Recent articles by Fleur Doidge

Linux reseller offers 'internet-safe' PC

Linux reseller offers 'internet-safe' PC

Melbourne-based Linux and open source software provider Cybersource has launched what it describes as an internet-safe computer package for home users via resellers.
Fleur Doidge Oct 20 2004 12:00AM Software
SMBs eyeing VoIP next year: survey

SMBs eyeing VoIP next year: survey

Smaller businesses with fewer than 50 staff are beginning to adopt VoIP in increasing numbers, a vendor survey has found.
Fleur Doidge Oct 20 2004 12:00AM Telco/ISP
Government must play bigger role in broadband takeup: IDC

Government must play bigger role in broadband takeup: IDC

Market researcher IDC has called for the government to take concrete steps to grow broadband adoption in Australia, arguing that public sector efforts were a crucial spur to the market overseas.
Fleur Doidge Oct 20 2004 12:00AM Telco/ISP
Resellers play Santa early in Townsville

Resellers play Santa early in Townsville

Townsville reseller Fortel Communications has teamed up with distributor IPL and telecommunications provider Alcatel to donate and deploy a traditional and IP telephony system for a children's charity.
Fleur Doidge Oct 19 2004 12:00AM Financial Services
Homegrown voice and data player seeks partners

Homegrown voice and data player seeks partners

Australian voice and data products vendor System Solutions has begun seeking resellers for its new homegrown Windows-compatible VoIP portfolio.
Fleur Doidge Oct 18 2004 12:00AM Telco/ISP
Symantec retains ACA Pacific, ED and TechPac

Symantec retains ACA Pacific, ED and TechPac

After a four-month channel review, ACA Pacific, Express Data and Tech Pacific will stay on as Symantec's three official Australian distributors, the security vendor said.
Fleur Doidge Oct 18 2004 12:00AM Software
StorageTek beefs up channel with new program

StorageTek beefs up channel with new program

Storage vendor StorageTek has outlined plans to ramp up channel sales to 60 percent of its turnover in two years, flagging a possible raft of new local signings from early 2005.
Fleur Doidge Oct 14 2004 12:00AM Storage
SSL VPN vendor Aventail discussing new signings for 2005

SSL VPN vendor Aventail discussing new signings for 2005

US-based SSL VPN vendor Aventail has begun talking with potential new Australian partners to resell its managed service offering.
Fleur Doidge Oct 14 2004 12:00AM Security
Sun won't shine on box-droppers

Sun won't shine on box-droppers

Sun Microsystems president and chief operating officer Jonathan Schwartz has predicted an "inevitable" demise for traditional IT resellers who don't adopt services or subscription pricing.
Fleur Doidge Oct 13 2004 12:00AM Hardware
Stolen HP printer consignment recovered in Sydney bush

Stolen HP printer consignment recovered in Sydney bush

Authorities are seeking the rightful owners of some 100 HP laser printers recovered from Sydney bushland this morning after being stolen last night from Chullora railyard while in transit.
Fleur Doidge Oct 13 2004 12:00AM Security
Users prefer thin clients: Wyse survey

Users prefer thin clients: Wyse survey

Thin client vendor Wyse Technology has been travelling Australia promoting a recent survey that suggests most users actually do prefer server-centric computing to desktop PCs.
Fleur Doidge Oct 13 2004 12:00AM Hardware
Anti-spam developer seeks $3M in funding

Anti-spam developer seeks $3M in funding

Former Pearl Communications chief Julian Ehrlich is again seeking funding for his spam prevention brainchild, an application that mimics the behaviour of a butler barring or granting entry to visitors at the door.
Fleur Doidge Oct 12 2004 12:00AM Security
WhiteGold adds Fortinet

WhiteGold adds Fortinet

Security distributor WhiteGold Solutions has signed US vendor Fortinet in a bid to broaden its appeal to customers seeking a box to handle anti-virus, intrusion detection and prevention, URL-filtering and firewall duties.
Fleur Doidge Oct 11 2004 12:00AM Hardware
Simply Wireless staff, creditors to go home empty-handed

Simply Wireless staff, creditors to go home empty-handed

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 has been wound up.
Fleur Doidge Oct 8 2004 12:00AM Networking
Next Byte quits the PC game

Next Byte quits the PC game

Independent Apple reseller Next Byte has closed its PC store NBPC in Chapel Street, citing poor walk-in business in the fashionable Melbourne shopping street.
Fleur Doidge Oct 8 2004 12:00AM Hardware
Local call centre operations ready to spend

Local call centre operations ready to spend

An industry-sponsored study has claimed the Australian call centre market is set for expansion, with 62 percent of local call centres signalling plans to increase operations in the next 12 months.
Fleur Doidge Oct 8 2004 12:00AM Telco/ISP
Synnex flags plans for automated warehousing

Synnex flags plans for automated warehousing

Distributor and box-builder Synnex has outlined plans to open at least one $25 million automated warehouse in either Melbourne or Sydney by 2006.
Fleur Doidge Oct 1 2004 12:00AM Software
SurfControl applauds local channel

SurfControl applauds local channel

UK web and email filters vendor SurfControl has lauded its channel as a major contributor to a 31 percent growth in revenue for the fourth quarter of 2004.
Fleur Doidge Sep 30 2004 12:00AM Security
Canon signs up as Australian Equitrac reseller

Canon signs up as Australian Equitrac reseller

Canon Australia has signed up as an official reseller of US document accounting software provider Equitrac.
Fleur Doidge Sep 29 2004 12:00AM Hardware
Gartner: TechPac

Gartner: TechPac

A Gartner channel analyst has questioned the value of Tech Pacific to Ingram Micro following the latter's $700 million buyout of its only rival in local broadbased IT distribution.
Fleur Doidge Sep 28 2004 12:00AM Oddware

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