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
Tech Pacific confirms float plans

Tech Pacific confirms float plans

The Tech Pacific group has confirmed it is "actively exploring" a public offering on the Australian Stock Exchange, possibly by the end of 2004, company CEO Shailendra Gupta told CRN today.
Byron Connolly Sep 7 2004 12:00AM Hardware
New chipset delivers six times DSL range

New chipset delivers six times DSL range

Intel today announced details of its new broadband-capable wireless chip, Rosedale, which is capable of broadcasting up to six times further than DSL.
Ty Pendlebury Sep 7 2004 12:00AM Hardware
TechPac float talks just routine: Gupta

TechPac float talks just routine: Gupta

Tech Pacific Holdings has moved to hose down an Australian news media report suggesting that its major investor is considering a public float.
Fleur Doidge Sep 3 2004 12:00AM Hardware
Dynamic Supplies makes peace with HP

Dynamic Supplies makes peace with HP

Consumables distributor Dynamic Supplies has settled its year-old feud with HP in a NSW Supreme Court agreement binding both parties to silence.
Fleur Doidge Sep 2 2004 12:00AM Hardware
Dell builds ANZ forces for services attack

Dell builds ANZ forces for services attack

Dell has escalated its attack on the Australasian services market, applying its successful direct business model to one of the last profit bastions of the channel and doubtless treading on service provider toes across both countries.
Fleur Doidge Sep 1 2004 12:00AM Hardware
IBM unveils world's smallest PC

IBM unveils world's smallest PC

IBM has launched the ThinkCentre S50 ultra small, a PC which it claims is the smallest in the world.
Byron Connolly Aug 31 2004 12:00AM Hardware
BenQ poaches Harvey's Schnell

BenQ poaches Harvey's Schnell

Consumer electronics company BenQ Australia has poached Paul Schnell, the former head of Harvey Norman's $400 million PC, notebook and LCD business unit.
Byron Connolly Aug 31 2004 12:00AM Hardware
Optima wins $4.5m NT schools notebook deal

Optima wins $4.5m NT schools notebook deal

Optima has won a $4.5 million, three-year contract to supply its notebooks to Northern Territory teachers in remote areas.
Fleur Doidge Aug 26 2004 12:00AM Hardware
Growth in Aust printer market: IDC

Growth in Aust printer market: IDC

The Australian printer market has seen growth quarter on quarter, according to industry analyst IDC.
Staff Writers Aug 25 2004 12:00AM Hardware
Apple recalls fire risk PowerBook batteries

Apple recalls fire risk PowerBook batteries

Apple has recalled 28,000 rechargeable batteries used in its 15in PowerBook G4 computer worldwide after fears arose that they might burst into flames.
Fleur Doidge Aug 20 2004 12:00AM Hardware
ComputerCorp becomes WA preferred supplier

ComputerCorp becomes WA preferred supplier

Western Australia-based service provider ComputerCorp has become a preferred PC supplier for government common use contracts in that state.
Staff Writers Aug 20 2004 12:00AM Hardware

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