Fleur Doidge
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Totalfone spins off wholesale VoIP business
Retail internet telephony specialist Totalfone has spun off a new wholesale VoIP provider to target ISPs and voice resellers with a managed service.
Oct 11 2005 4:47PM
Microsoft revamps licensing for virtual era
Microsoft has announced plans to give virtualisation a lift, partly by easing its licensing demands around virtual servers and workloads running on Windows platforms.
Oct 11 2005 2:51PM
Symantec expands enterprise offering to distribution
Security giant Symantec has flagged a plan to expand the availability of its enterprise network and desktop solutions by offering a wider selection to distributors and resellers.
Oct 6 2005 5:25PM
SecureTel rebrands, moves to larger site
Specialist IT security services provider SecureTel has rebranded as SecureTelecom and moved to larger premises in central Sydney.
Oct 6 2005 4:06PM
Avante IT launches healthcare IT specialist
Avante IT has launched a specialist medical IT provider to take advantage of a healthcare sector rush to boost its rate of migration from analogue to digital technologies.
Oct 6 2005 1:02PM
Data recovery booms via channel
Information retrieval specialist CBL Data Recovery has trebled its reseller numbers this year and plans to add more to reinforce a wave of demand for disaster recovery services.
Oct 5 2005 5:42PM
Vividas jockeys for video applications boom
Streaming video applications developer Vividas has opened an office in New York and moved to bigger research premises in Melbourne after a successful capital raising on the London stock exchange earlier this year.
Sep 27 2005 1:26PM
New reseller takes on clickcalling
A Brisbane company has been formed to resell applications based around clickcalling, an internet-based telecommunications service from the Queensland service provider of the same name.
Sep 26 2005 5:33PM
Microsoft changes Software Assurance licensing
Microsoft has made changes to its Software Assurance licensing program, including benefits and asking corporations to pay up for Windows Vista enterprise edition when the new operating system finally ships next year.
Sep 26 2005 4:05PM
Cisco to polish partner processes
Cisco resellers need to lift their game around business processes to get better, more consistent results for their customers, the vendor's managing director, Ross Fowler, has said.
Sep 23 2005 2:58PM
Cisco takes it down to the little guy
Cisco has moved to address a gap in its portfolio, targeting SMBs through the channel with a set of cut-down IP communications offerings and related support options.
Sep 22 2005 8:44AM
Sydney firm wins managed security distribution
Sydney-based service provider Dazz IT -- trading as My IT Helpdesk -- has signed up as master Australasian distributor of VirtualConnect's managed email security service Mail Protector.
Sep 19 2005 1:15PM
Dexterra scales up channel sales, promotions
Mobility applications provider Dexterra has outlined plans to boost its channel sales to 90 percent of its revenue by adding staff and targeting specialist resellers with connector applications.
Sep 19 2005 12:15PM
Nova iT expands support services
Melbourne service provider Nova iT has been expanding its wholesale IT support service coverage, signing new contractors across Australia and New Zealand on the back of rapid growth.
Sep 16 2005 11:45AM
Red Hat adds Alstom IT as second distributor
Alstom IT has signed a distribution agreement with Red Hat, becoming the open source-derived software vendor's second distributor in Australia.
Sep 15 2005 4:20PM
US vendor buys Sydney developer Carbon Twelve
US telephony software vendor BroadSoft has bought out small Australian developer Carbon Twelve for an undisclosed sum.
Sep 14 2005 4:45PM
Access Providers acquires Saise Telecom
Wireless broadband proponent Access Providers has signed a deal to acquire fellow Melbourne ISP Saise Telecom for $666,000 in cash and 19.8 million shares.
Sep 13 2005 11:45AM
Microsoft takes aim at security 'myths'
Microsoft pushed security to the front of its Tech.Ed agenda on the Gold Coast this month, aiming to debunk what it claimed were common myths about IT security.
Sep 13 2005 8:00AM
Volante reports $14.1m profit after restructure
IT services and solution provider Volante has reported a profit after tax, before amortisation, of $14.1 million on $443 million in revenue for the year to 30 June 2005.
Sep 12 2005 11:03AM
Onyx seeks resellers for huge channel sales boost
Onyx Software is targeting sales growth by signing boutique resellers and system integrators with either a broad focus or niche vertical specialities and a focus on CRM or business process management.
Sep 12 2005 9:00AM
