 | Comment Now 
Former D-Link national sales manager Graeme Reardon has taken a job with competitor Linksys as Australia and New Zealand regional manager.
 
Brightpoint doubles Sydney capacity 
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Brightpoint doubles Sydney capacity
By Fleur Doidge | Jan 7, 2005 | Comment Now 
Specialist distributor and service provider Brightpoint is trading its Sydney office up for a location twice the size to take advantage of continuing strong growth in its ...
 
Getronics expands gaming IT contract 
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Getronics expands gaming IT contract
Jan 5, 2005 | Comment Now 
Service provider Getronics Australia is set to seal a five-year deal to buy UNiTAB’s Queensland gaming machine maintenance operation.
 
Data#3 networks Asia-Pacific law firm 
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Data#3 networks Asia-Pacific law firm
Dec 22, 2004 | Comment Now 
Brisbane reseller Data#3 has won a deal to design and deploy Cisco networking at law firm Allens Arthur Robinson for 1600 users based around the Asia-Pacific.
 
Vic clinics get 86km wireless link 
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Vic clinics get 86km wireless link
By Fleur Doidge | Dec 14, 2004 | Comment Now 
MIMP has launched what it believes is the world’s longest commercial wireless broadband link, linking radiology centres in Victoria’s Ballarat and Geelong in one 86km hop.
 
Alphawest, Sun sponsor Monash grid effort 
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Alphawest, Sun sponsor Monash grid effort
Dec 13, 2004 | Comment Now 
Reseller Alphawest and vendor partner Sun Microsystems have given Australia’s largest university a $150,000 SunFire grid computing package as part of a grid computing promotion.
 
NSC, Stratum partner to upgrade air services 
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NSC, Stratum partner to upgrade air services
Dec 10, 2004 | Comment Now 
NSC and Stratum Communications have won a contract to deploy an advanced telecommunications interface for Airservices Australia, a government body that provides critical ...
 
Nexon buys customers from troubled NTG 
Networking
Nexon buys customers from troubled NTG
By Fleur Doidge | Dec 6, 2004 | Comment Now 
Voice and data integrator Nexon Asia-Pacific has bought some 200 customer contracts from fiscally troubled service provider National Telecoms Group for an undisclosed sum.
 
Integ wins choice Ernst & Young IP deal 
Networking
Integ wins choice Ernst & Young IP deal
Dec 3, 2004 | Comment Now 
Sydney voice-and-data integrator Integ Communications has won a deal to roll out IP telephony and unified communications to eight Australian sites at Big Four accountancy Ernst ...
 
Emerson offers new UPS reseller incentives 
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Emerson offers new UPS reseller incentives
Dec 1, 2004 | Comment Now 
US-based power protection products vendor Emerson Network Power has launched two new incentives to Australian resellers working with master distributors Ingram Micro and J Mills.
 
Lan 1 signs Motorola wireless 
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Lan 1 signs Motorola wireless
Nov 30, 2004 | Comment Now 
Sydney niche distributor Lan 1 has signed up to distribute Motorola’s Canopy product for wireless ISPs, carriers and enterprise customers.
 
3Com promises more partner support in 2005 
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3Com promises more partner support in 2005
By Fleur Doidge | Nov 29, 2004 | Comment Now 
Networking vendor 3Com has sworn to do better by its channel this coming year, promising more and better demand generation, marketing development, service and support for 2005.
 
ACIF assesses VoIP issues 
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ACIF assesses VoIP issues
Nov 29, 2004 | Comment Now 
The Australian Communications Industry Forum is organising a forum to discuss issues surrounding Voice over Internet Protocol.
 
WebCentral signs new management 
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WebCentral signs new management
Nov 17, 2004 | Comment Now 
Incognito ASP WebCentral has appointed two new general managers to help drive business across its consumer, SMB and enterprise divisions.
 
Perth integrator to deploy wireless mesh 
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Perth integrator to deploy wireless mesh
Nov 12, 2004 | Comment Now 
Perth integrator JW Montcrieff has won a deal to deploy what’s claimed to be the first wireless mesh network in Australia.
 
India's Tata Group acquires Tyco Network at bargain price  
Networking
India's Tata Group acquires Tyco Network at bargain price
Nov 2, 2004 | Comment Now 
In a new indication that the sale of US-built telecommunications infrastructure to foreign interests at fire-sale prices is continuing, Tyco International announced this week ...
 
iSCSI finds fans in Australian channel 
Networking
iSCSI finds fans in Australian channel
By Fleur Doidge | Oct 28, 2004 | Comment Now 
The Australian market may finally be ready for iSCSI storage, if the experience of Sydney specialist distributor Lan 1 is any guide.
 
