Byron Connolly

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Alstom IT MBO completed

Alstom IT MBO completed

Five senior executives at ALSTOM IT have completed a management buyout of the global transport and energy company's local IT distribution operation.
Byron Connolly Oct 7 2004 12:00AM Financial Services
Destra buys Techex

Destra buys Techex

Internet company Destra Corporation Limited has acquired broadband service provider and distributor Techex Communications.
Byron Connolly Oct 6 2004 12:00AM Software
Cole joins Enterasys

Cole joins Enterasys

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.
Byron Connolly Oct 5 2004 12:00AM Networking
LAN Systems grabs exclusive EMC deal

LAN Systems grabs exclusive EMC deal

LAN Systems has scored an exclusive distribution agreement with enterprise-cum-SMB storage vendor EMC, in a deal that would potentially catapult its storage sales to 15 percent of its business over the next 18 to 24 months.
Byron Connolly Oct 1 2004 12:00AM Storage
Ingram buys Tech Pacific

Ingram buys Tech Pacific

Distribution giant Ingram Micro Inc has acquired Tech Pacific in a $700 million (US$493 million) cash deal.
Byron Connolly Sep 27 2004 12:00AM Hardware
China the next tech powerhouse: Deloitte

China the next tech powerhouse: Deloitte

China is fast becoming a technology powerhouse and local Australian ICT firms risk losing their advantage if they ignore the country’s influence on global standards, according to new Deloitte research.
Byron Connolly Sep 27 2004 12:00AM Strategy
Tech Pacific signs Vodafone

Tech Pacific signs Vodafone

Tech Pacific has signed to distribute Vodafone's Mobile Connect software and new BlackBerry handsets under an agreement that commences on 4 October.
Staff Writers , Byron Connolly Sep 20 2004 12:00AM Telco/ISP
Altech signs Shuttle

Altech signs Shuttle

IT wholesaler Altech has signed up as the second Australian distributor for Taiwanese computer maker Shuttle. Under the arrangement, Altech would be distributing the company's line of "XPC" small form factor bare-bones PCs.
Byron Connolly Sep 13 2004 12:00AM Hardware
Direct Data in receivership

Direct Data in receivership

Queensland-based wholesale ISP Direct Data Pty Ltd has been placed in receivership by its largest secured creditor AAPT, CRN has learned.
Byron Connolly Sep 10 2004 12:00AM Financial Services
Net Return in reseller recruitment drive

Net Return in reseller recruitment drive

Net Return -- the exclusive distributor for web-based application software NetSuite -- wants resellers, and has hired Brad Lencken as its new Sydney-based channel manager to drive partner sales.
Byron Connolly Sep 9 2004 12:00AM Financial Services
Tech Pacific confirms float plans

Tech Pacific confirms float plans

The Tech Pacific group has confirmed it is "actively exploring" a public offering on the Australian Stock Exchange, possibly by the end of 2004, company CEO Shailendra Gupta told CRN today.
Byron Connolly Sep 7 2004 12:00AM Hardware
Enterasys retrenches three staff

Enterasys retrenches three staff

Networking company Enterasys Networks Australia has retrenched three sales staff in its Sydney and Melbourne offices.
Byron Connolly Sep 7 2004 12:00AM Networking
Verykios is back, takes share in Firewall Systems

Verykios is back, takes share in Firewall Systems

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 joining LAN founder Scott Frew in the process.
Byron Connolly Sep 6 2004 12:00AM Networking
Allsopp quits Linksys, joins Juniper

Allsopp quits Linksys, joins Juniper

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.
Byron Connolly Sep 3 2004 12:00AM Networking
DYO Services seeks resellers

DYO Services seeks resellers

Australian backup technology company DYO Services is cranking up a campaign to recruit resellers to sell its SME storage software DYObackup and has promised margins of 30 percent with the product.
Byron Connolly Sep 3 2004 12:00AM Software
BenQ poaches Harvey's Schnell

BenQ poaches Harvey's Schnell

Consumer electronics company BenQ Australia has poached Paul Schnell, the former head of Harvey Norman's $400 million PC, notebook and LCD business unit.
Byron Connolly Aug 31 2004 12:00AM Hardware
IBM unveils world's smallest PC

IBM unveils world's smallest PC

IBM has launched the ThinkCentre S50 ultra small, a PC which it claims is the smallest in the world.
Byron Connolly Aug 31 2004 12:00AM Hardware
Volante reports $7.6m profit

Volante reports $7.6m profit

Australian IT services outfit Volante Group has reported a profit after tax of $7.6 million on sales revenue of $348.3 million for its year ending 30 June 2004.
Byron Connolly Aug 26 2004 12:00AM Financial Services
Microsoft feeling the open source heat

Microsoft feeling the open source heat

Microsoft and its partners must do a better job of communicating the features of the software giant's latest platforms and educating customers on how technology can help them, Microsoft boss Steve Vamos told hundreds of attendees at its partner conference in Queensland.
Byron Connolly Aug 24 2004 12:00AM Software
Dodo to open retail shops

Dodo to open retail shops

Dodo Internet would look to put pressure on the telco big boys with an ambitious $60 million plan to open up to 60 retail stores across Australia branded 'Dodo World'.
Byron Connolly Aug 18 2004 12:00AM Telco/ISP

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