Recent articles by Fleur Doidge

Acer maxes margins in whitebox war

Acer maxes margins in whitebox war

Acer Computer has slung a new initiative into the ring to tempt resellers away from whitebox and no-name brands by lifting hardware margins.
Fleur Doidge Mar 18 2005 3:00PM Hardware
Dovetail offers WAN load-balance boxes

Dovetail offers WAN load-balance boxes

Dovetail Distribution has signed up for rights to distribute WAN load-balancing technology from the US that may help businesses save thousands of dollars in bandwidth costs.
Fleur Doidge Mar 17 2005 2:49PM Hardware
Distributors come in from Veritas cold

Distributors come in from Veritas cold

Storage software giant Veritas has had a change of heart, reappointing TechPacific and, reportedly, also ACA Pacific as distributors less than a year after their axing in mid-2004.
Fleur Doidge Mar 17 2005 10:47AM Storage
Global giants may monopolise services

Global giants may monopolise services

Major vendors are buddying up with service provider EDS in a global move that could encourage customers to select service and solution offerings reliant on a limited number of brands.
Fleur Doidge Mar 16 2005 3:18PM Strategy
Avaya signs Peribit in VoIP channel push

Avaya signs Peribit in VoIP channel push

WAN optimisation specialist Peribit Networks has joined a global partner program run by contact centre communications vendor Avaya.
Fleur Doidge Mar 16 2005 2:08PM Telco/ISP
VoIP no call centre must-have: survey

VoIP no call centre must-have: survey

Australian midsize to large contact centres are expecting to invest in new technology next quarter but IP telephony is lower on the shopping list than IVR, workforce management and CRM applications, a new study has found.
Fleur Doidge Mar 15 2005 2:45PM Telco/ISP
Honeywell cuts ribbon at new R&D centre

Honeywell cuts ribbon at new R&D centre

US-based Honeywell International has opened a new Pacific automation and control solutions headquarters and software research centre in Sydney.
Fleur Doidge Mar 14 2005 2:57PM Hardware
Internode breaks into big league

Internode breaks into big league

Internode has deployed its own high speed links to the US in a move that will have the Adelaide ISP breathing down the necks of Tier 1 telcos like Telstra and Optus.
Fleur Doidge Mar 7 2005 1:52PM Telco/ISP
Brisbane HR systems reseller ramps up

Brisbane HR systems reseller ramps up

Brisbane-based Time & Access Systems has signed a distribution deal with US-based human resources systems provider Time America.
Fleur Doidge Mar 7 2005 11:05AM Software
DiData Forum “retired”

DiData Forum “retired”

What was once arguably Australia’s largest IT conference, DiData Forum, has been consigned forever to the annals of history by organiser Dimension Data.
Fleur Doidge Mar 4 2005 8:44AM Networking
Former employee critiques Cisco

Former employee critiques Cisco

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.
Fleur Doidge Mar 3 2005 2:45PM Networking
Mad Ron plays white knight

Mad Ron plays white knight

Queensland reseller Ron Bakir has run off to Bali on a quest to rescue damsel in distress Schapelle Corby, who is facing a potential death sentence for allegedly smuggling 4.1 kilos of cannabis in her luggage.
Fleur Doidge Feb 28 2005 12:18PM Telco/ISP
Schwalbs do the shuffle

Schwalbs do the shuffle

Joel Schwalb has reduced his stake in Volante Group, withdrawing from one shareholding directorship to make way for his son, Ehoud Schwalb.
Fleur Doidge Feb 25 2005 4:18PM Hardware
BlueArc wins horse database deal

BlueArc wins horse database deal

Developer BlueArc has won a deal to build a NSW horse industry database to help up to 5000 organisations and 100,000 individuals save their precious equines in times of natural disaster.
Fleur Doidge Feb 24 2005 2:00PM Software
Netspace leaps into retail

Netspace leaps into retail

Melbourne ISP Netspace has jumped into the retail market with broadband in a box, claiming that current offerings don’t make the grade for resellers.
Fleur Doidge Feb 23 2005 2:36PM Telco/ISP
Advertising rules for telcos revised

Advertising rules for telcos revised

Telecommunications service providers will have to toe the line of a new Australian Communications Industry Forum code when promoting prices, terms and conditions to consumers.
Fleur Doidge Feb 23 2005 8:47AM Telco/ISP
Channel heat on in Cambodia

Channel heat on in Cambodia

Small IT resellers in Cambodia are facing increasing competition in a freer market as the developing Asian nation enters its seventh peaceful year after Pol Pot’s death in 1998.
Fleur Doidge Feb 17 2005 3:20PM Telco/ISP
Netcomm, Bluechip part ways

Netcomm, Bluechip part ways

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” distribution.
Fleur Doidge Feb 16 2005 4:40PM Networking
Next Byte closes Glenelg store

Next Byte closes Glenelg store

Apple reseller Next Byte closes up its Adelaide shop in Glenelg tomorrow, Thursday 17 February, in preparation for a bigger operation in Adelaide’s CBD.
Fleur Doidge Feb 16 2005 3:32PM Hardware
Next Byte moves on art reproduction

Next Byte moves on art reproduction

Apple reseller Next Byte has formed a wholly-owned company, dubbed Digital Da Vinci, to take advantage of the burgeoning demand for quality reproduction of digital media.
Fleur Doidge Feb 16 2005 3:21PM Hardware

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