Petty best of British for DiData services 
Networking
Petty best of British for DiData services
Oct 27, 2004 | Comment Now 
Dimension Data has promoted Scott Petty to a UK-based global executive for services role, appointing Ken Westwood as chief Australian operating officer in his place.
 
Netgear offers wireless, VPN training for resellers 
Networking
Netgear offers wireless, VPN training for resellers
By DVD Editor | Oct 22, 2004 | Comment Now 
Resellers will soon be able to increase their knowledge of wireless and VPN technologies with a series of one-day courses offered by Netgear in November.
 
Channel surges after Network Box 
Networking
Channel surges after Network Box
By Darren Baguley | Oct 21, 2004 | Comment Now 
Managed security player, Network Box’s aggressive push into the Australian channel has scored big with 17 new resellers achieving Level 1 certification since the campaign ...
 
Australia's largest residential VoIP installation goes live 
Networking
Australia's largest residential VoIP installation goes live
By DVD Editor, Ron Osborn, Rob Osborn | Oct 21, 2004 | Comment Now 
Australia's largest residential VoIP installation was launched in Melbourne this week with the opening of Central Equity's Melbourne Tower and City Tower apartment buildings.
 
Mobile reseller wins human resources prize 
Networking
Mobile reseller wins human resources prize
Oct 21, 2004 | Comment Now 
A mobile phone reseller has won a blue ribbon for its human resources management at a national Australian awards ceremony.
 
KAZ bags ElectraNet managed services deal 
Networking
KAZ bags ElectraNet managed services deal
By Byron Connolly | Oct 19, 2004 | Comment Now 
KAZ Group's technology services division has won a three year managed services contract with South Australian electricity provider ElectraNet.
 
Indigo Pacific wins Asia-Pacific HP prize 
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Indigo Pacific wins Asia-Pacific HP prize
Oct 11, 2004 | Comment Now 
Hardware giant HP has awarded Australian reseller Indigo Pacific its best performing business solutions partner prize for the Asia-Pacific region this year.
 
Simply Wireless staff, creditors to go home empty-handed 
Networking
Simply Wireless staff, creditors to go home empty-handed
By Fleur Doidge | Oct 8, 2004 | Comment Now 
Staff and unsecured creditors have been told they are unlikely to recoup any part of the $1.9 million still owing to them after insolvent wireless integrator Simply Wireless ...
 
Cole joins Enterasys 
Networking
Cole joins Enterasys
By Byron Connolly | Oct 5, 2004 | Comment Now 
Former Cisco channel director Kip Cole has joined the networking market’s underdog Enterasys Networks in the newly-created role of VP of sales for South Asia.
 
DiData offers managed IP telephony 
Networking
DiData offers managed IP telephony
Sep 24, 2004 | Comment Now 
System integrator Dimension Data has started offering a managed IP telephony service to enterprise customers.
 
Australasian information brokers widen data net 
Networking
Australasian information brokers widen data net
By Fleur Doidge | Sep 22, 2004 | Comment Now 
Information broker Citec Confirm, a division of Queensland IT outsourcer Citec, has struck a three-year services deal with New Zealand-based credit check agency Baycorp Advantage.
 
CSC bags Navy deal 
Networking
CSC bags Navy deal
Sep 16, 2004 | Comment Now 
CSC has won a four-year $15 million contract to design and install a shipboard and shore-based IT infrastructure for the Royal Australian Navy.
 
Nortel: shunning direct cost us deals 
Networking
Nortel: shunning direct cost us deals
By Angus Kidman | Sep 7, 2004 | Comment Now 
A senior Nortel executive has admitted that the company's past reluctance to market directly to large businesses has cost it enterprise share.
 
Enterasys retrenches three staff 
Networking
Enterasys retrenches three staff
By Byron Connolly | Sep 7, 2004 | Comment Now 
Networking company Enterasys Networks Australia has retrenched three sales staff in its Sydney and Melbourne offices.
 
D-Link appoints EDsys 
Networking
D-Link appoints EDsys
Sep 7, 2004 | Comment Now 
SMB networker D-Link has signed EDsys IT Distribution as its new distributor in Western Australia.
 
Verykios is back, takes share in Firewall Systems 
Networking
Verykios is back, takes share in Firewall Systems
By Byron Connolly | Sep 6, 2004 | Comment Now 
After a four month sabbatical, former LAN Systems GM Nick Verykios is back in the distribution channel, securing a 14 percent stake in niche security player Firewall Systems ...
 
Allsopp quits Linksys, joins Juniper 
Networking
Allsopp quits Linksys, joins Juniper
By Byron Connolly | Sep 3, 2004 | Comment Now 
After a relatively short stint, Linksys' Australia and New Zealand regional manager Brian Allsopp has quit the company and joined competing networking player Juniper Networks.
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