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Software sales at risk with multiple core PCs

Software sales at risk with multiple core PCs

Software prices could skyrocket to unaffordable levels for many users in coming years as computer hardware evolves to multiple core models, a Gartner analyst has claimed.
Fleur Doidge Nov 30 2004 12:00AM Hardware
IT upgrade leaves life insurance fund in better health

IT upgrade leaves life insurance fund in better health

HCF, an Australian non-profit health and life insurance fund, has joined forces with IP telephony integrator NSC in a move designed to resuscitate its customer service by upgrading its call centre.
Emily Kerry Nov 29 2004 12:00AM Hardware
3Com lays down gauntlet to Cisco

3Com lays down gauntlet to Cisco

3Com has claimed its challenge to Cisco's dominance of global networking hardware sales is market ready with a range of switches that complete its product arsenal - the latest from a quadrupled R&D investment that has resulted in 160 new products this year and 240 more promised for 2005.
Fleur Doidge Nov 26 2004 12:00AM Hardware
DiData to acquire SecureData Group

DiData to acquire SecureData Group

Dimension Data has signed a heads of agreement to acquire Aussie integrator SecureData Group’s (SDG) business and its controlling interest in SQL Services.
Byron Connolly Nov 26 2004 12:00AM Hardware
Acer tops $300M in online sales

Acer tops $300M in online sales

Number three PC market player Acer Computer Australia has surpassed $300 million in online channel sales three years after launching its popular e-commerce initiative.
Byron Connolly Nov 25 2004 12:00AM Hardware
Samsung claims fastest 19 inch LCD refresh rate

Samsung claims fastest 19 inch LCD refresh rate

Samsung Electronics has launched an LCD monitor which it claimed has the fastest refresh rate of any 19 inch screen in the world.
Byron Connolly Nov 25 2004 12:00AM Hardware
Apple launches price match policy

Apple launches price match policy

Apple Computer Australia has announced a "price matching" policy which would see its direct online store match prices quoted by its reseller channel on Apple hardware and software product.
Byron Connolly Nov 22 2004 12:00AM Hardware
Allot cranks up with channel program

Allot cranks up with channel program

Traffic management outfit Allot Communications launched its Empowered partner network channel program in Australia and New Zealand and has signalled its intention to engage more resellers.
Byron Connolly Nov 18 2004 12:00AM Hardware
Rust denies he's the top dog

Rust denies he's the top dog

Ingram Micro Australia boss Steve Rust on Tuesday denied he was selected to lead the merged Ingram Micro/Tech Pacific organisation saying any reported announcement about the role was "premature."
Byron Connolly Nov 16 2004 12:00AM Hardware
Optima cuts staff

Optima cuts staff

It has emerged that Australian box builder Optima had cut 12 staff in its service and operations area around the same time as three senior staff announced their resignations last week.
Byron Connolly Nov 16 2004 12:00AM Hardware
Optima managers resign

Optima managers resign

Three senior staff at Australian box builder Optima have resigned over the past week, including managing director Douglas Wong, who had only been in the job for four months.
Byron Connolly Nov 15 2004 12:00AM Hardware
Intel hires fresh local staff

Intel hires fresh local staff

Intel Australia has hired several new staff in its Intel Solutions Services and Reseller Channel Organisation.
Staff Writers Nov 8 2004 12:00AM Hardware
Samsung enters Aussie notebook market

Samsung enters Aussie notebook market

Samsung - better known for its IT peripheral products - has launched itself into a crowded Australian notebook market, with a range of mid- to high-end machines.
Byron Connolly Nov 4 2004 12:00AM Hardware
Tech Pac, Synnex strike new consumables deals

Tech Pac, Synnex strike new consumables deals

Tech Pacific has started distributing ink and toner from UK-based supplier IT Image, filling a gap in its consumables product line up.
Byron Connolly Nov 4 2004 12:00AM Hardware
ACCC demands honest product claims

ACCC demands honest product claims

The federal court has issued orders to a company for allegedly misrepresenting that a mobile phone accessory reduced radiation.
Staff Writers Nov 4 2004 12:00AM Hardware
Samsung launches monitor next day replacement

Samsung launches monitor next day replacement

Electronics giant Samsung has unveiled an ambitious next day replacement service on several of its PC monitors in a move that was initiated by its Australian subsidiary.
Byron Connolly Nov 3 2004 12:00AM Hardware
Avnet in HP refurbish deal

Avnet in HP refurbish deal

Distributor Avnet Partner Solutions has been appointed to move refurbished HP high-end servers and storage hardware products under a worldwide initiative dubbed HP Renew.
Byron Connolly Nov 2 2004 12:00AM Hardware
Ingram banks on emerging technologies

Ingram banks on emerging technologies

Ingram Micro is counting on emerging technologies to spur growth for the next few years
Scott Campbell Nov 1 2004 12:00AM Hardware
IT auctioneer calls in administrators

IT auctioneer calls in administrators

Second-hand IT equipment auctioneer IT Asset Management Pty Ltd has called in voluntary administrators, in a move it attributes to massive reductions in the price of new computer equipment over the past few years.
Staff Writers Oct 29 2004 12:00AM Hardware
HP, Westan in white-box deal

HP, Westan in white-box deal

HP is making a play at securing a share of the Australian white-box market under a PC distribution arrangement with distributor and builder Westan.
Byron Connolly Oct 29 2004 12:00AM Hardware

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