Hardware

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
Optima appoints education specialist

Optima appoints education specialist

Box builder Optima Technology Solutions has appointed Juli Rush as its national education development manager to lead the company's drive into the education market.
Staff Writers Oct 7 2004 12:00AM Hardware
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
Super distributor Ingram to own 35 percent [updated]

Super distributor Ingram to own 35 percent [updated]

Global distribution giant Ingram Micro Inc has acquired Tech Pacific in a $700 million cash deal that local Ingram boss Steve Rust said would give the combined entity up to 35 percent of the Australian distribution market.
Byron Connolly & Sarah Stokely Sep 28 2004 12:00AM Hardware
Channel talks up Ingram/TechPac deal

Channel talks up Ingram/TechPac deal

Australian distributors have met the news of Ingram Micro’s $700 million buyout of Tech Pacific with optimistic talk of potential opportunity as well as misgivings for smaller players’ future in a less competitive channel.
Fleur Doidge Sep 28 2004 12:00AM Hardware
Dell CEO brings services, printing message down under

Dell CEO brings services, printing message down under

Dell's CEO has reaffirmed the direct juggernaut's commitment to expanding into services and consumer electronics as he embarked on a whirlwind trip to meet Australian partners and customers.
Sarah Stokely Sep 28 2004 12:00AM Hardware
Legend signs Foxconn motherboards

Legend signs Foxconn motherboards

ASX-listed hardware manufacturer and distributor Legend has partnered giant motherboard maker Foxconn to distribute the latter's products in Australasia and around the globe.
Fleur Doidge Sep 27 2004 12:00AM Hardware
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
Sony shows off new PS2

Sony shows off new PS2

Sony has showcased more than 3000 products for its retail partners at its second Experience More event at Fox Studios in Sydney.
Sarah Stokely Sep 24 2004 12:00AM Hardware
Ind gives up fight against Quadtel failure

Ind gives up fight against Quadtel failure

Administrators have been re-appointed to Brisbane channel company Wytomic after the firm failed to fund a feasible resurrection plan for the former niche software distributor and re-publisher.
Staff Writers Sep 22 2004 12:00AM Hardware
WhiteGold fishes up Barracuda distribution

WhiteGold fishes up Barracuda distribution

Niche security VAD WhiteGold Solutions has signed on to become the second Australian distributor for US-based anti-spam appliance vendor Barracuda Networks.
Fleur Doidge Sep 21 2004 12:00AM Hardware
VARs top customer shopping list for single-function printers

VARs top customer shopping list for single-function printers

Value-added resellers have emerged as the preferred choice of channel for Australian business customers seeking to purchase single-function printers.
Fleur Doidge Sep 21 2004 12:00AM Hardware
HP makes a digital entertainment play

HP makes a digital entertainment play

HP is the latest IT player to throw its hat in the digital entertainment ring unveiling a swag of new digital photography and home entertainment products which it hopes will cement its future in the digital home consumer market.
Sarah Stokely Sep 20 2004 12:00AM Hardware
Ingram may rationalise further to shore up margins

Ingram may rationalise further to shore up margins

Ingram Micro Australia has flagged another year of possible cost-cutting and rationalisation, tipping a need to maximise returns as sales margins stay tight.
Fleur Doidge Sep 17 2004 12:00AM Hardware
Ingram looks to China for consumer electronics deals

Ingram looks to China for consumer electronics deals

Broad-based distributor Ingram Micro has tipped China as a future source for consumer electronics offerings as the convergence of consumer products and the IT channel increases in importance over coming years.
Fleur Doidge Sep 17 2004 12:00AM Hardware
Optima quadruples PC production potential with new base

Optima quadruples PC production potential with new base

Australian box-builder Optima Technology Solutions has opened new headquarters in Sydney's Homebush Bay in its next battle salvo against the multinationals.
Fleur Doidge Sep 13 2004 12:00AM Hardware
Thin clients boom due to cost/security benefits

Thin clients boom due to cost/security benefits

The 'thin client' computing market grew by almost 50 percent in Australia last year due to reduced costs and increased security, said industry analyst IDC.
Ty Pendlbury Sep 13 2004 12:00AM Hardware
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
Distributor targets demand for low-cost thin client conversion

Distributor targets demand for low-cost thin client conversion

A new distributor plans to take advantage of an explosion of interest in customisable thin client offerings, signing up to sell New Zealand vendor Asterisk’s hybrid thin client Linux workstations and fat-to-thin conversion devices.
Fleur Doidge Sep 8 2004 12:00AM Hardware
Cellnet adds $20m Samsung handset deal

Cellnet adds $20m Samsung handset deal

Queensland distributor Cellnet Group has won a national distribution contract for Samsung mobile phone handsets that could be worth $20 million in the first year.
Staff Writers Sep 8 2004 12:00AM Hardware

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